Stealing money is bad enough, but stealing from a charity is really reprehensible.

Because Julie speaks both Vietnamese and English well, she acts as a liaison between various Vietnamese immigrants and the telephone company, banks, and so on. 

After Billy spent ten of his hard-earned dollars on an autographed picture of his baseball hero, he was heartbroken to learn that the player’s signature was a sham. 

Some child stars reached the zenith of their careers at a very young age and later felt like failures because they couldn’t stay at the top.

People with AIDS are much less resilient than others.  A flu attach that most of us can easily shake off is life-threatening to them.  

The young woman relinquished custody of her baby to adoptive parents because she wanted the child to have a good home, and she know she wasn’t able to provide one. 

Nita allows her son to fritter away his weekly allowance on junk.  She says he’ll soon learn that it’s better to save his money for something he really wants.  

Jonathan Edwards – “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Why is Edwards giving this sermon, if everyone is in such mortal peril from God’s wrath?

 Henry David Thoreau – Walden According to Thoreau’s philosophy, why is it a misfortune for a man to become a farmer or to inherit a farm?

Washington Irving – “Rip Van Winkle” While avoiding the terrors of Dame Van Winkle one day in the Kaatskills, Rip hears a sound that begins his odd adventure. Which of the following best describes the sound?