Read the passage from "the pursuit of happiness." the woman on the far side of the desk looks at the floor, her head full of ireland and the potatoes that blackened and curled and rotted away. we grew only sadness there she wants to say. but this she whispers instead: 'i have come to work as a chambermaid" and the important person stamps her papers without hearing the rest. "to scrub floors and wash linens until my hands are red and raw, and i have polished happiness for my child so she can become a teacher with hands the color of cream."

In a short summary, describe the progression of roderick usher’s mental and physical deterioration over the course of the story. in your opinion, what brought on his illness?

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

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