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In a French jury trial, who is allowed to question witnesses and the accused?

Vocabulario; Actividad A   Las profesiones: CareerBuilder.com.  Your colleague is responsable for posting job vacancies on Careerbuilder.com but can’t think of the name of the profession to put for the job title. Read each job posting below. Then select the job title that best fits each description to help your co-worker finish the task. (1 pt. each; 5 pts. total) MODELO: Buscamos a alguien que le guste escuchar y ayudar con los problemas personales. Va a trabajar en una oficina de lunes a viernes. Es [veterinario / dentista / psicólogo].   1. Usted es profesional y desea trabajar para una empresa multinacional. Su formación incluye un año de estudio intensivo en varias ciudades. Quiere diseñar un edificio moderno en Nueva York. Es [blank1].  2. Muchas personas dependen de usted. Sus responsabilidades incluyen repartir y recoger el correo a tiempo todos los días, menos domingo. Es [blank2].  3. Repara problemas con el agua que circula en la casa. Es [blank3]. 4. Repara todo tipo de automóviles y motocicletas. Nunca va a estar sin trabajo. Usted es un empleado responsable y tiene buenas calificaciones. Una desventaja del trabajo es que siempre está sucio. Es [blank4]. 5. Es hombre de negocios con un puesto importante en una empresa multinacional. Tiene muchos empleados que trabajan para usted. Va a recibir un salario muy alto en comparación con los otros empleados. Es [blank5]. 

II. Vocabulario. [5 puntos] ¡Ojo! Spelling corrections apply to vocabulary activities. Spelling errors will result in minus ½ pt. of the total.   

For a time, Gwendolen and Cecily believe that both are engaged to the same man.

Identify the speaker of the following quotation by his or her original name.   “I remember only too well that I was forced to write your letters for you.  I wrote always three times a week, and sometimes oftener.”

Identify the speaker of the following quotation by his or her original name.   “And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.  Men should be more careful: this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray.”

Algernon turns out to be Jack’s first cousin.

Civil law _______________ courts in France and in some other countries can rule on matters of both law and fact.

Lacking formal means of redress for offended parties, the Inuit relied on:

What organized work and neighborhood groups provide a long tradition of informal social control via sanctioning methods, of which every adult in China belongs to one or more of, and thus provide strong pressures toward conformity everywhere?