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My favorite T.V. show "The Twilight Zone." I (36) ______ like the episode called "The Printer’s Devil." It’s about a newspaper editor who’s being (37) ______ out of business by a big newspaper syndicate - you know, a group of papers (38) ______ by the same people. He’s about to (39) ______ suicide when he’s interrupted by an old man who says his name is Smith. The editor is not only offered $5000 to pay off his newspaper’s (40) ______, but this Smith character also offers his (41) ______ for free. It turns out that the guy (42) ______ the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he’s turning out newspapers with (43) ______ headlines. The small paper is successful again. The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories only minutes after they happen - but soon he’s presented with a contract to sign. Mr. Smith, it seems, is really the devil! (44) ____, so he agrees to sign. But soon Smith is reporting the news even before it happens - and it’s all terrible one disaster after another. (45) ______. I really like these old episodes of "The Twilight Zone" because the stories are fascinating. (46) ____.

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