Look at the fast-food industry by eric schlosser
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read the excerpt from fast food nation.
instead of relying upon a small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seek
time, unskilled workers who are willing to accept low pay. teenagers have been the perfect candidates f
not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperien
them easier to control.
in this excerpt. schlosser claims that fast food restaurants are
taking advantage of people to save money.
society by hiring unskilled workers.
providing valuable training for teenagers.
using highly skilled workers in low-paying jobs.

which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to become confederate citizens.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”