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Because chemistry's position as one of the natural sciences has long seemed _____, historians have generally treated the foundation of chemical professorship as an inevitable component of the progression of universities.
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Viewing people as ''social atoms'' that obey rather simple rule (which are not unlike the laws of physics), one may discover certain (i)_____. Take, for example, the way channels emerge when people move in crowds. In the midst of initially (ii)_____ movements, one person begins to follow another-in an effort to avoid collisions-and streams of movement emerge. As more people join in, there is greater pull on others to join the flow, and the particular channels become (iii)_____.
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Baker was struck by the amount of _____ she saw at the renowned medical facility; for all their experience, the physicians could not seem to agree on the correct diagnosis for any given patient.
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Because the critic thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, writers seeking his approbation _____ the vernacular.
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Another challenge to biologists and land-use planners alike is that while human-induced changes to the landscape are somethings _____, they can nevertheless drastically alter the habitat for some plants and animals.
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Though Fine leavens her work with humor and playfulness, she can be _______ writer, mincing no words in her judgements of other scientists' work.
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In the Old Southwest, only writers who showed exceptional __________ were likely to become widely known, because the region's weak infrastructure inhibited the development of publishing beyond local newspapers that served small towns.
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While the rate at which absolute global sea level is rising may seem ___________, it has been far from an incidental factor in human history.
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Given the important role that apologies can play in human relations and the almost daily news reports of the latest celebrity or political apology, the ____________ of empirical research on the subject is surprising.
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Scientists are finding that the adult brain is for more _____________ than they once thought: our behavior and environment can cause substantial rewiring of the brain or a reorganization of its functions and where they are located.
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