Background information: This document is an excerpt from a New York state commission investigation into living and working conditions in tenement houses. These large apartment buildings in the city were known for their overcrowded and unsafe conditions. What significant issue did the commission find among the tenement workers? increased likelihood of injury poor-quality products unfair pricing and wages high rates of disease.

it's a secular holiday. it is and was a custom developed to recognize the ending of a time and a wish for a good future. the kind of kiss you exchange, if you are single, is intended to predict what kind of year you will have in the coming year.

it is saying good bye to the last year with all its ups and downs, and hello to the new year, with all its hopes and dreams.

copernicus finished the first manuscript of his book, "de revolutionibus orbium coelestium" ("on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres") in 1532. in it, copernicus established that the planets orbited the sun rather than the earth. he laid out his model of the solar system and the path of the planets.