"a lot of times, when things land at my desk—it's a choice between bad and worse. and as somebody pointed out to me—the only things that land on my desk are tough decisions. because, if they were easy decisions, somebody down the food chain's already made them."
— president barack obama, 2009
use the passage to answer the question.
1. which principle of bureaucracy does the quotation demonstrate?

The brother of a presidential candidate writes an editorial in which he defends this candidate against charges of corruption. in such a circumstance, it is most appropriate for the reader to a) suspect that the candidate may have been framed. b) consider whether the candidate has the best family or not. c) wonder if the writer may be biased, due to his family connection. d) wonder if the writer may be inaccurate, due to wanting to get people to read his column. \

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion, metaphor, personification, symbolism and simile

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