Newt Gingrich and the Republican majority in Congress were blamed for which one of the following?

A United States military failure in Somalia

B The negative effects of the NAFTA treaty

C The government shutdown at the end of 1995

D Rising inflation rates in 1997

Explain why Xe and, to a limited extent, Kr form compounds, whereas $\mathrm{He}, \mathrm{Ne}$, and $\mathrm{Ar}$ do not.

What is the nuclear configuration of the daughter nucleus associated with the alpha decay of $\mathrm{Hf}(A=157, Z=72)$ ?

Which is not derived from living things?

A. petroleum

B. coal

C. peat

D. nuclear power

Find the nuclear mass of plutonium-$239$, given its atomic mass of $239.052157 \mathrm{u}$.

Rob, a student, asks your help in understanding some characteristics of a corporation. Explain each of these to Rob.

(b) Limited liability of stockholders.

Identify the isotopes involved, and tell what type of decay process is occurring in the following nuclear reaction:

What could thwart microbial bioremediation of a site that contains buried nuclear weapons that are leaking uranium?

What events in 2011 caused Japan to reconsider its reliance on nuclear energy? Why?

The following information is taken from Air Mauritius Limited accounts for the year ending $30$ September $2013$ (all figures are in €000).

Current assets: inventories $15468$; trade and other receivables $65793$; cash and cash equivalents $17214$.

Current liabilities: trade payables 135 921; short-term loans $40523$.

Using the financial data, calculate Air Mauritius' acid test ratio.

What nuclide undergoes nuclear fission to give barium-143, krypton-88, and three neutrons?

An online poll on a website asked: A nationwide ban of the diet supplement ephedra went into effect recently. The herbal stimulant has been linked to 155 deaths and many more heart attacks and strokes. Ephedra manufacturer NVE Pharmaceuticals, claiming that the FDA lacked proof that ephedra is dangerous if used as directed, was denied a temporary restraining order on the ban by a federal judge. Do you think that ephedra should continue to be banned nationwide? 65% of 17,303 respondents said "yes." Comment on each of the following statements about this poll:

Results of this voluntary response survey can't be reliably generalized to any population of interest.

Identify the type of firm (sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation) that best answers the question. Which type of firm has limited liability?

Write the balanced nuclear equation for the following radioactive emissions: an alpha particle from Gd-148