This refers to the Gilded Age, first published in 1873 by Mark Twain.
The key issue dividing these three classes were mainly political.
The Mugwumps were members of the Republican party, who refused support to the nominee of 1884 and supported the Democratic candidate.
The Half-breed were rivals of the Stalwarts in the party control. They supported civil service reform and merit appointments to government posts while the Stalwarts favored the spoils system of political patronage. These were the result of a split in the Republican party.
While China looks to East and Southeast Asia as major trading partners and sources of investment, it looks to its north and the west for oil and gas to feed its massive appetite for energy. China’s energy consumption is growing at 15% per year, while the rest of the year is near flat. 35% of the increment in the world’s consumption of energy last year was China’s. It has increased massively its import of Saudi oil, but that is not enough. For energy security reasons, exacerbated by its frustration over CNOOC’s experience in trying to purchase Unocal, China is determined to diversify its sources of energy, and Central Asia and Russia figure at the center of these plans.
Narcolepsy, thats when you get sleepy at weird times
C. Seasons and Ferris wheels are like Earth's journey around the sun.
It should be "when the jury considers the verdict" since verdicts are the final decision of a court case no matter what.
