Are natural languages neutrally, positively, or negatively biased? that is the question a recent study1 set out to answer. they found the top 5000 words used in english in each of four different places: twitter, books on the google book project, the new york times, and music lyrics. the resulting complete list was 10,222 unique words in the english language. each word was then evaluated independently by 50 different people, each giving a rating on how the word made them feel on a 1 to 9 scale where 1= least happy, 5= neutral, and 9= most happy. (the highest rated word was "laughter" while the lowest was "terrorist.") the distributions of the ratings for all 10,222 words for each of the four media sources were surprisingly similar, and all had approximately the shape shown in the following figure.

Write a précis of "from 'on the duty of civil disobedience'" paragraph 1 by henry david thoreau.

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Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you