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9. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while G1-r$7\
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10. The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of F Uz1P
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17. Anthropology is a science in that anthropologists use a rigorous set aS[y\9(**
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18. Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients _xH<R
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21. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often G)^/#d#&
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24. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a $IS!GS&:
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26. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the =>lX brJ
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29. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be WVsj
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32. That xenon could not form chemical compounds was once believed by #AP;GoIf"j
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34. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money @)0
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35. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all 7.Z-
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36. One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States is A`JE(cIz3
the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected. Q"U%]2@=
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40. Studies of the gravity field of the Earth indicate that its crust and lyFlJm i,r
mantle yield when unusual weight is placed on them. i].E1},%
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41. The annual worth of Utah’s manufacturing is greater than that of its %o4v
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44. No social crusade aroused Elizabeth Williams’ enthusiasm more than the T@{ab1KV
expansion of educational facilities for immigrants to the United States. ! [1aP,
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45. Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable them to spring 4eB oR%2o
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48. In his writing, John Crowe Ransom describes what he considers the ;+(_stxqV9
spiritual barrenness of society brought about by science and technology. ?;htK_E\*
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49. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational *k_<|{>j(
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50. The ancient Hopewell people of North America probably cultivated corn nA_'jl
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51. Using many symbols makes it possible to put a large amount of LxGD=b
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52. Anarchism is a term describing a cluster of doctrines and attitudes )=()
whose principal uniting feature is the belief that government is both Jn d_cJ ]a
harmful and unnecessary.
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53. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in OI6Mx$
the Untied States than did Henry Ford a pioneer in automobile production. G/FDD{y
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54. The use of well-chosen nonsense words makes possible the testing of $:oC\K6
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55. The history of painting is a fascinating chain of events that probably s@iY'11
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56. Perfectly matched pearls, strung into a necklace, bring a far higher YkMFU'?[
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57. During the eighteenth century, Little Turtle was chief of the Miami YLTg(*
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58. Among almost seven hundred species of bamboo, some are fully grown at 2)}*'_E9
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59. Before staring on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea jQ'g'c!
charts, study the sailing directions, and memorize lighthouse locations to &n_f.oUc
prepare themselves for any conditions they might encounter. D&"lu*"tg
60. Of all the economically important plants, palms have been the least axt;}8
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61. Buyers and sellers should be aware of new developments in technology @v@F%JCZ
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63. The human skeleton consists of more than two hundred bones bound 6'N_bNW
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64. The pigmentation of a pearl is influenced by the type of oyster in #oa>Z.?_V
which it develops and by the depth, temperature, and the salt content of SPdEO3
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65. Although mockingbirds superbly mimic the songs and calls of many k ZF<~U
birds, they can nonetheless be quickly identified as mockingbirds by *_YR*e0^nN
certain aural clues. XC~"T6F
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66. Not only can walking fish live out of water, but they can also travel ,D }Ka?
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67. Scientists do not know why dinosaurs became extinct, but some theories |5dNJF8;Q
postulate that changers in geography, climate, and sea levels were U`EOun,
responsible. oz.z>+Q
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yield and superior quality, utilizes information derived from other
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saving the seeds from freezing. Rrry;Hr
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70. Even though the precise qualities of hero in literary words may vary yv]|Ce@8A
over time, the basic exemplary function of the hero seems to remain +:ms`Sr>
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71. People in prehistoric times created paints by grinding materials such `W@jo~y<
as plants and clay into power and then adding water. ,4'y(X<R
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72. Often very annoying weeds, goldenrods crowd out less hardy plants and M \k[?i
act as hosts to many insect pests. f1'X<VA
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74. When Henry Ford first sought financial backing for making cars, the t CO?<QBE
very notion of farmers and clerks owning automobiles was considered T6\]*mlr
ridiculous. Hc
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75. Though once quite large, the population of the bald eagle across North r0[<[jEh
America has drastically declined in the past forty years. *tRsm"}
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76. The beaver chews down trees to get food and material with which to f'5
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77. Poodles were once used as retrievers in duck hunting, but the American <+q`
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78. As a result of what is now know in physics and chemistry, scientists gfIS
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79. The practice of making excellent films based on rather obscure novels ,9I-3**W
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80. Since the consumer considers the best fruit to be that which is the `@1e{?$
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81. Television the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, n CX{tqy
marked by rapid change and growth, is moving into a new era, an era of hO3
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extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape zGz}.-F
our lives and our world. HbB8A#u
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82. Television is more than just an electronics; it is a means of iZ}c[hC'3`
expression, as well as a vehicle for communication, and as such becomes a sm{0o$\Z
powerful tool for reaching other human beings. H?Sv6W.~
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83. Even more shocking is the fact that the number and rate of t}Td$K7
imprisonment have more than doubled over the past twenty years, and oGI'a:iff
recidivism------that is the rate for re-arrest------is more than 60 sxRKWM@4
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84. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but 2!W[ff@~7
William Rainey Harper lured him to the new university of Chicago, where he g)$KN,gGuO
remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in
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advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but O#[b NLV
sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences. Bnk<e
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85. The sloth pays such little attention to its personal hygiene that dwUDhQt3Q
green algae grow on its coarse hair and communities of a parasitic moth y5aPs z
live in the depths of its coat producing caterpillars which graze on its `w>D6K+
mouldy hair. Its muscles are such that it is quits incapable of moving at 7R79[:uwJ
a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over the shortest distances and &0bq3JGW
the swiftest movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm. O9?.J,,mVh
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86. Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative zvq}7,
purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as way and F|m &n&
glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural RR+kjK?
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87. Three years of research at an abandoned coal mine in Argonne, e>c
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Illinois, have resulted in findings that scientists believe can help Btzes.
reclaim thousands of mine disposal sites that scar the coal-rich regions ~&ns?z>x
of the United States. ZD|F"v.
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88. When the persuading and the planning for the western railroads had |X XO0
finally been completed, the really challenging task remained: the }xBO;
dangerous, sweaty, backbreaking, brawling business of actually building }s'=w]m
the lines. WH39=)D%u
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89. Because of the space crunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly 0$-|Th:o
cautious in considering acquisitions and donations of art, in some cases zx]r.V
passing up opportunities to strengthen is collections. Y-1K'VhT
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90. The United States Constitution requires that President be a c*zeO@AAn
natural-born citizen, thirty-five years of age or older, who has lived in k%Tp9x$
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91. Arid regions in the southwestern United States have become GKF!GbGR@
increasingly inviting playgrounds for the growing number of recreation LQ%QFfC
seekers who own vehicles such as motorcycles or powered trail bikes and 0iR?r+|
indulge in hill-climbing contests or in caving new trails in the desert. IOC$jab@
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92. Stone does decay, and so tools of long ago have remained when even the '4#NVXVQm
bones of the man who made them have disappeared without trace. VrfEa d
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93. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they 1oiSmW\
would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not :XAyMK7
for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. yN `&oya
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94. It is true that during their explorations they often faced (
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difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner ~J~R.r/
which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not ?,v&
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95. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the )OFN0'
young man has a glorious future before him and old one has a splendid :a2[d1
future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is. os;94yd)
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96. I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they qj:[NPwaM
have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love comfort. They are N>a~k}pP
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not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
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97. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates >)*d/ ^
goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the N+ ]O#Js?
world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no 3w p@OF_
inclination to meet on the battlefield. Ce}m$k
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98. It is impossible to say simply for the fun and exercise: as soon as Z{l`X#':
the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some adri
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larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative [X]hb7-&
instincts are around. q\jq9)
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99. It has been found that certain bats emit squeaks and by receiving the tzgaHN
echoes, they can locate and steer clear of obstacles------or locate flying @mg5vt!$`
insects on which they feed. This echo-location in bats is often compared Uy|!f]"?
with radar, the principle of which is similar. u\@Qze
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100. As the time and cost of making a clip drop to a few days and a few 37?X@@Z=
hundred dollars, engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar FwB xag:u
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