According to the lecture, the opening to a political speech should be
a. “happy”
c. “bold”
b. “snappy”
d. “aggressive”

Opinion polls reveal that many people believe that the military buildup of the 1980s came at the expense of pressing domestic problems such as environmental pollution and deteriorating educational and transportation infrastructure. in short, people are becoming aware of

Eter lives in a beautiful region. peter and other residents of his region use water from the river that flows through their region. recently, mark industries decided to set up their chemical plant near that river. peter realized that the waste from the chemical plant would pollute the river. he decided to seek a legal ordinance that would restrict the use of land near that river for specific use only. which type of zoning will peter and his region?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?