all of the following statements about bureaucracies is correct, except: a. in a bureaucracy, power to act resides in the person rather than in the position. b. bureaucracies usually entail standard operating procedures. c. bureaucracies are organized with a structured hierarchy. d. bureaucracies normally have a merit system in which people are hired and promoted on the basis of demonstrated skills and achievements. e. a bureaucracy is a large, complex administrative organization.

Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.

How did the new working class of the industrial revolution differ from the working classes of the earlier, farm based economy?

The louisianna purchase was controversil because