The north's anaconda plan was based on the fact that the south needed the water ways in order to sell the cotton and other resources for money
Mollie is now at the stage of Ego Differentiation versus Work-Role Preoccupation. Now that she is retired, she wants to avoid feelings of uselessness that's why she wanted to do other activities with her grandchildren.
According to Peck, at this stage, an individual find other ways of affirming his/her self-worth outside the work role through family, friendship, and community.
Self-references focuses the listener's attention on an aspect of involvement.
It would most likely mean that it is a really serious case
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The power of the president which involves foreign nations is his foreign nations policies. The president can decide on what kind of stance will a certain country hve towards foreign countries in terms of what will their policy be - will they emphasize more trade with them or will there be a more neutral and isolationist attitude, etc