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As Toronto-based documentary filmmaker Katerina Cizek notes, even as new technologies forge connections between people, they can also deepen cultural and political (i)_____, eroding our common public arena for discussion instead of (ii)_____ it.
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For years the prime minister was made to sound articulate and convincing through the efforts of his talented speech writers. Yet there was a downside to the speech writers` (i)_____: as the prime minister`s government began to (ii)_____, his rhetorical (iii)_____ stood in stark contrast to his political inadequacies.
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One reason for the (i)_____ of the Victorian novel is our recognition that Victorian society, despite its differences from the contemporary world, confronted its novelists with problems that (ii)_____ our own: how to reconcile democracy with traditional humanistic culture and how to create a humane existence in the welter of urban life. In short, foreshadowings of our present-day (iii)_____ abound in the Victorian novel.
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Zadie Smith`s White Teeth is ecstatically __________: Smith seems to have omitted no incident, no character, no metaphor, no joke that struck her fancy.
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The growing competition among the science journals for the most-important research may contribute to mistakes and fabrications, even in the most __________ of the bunch.
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Even though the survey course was designated as interdisciplinary, it involved no real __________ of subject matter.
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Experimentation in the arts often generates befuddlement, and even __________ of innovative art generally have voiced perplexity regarding this new, experimental artwork.
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Early in her career the music critic had written a review (i)_____ one composer`s debut symphony; abashed by her youthful exuberance, the critic later (ii)_____ the most encomiastic sections of the review when she republished it in her collected works.
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The researchers (i)_____ saw in crawfish frogs the behaviors, such as closed eyes or limbs tucked in toward the body, that indicate sleep in amphibians. Indeed, as is not the case for tree frogs and true toads, classic sleep behavior is (ii)_____ true frogs, including crawfish frogs, although bullfrogs, which are also true frogs, are quiescent at night.
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Even in the querulous culture of the university`s economics department, Posada stood out for his __________.
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The senator showed a fierce commitment to achieving an accord, spending months coaxing a consensus out of an often __________ assembly.
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Perhaps only a minority of scientific researchers were succumbing to bias, but their skewed findings were having __________ effect on published research.
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The era`s examples of __________ that are cited by the author can be balanced by occasions when dissent was tolerated.
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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 feelings of betrayal come to dominate.
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The uncanny likeness of unrelated butterflies can be (i)_____ as an adaptation whereby edible butterflies imitate the coloration of venomous butterfly species that potential predators (ii)_____.
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Castillo`s apparently inexhaustible posthumous career is about to have a significant second act: the large number of books written by Castillo already available is soon to double. While this prospect is bound to thrill many readers, we might (i)_____ our excitement with the recognition that when it comes to publishing the dead, the best is not often saved for last. Given the remarkable (ii)_____ of Castillo`s publications to date, it seems unlikely that any of the looming titles could (iii)_____ the masterpieces we already know.
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Paleontologists seeking dinosaur fossils made many __________ finds in the years just before the Second World War; even excavations that produced no bones at all sometimes proved to be revealing.
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Since cold infusion is a relatively slow and gentle process for preparing tea, proportions and brewing times are not critical concerns-cold infusion allows plenty of __________ with regard to both.
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Many introduced species have remained __________ in their new environment for decades before suddenly becoming major problems.
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In an industry known for its __________ cheap theatrics, Will Wright stands apart as a humble philosopher in love with the potential of video games to expand the human experience.
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