Why entitlements are known as the "Third Rail of American Politics

How do media use "telling details" to audiences better connect with a story?

Which is one reason many african nations have not prospered after gaining independence from european colonial powers? a. colonial powers sent their weakest economic advisors to the new countries, and their recommendations were flawed. b. independence left them with weak economies, and many countries have been unable to overcome or recover from these burdens. c. the desert region of the interior is inhospitable to foreign investors, and business interests focused on the coastal mediterranean cities. d. the money endowed upon independence is still tied up in the bank of england, which is hesitant to make loans to struggling nations.

In the gettysburg address, which rhetorical device does abraham lincoln employ when he says, "the world will little note, nor remember what we say here, but ic never forget what they did here"?