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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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The series of paintings, as a whole, is remarkably ____________ despite the distinctive character of each canvas.
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At the peak of the stock market's vertiginous rise, some corporate pension plans became overfunded: their assets ____________ their liabilities.
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In a poll of 400 people who answered either yes or no to each of two questions, 340 people answered yes to the first question and 215 people answered yes to the second question. Which of the following could be the number of people polled who answered yes to both questions?
Indicate all such numbers.
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A group of computer users received an e-mail offering information about a computer service. Only 16 percent of the users responded to the offer for information. Eventually 46 of the users purchased the service, which represented 5 percent of those who responded to the offer for information. How many computer users received the e-mail offering information about the service?
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