You can almost feel your blood pressure soar as you take the long walk down the hall to your boss's office. you remember a rumor you heard about an upcoming round of layoffs. now your mind is racing, your heart is pumping, your blood pressure is soaring, your mouth dries up, your hands feel cold and clammy, your forehead is perspiring and you may even feel a sudden urge to go (to the bathroom). as you imagine your boss firing you, the caveman inside of you wants to come out. maybe you'd like to run and hide or maybe you'd like to punch your boss in the nose, but you can't do either. welcome to the modern era. to verify the accuracy of the physical reactions to stress mentioned in this article, the best reference source to use would be a textbook used in a health class for college level students someone suffering from excessive stress who was interviewed and videotaped the web site that originally produced this article and other health-related articles a current study on the effects of stress on the body published by a medical journal

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

Why does the author of exploring the titanic give background information about his youth and education? to show his lifelong love for the ocean

What is the central idea of this passage? when i was a kid