1. The last possible thing that anyone wants to happen to their country is to turn it into a ________ for troublemakers.

2. There are frequently ________ in the family home between parents and children about whether you should enter into credit agreements.

3. The report is ________ to show better than expected results.

4. Sometimes a journalist will get hold of sensitive information knowing that he will get ________ by government agencies if he dares reveal it.

5. It has been ________ by a government agency that the percentage of under 25 year olds owing large sums to companies is on the increase.

6. The question must always be in the mind of the writer whether what is being written is likely to ________ a threat to the safety of the community at large.

7. What concerns people most are the mounting ________ among governments that it will take at least a generation for us to be rid of excessive debt.

8. Any arguments he put up in his defence were regarded as a ________ by people who were determined to see him convicted.

9. One solution that has been suggested to control credit is to ________ the regulations to make it more difficult to get credit in the first place.

10. Plans have already been drawn ________ to deal with such situations.