The answer is 135. That is, all the information from the passage can be conveyed in one sentence of 20 words:

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Identify the types of redundancy in the following five sentences and rewrite each sentence in a more concise form. Because periphrasis and tautology are closely related and often linked, in some cases it is possible to argue that a periphrasis is a tautology and vice versa.

1. Despite some opposition, the motion was carried by a majority of two to one.
2. Edgar Allan Poe is best known for the many short stories that he wrote.
3. Richard Nixon succeeded in his attempt to become president of America in 1968.
4. Children with learning difficulties can be helped to increase their self-confidence if the parents of the child concerned are willing to participate in an integration programme.
5. There was a period of rapid economic growth in the 1960s, which tended to encourage immigration.

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