If you use the internet, you are probably familiar with emoticons: facial expressions displayed using a combination of typographic figures, e. g., : -) for a smile. asian countries have their own set of emoticons; in these (which are viewed without having to turn one's head), there are different smiling facial figures for a man smiling (^_^) and a woman smiling (^ . ^), since in japan, women are not supposed to exhibit a wide, uninhibited smiley. this difference between the men's and women's emoticons in japan is due to a(n):

An atom of element a has 73 protons. what would the element's atomic number be?

The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon

Among the many crucial themes related to politics, a central idea of politics includes the existence of