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Leah and the Big Yellow Dog

Leah was very happy. It was a bright, sunny day and Mommy was taking her to Leah's favorite place. Leah loved the play park near the water!

Mommy parked the car and Leah ran out right away and climbed the big slide. Up she went and then down. Two other kids saw Leah and ran over and slid down, too. Leah was laughing and happy.

Suddenly a big, yellow dog walked into the park. This was really a friendly dog, and only wanted someone to play with. But Leah was scared of dogs.

Leah didn't see the dog at first. Leah started walking toward the swing, and the dog followed Leah. Before Leah sat on the on the swing, she turned around and saw the dog smiling at her. The dog looked goofy standing there with its mouth open.

Leah was scared. She started yelling and screaming. This only made the dog look confused. The dog then began sounding out with Leah, barking and howling itself. They were a sight to see with Leah screaming and the dog howling.

Mommy went over and took Leah away from the dog, but mommy could barely keep herself from laughing. The dog's master came and got the dog, and Leah went back to playing. "Some dogs are nice," Mommy told Leah.

1. what did Leah run toward?
2. where was she?
3. who took her there?
4. did Leah go up the slide?
5. what walked into the park?
6. what color?
7. was it friendly?
8. did Leah like dogs or was she scared of them?
9. did the dog follow her?
10. did she see the dog?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the big slide
2. the play park
3. her mom
4. yes
5. a dog
6. yellow
7. yes
8. she was scared of them
9. yes
10. not at first

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The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at ), otherwise known as the SmootHawley Tariff or HawleySmoot Tariff, was an act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930. The act raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.

The tariffs (this does not include duty-free imports see "Tariff levels" below) under the act were the second-highest in the U.S. in 100 years, exceeded by a small margin by the Tariff of 1828. The Act and following retaliatory tariffs by America's trading partners helped reduce American exports and imports by more than half during the Depression. Although economists disagree by how much, the consensus view among economists and economic historians is that "The passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff exacerbated the Great Depression."

In 1922, Congress passed the FordneyMcCumber Tariff act which increased tariffs on imports.

The League of Nations' World Economic Conference met at Geneva in 1927, concluding in its final report: "the time has come to put an end to tariffs, and to move in the opposite direction." Vast debts and reparations could only be repaid through gold, services or goods; but the only items available on that scale were goods. However, many of the delegates' governments did the opposite, starting in 1928 when France passed a new tariff law and quota system.

1. What do experts say exacerbated the Great Depression?
2. What is another name for The Tariff Act of 1930?
3. Who sponsored it?
4. What did Congress pass in 1922?
5. When was The Tariff Act signed into law?
6. What conference met in 1927?
7. About how many goods did The Tariff Act raise tariffs on?
8. What did France do in 1928?
9. What was The Tariff Act exactly?
10. Did it included duty-free imports?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. The passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
2. the SmootHawley Tariff or HawleySmoot Tariff
3. Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley
4. FordneyMcCumber Tariff act
5. on June 17, 1930
6. The League of Nations' World Economic Conference
7. over 20,000
8. passed a new tariff law and quota system.
9. an act implementing protectionist trade policies
10. no

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Reza Taghavi, an Iranian-American detained for more than two years in Iran, returned to the United States Thursday evening.

The retired businessman from Orange County, California, was released Saturday. He had been held in Iran's notorious Evin prison since May 2008 on suspicion of supporting an anti-regime group.

Taghavi's lawyer, Pierre-Richard Prosper, had been negotiating Taghavi's release since September 2009.

Saturday's release was the product of three trips to Iran, meetings with Iranian officials in New York and Europe, and close to 300 e-mails with Iranian officials, he said.

Taghavi, 71, traveled frequently to Iran to visit family and friends without incident, according to Prosper.

In April 2008, Taghavi went to Tehran with his wife. Before he left, he was asked by an acquaintance in Los Angeles named Imran Afar to take $200 for a friend in Tehran "who was down on his luck," Prosper said.

Los Angeles has a large Persian community.

Taghavi did not know the individual to whom he was asked to deliver the money, Prosper said. He handed it over and two weeks later was detained by Iranian authorities, after the recipient of the money was arrested on charges of association with an anti-regime group called Tondar.

Prosper said Afar provided him with information he shared with the Iranian government that proved that Taghavi was not part of Tondar, which seeks to restore the monarchy in Iran. The group claimed responsibility for the April 12, 2008, bombing of the Hosseynieh Seyed al-Shohada mosque in the city of Shiraz.

1. where was the business man from
2. who was taghavi lawyer
3. how old was taghavi
4. how much money was he asked to take to teran
5. what date did he go
6. what date was the bombing
7. who was responsable
8. what state has a large persian community
9. how long was he detained
10. who did he go to terhan with

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Orange County
2. Pierre-Richard Prosper
3. 71
4. 200
5. April 2008
6. April 12
7. Tondar
8. Los Angeles
9. more than two years
10. his wife