The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although you did not include the name of the article, the link to it, or any further reference, doing some research we can comment on the following.
Nathan Thornburg's position on immigration is the following.
He considers that the United States federal government has to assume a definite posture on the issue of immigration that still affects the country. In his article of 2007 titled "A Case for Amnesty," Thornburg questions the way some politicians have approached the complicated issue of immigration, the consequences for the country, and the affectation of many immigrants.
He cites some examples such as the posture of the late Republican Senator John McCain.
The point of Thornburg is that the Amnesty bill could have positive political consequences for the American government, and somehow alleviate the flux of immigration to the United States.
Nathan Thornburg is a Senior Editor for "Time" magazine, and has published other important articles such as "Dropout Nation."
Hanging punctuation or exdentation is a way of typesetting punctuation marks and bullet points, most commonly quotation marks and hyphens, so that they do not disrupt the 'flow' of a body of text or 'break' the margin of alignment.
Answer:
At the cost of the friendship with his friends and family
Explanation:
A proper theme of the story from the excerpt is that winning is not everything. Barry resorted to dubious ways to win the board games. His love for winning made him do many bad things just to win. These included stealing from the bank, cheating in the game by skipping spaces when moving around the board, and shortchanging others of their money.
He was warned by his friends to desist from such acts but he simply refused. In time they all stopped playing with him. So, Barry's love for winning overshadowed him and made him sacrifice his friendship with his friends and family.
B deciding on the scope of the topic
Hmmm please put the story you are stating.