Pat was an advid mountain biker who knew much about bicycle repair. tom also was a mountain biker but did not know much about bicycles or their repair. the gears on tom's bike were not working properly so he took his bike to pat and asked if pat could repair it. pat said that was possible, so tom left his bike with pat for a week. pat was able to fix and adjust the gears on tom's bike so that the bike worked properly. tom's bike was a top of the line model and much newer than pat's bike. when tom called pat on friday to see if the bike was ready for him to come pick up, pat asked to keep the bike until sunday. pat wanted to try the bike out on saturday with some friends. tom told pat that was okay to do. while pat had the bike the bike was stolen off pat's porch where pat left the bike unlocked. discuss whether pat is liable to tom for the loss of the bike.

What is the natural environment? the story of the interaction of people forming societies, cultures, and civilizationsan increase in the world’s temperaturethe process by which social institutions are adopted on a global scalethe natural world in which people, plants, and animals live

Which regulatory agency attempts to prevent unfair business practices and consumer fraud?

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.