As you read the paragraph below, think about what conclusions you can draw based on the facts provided.
The decision to use the atomic bomb was made by President Truman. There was never any
doubt of that, and despite the rising tide of criticism, Mr. Truman took full responsibility for his
action. He had only recently succeeded to the Presidency after the sudden death of Roosevelt.
Immediately he was beset by a multitude of problems of enormous significance for the
postwar world, and Mr. Truman leaned heavily on the advice of his senior and most trusted
advisers on the question of the bomb. But the final decision was his and his alone.
Apply the strategies you've learned for drawing conclusions. What is this passage saying
about President Truman's early years in office?
President Truman knew from the very beginning that his decision was probably the wrong one.
President Truman was under intense pressure from the very beginning of his term of office.
President Truman never imagined that he would one day become President of the United States,
President Truman lacked confidence and therefore let others make most decisions for him.

The correct answer is B. President Truman was under intense pressure from the very beginning of his term of office.

Explanation

The excerpt begins with the subject of President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb. However, he later expands on this issue by arguing that after suddenly assuming the presidency after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, he had a lot of pressure, mainly because of the handling that he should have given to the issues related to the postwar period. For this reason, it can be concluded that the main purpose of this fragment about the early years of his presidency is to expose the pressure that Harry Truman had on his shoulders despite having a group of advisers, he had to assume the responsibility of being president, and all the consequences that this would bring him including the decision to use the atomic bomb. So the correct answer is B. President Truman was under intense pressure from the very beginning of his term of office.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.