1. If you read another article that was focused just on Tom Thumb, which of these sentences would work as a main idea?
Lots of circus performers use their physical difference to become famous.
Unlike Tom Thumb, the “mermaid” was a hoax made up by P. T. Barnum.
Tom Thumb never let his small size keep him from getting what he wanted.
Tom Thumb was not the only little person to become famous in show business.2.
Which of these sentences tells a main idea of “Starting Small,” the article you just read?
Today you can’t be a circus performer until you’re an adult.
Successful circus performers start training when they are children.
Girls are more likely to become circus performers than boys.
Ella Bradna began performing on her own at age eleven.

historically speaking, military dictators usually come into power

as the result of a military coup d'etat that was successful against  

whatever form of government existed before.  

sometimes the military dictator was put in place by winning a civil war.  

    occasionally military dictators conduct phony 'elections'  

in order to claim that they were elected by the people.

but there are never any serious candidates running against the dictator.

when a dictator becomes too old for governing his country,

he usually tries to arrange for one of his sons to take over power  

after he is dead and gone.  

when that is not possible, some secret decisions within the military

results in the next dictator taking power

—whether by means of an 'election' or another coup d'etat.  

    countries with little experience of other forms of government

often assume that a military strongman is their natural leader.  

military dictators want to stay in power for as long as possible.  

often the only way they leave office is feet first,

that is, they must die or be killed while still in power  

before the next form of government will take over.

explanation:

answer: i thought he spoke american? ?