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The passage tells us that the Pyrenees

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   provided easy access for Spain's enemies, making her vulnerable to attacks
   
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   are for the most part lower than the Alps
   
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   were first explored by the American historian Will Durant
   
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   kept Spain safe from her enemies, but made it difficult for her to develop
   
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   rise from gentle foothills to lofty peaks
   

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   According to the passage, no other mountain range in Europe
   

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   has prevented passage and access as much as the Pyrenees
   
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   extends as far as the Pyrenees
   
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   has been the scene of battle as many times as the Pyrenees
   
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   has so many high peaks as the Pyrenees
   
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   remains snow-capped as long as the Pyrenees
   

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   It is clear that the saying used by French peasants refers to.
   

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   the gentle slopes on the Pyrenees
   
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   the words of an American historian
   
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   the lack of development in the land beyond the Pyrenees
   
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   the great economic advancement and political participation on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees
   
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   all of Europe's major mountain ranges
   

114 SUSAN ELOISE HINTON
Susan Eloise Hinton is an American author, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1950. As a young writer, Hinton decided to write under her initials in order to deflect attention from her gender. She set out to write about the difficult social system that teenagers create among themselves. Her books struck a chord with adolescents who saw in her characters many elements of this system that existed in their own schools and towns.
In 1967, while she was still in high school, Hinton published her first book, The Outsiders. The story of confrontation between rival groups of teenagers was immediately successful with critics and young readers, and it won several awards. There was some controversy about the level of violence in the novel and in her other works, but Hinton was praised for her realistic and explosive dialogue. The financial, as well as literary, success of The Outsiders enabled Hinton to continue her education in college.
She graduated from the University of Tulsa in 1970. Her other novels for young adults included That Was Then, This Is Now, published in 1971; Rumble Fish, in 1975; Tex, in 1979; and Taming the Star Runner, in 1988. Each of her books featured a cast of characters suffering from society's ills. Young people alienated from their families and from their peers were seen to veer into criminal paths.
Several of her books, including The Outsiders and Rumble Fish, were later adapted as motion pictures.

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