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

1. Looking to expand its foothold overseas, CSC has purchased a majority stake in Germany 's leading television news agency, giving the U.S. broadcaster __________ of a leading channel in the German television __________.

2. Most heart attacks occur when a blood clot __________ off one of the coronary arteries that __________ blood to the heart muscle itself.

3. At age 84, he is America 's most listened-to radio ___________, and a ten million dollar-a-year ___________ will keep him busy into his 90s.

4. A highly ___________ gas, methyl bromide is injected into the soil before planting, ___________ out nearly everything alive.

5. The reopening marks the end of a massive, inside-and-out ___________ project that shrouded the society's terra-cotta headquarters in scaffolding for nearly four years.

6. Earlier this month tax-evasion charges were ___________ against Maryanne Sumner, who is ___________ for the auditing of operations.

7. By ___________ the elements in the bones of a person long dead, researchers can ___________ the main constituents of that individual's diet.

8. The rationale ___________ the rise of fee-based advice is that it makes for a better relationship with clients by eliminating the potential for conflicts that ___________ when someone profits directly from their recommendations.

9. He was rejected by the National Film School and spent 11 years doing odd jobs for a small theatre company before he got the ___________ to make his film noir thriller.

10. Though she had never been there, and did not know ___________, she felt an overwhelming urge to ___________ into this uncharted territory.