What is the relationship between two ideas/sentences? Name c…
What is the relationship between two ideas/sentences? Name calling is the use of emotionally loaded names, or labels, to turn people against a rival product, candidate, or movement. A politician being called a “wimp” by his opponents is an instance of name calling.
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What is the overall pattern of organization? The word museum makes people think of dinosaur skeletons, Egyptian mummies, and ancient cave drawings. But there are less well-known museums available to entertain and educate people of all interests. One such unusual museum is Mont Hollertz, Chevyland, USA, in Elm Creek, Nebraska. More than eighty Chevrolet automobiles, all restored and in running condition, are displayed there. Then there’s the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas. Many possessions of the flashy pianist-showman are on exhibit there. They include customized cars, a jeweled miniature piano presented to Liberace by the Queen of England, and Liberace’s $60,000 copy of King George V’s coronation robe. Yet another off-beat museum is the Red Light Museum in Washington, D.C. This museum serves to house mementoes of the world’s oldest profession, prostitution. A nineteenth-century sex manual, a racy Victorian-era slide show, and erotic postcards are among the exhibits there.
Read DetailsWhat is the overall pattern of organization? Black magic and…
What is the overall pattern of organization? Black magic and voodoo have many believers among certain parts of the world. There are many stories of a person dying after being the subject of a magical “curse.” Scientists find no evidence that such curses have any magical effect. Yet it is undeniable that some cursed people have sickened and died. Researchers studying such cases have found one especially significant element: The cursed people who grew ill knew they had been cursed and deeply believed in the power of the curse. Scientists have concluded that because of this belief, the curse’s victims were actually frightened to death. The terror of knowing that one has been cursed could actually trigger a fatal irregular heartbeat.
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