Credit is (i)_____, and hard for even one person to hold onto, but (ii)_____, sticky as honey, goes everywhere and sticks to everyone.
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By holding the balance of power in the sparsely settled borderlands between English and French settlements, and by their (i)_____ to use their power against one or the other nation if not appropriately treated, the Iroquois played the game of European power politics with (ii)_____.
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Raphael created works that were avidly sought by the most powerful and discriminating secular and ecclesiastical princes of his day. Some favored patrons he readily (i)_____; others, like the demanding Isabella d`Este, the overtaxed artist (ii)_____ with polite but (iii)_____ promises.
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His calm exterior _____ the militant fervor with which he threw himself into the campaign.
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Inured to the intense work engendered by the deadlines they normally faced, the production managers felt somewhat _____ by the temporary hiatus in orders.
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During their famous clash, Jung was ambivalent about Freud, so he attacked the father of modern psychoanalysis even as he _____ him.
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The issue of censorship on television is long-running; those few responsible for (i) _____ what content is delivered to the public have an often-misguided sense of their ability to predict the (ii) _____ of the public to material that may not even be considered questionable by all.
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"Blog" is just one of the many (i) _____ that have emerged as computers have become (ii) _____ fixtures of daily life. There are, of course, (iii) _____ linguists who refuse to accept these computer-related terms, even though these same linguists rely just as much on computers as the rest of the population.
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Despite the absurdity, her lengthy manifesto expressed many (i) _____ arguments, and many of her grievances were subsequently (ii) _____ by the women's movement, which gained force a year or so later.
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It was easy to explain the haughty teenager's impertinent behavior and limitless desires; she was _____ throughout her childhood, and no whim was ever denied her.
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Pundits were quick to say that the mayor's stance on environmental reform was far too _____; she easily relinquished her already minimal resolve to avoid confrontation.
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Reporters described the storm's effect on voter turnout as _____.
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Aristotle _____ the popular characterization of outer space as being a void; according to his philosophy, empty space would be an impossibility.
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Both the relationship with space and penetration of space are of (i) _____ importance in dance. This is the same rapport the sculptor has with his clay or marble. The body sculpts the space, forming a place for itself, (ii) _____ creating a negative space, that which is unoccupied. A reviewer, writing about the (iii) _____ dancer Hoyer, said that Hoyer could express what could not be born in film or photography. She could capture the space as her own.
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The artist was never very productive because of his (i) _____; however, when a glowing review of his latest work was featured on the front page of (ii) _____ newspaper, his confidence returned and he became what he had not been before, (iii) _____ painter.
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Aside from their values and a (i) _____ to contest conventional thinking in their industry, what differentiates the mavericks chosen is their (ii) _____ hiring the best and motivating them well.
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Lacking sacred scriptures or _____ , Shinto is more properly regarded as a legacy of traditional religious practices and basic values than as a formal system of belief.
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In some countries, government restrictions are so _____ that businesses operate with nearly complete impunity.
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That teachers are grossly underpaid, while not (i) _____ , may nevertheless still be (ii) _____ . While their (iii) _____compensation is rather low, they do receive excellent fringe benefits to more than make up for this deficiency.
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The paper recently promoted the reporter; she is known for her _____ style, which elicits information better than the more aggressive approach taken by her colleagues.
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