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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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In the nineteenth century, the circus, for all its glitz and even its glamour, was entertainment with an old soul, _____ the fast-forward pace of change in modern life.
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It is true that science, and more particularly scientists, _____ cherished paradigms with great reluctance and that when they do, scientific revolutions may result.
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The story lines of silent dramas may often have been _____, yet within those basic narrative outlines, the true artists among silent-film actors could express emotional shadings that have no analogue in spoken language.
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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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Although in the mid-1970s nuclear power seemed poised for a still greater role in energy supply, in fact the _____ of its prestige had already begun.
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Our mass media are much more fascinated by bad ideas or the failure of good ones than by successes: we drown in bad news—tales of how things went wrong—but we have only the most __________ discussion on how they might go right.
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Berwick, middle-aged, soft-spoken, and _____, with a keen sense of how to use this apparent ordinariness to his advantage, began with a gripping story about how a firefighter saved himself during a forest fire by using a completely improbable tactic.
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Journalist Michael Pollan is nothing if not (i)_____, committed to investigating our eating habits through (ii)_____ and unwilling to pass judgment on any food-related practice that he has not witnessed firsthand or even joined in.
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Environmental models—mathematical representations designed to stimulate natural systems—are regularly used by litigants in legal disputes over environmental issues. Unfortunately, the (i)_____ scientific model is (ii)_____ in environmental tort litigation. Because of the adversarial nature of litigation, models are often used by one side to (iii)_____ empirical evidence presented by the other. And because modeling is a particularly technical field, the task of asserting a given model's relevance and reliability may exceed the abilities of judge and juries.
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Eschewing today's hovered-over kids as less plausible characters for an adventure story, Rebeca Stead set her new children's novel in nineteen-seventies New York to show children with a great deal of ______.
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Many macroscopic or higher-level properties on the basis of which we sort chemicals into types are not _____ the chemical structure itself but instead only manifest themselves under certain conditions or in particular contexts.
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$$|2y -5| \lt 1$$
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The average (arithmetic mean) of the coordinates of the 7 labeled points on the number line is how much greater or less than the median of the coordinates of the 7 labeled points?
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From a set of 100 numbers, half were selected to form group I, and 60 percent of the remaining numbers were selected to form group II. The average (arithmetic mean) of the numbers in group I is 24.4, and the average of the numbers in group II is 31.5. Which of the following is closest to the average of the numbers in groups I and II combined?
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If $$x$$ is a positive integer such that the units digit of $$x^{3}$$ is $$3$$, what is the units digit of $$x^{15}$$?
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The functions $$f$$ and $$g$$ are defined by $$f(x)=|2x+1|$$ and $$g(x)=3$$ for all numbers $$x$$. What is the least value of $$c$$ for which $$f(c)=g(c)$$?
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If $$x \lt y$$, which of the following must be true?
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Amy and Jed are among the 35 people, who are standing in a line, one behind the other, waiting to buy movie tickets. The number of people in front of Amy plus the number of people behind Jed is 24. If there are 15 people behind Amy, including Jed, how many people are in front of Jed?
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If $$x$$ and $$y$$ are positive integers and $$xy=24$$，which of following statements must be true？
Indicate all such statements.
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