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Perhaps most (i)____________ to early-twentieth-century critics of outdoor advertising was that their legislative successes did little to diminish the exponential growth of the industry. Indeed, their reform legislation to some extent (ii)____________ industry expansion, as each new legislative action affirmed bill posters' right to occupy all but
specifically proscribed spaces.
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One of the most widespread traits among animals is (i)____________. It runs from (ii)____________, such as yawning when others yawn, to emotional (iii)____________, in which the self resonates with fear or joy when it picks up fear or joy in others.
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When there is less natural dust blowing into eastern China, the air quality for millions of people there (i)____________: natural dust plays an important role in determining air temperatures and thereby promotes winds to (ii)____________ human-made pollution. Less natural dust, therefore, means the air becomes (iii)____________, with pollution becoming more concentrated and sticking around longer.
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If Laplace's nebular theory were correct, it can most reasonably be assumed that
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The author advances the main argument of the passage by
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the places mentioned in the highlighted section?
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If the "deposits" were not discovered prior to 150 years ago, then which of the following would be a logically defensible inference?
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Margaret Oliphant's literary output was ____________: it included almost 100 novels, 50 short stories, 25 nonfictional works, and in the region of 400 articles published in the periodical press.
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The New York City response to the Astaires was enthusiastic, but in London it was ____________: British audiences had never seen dancers like them, and they associated the pair's seemingly effortless skill with an idea of the United States at its best.
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The ____________ of Lord Kelvin's attack on Darwin for the latter's unsophisticated estimate of the minimum age of the Earth suggests that Kelvin's motives were not entirely scientific.
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As Peggy Noonan's memoir recounts, the hypocritical attitudes she witnessed among liberal fellow-students had a dramatic effect on her political orientation, causing her to ____________ conservatism.
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Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
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The highlighted sentence serves primarily to
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The passage suggests which of the following about the "reef monitoring surveys”?
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