Yagar and the Dragon A long time ago, several ferocious dragons plagued the peaceful village called Harmony. After many years of dragon attacks, the village warriors finally destroyed the dragons. However, Yagar, a young man in the village, discovered a dragon egg in the nearby underground caverns. Many of the villagers wanted to destroy the egg. The village elders decided that the dragon should be tamed and used to defend the village. According to legend, the first person to touch a newly hatched dragon would become its master. If no one touched the dragon within an hour after it hatched, it would become wild and harm any human it met.

The village elders chose Yagar to be the dragon master. He would spend the rest of his life training and caring for the dragon. This important duty would bring great honor to Yagar’s family. No one knew when the dragon would hatch. Only Yagar was allowed to be near the egg because the elders wanted to make sure that no one else became

In the spring of 1989, thousands of protesters gathered in tiananmen square in beijing, china. they rallied around a plaster statue that resembled the statue of liberty which they called “the goddess of democracy.” these protestors were seeking a) united states assistance in gaining better health care. b) economic reforms which would allow more chinese exports. c) the boycott of the future olympic games scheduled for beijing. d) political reforms to allow more freedom of speech and political representation.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

An individual who is experiencing a prolonged period of stress would likely have levels of circulating than an individual who was not experiencing stress.