The Johnsons went through a lot of red tape to adopt their baby. A. forgive and make up B. fact kept secret for fear of disgrace C. something that dampens excitement D. get acquainted, become less formal E. treated like royalty F. pressed tightly together G. relatives and ancestors H. rudely ignored I. excessive paperwork J. people were gossiping

"facing the rising sun of our new day begun

let us march on till victory is won.",

because the rising sun is a symbol of hope.

everett ross tried the pasta but liked the soup more

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

●intensive purposes is the correct answer