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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Sister cities are pairs of cities that form social or legal partnerships to promote each other's cultures. - Previously known as "town twinning," the concept of sister cities evolved in Europe after World War II as a way to repair bonds between cities. - Many cities in New York State maintain such partnerships with cities around the world. - Hudson, New York, and Pallisa, Uganda, became sister cities in 2006.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize the duration of Hudson and Pallisa's sister city relationship?
Since the end of World War II, sister cities such as Hudson, New York, and Pallisa, Uganda, have continued to form social partnerships to promote each other's cultures.
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As sister cities, Hudson, New York, and Pallisa, Uganda, have engaged in cultural exchange and partnership since 2006.
B
Pallisa, which in 2006 became a sister city—or "twin town"—to Hudson, New York, is located in Uganda.
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Despite their distance from each other, the sister cities of Hudson, New York, and Pallisa, Uganda, have enjoyed the same partnership as many other sister cities.
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