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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The state highways historically ran from north to south, because that orientation fit the patterns of the existing cart paths through the mountains, but they were later diverted toward the coastal cities, often looping around the suburbs before terminating either in downtown transit centers or airports.p>
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<p>In order to minimize the amounts of styrofoam used and disposed of within town limits, and thus reduce the overall amount of non-recyclable waste produced, a group of environmental advocates local to the area has proposed a ban on the use of styrofoam containers by restaurants and cafés within town limits. The advocates argue that because these businesses are the town’s heaviest users of styrofoam, the ban will have substantial environmental benefits.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, indicates that the plan to ban the use of styrofoam containers by restaurants and cafés is ill suited to the environmental goals of the advocates?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The homing pigeon Cher Ami delivered a message that helped save almost 200 hundred men during the Battle of Argonne, a feat that is considered astonishing not just because of traveling twenty-five miles in as many minutes but by the fact that she was delivering the message despite having been shot in various places.p>
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<p class="ng-scope">From the passage, it can be inferred that which of the following is true regarding aspect of nations' use of pharmaceutical therapies?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Because there are stipulations of the new corporate policy that mandate that even basic transactions can be the catalyst for legal claims to restitution or reimbursement, they have already caused a radical reevaluation of the methods sales staff use to do business.p>
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<p>The Committee for Road Safety published a press release stating that car tires will develop wear through normal use, and that this wear can cause brake failures and traffic accidents. The committee stated that, on average, such wear can begin to develop in as few as three years. Because of this, most motorists should purchase and install new tires every three years, if not more often.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion above?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">According to recent investigations into LDL and HDL cholesterol, olive oil has more of the type of fat that increases HDL cholesterol than does red meat and less of the type of fat they think increases LDL cholesterol.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">At the public aquarium, most of an aquarist’s time and effort is devoted on the care of marine life and when they maintain and repair the tanks that contain them.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The governor’s approval ratings are 5 percent higher now than a year ago and are going up, even though a tax increase and tightened environmental regulations are alienating business owners and therefore decreased support from his own party.p>
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<p>In the Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress, researchers claim that new regulations requiring that any movie depicting smoking receives an adult rating drives rates down further.p>
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<p>First-year sales of the film Bridge on the River Kwai obtained in 1957, and estimated to be 27 million dollars, made it the largest-grossing movie of the year.p>
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Companies O and P each have the same number of employees who work the same number of hours per week. According to records maintained by each company, the employees of Company O had fewer job-related accidents last year than did the employees of Company P. Therefore, employees of Company O are less likely to have job-related accidents than are employees of Company P.Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?
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<p>Which of the following, if true, would most clearly support the viewpoint attributed to Samuel Gompers in the highlighted portion of text?p>
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<p>An obscure novel from the thirteenth century has been attributed to Author X, although whether she was the sole author of the long work is often disputed. The year of completion has also been disputed but should be accepted as 1221, because in this year Author X wrote a diary entry about her joy at having completed the work. In this diary entry she also mentions a specific character who appears only in the last chapter of the book. While doubts may remain about certain aspects of the book's authorship, there is no doubt about its chronology.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?p>
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<p>Which of the following statements about Wise's theory of technology in society can be inferred from information in the passage?p>
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<p>Which of the following, if true, would most clearly support the statement presented in the last sentence of the passage?p>
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<p>Unlike the belief of the non-academics involved that the panel proceedings are subterfuge for discrimination, the academic peers of the professor under review are better equipped to evaluate the contributions and performance of their colleague in the review of potential termination due to neglect of duty.p>
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<p>In the face of consumer demands, many agricultural companies in this country have stopped growing genetically modified strains of some of their crops and resumed growing unmodified strains of those crops. Clearly, less genetically modified produce is being farmed in this country as a result of this switch than would have been farmed if those companies had continued to produce the genetically modified variants.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?p>
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<p>The founders of a new company believe they have developed a new standard of DVD that will display movies at far higher fidelity than any existing standard. While they recognize that the benefits of the new technology may not be sufficient to induce the entire market to adopt the new player and disc formats, they predict that the format will be worth the cost of adoption in commercial venues that show movies on large screens, where the improvement in quality would be quite noticeable.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion drawn above?p>
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<p>Which of the following most logically completes the passage?p>
<p>In cars, airbags provide good protection for the chest and head, but little or no protection for legs. A study of injuries resulting from car accidents showed that a large proportion were caused by blows to the legs. Therefore, if air bags protected this area, the risk of serious injury in car accidents would be greatly reduced, especially since _______________.p>
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