Who is Joseph Plumb Martin?
What will be an ideal response?
He was an average kid who joined the army when he was 15 and guarded New York.
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Unlike the Shari`ah, kanun __________
A) were considered sacred B) allowed for flexibility in the face of changing conditions C) were binding on Muslims D) applied core Muslim values
During the Senate Watergate hearings, one of the most damaging revelations for Richard Nixon was that
a. Vice President Spiro Agnew had accepted bribes. b. he frequently used obscenities and racial slurs. c. the special prosecutor was about to resign owing to lack of White House cooperation. d. Congress intended to invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. e. his conversations in person and on the telephone had been recorded on tape.
As governor, George W. Bush __________
A. expanded the state’s health care law to include more low-income workers B. worked fairly well with Democrats in the legislature and supported expanded standardized testing in the public schools C. was a highly partisan politician who refused to cooperate with Democrats, who in turn blocked most of his legislative proposals D. raised taxes in order to fund more child care centers for working parents
Which of the following best summarizes the fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture of the early post World War II era offered by social critics such as David Riesman and William H. Whyte, Jr.?
(A) Affluence tended to erode Americans' moral character. (B) Americans had become affluent conformists unable to think for themselves. (C) The wealth produced by the new mass economy was unevenly distributed. (D) The openly sexual displays of figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe were morally dangerous. (E) Americans were becoming too soft to be able to fight the Cold War effectively.