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Some chemists argue that although molecular motors are (i) ____________, they are (ii) ____________ by themselves; nevertheless, the chemical principles behind them might be (iii) ____________: using the same light-activated mechanism that drives certain molecular motors, researchers have developed around 100 drug-like compounds that can be switched on or off in response to light.
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The philosopher proposod that prehistoric humans were by nature autonomous and combative, establishing community life only when the cost of strife became ____________.
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The hypothesis that the moon formed from a planetary impact could account for the ____________ of water and other volatiles on the Moon since such an impact would have caused volatiles to escape into space.
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Yang Hong's studies of ancient Chinese tombs transcribe the tombs' epitaphs and inscriptions, noting whether these texts corroborate available information about the deceased's life or ancestry or ____________ it by presenting biographical material not found elsewhere.
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Woody plant responses to herbivory were always thought to be ____________; however, some scientists have reported localized responses to herbivory in certain woody plants.
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Recent work suggests that the interest among the rural population in the anticolonial political activism of the 1950s has to a large extent been (i)____________: the small percentage of rural residents who engaged in documented acts of overt political activism during that period (ii)____________ a much larger number who were strongly sympathetic but more cautiously engaged.
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Scrupulous accounting by businesses tends to be swept aside during periods when frenzied investing and speculation seem to promise huge profits, demonstrating once again that ____________, in the presence of lucre, may erode honesty.
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Magazines use superlatives to generate excitement and make stories seem worth reading, and not even the most punctilious fact-checkers at the most principled magazines can fight off all the ____________ claims.
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We might be much closer to building the next generation of observatories if competing groups of astronomers had not ____________ repeated chances to collaborate; instead, three separate projects with common goals are fighting one another for funding.
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Several environmental organizations have found themselves in the ____________ position of endorsing a legislature that they have long criticized as being too quick to approve development projects.
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The scientific study of laughter faces a frustrating paradox: ideal experiments take place in rigidly controlled environments with all but the most salient variables eliminated, but such sterile settings are often ____________ laughter.
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Historians of medicine are resigned to doctors' ____________ medical history: physicians offer hagiographic biographies of obscure nineteenth-century medical figures, triumphalist narratives of medical progress, and retrospective diagnoses of ailments afflicting historical characters.
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Much of the recent literature on the emergence of the United States postal system has (i)____________ ways in which the mails divided the democracy, documenting how women and African Americans were particularly marginalized. Henkins writes (ii) ____________ much of this recent historiography, highlighting commonalities across lines of region, race, and gender.
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If telecommuting ever did reduce traffic congestion noticeably, the excess capacity on the highways would almost certainly be quickly (i) ____________ by changes in current travel patterns. For example, more people might decide to drive alone instead of using public transportation. Historically, transportationand communications have been (ii) ____________ to each other-both of them increasing concurrently-rather than (iii) ____________ for each other.
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Like the detective, the biographer applies his or her powers of deduction and analysis to uncover new facts and to ____________ known ones.
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Critics of the company's senior management will be (i) ____________ by Hays's careful and meticulous account of its actions. Despite the book's (ii) ____________ title, the author has no designs on scandal; in fact, if anything, her account tends toward (iii) ____________, applauding the company's all-conquering success without reservation.
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Leaders within the Native American culture known as Fort Ancient differed from those of the neighboring Mississippian groups, whose authority was often ____________: indeed, one expert has described the Fort Ancient society as intensely egalitarian.
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The biographer laments the ____________ that abound in texts from antiquity; they are so prevalent, she says, that they nearly amount to a “conspiracy of silence."
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The Newseum was a museum created by, for, and about journalists and newshounds. But for all its celebration of the news industry, its creators took care to avoid (i)____________. Along with many testimonials to journalistic courage and a memorial to journalists who lost their lives on the job, the museum presented noteworthy examples of journalistic (ii)____________.
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It's possible that the (i)____________of the musicians about the director's appointment is mostly an expression of (ii) ____________ the selection process. No matter how much input orchestra players are allowed in choosing a music director, they never feel they have enough. Regardless, their criticisms of Webster's expertise and stature within the field are nothing short of (iii) ____________. Would they really prefer some of the other potential candidates whose names have been released?
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