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<instance id="serve.aphb_09701001_665">
<answer instance="serve.aphb_09701001_665" senseid="SERVE2"/>
<context>
<s>The agreement was to be kept secret . </s> <s>Paine
saw no objection to being
paid for writing in this vein , but the affair of the Indiana Company
had
<head>served</head> as a warning that his motives might
not be understood . </s>
</context>
</instance>
<instance id="serve2.w7_07218181_1887">
<answer instance="serve2.w7_07218181_1887" senseid="SERVE2"/>
<context>
<s>Balance of power was to assure "stability, security and confidence."
</s> <s>
Even if the report wasn't exactly in the language of operative politics,
it
<head>served</head> for 20 years as a yardstick of reason.
</s>
</context>
</instance>
</corpus>