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In Cixin Liu`s novel Death's End, compassion becomes a (i)_______: motivated by her unwillingness to risk the lives of others, the protagonist—brilliant astrophysicist Cheng Xin—makes several decisions that ultimately (ii)______ humankind. Yet the survivors that Xin meets never respond with (iii)______ as expected, instead reminding her that the choices she faced were complicated and their outcome impossible to predict.
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Genetic diversity is the raw material of evolution including the domestication of plants, yet the domestication process typically ____________ diversity because the first domesticates are derived from a very small sample of the individual plants.
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For a long time now, revenues from Broadway musicals have been (i)____________ with their quality: profits are higher than ever, but with few exceptions, the musicals are not (ii)____________.
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In private talks with the provincial leaders that lasted past a midnight meal of pizza, the prime minister was (i)____________ -- a contrast with her predecessor's often (ii)____________ handling of them.
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When Kim Dae Jung was decisively elected South Korea's president in December 1997, he was considered something of ____________ but nevertheless the right man for the time and the job.
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The author first accused the official of espionage in a 1981 book, and-though the case was far from ____________, full of suppositions rather than compelling evidence-the accusation has been repeated relentlessly ever since.
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In interviews, the filmmaker comes off as so ____________ that it is almost impossible to believe that she has made such a provocative, sophisticated movie.
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Political advertising may well be the most (i) _____ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii) _____, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
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Political ads have remained strikingly similar since the 1950s, whereas consumer ads have evolved dramatically. The difference seems to be that consumer advertisers prize (i)____________, whereas political advertisers prize (ii)____________. In that regard, political ads function as microcosms of politics generally-characterized by frequent and dramatic hyperbole but resistant to all but the most (iii)____________ change.
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Stannard may be hoping to resurrect Spark's literary reputation with this book, given its ____________ praise for her creative talents.
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When called before Congress to testify about the revocation of his passport, Paul Robeson defiantly ____________ his inquisitors for violating his rights.
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The young conservative's college years were probably a lonely time, during which she made a few political contacts but was repeatedly the recipient of ____________ from the progressive young women at her college.
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Microorganisms are the oldest, the most numerous, and the most widespread life-forms, nevertheless, because they are invisible to the unaided eye, their existence was as ____________ as their impact has been profound.
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Over the years, some researchers and educators have (i)____________ the argument for hands-on learning of science, (ii)____________ that a more straightforward approach-known as direct instruction-has the potential to help students learn science more effectively.
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There has been a noticeable reversal from the time when (i)____________ was accepted as the essential characteristic of genuine science: now the role of (ii)____________ in scientific research is generating a great deal of interest.
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