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

1. There is growing ___________ that a child's earliest experiences have a more ___________ and long-lasting effect on subsequent health than had been previously thought.

2. Following years of generous stock options, corporate jets and other ___________, boards are ___________ their belts when it comes to executive pay.

3. The federal and provincial governments launched the National Children's Agenda six years ago to work ___________ eliminating child poverty, yet progress is ___________.

4. Change is particularly difficult for some animals, especially ___________ who have been used to the same daily ___________ for a long time.

5. According to Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, an animal's success in the gene ___________ is measured by the number of offspring it ___________ raises to pass on its DN

6. Statistically, the 3,300 responses ___________ the opinions (accurate to plus or minus two percent) of the 154 million American adults who have traveled over the ___________ three years.

7. Many of these prizes are ___________ at the Faculty of Business presentation ceremony ___________ is held in June for the preceding academic year.

8. The most successful remodeling projects begin with homeowners ___________ have a imaginative, yet ___________, idea of what they want done.

9. Despite Bettleman's pleadings and progress at the bargaining ___________, key issues remained ___________.

10. Swift Airlines pilots have approved a measure allowing their union, the Air Line Pilots Association, to call a ___________ at one of the nation's largest regional carriers in a ___________ over a new contract.