In Houston, a strong mayor-council city, the __________ appoints the chief of police and possesses veto power over council actions.
A) city council chair
B) mayor
C) city manager
D) city secretary
Question 2
According to the text, partisan gridlock ________.
A) reached an all-time low in 2011
B) results in a higher than average rate of laws being passed
C) has never led to the shutdown of government
D) has not occurred in the United States since the 19th Century
E) has indicated a lack of common ground
The chief muscles of mastication
Many thought ideological politics was over in the United States, but 2012 showed strong ideological
On March 25, 1911, as scores of young factory girls leaped to their deaths from the eighth, ninth, a
The giant grass hoppers are invading the city!
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park, New York City.
Mark Rothko, Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas.