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Airplane seats recline, and the space behind you belongs to someone's knees. Who is right in the reclining wars, and is the real villain the airlines?
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practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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