In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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Question: (CNN) -- Tiger Woods' personal life went off the rails. Lance Armstrong's sporting image crashed in drugs. Both were sponsored by Nike in multi-million dollar deals. Now Nike is being reminded again that pinning your company reputation on star names is a risky business. This time it's Oscar Pistorius whose life has moved from sports headlines to the news pages to cause headaches at Nike headquarters. Pistorius, known as the 'blade runner,' is the man Nike called a bullet and who is now charged with shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. With Pistorius, Nike had a star able to attract supporters to disabled athletics and who was so fast he could compete against able-bodied runners.Nike carried ad calling Oscar Pistorius a bulletNike has sponsored other stars who have fallen from graceReputation expert says as soon as an athlete harms a brand the link is cutSome brands are looking at evading future fallout by using different language, he says 
 Question:_ rejects the murder allegation "in the strongest terms," Van Zuyl said.

Answer: Oscar Pistorius


Question: (CNN) In the final months of the 2016 campaign, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone repeatedly discussed his backchannel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and claimed knowledge of forthcoming leaks from the group, a CNN KFile review of his public statements shows. Stone's comments about WikiLeaks have come under increased scrutiny as the FBI and congressional committees investigate whether Trump associates were involved in Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. Stone has repeatedly and publicly denied that he had any contact with Russian officials during the campaign. Stone declined to answer questions from CNN for this story. After this story was published, WikiLeaks tweeted, "WikiLeaks & Assange have repeatedly confirmed that they have never communicated with Stone."Stone repeatedly discussed his back channel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Stone has repeatedly and publicly denied that he had any contact with Russian officials during the campaign. 
 Question:Stone tweets -- then deletes -- about communicating with _, writing that he "never denied perfectly legal backchannel to Assange who indeed had the goods on #CrookedHillary."

Answer: Julian Assange


Question: Barcelona, Spain (CNN) Supporters of Catalan independence maintained their standoff with the Spanish government Saturday as they prepared to hold a fiercely disputed referendum. Parents occupied schools in a bid to prevent police from restricting access to their use Sunday as polling stations. Their actions came a day after huge crowds massed in Barcelona, the regional capital, for a final campaign rally by independence supporters, many waving the distinctive Catalan flag. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont gave a rousing call for people to vote despite the obstacles. "We are people who have experience with difficulties, and every difficultly makes us stronger," he said. "Friends, so that victory is definite, on Sunday, let's dress up in referendum (clothes) and leave home prepared to change history, to end the process and start progress, social progress, economic progress and cultural and national progress."Spain's central government has issued stern warnings against referendumPublic support within Catalonia for independence has become increasingly vocal as vote nears 
 Question:Many complain that _ ends up subsidizing other parts of Spain.

Answer:
Catalan