A possible disadvantage to hearing this scene as opposed to reading it silently is the Mrs. Hale may not be present and can be misinterpreted incorrectly.
I believe it is A. I don't know what "The Odyssey" is, but I believe this is the best answer. Vain: producing no result, useless.
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Bittman’s idea is not new, of course; many experts and policy groups have long recommended soda taxes, for example, or government-issued vouchers for farmers’ market produce, and some municipalities in the U.S. (and some countries outside the U.S.) have toyed with, or in fact implemented, such taxes or similar concepts. But Bittman’s piece is notable for making a persuasive argument for the use of taxes and subsidies to reshape our diet, systematically laying out the benefits and dispatching the arguments of potential detractors, in a widely-read newspaper.
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