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Please help me out!!!!
In an experiment, two different types of recorded music were played for neonates in adjacent nurseries in a hospital. In nursery A, classical music was played; in nursery B, rock music was played. After two weeks, it was found that the babies in nursery A cried less, suffered fewer minor ailments, a...
- by sridevipavan
Sun May 01, 2011 1:13 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Please help me out!!!!
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paradox!!!
Which of the following best completes the passage below? In opposing government regulation of business, conservatives often appeal to the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government, expressing the wish that government would “get off the backs of the American people.� Yet, paradoxically, many of th...
- by sridevipavan
Sun May 01, 2011 1:08 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: paradox!!!
- Replies: 6
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sailboat hulls
At an enormous research cost, a leading chemical company has developed a manufacturing process for converting wood fibers into a plastic. According to the company, this new plastic can be used for, among other things, the hulls of small sailboats. But what does the company think sailboat hulls used ...
- by sridevipavan
Sun May 01, 2011 12:39 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: sailboat hulls
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4384
- by sridevipavan
Sun May 01, 2011 12:35 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: TEST A- Question 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1073
I didnot understand the first part in this.... "With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years)" Is 1% of 75000(ie 750) increased by 2% each yea...
- by sridevipavan
Sun May 01, 2011 12:34 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: property taxes...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1003
"(B) The United States consumes one-third of all resources used in the world."
Why can this not be considered??
- by sridevipavan
Sun May 01, 2011 12:17 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: resource depletion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2306
property taxes...
With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years); and if your neighbor bought an identical house next door to you for $200,000 this year, his tax would be ...
- by sridevipavan
Sun May 01, 2011 12:15 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: property taxes...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1003
resource depletion
The earth’s resources are being depleted much too fast. To correct this, the United States must keep its resource consumption at present levels for many years to come. 13. The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions? (A) Per capita resource consumption in the United States is ...
- by sridevipavan
Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:56 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: resource depletion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2306
please help me out in this...!!!
As one who has always believed that truth is our nation’s surest weapon in the propaganda war against our foes, I am distressed by reports of “disinformation� campaigns by American intelligence agents in Western Europe. In a disinformation campaign, untruths are disseminated through gullible l...
- by sridevipavan
Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:49 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: please help me out in this...!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1420
Parental-leave regulations
A law requiring companies to offer employees unpaid time off to care for their children will harm the economic competitiveness of our nation’s businesses. Companies must be free to set their own employment policies without mandated parental-leave regulations. Which of the following, if true, would...
- by sridevipavan
Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:53 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Parental-leave regulations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1308
Main point of the author...
Johnson is on firm ground when he asserts that the early editors of Dickinson’s poetry often distorted her intentions. Yet Johnson’s own, more faithful, text is still guilty of its own forms of distortion. To standardize Dickinson’s often indecipherable handwritten punctuation by the use of th...
- by sridevipavan
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:52 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Main point of the author...
- Replies: 1
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does not support the claim!!!
At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electroni...
- by sridevipavan
Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:05 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: does not support the claim!!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1281
- by sridevipavan
Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:24 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: TEST A- Question 1
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2002
TEST A- Question 1
TEST A- Question 1 Mr. Janeck: I don’t believe Stevenson will win the election for governor. Few voters are willing to elect a businessman with no political experience to such a responsible public office. Ms. Siuzdak: You’re wrong. The experience of running a major corporation is a valuable prep...
- by sridevipavan
Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:50 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: TEST A- Question 1
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2002
TEST A- Question 1
TEST A- Question 1 Mr. Janeck: I don’t believe Stevenson will win the election for governor. Few voters are willing to elect a businessman with no political experience to such a responsible public office. Ms. Siuzdak: You’re wrong. The experience of running a major corporation is a valuable prep...
- by sridevipavan
Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:46 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: TEST A- Question 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1073