Explain the role of electricity and the power grid on Superstorm Sandy.
What will be an ideal response?
The electrical grid in the entire state was affected and many were out of power for days. Downed wires and utility poles were sources of danger. Utility crews worked for days after the storm. The lack of power was linked to 18 of the 38 deaths. Gas stations could not operate without electricity. Price gauging became a problem.
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Churches were an important free space in the second wave of the women's movement.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A group that despite past perceptions and discrimination succeeds economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites is known as a(n) ________
a. image minority b. model minority c. subordinate group d. archetype group
Universally free child care is the only approach a society has for taking care of its children when there is no family member at home.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
William was born with sickle-cell anemia, a highly painful, incurable genetic condition. His parents are hopeful that with __________ (altering the genetic makeup of a fetus before birth) their next child might be spared this ordeal.
A. eugenics B. human genetic engineering C. gene therapy D. gene doping