Paragraph 2 refers to the process taken by states as they "voted for ratification." In the excerpt
below, select the phrase that helps explain the meaning of ratification.
As has been pointed out by the chairman, a 7-year time limit was placed on it. In
1978, the proposed amendment had been approved by 35 States. Unfortunately, no
additional States had voted for ratification before the new deadline and the proposed
amendment died on June 30, 1982

"be approved".

Explanation:

The word "ratification" means to be accepted, to get consent, be formally approved. It signifies the formal acceptance of anything, making it legally binding.

In the given excerpt from the Equal Rights Amendment hearing, the phrase that helps explain the word "ratification" is "be approved". This means that the proposed amendment of the Equal Rights has been approved by "35 States", making it officially valid.

(d) alice notices that the glass is melting away. because that aint real

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.