Read the passage from "times have changed." when i was a boy, you didn’t have to worry. you could play and not hurry home when the street lights went out. which sentence best shows the central idea of the passage? the city is safer than it used to be. the city is less safe than it used to be. the city is about as safe as it used to be. the city will become safer with better street lights.

The sentence that best shows the central idea of the passage is  B. The city is less safe than it used to be.

Explanation:

In this passage from "Time Have Changed," the character draws a comparison between his childhood and the present time, where his childhood represents a safer time because he did not need to worry about nothing else than playing.

B

Explanation:

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the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

from the political point of view it could be said that the candidate   is an effective speaker because she takes a strong position on the issue. it is an open discussion but probably she is making a presentation and can choose which subjects she wants to address. she is very likely to attain her aim which is to convince voters to accept her proposal.