Which of the following is not an instance where the case originates in the supreme court?
a. cases involving foreign diplomats
b. cases involving conflict between states
c. cases involving action by the us government against one of the states
d. cases involving the banking system

The idea that desirable traits can be bred into human beings and undesirable ones can be bred out is known as:

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.

Which of these would be describing a developed country? a) literacy rate of 84% b) life expectancy of 58 years c) post-secondary education rate of 10% d) infant mortality rate of 3 per 1,000 births