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By drawing the ship from various angles, an illustrator can show ------- an old ship was built.


 
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Large quantities of nitrogen are used together with hydrogen ------- ammonia, a colorless gas.



 
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------- in the United States began in the eighteenth century, when individuals, merchants, and colonial governments loaned money to one another.



 
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The “penny press” newspapers of the mid-nineteenth century in the United States provided ------- at a low price for the ordinary reader.

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Frederick Douglass failed in an attempt to escape slavery in 1836, ------- two years later he succeeded and reached New Bedford, Massachusetts.


 
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Carbohydrates, ------- of the three principal constituents of food, form the bulk of the average human diet.


 
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In 1652 the Massachusetts Bay Colony became -------.


 
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Infancy, ------- from birth until the age of two, is the formative period of a person’s life.



 
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In the human diet, the three principal components ------- digestion are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.



 
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Some nomadic peoples move homes and even villages when ------- for growing crops, and others wander in accordance with the grazing needs of their herds.



 
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Some of the procedures that archaeologists use to analyze samples ------- procedures used in medical laboratories.


 
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Not until 1891 ------- opened in New York.

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The accordion, a musical instrument consisting of a rectangular bellows expanded and contracted -------, is frequently used in folk music.


 
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The sense of smell functions chemically, ------- the sense of taste, but it is 10,000 times more sensitive.

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The wood of the teak tree resists water, -------, and takes a high polish.

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