And farmer produces only potatoes – Both gain from trade • If both rancher and farmer produce both meat and potatoes – Both gain from specialization and trade • Production possibilities frontier – Various mixes of output that an economy can produce 3 Figure 1 The Production Possibilities Frontier (a) Panel (a) shows the production opportunities available to the farmer and the rancher. 4 Figure 1 The Production Possibilities Frontier (b‚ c) (b) The farmer’s production possibilities frontier
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Commonwealth 1. Separatist Pilgrims extremists‚ “purest puritans” a. Sought to reform the Church of England b. 1629 parliament sanctioned anti-Puritan persecution of Archbishop William Laud. 2. Non-Separatist puritans secured charter 3. Massachusetts Bay enterprise was thriving. a. expedition 1630‚ eleven vessels carrying almost a thousand immigrants
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In the short story “The Story of a Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ it is written about Mrs. Mallard not knowing her husband Brently Mallard was killed in a railroad disaster. Her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richard were trying to tell her the most understanding way about his death. Knowing she has heart trouble‚ so they had to be very careful. They were able to let her know but soon everything turns into a plot twist because she discovers her husband was not killed in the railroad disaster
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for each night to babysit another couple. All goes well until falling demand and people stop out coupons to reserve if needed for an emergency‚ so demand more restricted. That’s the same thing happens to the current economy‚ it says Krugman. In Chapter 2‚ Krugman analyzes the Latin American crises of the 70s and 80s‚ with high debt and hyperinflation. He says the dictatorial Pinochet regime‚
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son. Her son does not qualify because of the ‘Age Test’ a qualifying child must be under 19 (24 if a student). 15- Caden could not claim Lily as his dependant on his 2011 income tax return because she was still his spouse. 24- In connection with the application of the “kiddie tax” comment on these: If the child generates only earned income‚ and if that income does not exceed half his/her support then the kiddie tax can apply If the child’s modest amount of unearned income does not exceed $1900
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Is there more of Fitzgerald in the character of Nick than in the character of Gatsby? It is of popular opinion that The Great Gatsby is a novel with an autobiographical feel to it. If this is the case and this was Fitzgerald’s purpose‚ his own character would have to be illustrated in that of one of his fictional characters in the novel. Firstly‚ we may assume that as Nick Carraway is the narrator‚ he is the most likely to resemble the author as his views on things will most likely reflect Scott
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1. Henry smiled self-consciously. like a politician before a camera. 3. At this point the Chesapeake is over a hundred feet deep. Deeper than it is anywhere else in its course. 5. Everything stopped in mid-air. All eyes turned to my father. 7. A construction crew has started work on the foundation of the new building. Which will be paid for by state tax revenues. 9. My father always planting a spring vegetable garden. 11. Mainly because it rained everyday. We had a miserable camping trip. 13. Sarah
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How does Hosseini convey a sense of tension and violence in Chapter 22? Throughout Chapter 22‚ Hosseini shows the themes of violence and tension. This is achieved by Amir and Assef meeting in Afghanistan in Chapter 22. The theme of tension is portrayed through the use of reminiscence‚ ‘His name rose from the deep and I didn’t want to say it‚ as if uttering it might conjure him.’ Through the metaphor‚ ‘his name rose from the deep’ adds tension to the story because it describes how Assef would move
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves Stories are fundamental to how we see; understand the world and essentially ourselves. We are the stories we tell ourselves. Or‚ as Thomas King puts it: “The truth about stories is that that’s all we are” (King 2). From stories of creationism to personal experiences‚ historical narratives‚ to social transgression‚ racist indoctrination to works of contemporary Native literature‚ a piece of who we are lurks in the details. This piece of us‚ of who we are has the potential
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In chapter 3‚ The theme of single- parenting is highly visible through the authors uses of characterization."Marcus knew he was weird‚ and he knew that part of the reason he was weird was because his mum was weird" the author’s choice to include that tells me as a reader that Marcus has no other influence than his suicidal mother to show him how to interact with the world outside his house. As a single parent Fiona is so wrapped up in her own problems that she fails to see what is happening in Marcus’s
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