Read the excerpt below and answer the question
anyone, no matter who, may point out our shortcomings. if he is right, we will correct them. if what he
proposes will benefit the people, we will act upon it.
what is the central idea in this passage from mao's speech "serve the people"?
it isn't acceptable to criticize the chinese government.
criticisms that benefit the chinese people will be debated.
no one should criticize the chinese peasants.
the government will implement suggestions that the people

When the telephone rings incessantly, what is it that the men want to have happen? they want the phone to be answered because it is jangling their nerves. they want mr. frank to go to the office and answer it because they are afraid it might be bad news. they want mr. frank to go to the office because they think it might be miep. they want mr frank to ignore the phone.

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?