Read the following excerpt from stephen c. gordon's oral argument to the u. s. supreme court, clifton terell mcneil
vs. united states.
mr. chief justice, and may it the court: when this court construes a statute, the words of the statue
matter, the purpose of the statute matters, and the results produced by that construction matter.
use context clues or a dictionary to select the best definition for mr. gordon's use of statute.

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Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.