According to Henry Ward Beecher, the country’s best-known pastor, poverty __________.
a. represented the failure of economic reforms
b. was best addressed by the government
c. was caused by the sinfulness of the poor
d. could be solved through a strong work ethic
c. was caused by the sinfulness of the poor
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A) Nikita Khrushchev B) Imre Nagy C) Alexander Solzhenitsyn D) Leonid Brezhnev
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A. white-collar workers B. the upper middle class C. the professional class D. urban day laborers
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