To better reflect the age range of its citizens, a city council passed an ordinance providing that no city employee could be hired or promoted unless that employee had reached the age of 55. A 25-year-old city mechanic in the lower pay classification had recently finished first on a promotional exam for the senior mechanic position, which would entitle him to a substantial increase in pay. His supervisor told him that, under instructions from the head of the city administrative office, a 56-year-old city mechanic who scored lower on the exam would be promoted to the position instead. If the mechanic brings an appropriate action in federal court to challenge the ordinance, which party would bear the burden of proof?

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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 discovery has forced scholars to revise their estimation of the quantity and quality of jewish art?