Provide a critical assessment of the following comparative general claim:The increase in the number and support of conservative think tanks has been substantial since the mid-1970s. The American Enterprise had twelve resident thinkers when Jimmy Carter was elected; today it has forty-five. The Heritage Foundation has sprung from nothing to command an annual budget of $11 million. The budget of the Center for Strategic and International Studies has grown from $975,000 ten years ago to $8.6 million today. Over a somewhat longer period, the endowment of the Hoover Institution has increased from $2 million to $70 million.-Adapted from Gregg Easterbrook, "Ideas Move Nations"
What will be an ideal response?
Although some of the language may sound vague-for example, "sprung from nothing"-these are all straightforward comparisons with relatively well-identified times in the past.
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a. Alexander the Anxious. b. Alexander the Mediocre. c. Alexander the Conqueror. d. Alexander the Accursed.
According to Hegel, the Absolute Spirit
a. includes every human mind, but is more than the sum of its parts. b. is completely separate from the human spirit. c. can never be known. d. is another term for an individual person’s mind.
The song ________ in the movie Spinal Tap is based on a Black Sabbath concert at Stonehenge
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The numinous is associated in meaning with:
a. numbers and the harmonies of mathematics b. the numbing associated with losing sensation c. the holy d. none of the above