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Many people see the idea that virtuous ends can result from morally neutral motives as _______________: they have serious doubts about whether profit-maximizing entities can produce socially beneficial outcomes.
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It can be inferred from the passage that before educators "made a lasting impression on the comics industry," which of the following was likely true about comic books?
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Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the passage as a whole?
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Scientists believe that a ___________________ between Saturn's rotation and the axis of its magnetic field is
necessary to maintain the field, despite observations appearing to show Saturn's rotation and magnetic field in perfect alignment.
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During the 1950s in West Germany, those who identified car traffic as a public danger concentrated on the behavior of drivers rather than cars; as a result, safety features of automobiles ________________ public scrutiny.
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The passage implies that one factor contributing to the "underlying fear" among educators is that
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The history of science shows that the relationship between scientific inquiry and technology is far from _______________; however, a nonscientist will almost certainly describe the latter as merely an application of the former.
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Although the number of public libraries in the United States expanded greatly after 1786, their role as institutions of democratic empowerment was arguably ________________: in most cases the membership remained small, largely limited to local elites.
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The passage suggests that which of the following is true of Moore' s poetry written after 1940?
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Which of the following best describes the function of the highlighted portion of the passage?
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The ___________________ of theories is the essence of science: while they represent the best explanation that we have at any moment, theories can be reexamined at a later date ifthe evidence warrants.
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One effect of television pertinent to children's development is ______________ whether children actively engage in television-watching: even when televisions are just audible, adults speak less, a reduction potentially deleterious for children's language acquisition.
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The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the "recent research'
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The last sentence of the passage serves which of the following functions within the passage as a whole?
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