"Her bare feet and fingers pinched and held like bird claws to the tree." What kind of figurative language is this?

Afull irb committee meeting is convened and one agenda item is a new research proposal to evaluate how mothers interact with their learning-disabled child. the inclusion criteria require the children to be a minimum of five years of age. the protocol requires the mother of the child to look at the child without any expression and not to talk to the child for three minutes. the committee determined that the mother's required task may upset the child. the irb approved the study with appropriate language in the parental permission form regarding the possibility that children might become upset. after the start of the study, the principal investigator reports to the irb that, as expected, one of the children became upset. the incident was handled according to the protocol and the child is fine. what should the irb do with regard to this report?

Nita is the office manager at a service station. two applicants, max and tim, arrive to interview for the open mechanic's position. max's clothes are dirty, his hair is unwashed, and he doesn't make eye contact when he gives nita his name. tim dresses in clean jeans and a nice shirt, is shaved, and shakes nita's hand when he introduces himself. after the interview, keith the head mechanic, asks nita what she thought. both men have the skill set needed for the position. nita recommends tim. she is responding to her perception of

"martin luther king, jr. was buried the day after my first child was born, my daughter brooke. she was born april the eighth of 1968. i went from the hospital to the grave. and i spent three days thinking about what i was going to do with my life and decided that politics, although not perfect, was the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. " - maynard jackson, 1990 which statement best explains how maynard jackson's 1968 decision foretold his future? question 8 options: he was elected mayor of atlanta in 1973 he was elected governor of georgia in 1990. he started his own bond and security business he removed segregation signs form water fountains at city hall