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The following appeared as an editorial in a wildlife journal. "Arctic deer live on islands in Canada's arctic
region. They search for food by moving over ice from island to island during the course of a year. Their
habitat is limited to areas warm enough to sustain the plants on which they feed, and cold enough, at least
some of the year, for the ice to cover the sea separating the islands, allowing the deer to travel over it.
Unfortunately, according to reports from local hunters, the deer populations are declining. Since these
reports coincide with recent global warming trends that have caused the sea ice to melt, we can conclude
that the decline in arctic deer populations is the result of deer being unable to follow their age-old
migration patterns across the frozen sea."
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The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Clearview newspaper. "In the next mayoral election,
residents of Clearview should vote for Ann Green, who is a member of the Good Earth Coalition, rather
than for Frank Braun, a member of the Clearview town council, because the current members are not
protecting our environment. For example, during the past year the number of factories in Clearview has
doubled, air pollution levels have increased, and the local hospital has treated 25 percent more patients
with respiratory illnesses. If we elect Ann Green, the environmental problems in Clearview will certainly
be solved."
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The following appeared in a medical newsletter. "Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections
may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been
proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being
treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics
regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than
typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were
given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation
time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be
well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment."
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Thirteen years ago, researchers studied a group of 25 infants who showed signs of mild distress when
exposed to unfamiliar stimuli such as an unusual odor or a tape recording of an unknown voice. They
discovered that these infants were more likely than other infants to have been conceived in early autumn,
a time when their mothers' production of melatonin — a hormone known to affect some brain functions
— would naturally increase in response to decreased daylight. In a follow-up study conducted earlier this
year, more than half of these children — now teenagers — who had shown signs of distress identified
themselves as shy. Clearly, increased levels of melatonin before birth cause shyness during infancy and
this shyness continues into later life.
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The following appeared as part of an article in a local Beauville newspaper. "According to a government
report, last year the city of Dillton reduced its corporate tax rate by 15 percent; at the same time, it began
offering relocation grants and favorable rates on city utilities to any company that would relocate to
Dillton. Within 18 months, two manufacturing companies moved to Dillton, where they employ a total of
300 people. Therefore, the fastest way for Beauville to stimulate economic development and hence reduce
unemployment is to provide tax incentives and other financial inducements that encourage private
companies to relocate here."
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The Trash-Site Safety Council has recently conducted a statewide study of possible harmful effects of
garbage sites on the health of people living near the sites. A total of five sites and 300 people were
examined. The study revealed, on average, only a small statistical correlation between the proximity of
homes to garbage sites and the incidence of unexplained rashes among people living in these homes.
Furthermore, although it is true that people living near the largest trash sites had a slightly higher
incidence of the rashes, there was otherwise no correlation between the size of the garbage sites and
people's health. Therefore, the council is pleased to announce that the current system of garbage sites does
not pose a significant health hazard. We see no need to restrict the size of such sites in our state or to place
any restrictions on the number of homes built near the sites.
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The following is a letter to the editor of an environmental magazine. "The decline in the numbers of
amphibians worldwide clearly indicates the global pollution of water and air. Two studies of amphibians
in YosemiteNational Park in California confirm my conclusion. In 1915 there were seven species of
amphibians in the park, and there were abundant numbers of each species. However, in 1992 there were
only four species of amphibians observed in the park, and the numbers of each species were drastically
reduced. The decline in Yosemite has been blamed on the introduction of trout into the park's waters,
which began in 1920 (trout are known to eat amphibian eggs). But the introduction of trout cannot be the
real reason for the Yosemite decline because it does not explain the worldwide decline."
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The following appeared in a newspaper feature story. "At the small, nonprofit hospital in the town of
Saluda, the average length of a patient's stay is two days; at the large, for-profit hospital in the nearby city
of Megaville, the average patient stay is six days. Also, the cure rate among patients in the Saluda hospital
is about twice that of the Megaville hospital. The Saluda hospital has more employees per patient than the
hospital in Megaville, and there are few complaints about service at the local hospital. Such data indicate
that treatment in smaller, nonprofit hospitals is more economical and of better quality than treatment in
larger, for-profit hospitals."
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The following appeared in a memorandum from the president of Mira Vista College to the college's board
of trustees. "At nearby Green Mountain College, which has more business courses and more job
counselors than does Mira Vista College, 90 percent of last year's graduating seniors had job offers from
prospective employers. But at Mira Vista College last year, only 70 percent of the seniors who informed
the placement office that they would be seeking employment had found full-time jobs within three months
after graduation, and only half of these graduates were employed in their major field of study. To help
Mira Vista's graduates find employment, we must offer more courses in business and computer
technology and hire additional job counselors to help students with their resumès and interviewing skills."
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The following appeared in a memo at the XYZ company. "When XYZ lays off employees, it pays Delany
Personnel Firm to offer those employees assistance in creating resumès and developing interviewing
skills, if they so desire. Laid-off employees have benefited greatly from Delany's services: last year those
who used Delany found jobs much more quickly than did those who did not. Recently, it has been
proposed that we use the less-expensive Walsh Personnel Firm in place of Delany. This would be a
mistake because eight years ago, when XYZ was using Walsh, only half of the workers we laid off at that
time found jobs within a year. Moreover, Delany is clearly superior, as evidenced by its bigger staff and
larger number of branch offices. After all, last year Delany's clients took an average of six months to find
jobs, whereas Walsh's clients took nine."
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The following appeared as part of an article in a health and beauty magazine. "A group of volunteers
participated in a study of consumer responses to the new Luxess face cream. Every morning for a month,
they washed their faces with mild soap and then applied Luxess. At the end of that month, most
volunteers reported a marked improvement in the way their skin looked and felt. Thus it appears that
Luxess is truly effective in improving the condition of facial skin."
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The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist. "Twenty years ago Dr. Field,
a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia and concluded from his observations that children in
Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. However, my recent
interviews with children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that these children spend
much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. This research
proves that Dr. Field's conclusion about Tertian village culture is false, and thus that the
observation-centered approach to studying cultures is invalid. Because they are using the
interview-centered method, my team of graduate students working in Tertia will establish a much more
accurate understanding of child-rearing traditions there and in other island cultures."
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The following appeared in an editorial in a Prunty County newspaper. "In an attempt to improve highway
safety, Prunty County recently lowered its speed limit from 55 miles per hour to 45 on all major county
roads. But the 55 mph limit should be restored, because this safety effort has failed. Most drivers are
exceeding the new speed limit and the accident rate throughout Prunty County has decreased only
slightly. If we want to improve the safety of our roads, we should instead undertake the same kind of road
improvement project that Butler County completed five years ago: increasing lane widths and resurfacing
rough roads. Today, major Butler County roads still have a 55 mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent
fewer reported accidents in Butler County this past year than there were five years ago."
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The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of West Egg. "Two years ago, our
consultants predicted that West Egg's landfill, which is used for garbage disposal, would be completely
filled within five years. During the past two years, however, town residents have been recycling twice as
much aluminum and paper as they did in previous years. Next month the amount of material recycled
should further increase, since charges for garbage pickup will double. Furthermore, over ninety percent of
the respondents to a recent survey said that they would do more recycling in the future. Because of our
residents' strong commitment to recycling, the available space in our landfill should last for considerably
longer than predicted."
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Humans arrived in the Kaliko Islands about 7,000 years ago, and within 3,000 years most of the large
mammal species that had lived in the forests of the Kaliko Islands had become extinct. Yet humans cannot
have been a factor in the species' extinctions, because there is no evidence that the humans had any
significant contact with the mammals. Further, archaeologists have discovered numerous sites where the
bones of fish had been discarded, but they found no such areas containing the bones of large mammals, so
the humans cannot have hunted the mammals. Therefore, some climate change or other environmental
factor must have caused the species' extinctions.
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The following is a recommendation from the director of personnel to the president of Professional
Printing Company. "In a recent telephone survey of automobile factory workers, older employees were
less likely to report that having a supervisor present increases their productivity. Among workers aged 18
to 29, 27 percent said that they are more productive in the presence of their immediate supervisor,
compared to 12 percent for those aged 30 or over, and only 8 percent for those aged 50 or over. Clearly, if
our printing company hires mainly older employees, we will increase productivity and save money
because of the reduced need for supervisors."
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The following appeared as part of an article in a health magazine. "A new discovery warrants a drastic
change in the diets of people living in the United States. Two scientists have recently suggested that
omega-3 fatty acids (found in some fish and fish oils) play a key role in mental health. Our ancestors, who
ate less saturated fat and more polyunsaturated fat, including omega-3 fatty acids, were much less likely
to suffer from depression than we are today. Moreover, modern societies — such as those in Japan and
Taiwan — that consume large quantities of fish report depression rates lower than that in the United
States. Given this link between omega-3 fatty acids and depression, it is important for all people in the
United States to increase their consumption of fish in order to prevent depression."
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A folk remedy* for insomnia, the scent in lavender flowers, has now been proved effective. In a recent
study, 30 volunteers with chronic insomnia slept each night for three weeks on lavender-scented pillows
in a controlled room where their sleep was monitored. During the first week, volunteers continued to take
their usual sleeping medication. They slept soundly but wakened feeling tired. During the second week,
the volunteers discontinued their medication. As a result, they slept less soundly than the previous week
and felt even more tired. During the third week, the volunteers slept longer and more soundly than in the
previous two weeks. This shows that over a short period of time lavender cures insomnia. *A folk remedy
is usually a plant-based form of treatment common to traditional forms of medicine, ones that developed
before the advent of modern medical services and technology.
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The following recommendation was made by the Human Resources Manager to the board of directors of
the Fancy Toy Company. "In the last three quarters of this year, under the leadership of our president, Pat
Salvo, our profits have fallen considerably. Thus, we should ask for her resignation in return for a
generous severance package. In Pat's place, we should appoint Rosa Winnings. Rosa is currently president
of Starlight Jewelry, a company whose profits have increased dramatically over the past several years.
Although we will have to pay Rosa twice the salary that Pat has been receiving, it will be well worth it
because we can soon expect our profits to increase considerably."
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Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the
immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been unique to
the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a 'Palean' basket in Lithos, an
ancient village across the BrimRiver from Palea. The BrimRiver is very deep and broad, and so the
ancient Paleans could only have crossed it by boat, but there is no evidence that the Paleans had boats.
And boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands of years
after the Palean people disappeared. Moreover, Paleans would have had no need to cross the river — the
woods around Palea are full of nuts, berries, and small game. It follows that the so-called Palean baskets
were not unique to Palea.
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A new report suggests that men and women experience pain very differently from one another, and that
doctors should consider these differences when prescribing pain medications. When researchers
administered the same dosage of kappa opioids — a painkiller — to 28 men and 20 women who were
having their wisdom teeth extracted, the women reported feeling much less pain than the men, and the
easing of pain lasted considerably longer in women. This research suggests that kappa opioids should be
prescribed for women whenever pain medication is required, whereas men should be given other kinds of
pain medication. In addition, researchers should reevaluate the effects of all medications on men versus
women.
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The following appeared as part of a letter to the editor of a local newspaper. "During her three years in
office, Governor Riedeburg has shown herself to be a worthy leader. Since she took office, crime has
decreased, the number of jobs created per year has doubled, and the number of people choosing to live in
our state has increased. These trends are likely to continue if she is reelected. In addition, Ms. Riedeburg
has promised to take steps to keep big companies here, thereby providing jobs for any new residents.
Anyone who looks at Ms. Riedeburg's record can tell that she is the best-qualified candidate for
governor."
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The following appeared in the annual report from the president of the National Brush Company. "In order
to save money, we at the National Brush Company have decided to pay our employees for each brush
they produce instead of for the time they spend producing brushes. We believe that this policy will lead to
the production of more and better brushes, will allow us to reduce our staff size, and will enable the
company factories to operate for fewer hours — resulting in savings on electricity and security costs.
These changes will ensure that the best workers keep their jobs and that the company will earn a profit in
the coming year."
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Statistics collected from dentists indicate that three times more men than women faint while visiting the
dentist. This evidence suggests that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done
than women are. Thus, dentists who advertise to attract patients should target the male consumer and
emphasize both the effectiveness of their anesthetic techniques and the sensitivity of their staff to nervous
or suffering patients.
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The following appeared as part of a memo from the manager of an automobile manufacturing company.
"Because the demand for our automobiles is expected to increase dramatically, we need to open a new
manufacturing plant as soon as possible in order to continue to thrive. Our marketing projections indicate
that 80 million people will want to buy our automobiles, yet our existing plant can only produce 40
million automobiles. The new plant can be opened on a part-time basis, with workers from our existing
site rotating responsibilities, until an operational staff can be t