#43Listening: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreMedium
Tottenham Riots
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When the Tottenham riots broke out a [blank] commented: this is criminality, pure and simple. To [blank] Oscar Wilde: the riots were not very pure and the causes were not simple. It was clear, though, that social [blank] was among the causes. The Guardian newspaper reported that of 1000 rioters going through the [blank] fewer than 9 percent had a job or were in training.
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When the Tottenham riots broke out a politician commented: this is criminality, pure and simple. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde: the riots were not very pure and the causes were not simple. It was clear, though, that social deprivation was among the causes. The Guardian newspaper reported that of 1000 rioters going through the courts fewer than 9 percent had a job or were in training.
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