Amajor characteristic of america's two major parties is that they

A. are highly centralized, with strong national organs exercising heavy influence over
 weaker state party organizations.
 b. tend to be single-interest parties that avoid becoming multiinterest coalitions.
 c. are coalitions, gaining support from varied segments of the population.
 d. avoid taking moderate political positions in order to attract voters.
e. are always more powerful at the local level than at the national level.

Ongoing civil wars western roman empire finally collapsed476 c.e. romulus, the last of theroman  emperors in  the west, was overthrown by the germanic leader odoacer, who became the first barbarian to rule in rome. the order that the  roman empire  had brought towestern  europe for 1000 years was no more.

1.  go out into nature and commune with the divine2.  experience real solitude to truly perceive nature3.  realize that individuals are meant to learn from nature and transcend it4.  think of nature as a symbol of the divine