3 Read the sentence from the article: 'There is growing evidence that the IOC has overplayed its hand." Which of the following
clarifies the meaning of the phrase overplayed its hand in this
context?
O A. Cities like Montreal and Munich hosted unsuccessful
Olympics, in which predicted income was far higher
than what was actually earned, even after costs for
building improvements were accounted for.
O B. Cities once competed for the honor of hosting the
Olympics, which meant that the IOC could place
extravagant demands on the winner-but these
demands became so extravagant that many cities
stopped bidding altogether.
O C. The IOC used to give a far higher share of the
revenue from television, tickets, sponsors, and

12. why do you think that using a conversational tone with plain language when writing businesses messages is a good idea?

How does shakespeare transform the myth of phoebus and daphne to dramatize this theme?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.