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| People who work the night shift are typically deprived of essential sleep, an average of nine hours a week. | People who work the night shift are typically deprived of essential sleep: an average of nine hours a week. |
| The Iroquois of the Great Lakes region lived in fortified villages and cultivated: corn, beans, and squash. | The Iroquois of the Great Lakes region lived in fortified villages and cultivated corn, beans, and squash. |
| Five nations originally formed the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, and the Seneca. | Five nations originally formed the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, and the Seneca. |
| Later, these five Iroquois nations were joined by: the Tuscarora. | Later, these five Iroquois nations were joined by the Tuscarora. |
| Shouting: "Come back!" Adam watched the vehicle speed down the highway. | Shouting "Come back!" Adam watched the vehicle speed down the highway. |
| When a runner breaks through that unavoidable wall of exhaustion, a very different feeling sets in; an intense sense of well-being known as runner's high." | When a runner breaks through that unavoidable wall of exhaustion, a very different feeling sets in: an intense sense of well-being known as runner's high." |
| However: the "runner's high" soon disappears. | However, the "runner's high" soon disappears. |
| Two nations were born on the same day in 1947, India and Pakistan achieved their independence from Britain at midnight on August 15 | Two nations were born on the same day in 1947: India and Pakistan achieved their independence from Britain at midnight on August 15 |
| Only a hurricane could have kept Lisa from meeting Nathaniel at 800 p.m.; unfortunately, that night a hurricane hit. | Only a hurricane could have kept Lisa from meeting Nathaniel at 8:00 p.m.; unfortunately, that night a hurricane hit. |
| George's interests were typical of a sixteen-year-old's, cars, music, videos, and dating. | George's interests were typical of a sixteen-year-old's: cars, music, videos, and dating. |
| Like many people who have never learned to read or write, the woman who told her life story in Aman; The Story of a Somali Girl was able to remember an astonishing number of events in precise detail. | Like many people who have never learned to read or write, the woman who told her life story in Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl was able to remember an astonishing number of events in precise detail. |
| The Greek philosopher Socrates took these words as his motto, "The unexamined life is not worth living." | The Greek philosopher Socrates took these words as his motto: "The unexamined life is not worth living." |
| Socrates was executed: after being found guilty of teaching young people new ideas. | Socrates was executed after being found guilty of teaching young people new ideas. |
| The voice coming from the radio could belong to only one person; the great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. | The voice coming from the radio could belong to only one person: the great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. |
