When one store stays open late to gain an advantage, its competitors begin to stay open late, too. at this point the first store is no better off than it was before, but now every store has additional expenses. this illustration is an example of, what frank and cook call a positional arms race?

I’m annoyed but glad that my history teacher left and quit her job as a teacher to become a flight attendant

The california gold rush: actually had only a small impact on california’s population because its rich farmlands already attracted thousands of new settlers each year. attracted almost equal numbers of men and women. resulted in laws that discriminated against “foreign miners.” made considerable wealth for average miners because gold mining demanded no real investment of capital. hurt the development of san francisco because gold discoveries shifted interest to areas outside of town.

Poem: the barn how does frankau try to strip the glamour from war? what might the date of the poem have to do with the feelings it expressed ?