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Jeff
Bezos was just 31 when he launched Amazon.com in 1995. The road to success was long and hard, but his company later it (2) became the internet's biggest retailer, </span></span></span></span><span>'with the revenues
of almost $2bn and a customer base of</span><span>(3) over 10 million. To his fans, Bezos is a
visionary, a retail revolutionary in the tradition of Richard Sears, whose
mail-order business was (5) changed American shopping in the late 19th and early
20th centuries. 'He saw the future in a concrete way before they (6) anyone else
did,' says Brad Silverberg, co-founder of a Seattle-based and (7) venture capital firm. 'He has done
more than anyone else never (8) in the world to change everyone's buying habits.
People go to the web and buy stuff because of Jeff Bezos. He created a
household word - that's for (10) an amazing accomplishment.' To many, Bezos will always remain the man who taught
the world to shop online.
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Has John Turner got a family?
Is his family large?
Have they got any children?
What are their names?
What does his wife do? What is his wife's job?
Do they live in London?
What is Greenwood?
What is he?
What is her name?
How often does Linda get e-mail?
When does Linda come to the office?
Where does Linda usually have lunch?
What does she learn?
Sam didn’t expect that there will be a joke played on him.He played a joke on her.His unawareness played a joke on him.
The situation was weird but he played it cool.She was confused but played it cool.It was hard to play it cool.
He was playing it straight.It was very noisy but she was playing it straight.They always play it straight.