Chapter #6: How do the positions of authority and
leadership in Ralph and Jack begin to change in Chapter 6:
"Beast from Air"? In other words, who do most of the
older boys seem to be listening to now, and why?

You are serving on a jury. a plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after falling down an uncovered manhole. in the trial, doctors testified that it will be 5 years before the plaintiff is able to return to work. the jury has already decided in favor of the plaintiff, and has decided to grant the plaintiff an award to cover the following items: a. recovery of 2 years of back-pay ($34,000 for two years ago, and $36,000 for last year, which ends today). assume that it is december 31 and that all salary is received at year end. this recovery should include the time value of money. b. the present value of 5 years of future salary. assume that the plaintiff's salary would increase at a rate of 3 percent per year. c. $100,000 for pain and suffering. d. $20,000 for court costs. assume an interest rate of 7 percent. what should be the size of the settlement?

Cindy is 18 years old. cindy's parents and her 23-year old brother rich are going away for the weekend. renee, cindy's best friend, is pressuring her to throw a huge saturday night party for all their friends since no one will be home. renee even asked rich if he could pick up a few kegs for them. rich brought back two kegs of beer, a bottle of vodka, and a few bottles of wine, which he hid in the basement. renee also spread the word around school for everyone to show up. cindy now has over $100 worth of alcohol hid in the basement, an empty house for the weekend, and several friends expected to show. what should she do?

Recently, there has been pressure to loosen clean air standards. use economic arguments to support or oppose this proposed action.