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So 
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ANS: Nick tickled the baby because Nick likes babies and Matthew doesn't like them at all.


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The yard of Rachel was a disaster compared to the yard of Victoria, by reason of 
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ANS: Rachel being lazy.


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Jessica asked her mother Amy to read her a bedtime story, but 
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Kayla disarmed the burglar with pepper spray while Cynthia punched him. 
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Kayla had always been nonviolent in confrontations.