Living in this town has become more and more expensive for most citizens. Property values have increased by 30% over the last few years, and that also means that property taxes have increased as well. Many politicians, such as Katherine Robertson, are interested in raising taxes even further to help pay for new infrastructure, but we are already taxed to the maximum we can afford. We are now facing an election year, and if we don't fight to keep her out of office, then our property taxes will rise to the point where no one can afford to live here anymore. Should the writer keep or delete the underlined text?

Like many students at university, you may be unhappy about the results you attain in exams. you may feel that even with all you are doing there must be something more -- or different-- you could be doing to get better grades. we have all at some time or other heard of that student who only studies a couple of hours for final exams and scores a's every time. we stand in awe of those who seem to breeze through without undue effort and seem to need very little in the way of studying to nail an exam. the reasons for success, in what i think are the vast majority of cases, are less esoteric than many students think: successful students consistently apply a series of productive strategies with view to attaining clearly identified learning and grade goals throughout the academic term.

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