D. "his sister, who had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings so that she might be able to get a better position later on"
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:political corruption 
Explanation:they don’t vote 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
trait encoding for short plant structure to reduce transport of water
Explanation:
The Sahara Desert is a zone which receives very low or no precipitation. This region receives maximum of sunlight not received by any other biome. The soil is typically sand which is highly porous and lacks essential growth nutrients necessary for plant growth. The plants grown around Sahara Desert are xerophytic plants. These plants undergoes several adaptations in order to prevent loss of water through transpiration. Trait encoding for short plant structure to reduce transport of water is a xerophytic adaptation.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Samuel Gompers was famous because he was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.