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• just two years ago, the editor of a major publishing firm asked me to submit a story for a middle school reader. those readers have the power to shape how thousands of children think about mexican americans. the criteria were: “it can’t have religion in it; it can’t be mystical; it can’t have spanish in it.” everything that was in bless me, ultima was rejected out of hand before the publisher would look at a manuscript. needless to say, i did not submit a story. —“take the tortillas out of your poetry,” rudolfo anaya the voice of this anecdote helps establish the idea that anaya is pleased to influence middle school students by teaching them about mexican americans. disappointed because a publishing company will not accept what anaya believes is a good mexican american story. annoyed that the publishers rejected his story without bothering to read it.
  
• what is the solution to the system that is created by the equation y = negative x + 6 and the graph shown below? on a coordinate plane, a line goes through (0, 0) and (4, 2). (–8, –4) (–4, –2) (4, 2) (6, 3)
  
• a town is severely affected by water pollution following a natural disaster. toilets are backed up and clean drinking water is scarce. which step can the local health department take to help? set up a health clinic to treat waterborne diseases. work with governments in other countries to stop water pollution. stop all services that provide water to individual homes in the town. monitor and report any sudden outbreaks of water-related diseases.
  
• which of the following best explains the age of oceanic crust and ocean-floor features?
  
• (a) as a soap bubble thins it becomes dark, because the path length difference becomes small compared with the wavelength of light and there is a phase shift at the top surface. if it becomes dark when the path length difference is less than one-fourth the wavelength, what is the thickest the bubble can be and appear dark at all visible wavelengths? assume the same index of refraction as water. (b) discuss the fragility of the film considering the thickness found.
  
• how did people use a telegraph to communicate without speech? with a series of bells of varying pitches with words typed out on a typewriter with morse code with overland mail carriages
  
• sharmila cannot remember what she had for breakfast last week, but she can remember the day she got married ten years ago as clearly as if it just happened. this example illustrates the ________ theory.
  
• what is the function of naturally occurring restriction enzymes in bacterial cells?
  
• organizations and agencies are a result of _______ in environmental protection issues.a.contingency plansb.hunting regulationsc.government involvementd.all of the above
  
• what is the slope of the line represented by the equation f(t)=2t−6? the slope is 2 and the y-intercept is −6. the slope is −6 and the y-intercept is 2. the slope is 2 and the y-intercept is 6. the slope is 6 and the y-intercept is 2.