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29. Chapter 10. Writing Effective Sentences © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's "She wore a dress the same color as her eyes her father bought her from San Francisco," writes Danielle Steele in Star.

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40. Chapter 10. Writing Effective Sentences © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's A sociometric and actuarial analysis of Social Security revenues and disbursements for the last six decades to determine changes in projecting deficits is the subject of this study. In this study, we analyze Social Security’s revenues and disbursements for the last six decades, using sociometric and actuarial criteria to determine changes in projecting deficits.

42. Chapter 10. Writing Effective Sentences © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights "I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

48. Chapter 10. Writing Effective Sentences © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's Baking a hot icicle Backing in the trailer Watching a dolphin splash Weasel nosing Wrestling a brown corn-belly snake Yodeling in the canyon

53. Chapter 10. Writing Effective Sentences © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's Chapter 10 describes six techniques for avoiding sexist language. What are two of them?

56. Chapter 10. Writing Effective Sentences © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's "Refer to the person first, the disability second" is one of the basic tenets of the people-first approach to referring to people with disabilities. What is another tenet?

57. Chapter 10. Writing Effective Sentences © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's “ The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!” - Jack Kerouac