CHAPTER XXVIII

HOME AGAIN--CONCLUSION

When the collision came, Dick, to save himself from injury, gave a leap up into the air, and Sergeant Brown did the same. The shock sent the _Searchlight_ backward, and when the youth came down he found himself sprawling on the _Flyaway's_ deck, close beside Dan Baxter.

"Dick Rover!" gasped the former bully of Putnam Hall. "So it is your boat that has run into us?"

"Baxter, where is Dora Stanhope?" panted Dick, as soon as he could speak. He was afraid that one or both yachts were going down and that Dora might be drowned. Even in this extreme moment of peril his one thought was for his girl friend.

"Find out for yourself," burst out Baxter, and aimed a blow at Dick's head with his fist. But the blow never reached its mark, for Mumps hauled the bully backward.

"We've had enough of this--at least, I've had enough," said Fenwick, astonishing himself at his own boldness. "Dick, Dora is in the cabin--no, she's coming up."

"Save me!" came in a scream from the girl.

"Oh, Dick, is it really you!" and she ran right into Dick's arms.

By this time it was discovered that the two yachts were locked together, the bowsprit of the _Flyaway_ having become entangled in the rigging of the _Searchlight_. Both yachts were badly damaged, but neither sufficiently so as to be in danger of sinking.

"Back with you!" came from Arnold Baxter, and fired his shotgun at the police officer. But the rocking of the boats spoiled his aim. Then Sergeant Brown fired, and the elder Baxter went down, shot through the left leg. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. was there a boat collision
2. were the boats damaged
3. who was shot in the leg
4. who screames SAVE ME
5. where did she run
6. who swung at Dick
7. where did former bully come from
8. was Baxter able to make contact with his hit to Dick
9. who said back with you
10. why did the girl scream save me
Answer: 1. yes
2. yes
3. Baxter
4. the girl
5. into Dick's arms.
6. Baxter
7. on the _Flyaway's_ deck,
8. no
9. Arnold Baxter
10. the collision

Problem: When it comes to relationship, we spend a lot of time discussing their joys, but rarely talk about the pain when they break down. Yet most people have a story about a broken relationship.

For Jane Black, a six-year friendship ended when her friend was rude to one of her children. "After quite a few drinks at a party in my house, she said something rude to my child. I ended the friendship face to face at the party," she says. "I didn't realize what I was doing at the time, I was simply standing up for my child, but in her eyes any challenge was a betrayal."

When Angela Thompson noticed a seven-year friendship disappearing, she let it go. "I didn't know how to deal with the issue. I didn't sit down for a grown-up conversation; I just walked away quietly." The decision caused a reaction among Thompson's other friends. "The other friends in the circle are the worst people when you are trying to break up with a friend," she says. "They don't want you to stop being friends, because it puts them in a difficult position. You get told to just get it over."

Though we have plenty of measures for handling conflict at work or family fight, we still don't have good ways of ending friendships. Do we sit down and properly break up, or just walk away? Psychologist Serena Cauchy has the following advice.

Don't blame.

Talk about your needs and feeling rather than talking like a Dutch uncle.

Do talk about your needs.

Talk about why the friendship is not working for you--about how your needs aren't being met.

Don't gossip.

Negative talk hurts everyone involved and in some cases can make matters worse.

Don't be so accessible.

If there is a common wish to conclude the friendship, then you can remove it.
1. What is the profession of the person who gives advice in the story?
2. Is it a man or woman?
3. What is her first name?
4. And last?
5. What is her 1st piece of advice?
6. What does she compare talking about your needs and feelings to?
7. Does she recommend you gossip?
8. How does she feel about being accessible?
9. How long was the friendship that Jane Black ended?
10. Why did she end it?
11. Had her friend had anything to drink?
12. How many?
13. Did she end the friendship via email?
14. How then?
15. Did she realize what she was doing?
16. How did her friend see the challenge?
17. What did Angela Thompson do when she noticed a friendship disappearing?
18. Did she know how to deal with the issue?
19. Did she run away?
20. What did her decision cause among other friends?
Answer: 1. Psychologist
2. woman
3. Serena
4. Cauchy
5. Don't blame
6. a Dutch uncle
7. no
8. Don't be
9. six years
10. her friend was rude
11. yes
12. quite a few
13. no
14. face to face
15. no
16. as a betrayal
17. let it go
18. no
19. no
20. a reaction

question: Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the country's far north. With an area of , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been President since 1999.

Ancient Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Idrisid, Aghlabid, Rustamid, Fatimids, Zirid, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Spaniards, Ottomans and the French colonial empire. Berbers are the indigenous inhabitants of Algeria.

Algeria is a regional and middle power. The North African country supplies large amounts of natural gas to Europe, and energy exports are the backbone of the economy. According to OPEC Algeria has the 16th largest oil reserves in the world and the second largest in Africa, while it has the 9th largest reserves of natural gas. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa. Algeria has one of the largest militaries in Africa and the largest defence budget on the continent; most of Algeria's weapons are imported from Russia, with whom they are a close ally. Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC, the United Nations and is the founding member of the Maghreb Union.
1. Is Algiers the capital of Algeria?
2. What part of Africa is it in?
3. Does it have oil reserves?
4. How does OPEC rank it?
5. What does it supply to Europe?
6. Does it have a national oil company?
7. What is its name?
8. Does Algeria have a military?
9. Is it large?
10. Where does it get its weapons?
11. Is it allied with Russia?
12. Name one of the organizations it belongs to?
13. What's another?
14. And yet another?
15. Was it ever part of the French colonial empire?
16. Are Berbers indigenous to it?
17. Name one of the ancient countries that was there?
18. And another?
19. Who is the president?
20. Since when?
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answer:
1. yes
2. North Africa
3. yes
4. 16th largest
5. natural gas
6. yes
7. Sonatrach
8. yes
9. largest company in Africa
10. Russia
11. yes
12. African Union
13. United Nations
14. Maghreb Union
15. yes
16. yes
17. Numidians
18. Phoenicians
19. Abdelaziz Bouteflika
20. 1999