Around the world in 80 days - chapters 12-19 points to ponder why do you think passepartout becomes such good friends with fix on the journey? what is fix’s motive? do you think passepartout deserves to be arrested for the pagoda incident? what reasons did fix have for arranging this arrest? does fogg’s relationship with mrs. aouda show him to be different from your first impression of him? do you think it was a mistake for fix to tell passepartout the “truth” about his master? what would you have done in his place in the opium den scene? what may be the result(s) of fix’s treachery?

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate. 

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.

1. c. zone of saturation, water table, zone of aeration

2. c. condensation

3. b.   conservation and condensation

4. c. groundwater dips below the water table in an artesian well

5. d. oceans

6. c. geyser

7. d. groundwater

8. b. 70%

9. d. transpiration

10. c.   desalination