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].

Example Input: John Sutton Jr has spent the first Saturday of May the same way since he was 8 years old - on the sidelines of the Kentucky Derby. To commemorate his dedication to horse racing, Churchill Downs - the track that hosts the race every year - is inviting the 84-year-old man to attend his 76th-straight Kentucky Derby as their special guest on May 2. This week, Sutton invited a reporter from WAVE 3 into the Louisville home he shares with his wife of 61 years Doris, where she spoke about his very first Derby and showed off his impressive collection of racing memorabilia.John Sutton Jr was just 8 years old in 1940, when his blacksmith father took him to his first Kentucky DerbyThe 84-year-old Louisville native hasn't missed a race since, and has amassed an impressive collection of memorabilia over the past 76 racesChurchill Downs, the racing grounds that hosts the competition, has invited Sutton to watch the event for free as a special guest on May 2 
 Question:Through the years: The _ programs got more and more colorful over the years.
Example Output: Kentucky Derby

Example Input: Since it was revealed that Andreas Lubitz – the co-pilot who purposefully crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, killing 150 people – had been treated for psychiatric illness, a debate has ensued over whether privacy laws regarding medical records should be less strict when it comes to professions that carry special responsibilities. It has been widely argued that Germany's privacy laws were to blame for the tragedy. The Times, for example, ran an article with the headline: 'German obsession with privacy let killer pilot fly.' Similarly, another article published in TIME said: 'German privacy laws let pilot 'hide' his illness from employers.'Andreas Lubitz crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps, killing himself as well as the other 149 people on board the flightIt has since emerged Lubitz had been treated for psychiatric illnessNews has triggered a debate over whether airlines should have mandatory access to all pilots' medical records, to try and prevent a similar tragedyCarissa Veliz is a philosophy graduate from Oxford University and is writing her dissertation on the subject of privacy 
 Question:But _ law meant it was left entirely up to him to volunteer his mental health problems to his employer, something he failed to do with devastating consequences after tearing up a sick note for the day of the crash.
Example Output: German

Example Input: Washington (CNN) -- At one time, Susan Rice seemed to be on a trajectory that would take her to the secretary of state's office in President Barack Obama's second term. But that trajectory changed Thursday when the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations withdrew her name from consideration to succeed current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In a letter to the president, Rice explained her decision to pull herself out of the running. "I am highly honored to be considered by you for appointment as Secretary of State," the letter read. "However, if nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly -- to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities. That trade-off is simply not worth it to our country. ... Therefore, I respectfully request that you no longer consider my candidacy at this time."NEW: Susan Rice's seeming destiny is derailed by GOP opposition over the Benghazi attackRice was a high school valedictorian and a Rhodes scholarHer mentor Madeleine Albright recommended her for a top political job in the 1990sInsiders say Rice is aggressive, has sharp elbows and rubbed some the wrong way 
 Question:The most strident _ suggested the characterization of the attack as a mob gone awry might have been the basis for a cover-up during a ferocious political campaign.
Example Output:
GOP