Read the excerpt from "lessons of dr. martin luther king, jr." in our life and death struggle for justice we have turned to the court of last resort: the american people. and the people are ruling in our favor. as a result, grape sales keep falling. we have witnessed truckloads of grapes being dumped because no one would stop to buy them. as demand drops, so do prices and profits. the growers are under tremendous economic pressure. we are winning, but there is still much hard work ahead of us. i hope that you will join our struggle. which sentence clearly states the purpose of chavez’s speech? "and the people are ruling in our favor." "as a result, grape sales keep falling." "as demand drops, so do prices and profits." "i hope that you will join our struggle."

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes