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What should be his first order of business once President-elect Obama takes office?

Cutting taxes/economic recovery.
Promoting peace in Israel/Gaza.
Ending the war in Iraq.
Creating jobs/dealing with unemployment.
Addressing climate change/environmental issues.

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1. I'm guessing the word quadroon is four of something. But what's a roon?
2. In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, what's a samovar?
3. I came across a music channel that featured "tejano," and then I saw the same word when I was reading Bless Me, Ultima. What does it mean?
4. In The Awakening, there's a term "prunella gaiter." I'm guessing that gaiters are a type of covering for your legs ? like the gaiters I use on my ski boots to keep snow out. But what the heck is prunella ? is it a purplish color like prunes?
5. What's sedulous mean?
6. When writing a paper, what do I do to the title of a book? Do I underline it or italicize it?
7. What is it called when something is out of place in time, like a jet stream in a movie about ancient Rome?
8. Please look at this sentence: Both Peter and John like soccer. Should it be: Both Peter and John likes soccer.
9. What are the four genders of noun?
10. What is it called when a word is the same both forward and backward?
11. What did Alice Walker mean in the essay "Beauty"?
12. Do swans really sing when they die?
13. What does indignation mean?
14. What is a pundit?
15. What is a cleft sentence?
16. What is the difference between narration and first person?
17. Is it grammatically correct to say "take some shots"?
18. My teacher thinks I plagiarized an essay; what should I tell him?
19. What is misanthropy?
20. What does ignominy mean? (From Shelley's Frankenstein)
21. What does pecuniary mean? (From Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities)
22. How do I analyze Kant's philosophy?
23. Why do some authors use the word an before all words that start with an H? Is this form of writing correct?
24. What is an apostrophe in Macbeth?
25. My school newspaper claimed that I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. Isn't Go. a complete sentence?
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