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  • WE'RE BACK HERE WITH OUR FRIEND NEIL YOUNG.

  • NOW, NEIL, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON

  • IN THE WORLD AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IS

  • THINGS LIKE MONSANTO AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS.

  • FRANKENFOODS.

  • >> YES, I CARE ABOUT THE EARTH AND THE PLAN SHEET WHAT'S WRONG

  • WITH THEM?

  • >> WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM?

  • >> Stephen: YES, A STUDY CAME OUT AND SAID THERE IS ABSOLUTELY

  • NO DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE IN EUROPE WHO DON'T EAT G.M.O.s

  • AND PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHO DO.

  • >> THAT MUST BE A MONSANTO STATEMENT.

  • WHY DO 38 COUNTRIES BAN G.M.O.s?

  • THEY DON'T JUST LABEL THEM.

  • THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY,

  • THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEM.

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY, ADAMANTLY AGAINST G.M.O.s?

  • >> I AM, YES.

  • (APPLAUSE) >> HEY, NEIL YOUNG!

  • WHY DON'T YOU SAY THAT TO MY CORN FACE?

  • >> Stephen: I'M SORRY.

  • THIS IS AN INTERN.

  • IT'S A G.M.O. EAR OF CORN.

  • HE GOES TO N.Y.U.

  • >> YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE G.M.O.s?

  • I'M ALL EARS.

  • >> YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.

  • THAT MAKES ME FEEL NOT GOOD.

  • AND I CAN FEEL LOVE, HAPPINESS THE CONSTANT AGONY OF BEING A

  • MAN-CORN HYBIRD WITH NO GENITALIA!

  • I WAS BORN THIS WAY.

  • AND YES, I WAS BORN, FROM A WOMB.

  • IT'S BEAUTIFUL -- DON'T JUDGE!

  • WHY MUST YOU LABEL ME?

  • >> I DON'T LIKE LABELS GENERALLY, BUT YOU NEED TO BE

  • LABELED, BECAUSE YOU'RE DANGEROUS.

  • >> WOW.

  • THAT REALLY HURTS.

  • >> Stephen: WHO OWNS YOU?

  • NO ONE.

  • I'M CORN.

  • >> WILL R WHERE IS THE DIVERSITY WE HAD WITH CORN?

  • IS THIS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, THIS?

  • >> I'M DELICIOUS.

  • EVERYBODY LOVES ME.

  • >> THAT'S WHY YOU'RE BANNED IN 38 COUNTRIES.

  • >> REALLY?

  • YOU WANT TO BAN ME, NEIL?

  • LOOK AT YOUR LIFE.

  • IT'S GOING TO END RIGHT NOW!

  • I'M SO ANGRY!

  • (CRASHING SOUND) >> WHOA.

  • >> Stephen: GET THAT OFF!

  • DON'T TOUCH THAT.

  • (APPLAUSE) WOW, DOES THAT HAPPEN OFTEN ON

  • YOUR SHOW?

  • >> Stephen: HE WAS SO YOUNG.

  • WELL, NEIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

  • I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

  • I APOLOGIZE.

  • THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

  • >> I UNDERSTAND.

  • (APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: "EARTH" IS

  • AVAILABLE ON JUNE 17.

  • NEIL YOUNG, EVERYBODY.

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

WE'RE BACK HERE WITH OUR FRIEND NEIL YOUNG.

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absolutely

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally; very
  • Completely and without any doubt
  • Used to express complete agreement or certainty.
  • Yes; certainly; definitely.
  • Used to express strong agreement or affirmation.
  • Used to emphasize the agreement with a statement.
  • Completely; totally.
  • Used to add force to a statement or command.
  • Considered independently and without relation to other things; viewed abstractly; as, quantity absolutely considered.
  • Used for emphasis; very.
  • Used to emphasize a statement or opinion.
  • Without any doubt; completely.
  • Used to express complete agreement or affirmation.

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applause

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concern

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  • To relate to; to be about.
  • To relate to; be about.
  • verb
  • To be about a particular topic
  • To have a direct impact on someone
  • To be responsible or mixed up in; to be involved
  • To feel worry or anxiety
  • noun
  • Company, firm or business
  • Something that is important or of interest.
  • A matter of interest or importance to one.
  • Feeling of worry or anxiety
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  • Interest or regard for someone or something.
  • A feeling of worry or anxiety.
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  • To be of interest or importance to.
  • To involve oneself in something.

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own

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  • To admit that you have done something wrong
  • To have something as your property
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  • To admit to be the case; confess.
  • To utterly defeat or dominate.
  • To have something as your property; possess.
  • adjective
  • Belonging to oneself or itself.
  • Used for emphasis, indicating that something belongs to or was done by the person specified.
  • Belong to oneself
  • pronoun
  • (Something) belong to myself
  • determiner
  • Yours, his, hers, etc.; not belonging to another

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wrong

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  • Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • adjective
  • Not morally or socially acceptable
  • Not right, incorrect; not true; bad
  • Being inappropriate or unsuitable
  • verb
  • To harm someone or treat someone unfairly

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bear

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  • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
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  • To accept or suffer the weight of difficulties
  • To keep moving left or right while going forward
  • To show (sign of something)
  • To support the weight of something, e.g. a bridge
  • noun
  • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
  • Someone who expects stock market to fall

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diversity

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  • Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
  • The practice or policy of including or representing people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
  • The state of being diverse; variety.
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  • The state of being diverse; variety.
  • The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  • The range of different genetic traits within a species or population.
  • The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
  • A range of different things.
  • The state of being diverse; variety.

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crash

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  • Accident when two objects (cars) hit each other
  • Loud sound made by the impact of an object
  • Sudden drop in value or amount
  • verb
  • To damage an object by causing it to hit something
  • To drop or fall suddenly
  • To enter a social event without permission
  • To strike against loudly
  • To suddenly drop in value or amount
  • To stay at another person's house
  • To be very tired and fall asleep

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earth

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  • A pigment or dye of a brownish or reddish-brown color, derived from iron oxides.
  • The connection of an electrical appliance to the ground.
  • The substance of the land surface; soil.
  • other
  • To cover (a plant or its roots) with earth.
  • To connect (an electrical device) to the earth.
  • noun
  • A connection to the ground that acts as an electrical conductor.
  • Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
  • The hole in the ground that is home to an animal such as a fox or badger.
  • The planet we live on
  • Soil in which we grow plants

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apologize

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