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Review 395made an official (6)of the amount that was missingfrom the raw spinach supply. At the end of this investigation, the armyaccused my stepfather of destroying government property!At his court-martial my stepfather told the army officers that hisintentions had not been (7). Instead, he was simplytrying to save the army the trouble of cooking unwanted food.Nevertheless, the army officers found him guilty and deducted five dollarsfrom his pay for the next three months. Because he did not have muchmoney, this loss of pay was enough to have a considerable (8)on his finances.After the trial, however, one officer talked to my stepfather privately andtold him that cooking spinach would (9)the waythat the army thought about the vegetable. Raw spinach was governmentproperty, but cooked spinach was considered garbage. In other words, ifthe spinach was cooked, it could be thrown out.From then on, my stepfather cooked all the spinach and then immediatelyput it into a garbage can. By following this procedure without(10) , he kept everyone happy. The governmentdid not have its property thrown out, and the soldiers did not havespinach on their plates.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.