[mrs. pontellier] was somewhat familiar with such scenes. they had often made her very unhappy. on a few previous occasions she had been completely deprived of any desire to finish her dinner. sometimes she had gone into the kitchen to administer a tardy rebuke to the cook. once she went to her room and studied the cookbook during an entire evening, finally writing out a menu for the week, which left her harassed with a feeling that, after all, she had accomplished no good that was worth the name. which best explains how the excerpt is evidence of an emerging theme that is central to the novel?

How do quotas domestic producers? quotas facilitate increased exports of domestic goods. quotas lower the cost of domestic goods. quotas limit the number of producers that compete in a sector. quotas facilitate the sale of more domestic goods.

"“forty or fifty years ago, many people thought that simply transferring technologies from industrialized to developing countries would close the technology gap. now we know that technologies developed in industrialized countries may not be suitable for use in other environments. they may require a particular type of infrastructure to operate. they may need specialized parts or knowledge to mend when they break we now understand that innovative capacity must be built in different ways." - united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon based on the secretary general's comments, which of these would be most important for a country to improve? a) native literature b) transportation grid c) cultural traditions d) construction styles

1. describe the concept of the unitary executive. discuss whether this concept is practical.