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What would have been a likely effect had Elser's plan succeeded?
(A)Elser could have stopped World War II.
(B)Adolf Hitler would not have come to power.
(C)The Swiss people would celebrate him as a hero.
(D)Elser would not have made the bomb.
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All right sy shmoop er's next up for its correct
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the question Which of the following phrases best represents the
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tone of a passage All right well let's go back
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and skim this puppy Four hundred gallons had so much
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one of the average american uses the home today and
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according environment who is it any wonder there you go
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there's that tone Alright you turn on tap water to
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get a drink or on the run until it feels
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cooler with shower Pour until water hot enough The toilet
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or irrigation system runs a bit too long and a
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dishwasher dates of clinton men Because like modern dishwashers use
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less water Many americans of finding a solution Technology of
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contribute conservation through innovation from showerheads Employee air pressure delivers
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satisfying shot with less water toa high efficiency dishwashers and
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water sipping lawn irrigation systems Conservation technologies found a place
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in our homes Okay well is it any wonder we're
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sucking the earth Dr its most valuable resource is you
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know certainly waters one of them well many appliances are
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out of date and wasting water unnecessarily Details like these
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give us an idea of the tone of the passage
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Or how the author feels when he or she is
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writing We like to keep an eye out for snarky
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little comments sarcasm and other feelings Weaken detect in the
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art is writing you know kind of like what we
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do here Shmoop yeah so the answer is b Is
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it any wonder like it's very snarky and the rest
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of this stuff just doesn't work so that's it it's 00:01:19.82 --> [endTime] big it's any wonder on we're shmoop
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