Read the excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes.” Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying, "Everything's going to be alright," "We're doing the best we can," and "It's not the end of the world."

But I don't think you can say that to us anymore. Are we even on your list of priorities?

Suzuki most likely uses this question to make listeners believe that

they are doing the best they can.
they should talk to their children honestly.
they need to rethink what is truly important.
they need to comfort their children.

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Shawn received an e-mail offering a great deal on music, movie, and game downloads. he has never heard of the company, and the e-mail address and company name do not match. what should shawn do?

Which of the following statements regarding the southern economy at the end of the nineteenth century is accurate? the south was producing as much cotton as it had before the civil war.