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Angela Wainwright
English Comp 101-MMW
October 19, 2016
Assignment: Chapters 14-5
Chapter 14.1
1. Isaac Asimov first saw (science fiction (OC) (stories (DO) in (his (SC)
parents Brooklyn (store (IO).
2. He practiced (writing (DO) by telling (his (OC) (schoolmates (SC)
(stories (IO).
3. Asimov published his first (story (DO) in (Astounding Science Fiction
(SC).
4. The magazines (editor, John W. Campbell (SC), encourage Asimov to
continue writing.
5. The young writer researched scientific principles to make his (stories
(DO) more accurate.
6. (Asimovs (SC) Foundation series of novels is a future history.
7. The World Science Fiction (Convention (SC) gave the series a Hugo
Award.
8. Sometimes (Asimov (SC) used Paul French as a (pseudonym (OC).
9. Biochemistry and Human Metabolism was (Asimovs (SC) first
nonfiction (book (OC).
10.
(Asimov (SC) coined the term robotics.
14.2
1. P 2. DC 3. IC 4. P 5. P 6. DC 7. P 8. IC 9. DC 10. DC
14.3
1. The average American consumes 128 pounds of sugar yearly, so
sugar is eaten more than any other food additives including salt.
2. Many of us have consciously reduced or eliminated sugar from our
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3. Unfortunately, sugar is found in sweets and processed foods.
4. Puddings, cakes, ketchup, and spaghetti sauce are processed foods
that contain sugar.
5. We find cutting down or eliminating sugar extremely difficult.
6. Processors use sugar for taste, preventing spoiled food, and
improved texture and appearance.
7. It is easy to overlook the many different forms of sugar on packages.
8. Sugar is also called sucrose, fructose, corn syrup, brown sugar,
honey, and molasses.
9. No sugar is more nourishing than the other.
10. Avoid sugar because it contain empty calories.
14.4
1. Many high school graduates need new skills for careers to begin
working.
2. High school students are encouraged to go to college, yet some find
that a college education doesnt guarantee jobs.
3. Vocational schools are an attractive alternative to a college
education, which can cost more than $100,000.
4. Vocational students can enter their job markets quicker by finishing
in four years or less.
5. Nurses aides, paralegals, travel agents, and computer technicians
find work without a college degree.
6. Public community college and trade schools are growing rapidly,
while some four-year colleges are experiencing growth.
7. Vocational school train students for local businesses with existing
jobs.
8. Detroit might offer advanced automotive design and New York offer
fashion design.
9. Schools that offer courses in horticulture, respiratory therapy, and
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10. Vocational education is being reexamined by laid-off workers,
housewives returning to school, recent high school graduates, and
college graduates with hope of finding careers.
15.1
The first modern indoor 18 holes miniature golf course was built in New
York in 1925.
150 more indoor and outdoor courses was built by entrepreneurs Drake
Delanoy and John Ledbetter, yet Garnet Carter made miniature golf a
worldwide fad by building an elaborate one. Together all three built
more miniature golf courses. By 1930, there were 25,000 courses in
the United States. As courses grew elaborate so did the hazards
becoming bizarre. The craze spread to London and Hong Kong and
grow out of control. By 1931 interest declined; and most courses were
out of business. In the 50s the game was revived, so today there are
between eight and ten thousand courses. This invention is a part of
American folk art.
15.2
At the Institute for Equality in Education and the University of
Colorado; Dr. Alice I. Baumgartner and colleagues surveyed two
thousand school children found some starling results. They found the
answers to be sad and shocking to the question asked, If you woke up
tomorrow and discovered that you were a (boy) (girl), how would your
life be different? The boys titled their answers The Disaster or
Doomsday, and the girls seemed to feel they would be better off as
boys with easier lives.
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1. The geological formation in Wyoming called Tsoai is Momaday taken
as a young child to Devils Tower, and there he was given the name
Tsaoi-talee (Bear Tree Boy).
2. The origin of Tsaoi is the Kiowa myth about a boy who playfully
chases his seven sisters up a tree, which rises into the air as the boy is
transformed into a bear.
3. The boy-bear becomes increasingly ferocious and claws the bark of
the tree.
4. The seven stars of the big dipper became also the sisters from
climbing higher to escapes the boy-bear wrath.
5. The way to rainy Mountain, House Made of Dawn, and The Ancient
Child is how Momaday got his names.