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July 02, 2009

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Today's Practice GMAT Question:

As a result of Benito Mussolini's rise to power, Eritreans were demoted to menial positions in the public sector in 1938; soon after, Italian forces were defeated by the British, who then relocated Eritrian industry and dismantled part of the railroad.
(A) Italian forces were defeated by the British, who then relocated Eritrian industry and
(B) the British, who defeated Italian forces, who then relocated Eritrian industry and which
(C) Italian forces were defeated by the British, who relocated Eritrian industry and which
(D) the British relocated Eritrean industry, who defeated Italian forces, and who
(E) the British relocated Eritrean industry, defeating Italian forces, and


 

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