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Edit the following sentences for broadcast style.
- VOTERS APPROVED A $13.5 MILLION BOND ISSUE BY A 4-1 MARGIN.
- 2.1% OF THE DISTRICT'S 99,985 REGISTERED VOTERS CAST BALLOTS.
- THE ISSUE WAS APPROVED AT ALL 11 OF THE DISTRICT'S POLLING SITES.
- ABOUT 35,000 WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO STRIKE.
- THE DEFICIT IS EXPECTED TO BE $5,050,000.85.
- ONLY ABOUT 1/8 OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS CAST BALLOTS.
- THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM WILL BE $35.50.
- WILLARD JOHNSON, 82, A STATE SENATOR, DIED FRIDAY.
- NEARLY 1,000,000 FARMERS ARE HAVING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.
- "I EXPECT THE PRESIDENT TO VETO THE BILL," THE SENATOR SAID.
- CHARLES DARLINGTON, A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM NUCKOLLS COUNTY, WAS ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
- THE NATIVE OF LINCOLN, NEB., IS THE FEATURED SPEAKER.
- HE WAS REPRESENTED BY AN ACLU ATTORNEY.
- JOHN SMITH, A 36-YEAR-OLD UNEMPLOYED ROOFER WITH A HISTORY OF SEX-CRIME CONVICTIONS, WAS CHARGED WITH RAPE TODAY IN COUNTY COURT.
- JOHNSON WAS THE TEAM'S LEADING SCORER WITH TWENTY-THREE POINTS.
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