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     If all forms of mercy-killing are wrong, they should         taboo. But are they? Because many people accept that it is sad,          and gruesome to prolong the throes of death          all the might of medical technology, passive euthanasia, letting patients die---is          accepted. Most American states have “living-will”         that protects doctors from prosecution if they do not try to save someone who has said he does not want life prolonged.

     There were a number of people out this afternoon, far more than last Sunday. And the band sounded louder and         . That was because the Season had begun. For          the band played all the year          on Sundays, out of          it was never the same. It was like someone playing with only the family to         ; it didn’t care how it played if there weren’t any strangers present.

     Give me a         ​ hour or two in bed and I can solve,          my own satisfaction, all the doubts of humanity. When I am in the humor I can          grand symphonies, and paint          pictures. I am, at once, Shakespeare, Beethoven, and Michael Angelo; yet it gives me no satisfaction:         the one thing I cannot do is to go to sleep.      

     Change means trouble, change means work, change means cost. It is easier to print wire services          than have a reporter on the beat. It is easier to buy syndicated columns than find—-and train—local talent. It is easier to let the ads          the format than develop a format that elevates news         ​ dog food. It is easier to write         ​ copy that appeals to emotion          than reason. 

     Vanity is a         of immense potency. Anyone who has          to do with children knows how they are ​       performing some antic, and saying “Look at me”. “Look at me” is one of the most fundamental desires of the human heart. It can take          forms, from          to the pursuit of posthumous perfume. 

A. constantly         B. gayer             C. above               D. restless           E. for
F. innumerable      G. magnificent   H. round              I. season              J. much
K. with                   L. rather            M. undignified     N. dictate            O. listen
P. editorial            Q. remain           R. dispatches        S. to                    T. motive
U. buffoonery       V. legislation      W. although        X. compose          Y. widely