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Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between (P, Q, R, S) are jumbled up. Arrange them in the correct order to form a meaningful paragraph. S1. The threat of war with India reached its highest point the summer after I returned from New York. P. September was deemed the best month for battle, since the mountain passes of Kashmir might be closed by snow as early as October. Q. Multinational corporations on both sides of the border ordered senior employees to leave, and travel advisories were issued throughout the nations of the First World, counseling their citizens to defer nonessential trips to our region. R. So we waited as our September ticked by little noticed by the media in your country, which was focused at that time on the first anniversary of the attacks on New York and Washington - and then the days started to shorten, the negotiations began to make progress, and the likelihood of a catastrophe that could have claimed tens of millions of lives receded. S. It seemed the weather was the only factor delaying the official commencement of hostilities: First because the heat was too great for an Indian offensive in the desert, then because the monsoon's rains made driving treacherous for Indian tanks in the Punjab. S6. Of course, humanity's respite was brief: Six months later the invasion of Iraq would be under way.