I believe the answer is: A. appreciate; depreciate
The only assets that tend to always appreciate in value over time are only lands, building, and precious metal. Cars tend to depreciate over time because not only the function would deteriorate, newer version of the cars tend to provide better technology which attract more consumers.
They basically control where the United Nations sends troops and who to declare war on
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The view of the origin of life argues that God created the natural laws of the universe and the building blocks of life with the eventual emergence of life in mind, but then He stepped back, let creation unfold naturally, and life eventually emerged from non-living material. We are talking about progressive creationism.
Douglass R. Groothu was a proponent of progressive creationism, Groothuis thinks that traditional views, such as the doctrine of creation ex nihilo and the special creation of Adam and Eve, are flexible in their specifics.
Douglass R. Groothuis is an American philosopher that has dedicated part of his research to investigate moral and ethical issues in modern societies and how this affects the culture and traditions of people. One is his recent works is how the internet has changed people's behavior and affected the way they live.