During a storm in tornado alley, a house is destroyed, but its owner dorothy survives. dorothy plans to return to the site to salvage her possessions, but she delays. meanwhile, elliott combs through the ruins and removes all useful items. dorothy learns of the recovery and files a suit against elliott, claiming that the items are hers. elliott responds that the destroyed house was abandoned and therefore he has good title to whatever he took possession of. what is the court likely to rule, and why?

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.

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Crops grew well in mesopotamia because a. the land was in mountainous areas. b. farmland was fertile and water was nearby. c. the area was near the ocean water supply. d. the area received adequate rainfall. select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d