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The myth of the scientific method as a neat progression from hypothesis to experiment to conclusion is dispelled once you enter a lab and observe the ________ process by which researchers actually make discoveries.
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That formal conversation could obscure a speaker's(i)______was familiar to eighteenth-century English intellectuals, since they often found that the language of polite discourse was (ii)______ imparting their emotions.
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After the first monarch butterfly overwintering site was discovered in Mexico in 1975, the biologist Lincoln Brower (i)______the (ii)______of additional sites. The principal reason for Brower`s contention was that roosting in a very limited area would make the species highly vulnerable to wildfire.
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(i)_______the cumbersome phraseology of contemporary critical theory, her treatise is, stylistically at least, in sharp contrast with the (ii)______ of the prose she is analyzing--prose reflective of a culture that values extreme linguistic compression.
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Materials expand and contract with temperature changes. This general concept has been exploited for thousands of years, for instance, to ensure tight rivets in blacksmithing by shrink-fitting. For precision instruments, however, (i)_______materials are truly (ii)_______: hence the importance of Invar, an alloy notable for its (iii)_______expansion and contraction over a range of temperatures.
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After the Turkish Republic was established, traditional hamams (bathhouses) seemed to many Turks to be outmoded, but thanks to tourism, hamams have experienced a______,becoming important cultural sites for foreign and Turkish visitors alike.
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Among some demographic groups, the Internet is______: almost everybody who wants Internet access has it.
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The reliable production of usable energy through the controlled fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium remains an elusive dream: even the most ardent efforts to achieve it have thus far been_______.
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The television network seems to regard its longest-running comedy show as_______, keeping it in the schedule even as the humor it churns out is notoriously hit-or-miss.
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In his writings on Bob Dylan, Greil Marcus is admirably_______: he knows that not to hold Dylan to the highest possible standard is to condescend to him.
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For many in the room, the idea of coming to the assistance of a rival was more than unpleasant: it was_______.
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The newspapers described the writer as a(i)_______, but she was really quite (ii)______once you met her in person.
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Researchers note that wolves` otherwise strongly hierarchical society is marked by occasional displays of populist(i)_______: if a pack leader proves a too-snappish tyrant, subordinate wolves will (ii) _______ the top cur.
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An innovative musician, accompanist extraordinaire, and protomodern hipster, Lester Young(1909-1959 ) remains a (i)______in the jazz firmament. Some of the reasons are obvious: although he dressed with conspicuous cool, he chose an artistic trajectory that seemed calculated to (ii)______the spotlight--his best work was in the bands o other musicians, such as Billie Holiday and Count Basie, rather than at the front of his own. Moreover, he was shy, subtle, and sensitive--traits not usually associated with great (iii)______.
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Although it is quite probable that many small asteroids in the solar system`s asteroid belt have (i)______ , the total mass of these objects cannot be(ii) _______, since the combined gravitational pull of all known asteroids is (iii)______ to fully account for the asteroid belt's effect on the motion of nearby planets such as Mars.
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Even though Our Lady of the Forest achieves clinical evenhandedness in depicting the most depressing members of a small logging town, the novel lacks a single likable character and too often runs aground on______writing.
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The auditors are relying on the failing bank to make changes that it has steadfastly resisted for years and even now does not seem______to carry out.
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Responsibility for the nation's decline rests squarely with a people who take for granted their claims to preeminence but do not______interest in or commitment to actually maintaining it.
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The______of criteria for determining what is meant by "balance" and whether it is beneficial makes it difficult to evaluate claims that probiotics promote a healthy balance of microorganisms in the body.
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The economist argued that however much the government might trumpet the value of ______,it had been as bold as any other in its spending programs.
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