Maryann is a nurse who sees many patients every year. she is alert to the behaviors that are harmful to her patients. what behaviors most contribute to chronic diseases that kill many americans? a. not finishing all the antibiotics a doctor prescribes b. not managing chronic stress c. consistently getting fewer than seven hours of sleep a night d. smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of exercise, and poor nutrition

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia