多选题Never an ______, but tending instead to see both sides of an issue, the senator was considered ______ by those who did not know her well.

多选题Claudia is so adept at controlling her temper that she can seem quite ______ when she is actually ______.

多选题The 1973 Endangered Species Act made into legal policy the concept that endangered species of wildlife are precious as part of a natural ecosystem. The nearly unanimous passage of this act in the United States Congress, reflecting the rising national popularity of environmentalism, masked a bitter debate. Affected industries clung to the former wildlife policy of valuing individual species according to their economic usefulness. {{U}}They fought to minimize the law's impact by limiting definitions of key terms,{{/U}} but they lost on nearly every issue. The act defined "wildlife" as almost all kinds of animals—from large mammals to invertebrates—and plants. "Taking" wildlife was defined broadly as any action that threatened an endangered species; areas vital to a species' survival could be federally protected as "critical habitats". Though these definitions legislated strong environmentalist goals, political compromises made in the enforcement of the act were to determine just what economic interests would be set aside for the sake of ecological stabilization. The author refers to the terms "wildlife" "taking" and "critical habitats" most likely in order to: A. illustrate the misuse of scientific language and concepts in political processes. B. emphasize the importance of selecting precise language in transforming scientific concepts into law. C. represent terminology whose definition was crucial in writing environmentalist goals into law. D. demonstrate the triviality of the issues debated by industries before Congress passed the Endangered Species Act. E. show that broad definitions of key terms in many types of laws resulted in ambiguity and thus left room for disagreement about how the law should be enforced.

多选题The slogan "What goes up must come down" was so universally accepted by economists that it was considered ______.

多选题Suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt was known for ______: she avoided controversy, welcomed compromise, and ______ her foes.

多选题The cultivation of the emotion of natsukashii, interpretable as "pleasant sorrow", brings Japanese to Kyoto in the spring, not to ______ the cherry blossoms in full bloom but to ______ the fading, falling flowers. A. mourn B. arrange C. savor D. rejoice over E. grieve over F. preserve

多选题Many animals are able to ______ the harmful effects of cold weather by means of feathers, fur, or blubber.

多选题The renewed interest in Elizabethan times is evident in the ______ of new Hollywood films set during that period.

多选题Architect Toyo lto strives to design spaces that seem "aqueous", creating environments wherein objects appear to ______.

多选题Angered that the book arrived in the mail in such a shabby condition, Elliot insisted that the bookseller replace it with ______ copy.

多选题The editor did not wish to print an article based on mere ______; she therefroe ordered the reporter to find convincing ______.

多选题Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater ______ their efforts to build a progressive party than the ______ of the progressives already elected to the legislature. A. benefit from B. obstacle to C. praise for D. success E. reputation F. resistance

多选题Artists who are described as ______ are the first to experiment with new forms or concepts.

多选题Eager to appear sophisticated and learned, Vincent cultivated a persona that was both ______ and ______.

多选题The reviewer characterized Madonna Swan-Abdalla"s autobiography as a portrait of an ______ person, one who prevailed against great odds.

多选题Nicknamed the "contact lens" the device installed on the Hubble telescope successfully ______ its flawed vision, the result of a faulty mirror.

多选题Although it stayed in business for several months, the company was actually ______ and met its financial obligations only by engaging in ______ activities.

多选题The café attracts a ______ clientele: a startlingly heterogeneous group of people collects there.

多选题When they purchased the hilltop property, they were blissfully ______ of the fact that it stood directly in the flight path of the local airport.

多选题More concerned with contributing to science than with earning public acclaim, nineteenth-century astronomer Caroline Herschel ______ the ______ she received for her achievements.