多选题In his essay, writer Rudolfo Anaya strives to ______ his sometimes incongruous Mexican and American identities by combining ______ worldviews to create one unique vision.

多选题The success of the space program came as a pleasant surprise to a nation that had been ______ by political turmoil and social unrest.

多选题No space was ______ inside the spaceship: there was nothing in it that did not serve an important function.

多选题Newspaper advertisers feel their messages are more believable and ______ when they are printed next to news reports: hence, advertising charges are higher for such ______.

多选题The modest acceptance speech of the Academy Award-winning actress revealed a ______ that contrasted with her uninhibited screen performances.

多选题Some medieval European painters saw iniquity all around them: they felt that the visible world was ______ sin.

多选题In the United States, social activists who strongly ______ a particular law can attempt to obtain a constitutional amendment to ______ it.

多选题The mayor"s reelection by an overwhelming majority was not so much an endorsement of his administration"s ______ as it was a ______ of his opponent"s extreme views.

多选题As Sam"s behavior was a flagrant violation of basic civility, Kendra was right to call it ______.

多选题The English monarch Elizabeth I may have wanted the miniature portraits of herself and her disgraced mother kept secret, since they were ______ her ring.

多选题The correlation between carbon dioxide and temperature throughout the Vostok record is consistent and predictable. The absolute temperature changes, however, are from 5 to 14 times greater than would be expected on the basis of carbon dioxide's own ability to absorb infrared radiation, or radiant heat. {{U}}This reaction suggests that, quite aside from changes in heat-trapping gases, commonly known as greenhouse gases, certain positive feedbacks are also amplifying the temperature change.{{/U}} Such feedbacks might involve ice on land and sea, clouds, or water vapor, which also absorb radiant heat. The author mentions "certain positive feedbacks" in order to indicate that A. increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is responsible for global temperature increase. B. some climate simulation models have produced useful information. C. greenhouse gases alone do not account for global temperature increase. D. variables that benefit life are causing global temperature to increase. E. beneficial substances that are not heat-trapping gases and that contribute to global temperature increase have been found in the Vostok ice core.

多选题Because her new job required daily attendance, Joan was obliged to ______ her formerly ______ lifestyle as a traveling musician.

多选题Castillo"s poetry has generated only enthusiastic response: praise from the general public and ______ from the major critics.

多选题The company manager was known for both his ______ and his ______: he lied frequently, but did so with amazing flair.

多选题Representing a round world on a flat surface is impossible without some ______: the Mercator projection may shows Greenland as over ten times larger than Mexico, a country in fact only slightly smaller than Greenland.

多选题The Joint Chiefs of Staff were not officially assembled until after World War II, but they ______ from an earlier attempt by Theodore Roosevelt to create a board that would work and plan jointly across the armed forces.

多选题Rodolfo Gonzales was once described as ______ in body and mind because of the flexibility and grace apparent in both his boxing and his writing of poetry and plays.

多选题Colonial South Carolina was characterized by cultural ______: Europeans, Africans and Native Americans each absorbed some customs of the other groups.

多选题The musical Scrambled Feir ______ the ______ of the theatrical world, poking fun at actors, directors, play wrights, and audiences alike.

多选题Remelting old metal cans rather than making primary aluminum from bauxite ore shipped from overseas saves producers millions of dollars in ______ and production costs. A. distribution B. salvage C. storage D. procurement E. research