The coarsest type of humor is the practical joke: pulling away the chair from the dignitary's lowered bottom. the victim is perceived first as a person of consequence, then suddenly an inert body subject to the laws of physics: authority is debunked by gravity, mind by matter; man is degraded to a mechanism

Read the list of selections from the article. trump still seeks a border wall and said he might shut down the government again over it. a strong majority of americans blamed him for the standoff. and they rejected his arguments for a border wall, recent polls show. it is not clear how trump would fund the wall by declaring a national emergency. minutes later, senators voted 52-44 for a democratic plan to open agencies through february 8 with no wall money. that was eight votes short. yet it got more support than trump's republican plan, even though republicans control the senate 53-47. which two selections, taken together, provide the best evidence to support the idea that most people do not support funding a border wall? a 1 and 3 b 1 and 4 c 2 and 3 d 2 and 4

Look at the historical context sheet. how might settlers’ attitudes towards native americans have changed from the 1630s to the 1650s? how might settlers’ attitudes toward the land have changed from the 1630s to the 1650s? explain you answer. (4 points)

Why do you think kush in nubia is not as well-known as egypt? ( me with my exit ticket)