Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. Over the ___________, different New York neighborhoods have played ___________ to the cutting edge: Greenwich Village in the 1950s, SoHo in the 1970s, the Lower East Side in the 1980s.

2. Despite signs of a truce, the country's dilemma remains, should they let the north country remain __________ or should they __________ it.

3. In talks on this trip, the prime minister has tried, without much __________ , to persuade foreign leaders to stop weakening their __________ against the dollar.

4. The Thornhill highway carries anywhere from 25,000 to about 50,000 ___________ a day depending on the section of road, with the count ___________ 60,000 in some urbanized areas.

5. To memorialize their loved ones, the ___________ are increasingly turning to personalization, and those in the funeral business are responding to the ___________ with a variety of tasteful customized products.

6. A late rally on Wall Street after most European markets had closed set a positive tone in Europe , with higher-than-forecast ___________ again the main driver of gains.

7. As healthcare costs grow, the problem of the underinsured will only get ___________, as corporations seek to control costs by continuing to raise ___________ for employees.

8. Since the success of his last book and his Oscar-winning ___________, (a success he likes to remind you of at every ___________), he has become the most prominent liberal agitator in the West.

9. The defendants have asked for a jury trial, but Cary, lawyer for Sun Entertainment, is expected to petition the court today for a trial by ___________ without ___________.

10. In 1980, Smith & Smith decided to ___________ eight of its old models to make room for some of the more modern models that collectors seemed to be ___________ in.