Why was preserving the "heritage" of the lift system important to the modernization process?

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According to this map, which of these statements is most correct? a) fewer people are contracting hiv in europe than in the past. b) fewer people are contracting hiv in southern africa than in the past. c) egyptians are less likely to contract hiv than people in sub-saharan africa. d) people in canada contract hiv more frequently than people in the united states.

Dominic and stacy each have a stamp collection. dominic has six fewer stamps than three times the number of stamps stacy has. dominic and stacy decide to give all of their stamps to their younger sister, mary. if stacy had s stamps, which expression represents the number of stamps that mary received? a. (3s − 18)(3s − 6) b. 2s − 18 c. 4s − 6 d. 4s − 18

Which of the following statements about culture and self-esteem is the most accurate? people from western cultures are more likely to say or do things to enhance other people's self-esteem (relative to people from asian cultures). the japanese praise each other for their achievements more often than americans do. people from asian cultures generally feel worse about themselves than people from western cultures. americans utter many more self-complimentary statements during conversations (relative to japanese individuals).