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The following sentence contains at least one example of language coloured by gender, ethnic, or religious bias; rewrite the sentence using bias-free wording. Compare your answer to the sample revision below, but note that there may be more than one way of dealing with the problem.

Flutie, the quarterback, stands only five foot nine; Smith, the centre, is a huge black man at six foot ten, 330 pounds.

   

Sample Revision


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