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To answer this question, you must first read the article to which the question refers. Then you need to identify which element caused the students to think that there would be no prom, that is, you need to identify for what reason, there would be a possibility that this ball would not happen. That reason was what provoked the students' thinking and is the answer to your question. For example: The city may have gone through a natural disaster, the graduation class suffered a huge loss, there was not enough money to organize the ball, among others.
Hope I’m not too late but it means loss of hope or to be without hope
Someone who suffers, or is even killed, for his or her political or religious beliefs is called a martyr<span>.</span>
Answer:
He uses the big stick metaphor as a way of representing a kind of friendly diplomacy, but prepared for anything.
Explanation:
The "big stick" metaphor was widely used in the speeches of President Theodore Roosevelt Jr., as a way of representing the country's diplomatic policies. To create this term, Roosevelt was inspired by the African proverb "speak softly and have a big stick", to represent a friendly diplomacy, but which had great power to face any unwanted intervention. Roosevelt devoted this term mainly to the attempts of European interventions in the American continent, he affirmed that the USA had a great economic, political and military power to prevent these interventions, although looking for a friendly relationship with Europe.
