Five young men tumble out of the car, including damian, a small, nervous fellow in an oversized leather jacket. as the group takes over the diner, grabbing food and putting their feet up on the tables, damian observes quietly. when mitch kicks over a man's umbrella, damian picks it up and hands it back to the man. which assumption about damian is  best  supported by this excerpt?   a. he is not very well liked by others, so he overcompensates by being kind.  b. he is part of a gang looking for trouble and is bored by inactivity.  c. he is trying to fit in with the group but does not approve of their antics.  d. he is trying to make up for the loss of his father by acting tougher than he is.

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

Satire can best be defined as the literary form or technique in which and are used to criticize one's vices.