Why is the great seal important in government?

1) it represents all facets of the american nation.
2) it can only be used by high-ranking american officials.
3) it is the only accepted symbol in european treaties.
4) it is used in all political meetings.

Is karma the same as destiny, in the sense that everything that happens to you is predetermined? do you believe that "what goes around comes around," and if so is this the same as karma? does everyone get what they deserve, in the end?

What does it mean in the declaration of independence for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world

Jackson pollock described his art style in the following quote: “new needs need new techniques.… it seems to me that the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the renaissance or of any other past culture. each age finds its own technique.” what point is pollock making about the new styles of art?