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Research into butterfly wings could have (i)_____ implications, since knowledge of their optical and thermal properties may be (ii)_____ controlling the behavior of computer chips, which likewise consist of finely structured thin film.
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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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In this single volume, Kenny aims to survey for the general reader all of ancient philosophy; understandably, space in such a book is (i)_____, and he is not to be faulted for minor omissions. However, Kenny would have added significantly to his book`s value had he more effectively (ii)_____ the influence of ancient philosophy on the subsequent tradition. As it is, newcomers to the subject will have little (iii)_____ the afterlife enjoyed by ancient philosophy in the period 1600-1750.
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The ambassador`s critical remarks seemed to be less a product of _____ and more the careless utterances of a fatigued or undisciplined individual.
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In sharp contrast to the novel`s scenic realism and precisely characterized figure is its persistent philosophical _____.
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Individuals, governments, and companies show ample ability to _____ themselves by setting goals based on current conditions and then blindly following them even when those conditions change drastically.
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The cat known to researchers as M-120-beefy, audacious, and apparently smart enough to spot a free lunch-is perhaps the world`s least _____ lynx: the scientists catch him several times a year.
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Among the Meakambut people of Papua New Guinea, legends are associated with specific caves in the Sepik region, and these legends are _____: only the cave owner can share its secrets.
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The province has long claimed to be just another developing region, even as its economy _____ those of other regions and threatens to eclipse the rest of the country combined.
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He was so ____ during the filming of the movie that crew members nicknamed his "The Angriest Man in the World"
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Wilson is wont to emphasize the _____ of ants, how ants with full stomachs will regurgitate liquid food for those without , or how the old will fight so the young can survive.
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In matters of taste, the art patron and collector Peggy Guggenheim was _____, she was for the strangest, the most surprising, the most satisfying, the best, the unique.
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The employee had a reputation for fractiousness, but his coworkers found him to be, on the contrary, quiet _____.
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Coagulation factors are useful proteins whose simple names-many are known only by Roman numerals-_____ their importance and the specificity of their roles in the thinning and clotting of blood.
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The (i)_____ of molecular oxygen on Earth-sized planets around other stars in the universe would not be (ii)_____ sign of life: molecular oxygen can be a signature of photosynthesis (a biotic process) or merely of the rapid escape of water from the upper reaches of a planetary atmosphere (an abiotic process).
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The economic recovery was somewhat lopsided: (i)_____ in some of the industrial economies while (ii)_____ in others of them.
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The film was a _____: its elements were assembled more or less haphazardly from a dozen of different sources.
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The title of her final and unfinished film, Escape, was _____: indeed while shooting it, she was preoccupied with thoughts of desertion.
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The laboratory maze has grown ever less _____ since it was first invented: instead of hoping to lose a rodent in a labyrinth, today's scientists design mazes to elicit a few simple, easily measured behaviors.
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Since it was committed to the idea of science as an international, politically neutral enterprise,
the Royal Society of London refused to _____ members from enemy nations during world wars of the twentieth century.
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