Answer:

1.Capitals, you have to find small things over which to argue, like whether the capital gains tax should be raised.

2.Many people-especially many neophyte entrepreneurs-believe that the idea is everything

3.They are the portents in the sky ahead.

4.The last two had a pernicious effect on Cuba, draining it of horses, money and of men.

5.Undetermined species are relegated to the end of the genus

6.He attended the conclave of 1878, but was too late to vote for the new pope.

7.This resolution was rescinded on the 6th of February 1823.