In "Since the International Monetary Fund sees only slow growth in the U.S. economy, the economy is not recovering" the missing premise is
A) What the International Monetary Fund sees is likely to be the case.
B) The economy doesn't show signs of recovering.
C) Signs of slow U.S. growth do not mean that the economy is not recovering.
A
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What will be an ideal response?
In the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Jesus does all of the following except
A. kill a boy in his village. B. raise a playmate from the dead. C. blind his critics. D. permanently curse his teachers.
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slightly bitter after taste. A) Inductive, weak. B) Deductive, invalid. C) Inductive, strong. D) Deductive, valid. E) Inductive, cogent.
The Qur'an describes jinn as spirits of deceased humans
Indicate whether the statement is true or false