What is an example of what the economist and social historian thorstein veblen meant by "conspicuous consumption"? select one:

a. mrs. bradley martin's costume ball

b. the free services handed out by social reformers

c. john

d. rockefeller's purchase of a competing company

d. an immigrant's purchase of bread?

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?

What is the difference between career options in the law enforcement pathway and career options in the correction services pathway?

Mystic bottling company bottles popular beverages in the bottling department. the beverages are produced by blending concentrate with water and sugar. the concentrate is purchased from a concentrate producer. the concentrate producer sets higher prices for the more popular concentrate flavors. a simplified bottling department cost of production report separating the cost of bottling the four flavors follows: