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• half of this biocontainment operation was going to be news containment. c. j. peters's comments to the washington post were designed to create an impression that the situation was under control, safe, and not all that interesting. c. j. was understating the gravity of the situation. but he could be very smooth when he wanted, and he used his friendliest voice with the reporters, assuring them over the telephone that there really was no problem, just kind of a routine technical situation. somehow the reporters concluded that the sick monkeys had been ""destroyed as a precaution"" when in fact the nightmare, and the reason for troops, was that the animals hadn't been destroyed.–the hot zone,richard prestonread the excerpt from the hot zone by richard preston, then use the drop-down menus to answer the questions.what is the topic of the passage?what is the central idea of the passage?which detail supports the central idea?
  
• for a business owner, insurance is a cost just like any other expenses. how does buying business insurance and offering insurance to employees affect the business’s profit and success?
  
• a culture that tolerates a high level of ambiguity in communication values _______________. a. individualism b. masculinity c. uncertainty d. collectivism
  
• what are two reasons the united states cut all trade ties with castro’s cuba in 1961
  
• the league of nations could enact sanctions, which are best defined as incentives. commands. legislation. punishment.
  
• which expression can be simplified to find the slope of the trend line in the scatterplot? on a graph, a trend line goes through points (2, 87) and (8, 78). startfraction 2 minus 8 over 78 minus 87 endfraction startfraction 78 minus 87 over 8 minus 2 endfraction startfraction 78 minus 8 over 87 minus 2 endfraction startfraction 8 minus 2 over 78 minus 87 endfraction
  
• read the excerpt from ""the most dangerous game."" rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheek bones, a sharp-cut nose, a spare, dark face, the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. kobe is writing an essay about ""the most dangerous game.” this excerpt supports his idea that zaroff’s physical appearance mirrors his
  
• after getting married, joe, 32, and melinda, 29, decide to take out life insurance policies. joe would like a 15-year term policy and melinda would like a 20-year term policy. they each want a $300,000 policy. how much can joe and melinda expect to pay in premiums the first year? for age 32, a male 15-year term policy is 3.32 and 20-year term is 5.45. for age 29, a female 15-year term is 2.58 and 20-year term is 4.96. a. $2,478 b. $2,484 c. $1,488 d. $2,409
  
• the presence of which magnetic feature best explains why a magnet can act at a distance on other magnets or on objects containing certain metals? fields dipoles domains forces
  
• which statements accurately describe the waste generated by nuclear reactions? check all that apply. it is hazardous for hundreds to thousands of years. some waste can be recycled and used again. it is hazardous to living organisms forever. some waste can be completely transformed into energy. it is not hazardous after a couple of years.