During what period in history was Texas's political climate characterized by a comparatively low level of state-funded social services, kept minimal by a general hostility toward progressive taxation?

Which of the following statements about Japanese women is NOT true?

a. Japanese women account for three-quarters of the country's nonregular workers. b. The average Japanese female worker earns about 60% of what their male counterpart is paid. c. There are significantly less women in managerial roles in Japan in comparison to other industrialized countries. d. Although Japan passed an Equal Opportunity Law in 1987, it has had little impact in closing the economic gender gap. e. Japanese women are not as highly educated as Japanese men.

In the Covenant of the League of Nations, how were disputes among states supposed to be settled?

a. States agreed to submit their disputes to arbitration and not to go to war, even if arbitration failed to settle the matter. b. States agreed to submit their disputes to arbitration and not to go to war until three months after arbitration failed. c. States agreed to submit their disputes to arbitration and to continue with arbitration, no matter how long it took. d. States agreed to submit their disputes to arbitration so that the body could make a ruling on which state was the aggressor. e. States with greater power and military resources in a dispute were required to submit to arbitration.