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Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts
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and indicates that parallelism is needed. We need something parallel to " a proponent of social reforms", the only possible answer is E.
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Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts
this is not parallel to "a proponent of.."

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts
use of being is incorrect

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts
not parallel to previous phrase

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts
incorrect use of being

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts
the construction is parallel to "a proponent of .."

Answer E
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Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.


POE:
When you see 'and' before underline, search for parallelism.
We need something which should be parallel with the proponent of social reforms.
Only (E) seems parallel to it. Eliminate others.

Also, another way.

'Being' is redundant in GMAT. Eliminate (B) & (D).
'Opposing is the wrong form of the verb used. Eliminate (A).
Down to two (C) & (E). (E) is more clear and simple. Plus, 'opposition' should not be preferred.

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts - CORRECT
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Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts Incorrect

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts Incorrect

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts Incorrect

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trustsIncorrect

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts Correct. Maintains parallel structure "as a proponent....and a vocal..."
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Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts

Correct Answer - E
Explanation - It involves parallelism, and the elimination process cuts it down to 2 C & E. E make the complete sentence more parallel in structure.
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Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.
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The question tests the parallelism construction

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts- a proponent of social reforms vs vocally opposing

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts - a proponent of social reforms vs vocally being

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts - a proponent of social reforms vs his vocal opposition

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts- a proponent of social reforms vs being a vocal for

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts - a proponent of social reforms vs a vocal for
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Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.


Senator Robert Lafollete is best remembered as ( role functions) a proponent of.... and a vocal foe of...
both the role functions described are correctly by phrases which are also parallel.
A) vocally opposing railroad trusts

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts
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Quote:

Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts
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I know we should take time before marking the answer but I am guilty of solving this in 14 seconds.

Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who in 1924 ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.

We get

Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin is best remembered as a proponent of social reforms and vocally opposing railroad trusts.

Now we see that Senator was remembered as a proponent and "some other noun". Only nouns can be parallel.

A) vocally opposing railroad trusts

B) vocally being opposed to railroad trusts

C) his vocal opposition to railroad trusts

D) being a vocal foe of railroad trusts

E) a vocal foe of railroad trusts

Straight E.
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