Read the sentence from the introductory paragraph. The twentieth century could be nicknamed the century of “power to the people.
” What does the author mean by the phrase "power to the people"? People were given new rights by their ruling governments.
People were able to choose who would lead their governments.
People sought freedom from governments that oppressed them.
People believed that they held no power because of the way their governments treated them.
The author means by the phrase that People were able to choose who would lead their governments.
Explanation:
In the 20th century there were a lot of new nations that were formed out of old imperialistic colonies and most of them adopted, or ended up adopting a democratic system of governance where the people have the right to choose who would govern over them and the positions are rotating.
This is something that could be called to have given greater ability for the people to govern their own lives and the author has teemed the century thus as the century where the [power went to the people.
Siegfried and Roy have been friends for many years, but in the past few months, they seem to have less in common, and Roy has been thinking more about hanging out with a potential new friend means that Siegfried and Roy appear to be in the deterioration stage of friendship development. The bond that Siegfried-Roy relationship once had weakens, because of the individuals (or both of them) has changed.
