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Only novel ideas should be awarded patents; if a concept is _____________to practitioners in a given field or has previously been published in almost any fashion, that fact should invalidate the application.
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The vast majority of universities in the United States promote themselves as institutions of free speech and thought, construing censorship as _____________ their search for knowledge.
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Although evolutionary psychologists do not seem quite as imperialist in their intellectual ambitions as their sociobiologist forebears of the 1970s, they tend, in some critics' view, to be no less _____________ in their claims.
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Given the many thematic strands that the book seeks to draw together into a continuous cord of narrative, it is perforce a work of _____________, which is not to say that the author's research fails to provide sufficient detail about each of his chosen themes.
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The organization`s parlous fiscal condition led its members to expect that their plans for expansions would be ______________.
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Parker's model of human affairs reflects (i) _____________outlook, in stark contrast to the generally (ii) _____________ analyses of her colleagues in the economics department.
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As theories, quantum field theory and theory of general relatively have been astonishingly (i) _____________, in that no experiment yet has shown a crack in either of them, even though both of them (ii) _____________ wildly counterintuitive properties in physical reality. And yet even proponents note that the two theories are (iii) _____________, a fact that has disallowed theorists—at least so far—from incorporating both into a self-consistent theory of quantum gravity.
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The notion that scientists consider the work they do to be (i) ______________ contradicts popular stereotypes that depict the work of scientists (and the scientists themselves) as being formal and rigid, following lockstep procedures in which the (ii) ______________ elements of researchers` personalities fail to enter their labors.
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For decades scientists believed in the (i) _____________of long-term memories; they were unstable for a few hours but then became etched into the brain for good. Current research, however, suggests that recalling a memory causes it to revert temporarily to an insecure state in which the recollection can be (ii) _____________. Thus, memory is much more (iii)_____________ than scientists had previously thought it to be.
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Coral reefs are often referred to as the rain forests of the sea, _____________ comparison given that only tropical rain forests can compete with the sheer concentration of biodiversity found in coral reefs.
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The rebellion was _____________ one, driven less by ardor than by reason and calculation.
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This novel is not great literature; there are too many characters, too many subplots, and no clearly defined protagonist, making for _____________story.
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Despite their current reputation, the original Luddites were neither opposed to innovation technology nor _____________ using it: many were highly skilled machine operators in the textile industry.
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El Greco was one of the most fervent of painters, to the extreme of mania, while Velazquez, by contrast, was one of the most ______________.
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In spite of its rather (i) ______________ subject matter, Brinkley's is (ii)______________ work, one that is moderated by grace and restraint and tempered by an economy that in no way suggests timidity.
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Seemingly (i) ______________ her reputation for tediousness, the university president (ii)______________ a casual, chatty style in the speech she delivered.
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Most capuchin monkey conflict involves such a (i) ______________repertoire of gestural and vocal signals that it is difficult for researchers to tease apart the meanings of the individual signals. This (ii) ______________ is (iii) ______________ by the fact that many signals seem to shift in meaning according to the context in which they are produced and the developmental stage of the individuals producing them.
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A (i) ______________ assumption of the model is that (ii) ______________ the living standards of people living adjacent to a protected area will necessarily enhance conservation within the protected area. Studies of conservation attitudes of people in South Africa and Tanzania have found a positive correlation between affluence and conservation attitudes, but it is unlikely that an improvement in the living standards of communities near protected areas will inevitably (iii) ______________ the long-term viability of many species within the protected areas.
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The general claim that artists are the preeminent specialists in (i) ______________ is refuted by the obvious fact that the great mathematical and scientific discoveries of the past and present have been as much the result of (ii) ______________ thinking as have great (iii) ______________ discoveries.
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It can be ______________ to see well-known historical figures played in films by actors who have become firmly associated in our minds with contemporary celebrity culture.
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