Jameela is reading a magazine article. read the following excerpt from the article: five days a week, henry zimmerman used to ride the elevator to the sixth floor and spend all day sitting at his computer. on weekends, he felt too tired to do more than watch tv. most of the time he was anxious, and he was frustrated that his clothes were tight. in addition, his doctor informed him that he had high blood pressure, which could lead to heart trouble. at his doctor’s advice, henry began exercising. at work, he took the stairs instead of the elevator. during his lunch break, he went for a run. on weekends, he played pickup basketball at the park. slowly, he gained energy, his anxiety decreased, and his clothes fit him better. at his next doctor’s appointment, he found out his blood pressure had decreased to a healthy number. which statement describes the relationship between the two paragraphs in this excerpt? a. the first paragraph describes the first step in henry’s lifestyle change, and the second paragraph presents the next step. b. the first paragraph describes the cause of henry’s inactive lifestyle, and the second paragraph explains the effect of the inactive lifestyle. c. the first paragraph describes the problem—henry’s inactive lifestyle—and the second paragraph suggests how an active lifestyle might solve henry’s problem. d. the first paragraph describes how henry felt during his inactive lifestyle, and the second paragraph contrasts that experience with the experience of his active lifestyle.

its D your welcome i hope

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the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing