Imagine you are a byzantine missionary attempting to convert a group of slavs. write a speech that you would give to the group in order to sway them.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

In a small, closed economy, national income (gdp) is $350 million for the current year. individuals have spent $100 million on the consumption of goods and services. they have paid a total of $60 million in taxes and the government has spent $75 million on goods and services this year. use this information and the national income identity to answer the questions. how much does the economy spend on investment?

Match the following items 1. formed by theodore roosevelt in 1912 2. republican president 3. a person who currently holds an office 4. democratic president 5. formed by ross perot in 1992 6. to yield or surrender; admit or acknowledge options; a. jimmy carter b. dwight d. eisenhower c.bull moose party d. united we stand party e. concede f. incumbent