Read the following sentences from "first confession." then, to crown my misfortunes, i had to make my first confession and communion. it was an old woman called ryan who prepared us for these. she was about the one age with gran; she was well-to-do, lived in a big house on montenotte, wore a black cloak and bonnet, and came every day to school at three o' clock when we should have been going home, and talked to us of hell. she may have mentions the other place as well, but that could only have been by accident, for hell had the first place in her heart. which pair of words best describes ryan? a. gloomy and unhappy b. dark and foreboding c. weathered and stingy d. prompt and meticulous

Westridge, ohio — more than 600 transportation employees went on strike at midnight last night after the westridge city council rejected their demand for a 10% pay increase. the strike affects all bus and rail services throughout westridge and the neighboring communities of turlock, smithfield, and lowell grove. "we hoped we would not be forced to strike, but until our demands are met, we really have no choice," said wanda thompson, a representative of the transportation employees union. "we simply don't get paid what we deserve." members of the westridge city council see the situation differently. "our employees already earn 6% more than the state average for similar transportation jobs," said raoul cobian, president of the westridge city council. hopefully the two groups can come to an agreement soon and bring this unnecessary strike to an end. what is the common name for the underlined information in the article?