Once upon a time, many years ago, a young princess was
kept hidden from the world in a magical castle, under the
spell of her father.
Which statement best explains the relationship between the author's choice
to begin the story this way and the effect it has on the reader?

A. The inclusion of a supernatural element leads the reader to
recognize this story as being concerned with spiritual matters.
B. The use of a common fairy-tale introduction leads the reader to
understand that the events to come will not be realistic.
C. The introduction of the character as royalty leads the reader to
suspect that the story will be a social critique.
D. Beginning the story with something that happened in the past leads the reader to assume that he or she will be familiar with the
events to come.

first industrial revolution - the first wave of the industrial revolution lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. it industrialized the manufacture of textiles and began the move of production from homes to factories. steam power and the cotton gin played an important role in this period.

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is