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One of the norms in the village was to meet at the town square on fridays for a community dinner and dance. the underlined word in the sentence above is best defined as a

His is the name of the group in the house of representatives that, in 1947, began hearings to expose communist infiltration in american life. unfortunately, a good deal of the evidence they used was based on hearsay and conjecture, meaning innocent people were harmed by their findings.

In which era does vietnam war fought and what was the reason?