The pony was very quiet because he was a little hoarse.

which word makes this statement into a pun?

Hoarse

This pun works because of the fact that the words "horse" and "hoarse" are homophones. Homophones are words that have the same sound, but different meanings. In this case, the sentence states that the pony could not talk because he was slightly hoarse. However, if the word were "horse," the statement would indicate that the pony was a little horse (in terms of size), which is a true statement.

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.