2. Which line from the selection best shows the relationship between past and present?
a. At first we'd pinch and slap each other, fighting for the best-least ragged- folding chair,
b. Cormorants are sleek, black birds, with long bending necks which the fishermen fitted
with the metal rings so fish they cought could not be swallowed.
c. "In these prairie crickets I often hear the sound of rippling waters, of the Yangtze River,"
she said.
d. She had taken advantage of the confusion to hurry to the river and vist her beloved.

original oratory is a competitive event in the national speech and debate association, stoa usa, national catholic forensic league, and other high school forensic competitions in which competitors deliver an original speech on a subject of their choosing, though the speech must be factual.racial discrimination refers to discrimination against individuals on the basis of their race. policies of racial segregation may formalize it, but it is also often exerted without being legalized and also it means facing injustice.

being surrounded by crimes, poverty, and failing schools as well as his own lack of confidence in his abilities.

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the correct answer is aesthetics.