In "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau championed the idea that if a government is not going to improve itself, then it is the duty of the people to refuse to support it. This paved the way for non-violent protests, such as those led by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Laputa is a flying island<span> described in the 1726 book </span>Gulliver's<span> Travels by Jonathan Swift. It is about 4.5 miles in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its inhabitants can maneuver in any direction using magnetic levitation.</span>
Example: Subtract 0.03 from 1.1
Line the decimals up: 1.1
− 0.03
"Pad" with zeros: 1.10
− 0.03
Subtract: 1.10
− 0.03
1.07
Answer: as a result
Explanation: Examples illustrate a point. Above all signals a building of an argument with a most important point. In contrast means there is going to be an example on the opposite side of the preceding point.