Several years ago, the nation of florentina had a government-owned telecommunication system that lagged far behind other nations. in several of its rural areas, there was only one phone for an entire village of people. government taxes collected for the purpose of maintaining the telephone system were very meager, so the notion of expanding service was almost impossible. the government of florentina decided to sell the phone company to a private firm. the private firm expanded rapidly. it reported that even poor consumers were willing to pay for a private phone line. this government decision and subsequent sale was:

A move toward capitalism, which is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.