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When Jourdain(i)_____________ that the "phonograph has been as disastrous to the development of the musical imagination as television has been to the literary imagination," he appears grumpy rather than reflective. (ii)_____________ the fact that there are arguably as many fine authors and poets now as ever, television notwithstanding, there is not a shred of evidence that musical recordings have had any(iii)_____________ effect on music in any way.
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Whereas classic compromises express an underlying and continuing (i)_____________of values, so that the disagreements among the parties are embodied in the compromise itself, consensual compromises are based on an underiying (ii)_____________ of values.
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Climate science journals are often too hermetic for even the most (i)_____________ layperson. The gravity of the issues discussed requires that we (ii)_____________ such (iii)_____________: we need publications that engage the broader public in discussions of how we interact with the natural world.
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Given how readily newspapers and various collectibles can accumulate, it's not much of a stretch to imagine being victims of our possessions, _____________ things we' re unable to sort out and discard.
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History is about recognizing continuities and therefore the historian must (i)_____________ stories that rope together the disparate worlds of past and present. But it is also true that honest history arises from a sense of (ii)_____________. lt is the experience of discontinuity that alerts us to the(iii)_____________ of the past and sets us looking for narratives to capture that unfamiliar entity.
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Hedonic hunger, or the urge to eat for pleasure, applies even when we are full. When food is (i)_____________, hedonic hunger comes in handy, so we can stock up on calories for the hard times ahead. But in a world of(ii)_____________, the same impulse makes us gain weight.
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The literary critic' s first book, coming after a long period of reviewing poetry in magazines, is the author's chance to(i)_____________ positions previously (ii)_____________somewhat confusingly, and show how they(iii)_____________, if in fact they do.
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Until the l960s, predictions of the effect of winds on the ocean waves were_____________, and forecasts of wave heights during stoms were consequently unreliable.
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