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Which pair of words has similar denotation but different connotations?

The empire state building was a. constructed by one hundred workers. b. was first lit up by president roosevelt. c. has more than one hundred stories. d took several years to complete.

Read this passage from "the american dream." it does not say all white men, but it says all men. . how does the second part of the sentence relate to the first part?