
The Federal Reserve Board‘s reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort to influence their future direction.(A) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort(B) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of past economic trends as well as an effort

The winds that howl across the Great Plains not only blow away valuable topsoil, thereby reducing the potential crop yield of a tract of land, and also damage or destroy young plants.(A) and also damage or destroy(B) as well as damaging or destroying(C) but they also cause damage or destroy

The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.(A) how they learn language than(B) how one learns language than(C) how children learn language than do

According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation‘s four-year colleges and universities.(A) equivalent to the enrollment of(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in

Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.(A) as old as any of their supposed(B) older than any of their supposed(C) as old as their supposed

Opening with tributes to jazz-age divas like Bessie Smith and closing with Koko Taylor‘s electrified gravel-and-thunder songs,the program will trace the blue‘vigorous matriarchal line over more than 50 years.(A) the program will trace(B) the program shall trace(C) there will be a program tracing

Unlike the Shlites,who constitute the other major branch of islam,the Sunnites do not await the Mahdi as a messenger form God,nor do they endow him with divine qualities or immunity from failure in judgment.(A) nor do they endow him(B) but they do not endow him(C) neither do they endow him

State officials report that soaring rates of liability insurance have risen to force cutbacks in the operations of everything from local governments and school districts to day-care centers and recreational facilities.(A) rates of liability insurance have risen to force(B) rates of liability insurance are a force for

Although early soap operas were first aired on evening radio in the 1920‘s, they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930‘s when the evening schedule became crowded with comedians and variety shows.(A) were first aired on evening radio in the 1920‘s, they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930‘s(B) were first aired on evening radio in the 1920‘s, they were moved to the daytime hours in the 1930‘s

However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.(A) However much United States voters may agree that(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo‘s population on the eve of the First World War was 51,919.(A) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo‘s population(B) Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo, whose population

is possible that Native Americans originally have migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed between Siberia and Alaska.(A) have migrated to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that once existed(B) were migrating to the Western Hemisphere over a bridge of land that existed once

The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating

lies on the same latitude as Paris, France, but in Spring St. John‘s residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking shelter from a raging northeast storm.(A) residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cages than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills

Few voters are willing to elect a businessman with no political experience to such a responsible public office.Ms. Siuzdak: You’re wrong. The experience of running a major corporation is a valuable preparation for the task of running a state government.companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today

To standardize Dickinson’s often indecipherable handwritten punctuation by the use of the dash is to render permanent a casual mode of poetic phrasing that Dickinson surely never expected to see in print. It implies that Dickinson chose the dash as her typical mark of punctuation when, in fact, she apparently never made any definitive choice at all

disseminated through gullible local journalists in order to damage the interests of our enemies and protect our own. Those who defend this practice say that lying is necessary to counter Soviet disinformation campaigns aimed at damaging America’s political interests. These apologists contend that one must fight fire with fire. I would point out to the apologists that the fire department

coverage of election campaigns is its tendency to focus on the horse-race side of politics―that is, to concentrate on the question “Who’s winning?” at the expense of substantive coverage of the issues and the candidates’ positions on them. The endless interviews with campaign managers, discussions of campaign strategies,

have demanded my resignation. Remember that no court of law in any state has found me guilty of any criminal offense whatsoever. In the American tradition, as you know, an individual is considered innocent until proven guilty. Furthermore, as the corporation’s unbroken six-year record of growth will show, my conduct of my official duties as chairman

century before it finally met its destruction in another eruption around A.D. 415.Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the author’s claim that the city of Cephesa was not buried by the eruption of Mt. consumers have expressed a willingness to spend up to 10 percent