Why did these farmers experience problems with their crop of watermelons? (Site 1)

Feverishly he went through the remaining dollar-sized strips of comic paper.

And there it was. There it was!

This strip had been cut from the top of the comic sheet. On the margin appeared the name of a New York newspaper and the date April 24, 1955.

—"Object Lesson,"
Ellery Queen

What inference can you make from this passage?

The thief likes to read comics in the paper.
Ellery uses the dated newspaper to solve the crime.
The strips of newspaper were not cut very well.
The comic sheet is hiding the evidence.

Which of the following best states the purpose of an import quota? a. to prevent a budget deficit. b. to reduce competition from foreign producers. c. to increase the gross domestic product. d. to lower taxes and limit government spending

Read juliet’s soliloquy from act iv, scene iii. based on her dialogue, explain the conflict that juliet faces. is the conflict primarily external or internal? explain why.

Which quote from act one scene three in the tragedy of julius caesar is the best example of foreshadowing a. why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, why birds and bees from quality and kind why old man, fools, and children calculate b. that heaven hath infused them with these spirits to make them instruments of fear and warning unti some monstrous state c. it is the part of men to fear and tremble, when the most mighty gods buy tokens send such dreadful heralds to astonish us d. oh he sits high in all the peoples hearts, and that which would appear offense in us his countenance, like richest alchemy, will change to virtue and worthiness