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Mastering skills for the toefl ibt part 6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'mastering skills for the toefl ibt part 6', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Mastering-Books_5 2006.5.29 2 13 PM Page 743 Some sources also indicate that the Aztec would refer to Cortes as Malintzin as well casting further doubt on the hierarchical nature of their relationship. So the question that arises is Was Malintzin the true conqueror of the Aztec empire and Cortes and his army merely the means she chose to do so Practice 2 M Most of you know that there is a new mega-dome being built in our city for our new football team but did you know that you are helping pay for it That s right. The federal government allows cities to sell tax-exempt bonds to produce capital to fund stadium construction. This means on average that about 70 million dollars in taxes are lost for a 225-million-dollar stadium. That s 70 million of your tax dollars being spent not on education or infrastructure but on a sports team that makes millions a year in profit anyway. Some will say that this 70 million dollars is an investment from which we see returns in the form of local jobs increased property value a boost to the local economy and national publicity for the city. On the surface this appears to be true but let s take a closer look at each of these points one by one. Does a stadium and sports team create jobs Well obviously. A better question is What kind of jobs does it create Well we have construction jobs to build the stadium and staffing jobs to run it. The construction workers would be employed elsewhere if not for the stadium most likely at building something that serves a clearer public function like roads schools residences or business facilities. So there s no gain here. The low level stadium workers are mostly part-time employees who earn meager wages. What about the players coaches and team managers Well they no doubt end up with most of the money but most of these have little involvement in or attachment to the local community and that money is typically invested elsewhere or as you might say sucked out of the community. OK then. What about all .