Neo-colonialism is defined as:

A. the maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a people by a power for an extended period of time, such as French control over major parts of northern Africa.
B. continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.
C. invasion of Third World countries by the military forces of the U. S. or Russia since 1965.
D. approach by which industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.

answer; i believe that the correct answer is rapid and subsequently slow down;

rain should be the answer.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.