Looking back on a project that they had approached with both great________ and considerable aspirations, they were amused to recognize that neither the fears nor the hopes had been at all realistic.
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Which statement best expresses the author' s main conclusion in the passage?
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The passage's discussion of "free time" suggests that
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The indigenous uprising in Bolivia in 2008 was not_____________: in 1781 indigenous people took over the area near present-day La Paz in what constituted the biggest challenge to the Spanish who then controlled Bolivia.
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It can be a daunting task to plunge into the disparate and extensive data sets on the carnivores and _____________ meaningful patterns from their extraordinary morphological, behavioral, and ecological diversity.
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The passage suggests that some authors writing in 1950s jazz periodicals
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In the (i) _____________ world of the pioneering Walker Art Center, artful provocation is (ii) _____________ blockbuster entertainment, the (iii) _____________ is privileged over the tried-and-true, and willful insouciance is cultivated about the market forces that rein in the creativity of most big museum establishments.
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.In denying him a promotion,management cited his _____________ decision making, charging that his judgments were based on vagaries rather than careful forethought.
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Because we participate in the dynamics of ecosystems as we restore them, restoration practice is in essence antithetical to the idea of __________ wilderness.
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Though initially presented in a blaze of hyperbole, the thesis is repeated even more _________ in the ensuing paragraphs.
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