The amount of our lives that we forfeit to housework has spoilt from 60 hours to fewer than 15 hours a week.

To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, companies must ______ the qualities and varieties of their products to the world-market demand. A: forfeit B: enhance C: guarantee D: gear

A<br/>cash discount of 2/10, net 25:() A: grants<br/>customers 25 days to pay after the discount period expires. B: discourages<br/>customers from paying early. C: grants<br/>free credit for a period of 25 days. D: charges<br/>lower prices to customers who are granted credit. E: grants<br/>customers an additional 15 days to pay if they forfeit the discount.

Xi is the great treasure of the sovereign of a state. To win a state, one must win its people. To win the people, one must win their trust. Without trust, a sovereign cannot lead his people. Without people, the state will inevitably be lost. Thus, an ancient king would not forfeit the trust of his people, and the ancient overlord of a state would never bully his neighboring states. A good ruler never abuses his people and a good patriarch never abuses his family.