In this paragraph, can I use either "agitated" or "shook"?

"Shook" works better and I would drop the "in vogue then" as it serves no purpose.

Where to by Model Ship fittings?

I want to get into model ship building, I have some books, but most of them are from the 60's and 70's. Does anyone know where I could find supplies and parts to do this? I don't want to buy a kit, but all of the catalogues I have went out of business decades ago! websites or stores where they sell these pieces would be great. I went to the local hobby shop nearby, but their selection was very limited and quite expensive

A woman stands on a scale in a moving elevator. Her m is 55.0 kg?

A woman stands on a scale in a moving elevator. Her m is 55.0 kg, and the combined m of the elevator and scale is an additional 815 kg. Starting from rest, the elevator accelerates upward. During the acceleration, the hoisting cable applies a force of 9840 N. What does the scale read during the acceleration?

Can i use my last name with hyphen if my birth certificate doesn't have it?

i have two last names and my birth certificate has them with a space. Here, in the US, they think that one of them might be my middle name if i put a space between my two last names, i don't have a middle name though. can i put a hyphen to my two last names? or would that be totally wrong?

How do you go about getting wittness statments?

My friend is going to tribunal in two months time and needs wittness statments, but we have no idea how to go about getting them, any help would be great thank you

Kennedy vs. NixonObama vs. McCain...what do you predict?

My prediction is that Obama will win by a landslide over McCain simply because the average American is fed up with the Republicans for what they have done to the American economy, over 10 trillions in National Debt and if McCain is President the spending will not change probably double that amount. When McCain promised tax cuts, who is he kidding, ask the people who lost their jobs or the homeless.

In the plethora of stimulus packages, are there special educational incentives to complete your B.S.?

There are. Do an Internet search on '2009 education grants' , 'education tax credit 2009' and '2009 educational incentive program'.