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In the face of competition from the Internet, television`s beleaguered leaders should take heart: disruptive technologies nearly always________ new ways to profit, sometimes even for the incumbent players whose business model is being upended.
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Enlightened thinkers in late-eighteenth-century Europe broadly endorsed the concept of progress, yet theories of progress were usually________ a strong streak of pessimism, a sense of the challenges inherent in the human condition.
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The work is alive and heterodox, the kind of ambitious failure that is more________ than many finely crafted critical successes.
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The ability of the Grand Banks cod fishery to sustain intensive cod harvesting for many years gave it a reputation for________ that deceived even scientifically sophisticated observers.
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While many books have emphasized the differences between Delaney and his father—and his need to differentiate himself from his father—Delaney takes pains in this memoir to________ his closeness with his dad.
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To date, the search for signs of a planetary magnetic field from the interior of Venus has been in vain, suggesting that Venus` interior may not, as has been assumed, resemble that of Earth. However, the field may be (i)________ at times in its history, Earth`s magnetic field is known to have been (ii)________.
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While several relationships fell by the wayside under the pressure of conflicting opinion, none was more affecting to the writer than her relationship with her brother. Her letters document a steady (i)________ of feeling: intense pride in him giving way to more moderate respect, trust (ii)________ as feeling of betrayal come to dominate.
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It is a common complaint that female explorers have been unfairly (i)________ in modern historical accounts. Amelia Earhart, Freya Stark, and Gertrude Bell may be (ii)_______, but only a special would recognize the names of Fanny Workman or Janet Wulsin. Whether that is a matter of (iii)________ or a fair reflection of their achievements is debatable.
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With so many scientific papers chasing so few pages in the most prestigious journals, the winners could be the ones most likely to oversell themselves---to trumpet amazing or important results that later turn out to be false. This would produce a (i)________ picture of scientific knowledge, with less (ii)________ but more (iii)________ results either relegated to obscure journals or left unpublished.
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The archives of the museum, containing a plethora of documents that shed light on Picasso`s work, may, for a time, give us the illusion of total comprehension, but in the end it seems that Picasso is no more_________ than he ever was.
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Many people perceive an unearned grandiosity at work in the news business and given that perception, it should be no surprise that they have such a strong________ for the business.
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Madame Germaine de Stael, famous for her opinionated views, sometimes made enemies with her________ comments.
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The arrival of the manual describing procedures for adding content to the Web site may mark a new, more __________ phase in the site`s history, and some contributors will no doubt become nostalgic for the unpredictable do-it-yourself days.
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The physical (i)_____ seen in the remains of soldiers who fought in the fifteenth-century battle of Towton is unsurprising, given the (ii)_____ origins of the men who took the battlefield that day.
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Many popular musicians have (i)____ new digital technologies that allow them unprecedented control over their music. These musicians use computers to (ii)_____ and modify their songs, resulting in a level of musical precision often unattainable naturally. Of course, though, as is often the case with new technologies, some traditionalists (iii)_____ these developments.
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Origin, distribution, and habitat are included in the book for some but not all of the plants; offering this information for each species would have given readers a clearer appreciation of the differences between _____ and introduced species.
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Although there is an incredible diversity of microbes across the body of each individual, the fact that specific body sites tend to host a few specific bacteria indicates that the body`s microflora are not _____ distributed.
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Some ambitious lawyers are willing to work on Supreme Court cases without charge in an effort to gain _____; they believe that this increased cachet will help them succeed in the future.
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The author`s unfortunate predilection for mannered turns of phrase and complicated metaphors had a tendency to _____ her work`s straightforward themes.
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The councilman was a highly respected, even (i)_____ member of society, so when he was accused of fraud, people were (ii)_____.
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