All of the above. However C is most relevant.
One, please be careful with the other guy answering, I’m pretty sure that link can track you and your address
Two, the quote shows that Ralph is a good leader because Ralph is encouraging the others to believe that help is coming.
<span>The threat to newspapers now appears from nearly every indicator. From 1950 through 1999, for instance, newspaper revenue grew seven percent a year. From 2000 through 2006, by contrast, it has grown by just 0.5%. Then in the first quarter of 2006, growth was even less: 0.35%.</span>
To refute means to prove wrong by argument or evidence. It also means to show something that is false, or that has an error.