Read the passage. Then explain how Raphael is characterized based on the way Squeaky describes him. Then the second-graders line up for the thirty-yard dash and I don't even bother to turn my head to watch cause Raphael Perez always wins. He wins before he even begins by psyching the runners, telling them they're going to trip on their shoelaces and fall on their faces or lose their shorts or something, which he doesn't really have to do since he is very fast, almost as fast as I am.

it sounds like raphael  can win if he just ignored perez bc he is just as fast he just has put his mind to it but its like he dont care bc he already knows all perez tricks to win

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the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

ok i am here, i brought some cookies and some movies. do you use blu-ray cuz thats all i brought. oh, and my friend wwill be here shortly, he is going to bring some pizza too.