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Though the progress of the reform legislation was _______, it was surprisingly steady, and there never seemed any reasonable doubt that it would eventually be enacted into law.
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Preservation of historically significant architecture once (i)_______. But as preservation's scope has widened from individual buildings to entire urban districts, it has become a cultural (ii)_______. Much of the debate involves modernist architecture's role in areas preserved as historic districts. Although preservation professionals often (iii)_______ modernist additions to these settings, there is strong public support for keeping new buildings traditional.
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Local seawater acidification caused by carbon dioxide bubbling from the Pacific Ocean floor above a buried volcano _______ projected levels of climate-change-induced ocean acidification and so provides insight into likely future reef ecosystem effects.
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Because video game users control their character's actions, the distinction between media user and character is not as _______ in video games as it is in traditional media, where audience members simply witness characters' actions.
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Although it is premature to say whether nanomotors would _______ conventional methods, Wang believes that the most promising applications for nanomotors lie in fast drug delivery or low-cost cleanup of environmental pollutants.
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Pearl millet possesses the unique genetic predisposition to withstand environmental stress and produce appreciable yield, cultivation on _______ soils notwithstanding.
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$$-1 \lt x \lt 0$$
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A group of 10 couples plans to rent bayside summer houses on Island X from Realtor M for a certain week. The total rental cost for the houses will be evenly distributed among the 10 couples, and each couple will have their own bedroom. If Realtor M has at least three bayside summer houses of each type available that week, what is the least possible rental cost per couple?
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From 1995 to 2001, approximately what was the percent increase in the worldwide coffee bean production?
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If Brazil's coffee bean production in 1997 was $$\frac{2}{3}$$ of its production in 2001, then Brazil's 1997 production was approximately what percent of the worldwide coffee bean production in 1997?
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In 1991 Vietnam produced 1.5 percent of the worldwide coffee bean production. If the worldwide coffee bean production in 1991 was 15 percent greater than the worldwide coffee bean production in 1995, which of the following is closest to the amount of coffee beans produced by Vietnam in 1991, in millions of kilograms?
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