The single most important factor contributing to continuing innovation in American society is the:

a. work done by garage and basement hobbyists.
b. continuous effort to recruit foreign geniuses.
c. performance of high-caliber academic and research universities.
d. increased attention to standardized testing in science education.
e. raising the status of scientists to the level of national sports heroes.


C

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Homosexual communities:

a. don't provide much social support b. distort gay norms and values c. fail to provide most homosexuals with a milieu in which people may live every day d. none of the above

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A. citizens' democratic participation B. foreign intervention C. business, political, and military leaders D. corporations and religious groups

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a. infectious diseases b. chronic diseases c. acute diseases d. accidents

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