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At the core of science fiction is the notion of ________, of asking, "If this phenomenon continues, where will it lead?"
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Though acknowledging the unstated assumptions that commentators on her paper had identified, the geologist pointed out that such assumptions were (i)_______ the context of her research, and therefore their existence did not (ii)_______ her conclusions.
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Hilton discusses the well-developed capacity among the most influential and talented Victorians for writing on a wide range of topics, thus highlighting their lordly ________ specialization.
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Software makers typically write licensing agreements disclaiming responsibility for any negative consequences of using their products, but as computers become integrated into everything from cars to medical devices, that stance will become _______.
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Although individuals sometimes smile when they are alone, smiling behavior is most plausibly understood as a form of ________.
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In their cool and self-effacing design, Dutt' s new galleries for the museum (i)_______ their contents completely. For example, Dutt is best known for creating effects with natural light, but in these galleries this light is purposefully (ii)_______, as protection of the fragile exhibits is a primary design (iii)________.
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Because the term "memoir," unlike the term "autobiography," can suggest subjectivity rather than objectivity, Barton, in choosing to call his book a memoir, (i)_______ the accusation that his story may be (ii)_______. As Barton himself has noted, memoir promises only to give the reader an account of the author' s memory, and no one but the author can therefore (iii)_______.
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The firm's startling admission of bookkeeping irregularities called into question the _______ of the oversight that government exercises over the financial health of private businesses.
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The lyrics of this flavorless, inoffensive musical are (i)_______: “How can it be/It must be true/This thing I feel/I know it's you," one character sings. The melodies are pleasant but just as (ii)_______
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Although initially it may be difficult to discern the essay's message of peace and conciliation, a close reading reveals its essentially ________ nature.
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Paradoxically, it is Sebald' s isolating, melancholy inwardness that creates the (i)_______ between narrator and reader that is the hallmark of his writing. The more Sebald insists on his (ii)_______, the more powerfully he triggers a compensatory attentiveness, and even solicitude, in his reader. But as with any single tone maintained with such undeviating consistency, sooner or later the problem of (iii)_______ arises: the sameness of his music can weary all but the most similarly predisposed listener.
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Concerned to upend the standard top-down approach to game design, Flanagan calls on game designers to _______ the typical model with one that is less hierarchical.
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Hugh Trevor-Roper' s series of essays on the Puritan Revolution are considered to be the ________ of the genre: though these essays have exerted a welcome influence on the work of many subsequent historians, their quality has never been equaled.
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Although most of her colleagues ________ that the science of ecology can be practiced without taking a stand on environmental issues, the scientist insists that certain ecological studies can be undertaken without adopting any particular position on such issues.
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Lions are idiosyncratic animals that exhibit a remarkably wide range of behaviors, resisting our attempts to _______ them.
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Selling a product with no known or even _______ substitute and with an ever-growing demand for it seems as if it would be quite lucrative, but in fact the three biggest private-sector water companies in the world are eager to get out of the business.
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Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a remarkably _______ public figure: she was not only an actress but also a journalist, a prominent politician in the Japanese parliament, and the wife of a diplomat.
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There is no natural environment on Earth more _______ than a virgin rain forest: a plethora of rain forest species have developed remarkably sophisticated strategies to ensure that their voices are heard.
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High self-esteem has recently assumed a somewhat (i)_______ status in social psychology. On the one hand, high self-esteem is believed to confer a wide variety of adaptive and affective benefits; on the other, positive self-views have been linked to a number of intrapersonal and interpersonal strategies than can reasonably be described as (ii)________.
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Ironically, contemporary critics who celebrate the Victorian novel for its intellectual depth describe the (i)_______ effects of newer media—film, television, digital technology—in precisely the same terms that earlier critics had used to (ii)_______ the novel itself: as piecemeal entertainments that (iii)_______ mental effort on the part of the consumer.
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