Antimaterialists tend to deride the importance of "things." yet, things are highly significant, not merely because of their functional utility but also because of their psychological impact. we develop relationships with things. things affect our sense of continuity or discontinuity. they play a role in the structure of situations, and the oreshortening of our relationships with things accelerates the pace of life. (alvin toffler, future shock)
a. nonargument.
b. argument; conclusion: we develop relationships with things.
c. argument; conclusion: antimaterialists tend to "things."
d. argument; conclusion: yet things are highly significant.
e. argument; conclusion: they play a role the pace of life.

this headline suggests that midterm congressional   elections are at the corner and trump administration wants to activate his base by vowing to clamp down on immigrants and immigration as trump had said during his election campaign around two years ago. when a baby is born in usa, the baby becomes citizen of usa for 85 years and trump wants to end this rule of birthright citizenship to control illegal immigration and this what he said in an interview""we’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years, with all of those benefits,” "

answer; having the power of reprieve means being able to release people from punishment;