The passage gives a brief overview of the history of mad cow disease. It details when and how it started, the spread of the disease, and the efforts taken to eradicate it.
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A: Understand that doing snow surveys is hard work
To illustrate the author’s calm, contemplative mood
This is the best description for the excerpt. The author illustrates his mood with words that identify his mood at the moment when he wrote it. He has written about his thoughts as well and his view of nature.
In George Orwell's book "Animal Farm", Napoleon is represented as a scary and intimidating pig, who controls the other animals through fear and propaganda. In the book, the first descriptions of him were "fierce-looking" boar "with a reputation for getting his own way." as well. Napoleon was also a metaphor for Joseph Stalin, so the animals on Animal Farm see Napoleon the same way people saw Stalin. For example, both Stalin and Napoleon surrounded themselves with guards, they were cruel, and wanted power and were willing to use any means necessary to get it.
