Which of the following is the most engaging text with the most varied sentence structures?
the experience of the new immigrants was different. by 1890, no more free land was available, so newcomers found jobs in city factories. they lived in crowded neighborhoods, where everyone shared a common language and culture.
the new immigrants had a different experience. they couldn’t find free land by 1890, so they found jobs in factories in the cities. they lived in crowded neighborhoods. they spoke the same languages, and they practiced the same traditions.
the new immigrants had a different experience. the free land was gone by 1890. the new immigrants found jobs in factories in the cities. they lived in crowded neighborhoods. they spoke their own languages. they practiced their own traditions.
by 1890, immigrants had a different experience. by then, the free land was gone, and immigrants found jobs in factories in the cities. in the cities, they lived in crowded neighborhoods. in the neighborhoods, they spoke their own languages and practiced their own traditions.

they made rome the dominant power in the mediterranean.

the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005