President george w. bush’s speech to the troops on the uss abraham lincoln
some of you will see new family members for the first time — 150 babies were born while their fathers were on the lincoln.

which answer best describes bush’s point of view as presented in this excerpt?

a the long deployment has been very difficult on those who serve their country.
b it is surprising that so many people coincidentally had children.
c the number of births raises questions about the validity of the information.
d it is promising for the future of the military that so many babies have been born.

im pretty sure its a

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief