She had________opportunity to exercise leadership, which she has dreamed of since she was young.

Daylight saving time was instituted to increase productivity.

When I visited the area after the hurricane, I became________by what I saw and heard there.

Justices of the peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses.

Some consumer researchers distinguish【C1】______ " rational" motives and "emotional" (or "non-rational" motives. They use the term "rationality"【C2】______ the traditional economic sense that assumes【C3】______ consumers behave rationally when they carefully consider all alternatives【C4】______ choose those that give them the greatest utility (i. e. , satisfaction). 【C5】______ a marketing context, the term "rationality" implies that the consumer selects goods based【C6】______ totally objective criteria, such【C7】______size, weight, price, and so on. "Emotional" motives imply the selection of goods【C8】______ to personal or subjective criteria — the desire 【C9】______ individuality, pride, fear, affection or status. The assumption underlying this distinction is【C10】______subjective or emotional criteria do not maximize utility or satisfaction.【C11】______, it is reasonable to assume that consumers always attempt to select alternatives that,【C12】______ their view, serve to maximize satisfaction. Obviously, the assessment of satisfaction is a very personal process, based【C13】______ the individual's own needs as【C14】______ as on past behavioral, social, and learning experiences. What may appear【C15】______ irrational to an outside observer may be perfectly rational【C16】______ the context of the consumer's own psychological field. For example, a product purchased to enhance one's self-image (such as a fragrance) is a perfectly rational form of consumer behavior. 【C17】______ behavior did not appear rational to the person who undertakes it【C18】______ the time that it is undertaken, obviously he or she would not do it.【C19】______ the distinction between rational and emotional motives does not appear to be warranted. Some researchers go so far【C20】______ to suggest that emphasis on "needs" obscures the rational, or conscious, nature of most consumer motivation. They claim that consumers act consciously to maximize their gains and minimize their losses; that they act not from subconscious drives but from rational preferences, or what they perceive to be in their own best interests.

John is very diligent, but his pay isn't sufficient enough for his work.

Going around at the top of the mountain, we watched the fog________from the valley below; it seemed that we had entered a fairyland.

Life insurance, before available only to young, healthy persons , can now be obtained for old people, and even for pets.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Dimmesdale succumbed to Hester's charms.

The affluent middle class created by the Asian boom now take up over from exports as the main engine of growth.

When he realized he had been suggested to sign the contract by intrigue, he threatened to start legal proceedings to cancel the agreement.

Our programs come second to theirs.

There are more people who are obese today than 20 years ago.

Relaxation therapy teaches one not to fret over small problems.

We regret being unable to entertain your request for providing free boarding to 15 sportsmen for two weeks.

Justices of the Peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses.

This silk has gone right ________ and we have not sold a single piece of it for weeks.

Once they had fame, fortune, secure futures; now all that left is utter poverty.

The engineers are going through with their highway project, in spite that the expenses have risen.

Many of the electric and electronic products we purchase and consume today are what some industrial experts call " homogeneous toys".