Letter B: My brother is a star athlete on his high school's football team. Our family is proud of him, but
he is a perfectionist who never seems to be happy with his performance. He knows that
an athletic scholarship may be his only chance of a college education. One day when our
parents were out running errands, a strange car pulled up in front of our house. My
brother, seeming to recognize the car, quickly ran to his room then out the front door of
the house. As he zoomed past me I noticed something light green in his hand like money.
I watched out the living room window. I saw the passenger side window roll down as my
brother was approaching. My brother stuck his arm through the open window as the
driver leaned across to give my brother something. My brother handed off something to
him in exchange
The car left as quickly as it arrived and my brother walked back into the house. I met him at
the door with typical questions that anyone would have asked when they witnessed this
strange encounter. I asked him who it was and what was going on, but my brother
ignored my questions. His only response was, "Someday you will understand." He ran
upstairs and slammed the door, then locked it. Whatever my brother received from this
guy was so small that it was swallowed by his hands. Whatever it was, it's something that
my brother doesn't want my parents to know about. I can't see my brother using drugs,
but I know how concerned he is about his performance on the football field. Could my
brother be using steroids? You always seem to give the best advice. What should I do?
Your task is to pick one of the letters (A or B) and write a total of two (2) responses to that letter.
For each response, write at least two (2) paragraphs (5-7 sentences) (in a Word Document)
you will write as if you are a believer in one of the two Chinese philosophies.
1. For your first response, you will write as if you are a Confucian.
2. For your second response, you will write as if you are a Legalist.
Both of your responses should be direct reflections of the philosophies from which you are
writing. Include your advice that fits the philosophy and why it fits the philosophy.

for starters, there is the structural trend of rising primary government expenditure as a share of gdp, which reached 36% in 2014, up from 22% in 1991. this increase reflected a political desire to address the poverty and inequality that had gone unaddressed during previous decades. to support the increase, brazil’s government increased taxes on consumption and promoted progress toward labor-market formalization. nonetheless, public investment, particularly in infrastructure, took a hit. in fact, with the exception of the 2005-2008 period, total investment as a share of gdp has remained below 20% since 1991.

1) checks and balances- this idea is implemented in the constitution to ensure that no one branch of the federal government gains too much power. for example, the legislative branch(congress) can approve a bill that will then be sent to the executive branch (president). if the president does not like the bill or thinks that it violates the rights of citizens, he/she can veto the bill. vetoing the bill stops the bill from becoming a law. this check on power ensures that congress makes laws that do not violate the rights of citizens.

2) anti-federalists do not want to ratify the constitution unless it includes a bill of rights. the anti-federalists are worried that the constitution gives too much power to the federal government. having a strong central government caused problems when the us was still part of great britain. this is why the anti-federalists are fearful of this type of system.

3) federalists want a new constitution passed because it will fix america's weak political structure. before the us constitution is implemented, the constitution being used is known as the articles of confederation. this constitution has an extremely weak central government, allowing for disunity among the states.

can't do the whole thing, hope this

the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.

the first two years of american revolution was not very encouraging for the patriots since the british were far superior in sea power, arms and troops.