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Manhattan SC: Meaning + Quantity
Poor weather in early 14th-century Europe created meager harvests, causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as 15 percent of the population . A)causing the result of mass starvation in some areas and the elimination of as many as B)causing the result of mass...
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Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Manhattan SC: Meaning + Quantity
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Manhattan RC: Toxoplasma gondii (The trickiest RC so far)
The single-celled parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii infects more than half of the world's human population without creating any noticeable symptoms. Once inside the human body, Toxoplasma rapidly spreads to the heart and other organs. It can even penetrate the tight barrier that normally protects ...
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Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:55 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Manhattan RC: Toxoplasma gondii (The trickiest RC so far)
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Manhattan RC: Toxoplasma gondii (The trickiest RC so far)
The single-celled parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii infects more than half of the world's human population without creating any noticeable symptoms. Once inside the human body, Toxoplasma rapidly spreads to the heart and other organs. It can even penetrate the tight barrier that normally protects ...
- by joealam1
Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:55 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Manhattan RC: Toxoplasma gondii (The trickiest RC so far)
- Replies: 3
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Prompt: many people-> severe back problems during adulthood ; All shows improvement after chiropractic treatment. => Conclusion: to minimize proportion of back pain -> chiropractic treatment for adults who suffer back pain. A)Other form of treatment is irrelevant for this prompt (not an assumption t...
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Tue Nov 29, 2016 5:34 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Manhattan : CR_Assumption
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Manhattan : CR_Assumption
The Ergonomic Society conducted a study that indicated that many people develop severe back problems during adulthood, and that virtually all such people who received chiropractic treatment showed great improvement. Therefore, in order to minimize the proportion of the population that suffers from b...
- by joealam1
Tue Nov 29, 2016 5:19 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Manhattan : CR_Assumption
- Replies: 2
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Hi Marty so the assumptions of each are as follow ?:
Critics: Most of the city residents don't like abstract art so they won't like this one.
Council: What is popular for other cities will be popular in this city
Thanks
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Tue Nov 29, 2016 1:20 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG Verbal Review 17: CR Inference (Sumpton town)
- Replies: 2
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Hi Marty, Looking back at E): "....require telescopes with more light*gathering capacity than space telescope can provide." There is nothing is this answer choice that proves that the ground telescope can do the job. Maybe it's a type of telescope under development that is not yet available.
- by joealam1
Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:54 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: 2016 verbal review--images from ground-based telescopes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11994
Hi Mitch/marty,
So basically the analysis should be as per below ?:
A) out of scope ( budget + schedule)
B) attempting to refute the premise
C) attempting to refute the premise
D) attempting to refute the premise
E) weaken the fact that space telescopes can replace ground telescope
- by joealam1
Sat Nov 26, 2016 1:04 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: 2016 verbal review--images from ground-based telescopes
- Replies: 23
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OG Verbal 17: CR (Weaken)
Microbiologist: A lethal strain of salmonella recently showed up in a European country, causing an outbreak of illness that killed two people and infected twenty-seven others. Investigators blame the severity of the outbreak on the overuse of antibiotics, since the salmonella bacteria tested were sh...
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Sat Nov 26, 2016 12:51 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG Verbal 17: CR (Weaken)
- Replies: 2
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OG Verbal Review 17: CR Inference (Sumpton town)
The Sumpton town council recently voted to pay a prominent artist to create an abstract sculpture for the town square. Critics of this decision protested that town residents tend to dislike most abstract art, and any art in the town square should reflect their tastes. But a town council spokesperson...
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Sat Nov 26, 2016 12:02 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG Verbal Review 17: CR Inference (Sumpton town)
- Replies: 2
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Hi Mitch, So in other words B and D are saying that the Rhinos Occupy by surviving while the correct answer is saying that the rhinos survive by occupying? Which makes sense I think "modifier" is the trickiest topic on SC, at least for non natives cz it covers deep meaning issues, which mi...
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Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:24 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG Verbal review 2017: Sumatran Rhinos (Meaning + # )
- Replies: 8
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OG Verbal 17: CR (Method or Argument)
Most scholars agree that King Alfred (A.D 849 - 899) personally translated a number of Latin texts into Old English. One historian contends that Alfred also personally penned his own law code, arguing that the numerous differences between the language of the law code and Alfred's translation of Lati...
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Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:31 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG Verbal 17: CR (Method or Argument)
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OG verbal 17: CR Method of Argument (tough one)
Curator: If our museum lends Venus to the Hart Institute for their show this spring, they will lend us their Rembrandt etchings for our print exhibition next fall. Having those etchings will increase attendance to the exhibition and hence increase revenue from our general admission fee. Museum Admin...
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Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:19 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG verbal 17: CR Method of Argument (tough one)
- Replies: 2
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OG Verbal review 2017: Sumatran Rhinos (Meaning + # )
Less than 400 Sumatran rhinos survive on the Malay peninsula and on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, and they occupy a small fraction of the species’ former range. A) Less than 400 Sumatran rhinos survive on the Malay peninsula and on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, and they occupy a small f...
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Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG Verbal review 2017: Sumatran Rhinos (Meaning + # )
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6452
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Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG Verbal Review 2017, SC (Number Agreement)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4548