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In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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On Monday it was announced that Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with Nike. It is believed to be the first deal American sportwear giant's kind, with the 30-year-old's contract worth up to $500million (£333m). Sportsmail assesses what does the enormity of the four-time MVP's deal with Nike now means for those concerned. Nike's eye-watering deal to James' is based on the assumption that he will stay scandal-free throughout the rest of his career, as well as have staying power in the many years of his life when he is no longer an active player. The sportswear company will probably base their James' model on the success of their partnership with Michael Jordan.LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with apparel giant NikeHe previously signed a contract with Nike before graduating high schoolJames has won two NBA titles and two Olympic golds during his career30-year-old's signature Nike shoe set to surpass $400m (£265m) for 2015 
 Question:His global appeal from his on-court success alone means he is often compared to _ in the debate of who is the greatest-ever basketball player.
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Michael Jordan


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(CNN) One person has died and 11 others are hospitalized after eating packaged salads linked to a listeria outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that the salads were sold under a variety of names and came from a processing facility in Springfield, Ohio, run by Dole. The dozen who were hospitalized come from six states -- Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana. The fatality was in Michigan. Reports about these infections started coming in July. An investigation began in September, the CDC said, but the source of the infections was unknown until this month when lab tests confirmed listeria in salads collected from the Springfield facility.Twelve people hospitalized, with one person dying from a listeria infection tied to packaged saladDole shuts down plant that made salads and has pulled all products made from that plant 
 Question:The _ estimates there are about 1,600 illnesses and 260 deaths per year due to listeriosis infections.
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CDC


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Jerusalem (CNN) Long-time Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas have reached a reconciliation agreement after a decade of failed attempts and often bitter acrimony. Under the deal, brokered by Egypt, a new unity government will take administrative control of Gaza in December. If the deal holds, it would end a decade-long rift that began with violent clashes between the two groups in 2007. Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, governs the West Bank, while Hamas runs Gaza. The two factions had started reconciliation talks in Cairo on Tuesday. Senior Hamas member Saleh al-Arouri told a Cairo news conference that Hamas was determined to end the division between it and Fatah, saying they had "no choice but to continue to advance the unity of [the Palestinian people] and reach our hopes and aspirations."Long-standing Palestinian rivals agree accordDeal could mean the end of a decade-long rift between the West Bank and Gaza 
 Question:The Palestinian Authority had demanded, for example, that Hamas disband its military wing and relinquish security control to the Palestinian Authority, a point _ had refused to concede.
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Hamas


