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Aboriginal people of Victoria Australia neither rejected Western material culture nor demonstrated an obsession with it; in fact; Western artifacts such as pipes and handkerchiefs were appreciated for their symbolic rather than their ____________ value.
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Despite dogs` talent for detecting those high-pitched whistles that are inaudible to us, dogs' ability to locate sounds is ____________ compared with ours.
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The coagulated latex of the gutta-percha tree, which grows wild in Sumatra Kalimantan and May, can be formed into a natural plastic that, although inelastic under ordinary conditions becomes ____________ when placed in hot water.
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The automation of many of the functions performed at the factory, although initially inspiring _____________ in many of the company's employees, has had none of the deleterious effects forecast either within or beyond the organization.
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Biologists traditionally thought that restricted gene flow was _____________ the development of adaptations in a population, but empirical evidence shows that adaptation can be maintained despite very high levels of gene flow.
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Stigler brings a fundamental (i) _____________ to his protagonists, somehow treating them with respect even while he reveals these sometimes prickly characters behaving in (ii) _____________ ways.
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The (i) _____________ seen in most of eastern Eurasia is (ii) _____________ on the Mongolian plateau, despite only 200 millimeters of annual precipitation, because evaporation decreases at higher altitudes and latitudes.
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Knowing how (i) _____________ she was at work, her colleagues were surprised at her (ii) _____________ throughout dinner.
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An innovative musician, accompanist extraordinaire, and protomodern hipster, Lester Young (1909-1959) remains a (i) _____________ in the jazz firmament. Some of the reasons are obvious: although he dressed with conspicuous cool, he chose an artistic trajectory that seemed calculated to (ii) _____________ the spotlight-his best work was in the bands of other musicians, such as Billie Holiday and Count Basie, rather than at the front of his own. Moreover, he was shy, subtle, and sensitive-traits not usually associated with great (iii) _____________.
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In a book that inclines to _____________, an epilogue arguing that ballet is dead arrives simply as one more overstatement.
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Although dry weather in medieval England was not _____________, documentary evidence suggests that the cluster of intense droughts between 1323 and 1333 was exceptional.
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Among some demographic groups, the Internet is _____________: almost everybody who wants Internet access has it.
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What Dr. Walther has shown is that many of the standard statistical techniques that are supposed to insure against _____________ correlations are inadequate in this case.
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Because it was exposed by a _____________ fracture, the rock's structure could be seen free of weathering or lichen growth.
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Writing accessories such as letter openers, pen trays, and memorandum pads became tremendously popular during the Victorian era, and by far the most ubiquitous of such _____________ was the letter box.
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While Pompeian houses vary in their size, ground plan, and decorative schemes, they do tend to _____________ certain consistent design motivations: their owners all seem to have aimed toward creating a certain kind of domestic space.
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In a sharp blow to his reputation as (i) _____________ leader, the evidence that the mayor has recently been involved in malfeasance seems to be (ii) _____________.
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By using (i) _____________ prose throughout, the contributors to this anthology have been able to make their subject seem (ii) _____________ in the extreme-of concern only to one another.
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The obsidian found across the Pungaere-Upokorau area in New Zealand has previously been thought to come from two distinct sites (Pungaere and Waiare), but considering that the visual characteristics and chemical composition of the obsidian in the area are so (i) _____________, there is no reason to continue regarding Waiare as (ii) _____________ source, especially in view of the fact that finds of obsidian near Waiare settlement and in the Waiare Stream are (iii) _____________.
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Motorcycle riders in London have discovered an ingenious, albeit _____________ way of parking illegally without getting a ticket.
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