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The best argument in favor of one space after a period over two is ________ one: one space is simpler, cleaner, and more visually pleasing.
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Wald' s decision to tell Rosetta Tharpe' s story to a wider audience in Shout, Sister, Shout! (i)________ the rigor of the book' s scholarship or the acuity of its theory. The scholarly quality of the work is (ii)_________ on every page, and yet it is not a dry, specialist academic tome.
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In ancient China, tin-rich ores were not as (i)_________ as copper-rich ores, and bronze—an alloy of copper and tin—was (ii)_________ material, as tin frequently had to be transported over large distances. As a result, unalloyed copper was probably used whenever (iii)________, since the metals used for farming and domestic purposes did not need to be as strong as the metals used for hunting and fighting.
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The ________ of governmental subsidies to obscure airports that are rarely used underscores the political difficulties of cutting funds from even the most unnecessary projects.
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It can be extremely difficult to uncover direct evidence of conspiracies, given that such activities are by their very nature ________.
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In clinical research into new treatments or the causal factors of diseases, randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trials are seen as (i)________ but, given their (ii)________ often are not feasible.
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Seigel has written an important and invaluable book on the history of Western ideas of the self, showing a genuine (i)________ in analyzing philosophical views of often daunting intricacy. Though a historian by profession, he keeps to a minimum his excursions into the (ii)________ of ideas, recognizing that great minds often (iii)________ the preconceptions of their age.
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The poem is not nearly as (i)________ as it has often been said to be. Granted, it would be (ii)________ to claim that the poem is self-contained or that its proliferating allusions are self-explanatory. But the poem is more self-contained than it appears when you read only fragments of it, and its allusions are often (iii)________ by their contexts or by their repeated appearances in changing contexts.
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Jane Austen belonged to the social class about which she mainly wrote, and although her novels offer abundant satire, one never has the sense that she viewed the basic elements of this social sphere as _________.
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Although technically their members were hunter-gatherers, many early Native California communities exhibited traits more typically associated with well-developed agrarian societies and, therefore, are often presented in the ethnographic literature as ________.
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Archaeopteryx had feathers on its hind limbs that helped stabilize it and acted as air brakes, allowing the otherwise _________ creature to turn more adeptly and fly steadily.
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Since responsibility for content is often _________ in multiauthor papers, it is easy to suppose that such papers may contain more instances of questionable academic practices than do papers by a single author.
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These preludes and fugues might be thought of as _________ Bach' s final works, glimpses of what he would accomplish in later pieces such as The Art of the Fugue.
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Science is so good at what it does that many people feel a (i)________ to apply it to social and political issues, yet experience shows that science may add little to or even (ii)_________ social and political questions.
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Anonymous sources have a tendency to (i)________ the information content of news stories in which they are quoted. Most of these sources are (ii)________ because they spin and leak selectively for political, personal, or institutional gain; all the balancing quotations from other sources can never remove their (iii)________.
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While offering important insights into supernova remnants, Finch's paper is often rather (i)________: it is (ii)________ unexplained concepts and details.
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The figure shows the width, length, and height of a rectangular solid. Which of the following statements must be true?
Indicate all such statements.
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The number of cases in which of the following case categories was closest to $$\frac{1}{8}$$ of the total number of cases for 1994?
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In which of the following two categories was the combined total number of cases handled closest to $$20,000$$?
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If Legal Services' average cost per case for family matters was twice the average cost per case for housing matters, then the ratio of Legal Services' total cost for family matter cases to Legal Services' total cost for housing matter cases was closest to
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