Skyscrapers tower over the city, casting tall shadows when it is sunny. a smattering of trees adds some color amid steel bricks one after another. car horns sound loudly as rush hour nears. streetlights flicker as the sun disappears. you may detest the urban life you see, but there’s no other place i’d rather be.

What does twain find ironic and hypocritical about human patriotism?

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people

Thomas paine's common sense convicted colonists to