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Find the center and the radius of the circle with the equation: x^-2x+y^2+4y+1=0

Does wealth play a part in politics? why or why not?

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion