Persona non grata from Latin- an unwelcome person.
This term is usually used in diplomacy, when due to some criminal/political actions a person is prohibited to enter a country. For example if a member of diplomatic mission is caught carrying out espionage missions he can be labeled "persona non grata", forced to leave a country and cannot return.
Persona non grata can also be used in less formal situation, when someone is not welcome in society/community due to his behavior.
Answer:
The correct answer is a. Like Harburg, many expected that they could maintain their possessions through the Depression.
Explanation:
E. Y. -Yip- Harburg was an American songwriter, known by working with many popular artists as well as movies; he is the author of <em>Over the Rainbow</em>, from <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>.
The correct answer is letter A since the excerpt could be divided in two different ideas: the first one describes the American dream, compared with the Rock of Gibraltar due to the idea of its strength; there are some other elements that reinforce this idea, such as the marble outside of houses and the though of permanence. The second idea is the last sentence, where everything vanishes into nothing by exploding. This way, it is understood that many people expected to keep their possessions, but it did not happen.
The noun is 'test' in this sentence
1a. It is not valid to say that basketball is more popular than football at the school because the poll was taken at a basketball game, where mostly, basketball fans are at.
1b. A better method to get a valid conclusion would be to take the poll during lunch or during a break, that way you can get answers from a good variety of students, where you can get basketball and football fans.
2a. City A: 4
City B: 4
2b. City A: 0.8
City B: 0.8
2c. City A: 3.75
City B: 5.25
3a. Howler Monkey mean: 17
Howler Monkey MAD: 0.75
Spider Monkey mean: 14
Spider Monkey MAD: 0.9375
3c. The howler monkey is on average heavier than the spider monkey. This is because the mean is higher and the MAD is lower. The MAD is the measure of by how much the values in the data set are likely to differ from their mean.
Did Jack really say it's not my responsibility?
The Mayor promised that the project would be completed in two months.
The professor asked, "When was the treaty signed?".
"You're out of your mind!", exclaimed Tony, slamming the door.
"I'm going to the newsstand", he said, "for a copy of the newspaper."
The composer asked if the orchestra would play this on Thursday.
