“you bet! i hope jimmy has done half as well. he was a kind of plodder, though, good fellow as he was. i’ve had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile. a man gets in a groove in new york. it takes the west to put a razor-edge on him.” based on this excerpt from "after twenty years," what does the term "razor-edge" most likely mean? question 3 options: a.) clean shaven b.) a knife-carrying criminal c.) a culinary chef d.) sharp & cunning

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

According to the speaker, decisions in west african villages are made through discussions led by heroic nobles wise historians elected representatives appointed chiefs

Write one paragraph that evaluates the effectiveness of jack zipes’s essay.