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One significant problem was political corruption and cronyism, fuelled by the connectio s between government and business. During the Gilded age , the United States endured a number of mediocre president and politicians, many of whom were in the pocket of business tycoons or corporations.
The answer is variant A. direct object because it answer to the question "What the clerk gave to the customer?"
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(A) During a fire drill, we evacuate the building
Evacuate means to leave or to head out
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