Imagine that you are a citizen of a country in which a larger country comes in to expand its social, political, and economic policies as the united states has done in latin america. write a paragraph telling how this might make you feel, both the positives and the negatives. be sure to refer to details from this lesson as you express your opinion.

The rulers of the west african kingdoms expanded their lands by

Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.

The internal combustion engine was an innovation of