In many republics, power is split between the federal government, which oversees the affairs of the nation as a whole (things like the military, foreign policy, etc), and provincial government which are local governments meant to deal with smaller issues like education, housing, etc.
The word (is) is always used as a verb in written and spoken English.
The compound subject is "Young Juan and his father." Both Jaun and his father are the subjects of the sentence, but because there are two of them it means there is a compound subject.
Explanation:
He feels that he should have created something important by that moment, and he is worried that his life is passing by without him accomplishing anything.
Explanation:
The plot line is about a couple. On the eve of Christmas, the wife discovers she had little money to get her husband a gift. She visited a hair dressers shop where she sold her long hair for 20 dollars. With this money, she gets her husband a watch chain. Later in the evening she tells her husband she sold her hair to afford the chain. Her gift from her husband is a set of ornamental comb. He sold the watch to get her the comb. Bother their actions showed how much they loved each other.