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Most of human language is (i) _____________, with meaning (ii) _____________ context and interpretation. But the meaning of mathematical statements (iii)_____________ culture and history: if a thousand people read an equation, they read the same equation.
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The environmentalist asserted that although the trend in building regulations was theoretically geared toward energy efficiency, in terms of energy consumption, new buildings typically were becoming more _____________ every year.
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.In denying him a promotion,management cited his _____________ decision making, charging that his judgments were based on vagaries rather than careful forethought.
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The reader does well to approach claims in this autobiography with a certain amount of friendly skepticism, but the overall impression it conveys is that veracity wins out over _____________.
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By and large, the writing of professional philosophers over the last century gets high marks for lucidity, though one can certainly point to a few whose prose is notably _____________.
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Some people might object to pairing art and physics, since art is considered to be relatively _____________ and physics, until recently, scrupulously avoided any mention of the inner thoughts that related to the outer worid.
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Although all of the major characters in Mendez' play are historical figures who have been lampooned in many previous works, she (i) _____________ this tradition in her avoidance of (ii) _____________.
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Because popular culture often portrays lawyers as shady and scientists as eccentric, we might expect cinematic depictions of scientists employed as expert witnesses in court cases to reflect badly on both law and science. Yet science and scientists rarely (i)_____________ in movies involving trials. When a scientist is negatively portrayed, it is often because the legal process is represented as having (ii)_____________ science; when a scientist is positively portrayed, it is often because science is represented as superior to law, as (iii)_____________ law's rhetorical and institutional instabilities.
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The sleight of hand of architects whose ambition is to add subtly and seamlessly to early twentieth-century Beaux Arts buildings contradicts a first principle of historic preservation: the _____________ historical periods should be clear.
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Despite the fact that some of the company's hiring and promotion practices have been widely _____________, these practices still persist in certain divisions of the company.
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The discovery of the brain's alleged pleasure center has not resulted in any breakthroughs in the treatment of mental illness. lt may even have (i) _____________ scientists by leading them to (ii) _____________ how pleasure is encoded and generated within the brain.
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All of his previous efforts at ingratiating himself with the official were ____________ when he responded antagonistically to the official's goading.
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The writer had little interest in realism; many of his stories take place in a world either fancifully sketched out or purposefully ____________.
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Galileo Galilei's ____________ the technical details of the telescopes he built was predictable: like any self-respecting inventor, he wanted to keep his art a secret.
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The governor, clearly trying to live down a reputation for (i) ____________, has recently demonstrated an unexpected ability to be (ii) ____________ when dealing with state legislators.
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The author of the passage would most likely agree with which of the following statements about Virginia Woolf' work?
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According to the passage, which of the following aspects of Virginia Woolf's work have led scholars to describe it as poetic?
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The Menkentown Business Herald dated June 4,1965, carried an article about four dry cleaners in Menkentown and reported that in 1964 each of them took in a larger proportion of the total dollar amount spent by Menkentown residents at dry cleaners than it had in 1963. Assuming that the article is accurate and that during 1963 and 1964 no Menkentown resident patronized any dry cleaner outside of Menkentown, it follows that _____________ .
Which of the following most logically completes the argument given?
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