Dr. finneus peered into the microscope. hoping for great results. to get the cells to fight the virus. that was the most difficult task. the doctor held his breath and focused the eyepiece. he could not believe what he saw. studying this amazing outcome further. dr. finneus realized he had succeeded. becoming famous. that was not important to him. to conquer this pesky bug was the doctor's greatest dream. as he shouted "eureka" and jumped into the air. the doctor nearly knocked his slide to the floor and lost his precious findings.
how many sentence fragments exist in this paragraph?
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Which word in the passage the reader determine the meaning of the word miscarriage? toilattracteddicgraced

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt