What does the author's father learn from his experiences with Mr. Shimada?
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What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

April is studying finance in college. she wants to enter a career that is expected to experience much growth. rank the jobs that april is considering, from the least to greatest expected growth.

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.