Question: What are some of the ventures that Mr. Rodman has done for the Clintons?

On and off for two decades, the affable Mr. Rodham has tried to use his connections with his sister and his brother-in-law, former President Bill Clinton, to further a business career that has seen more failures than successes. The connections to the Clintons have given Mr. Rodham, a self-described “facilitator,” a unique appeal and a range of opportunities, like addressing Chinese investor conferences and joining an advisory board of a company seeking permission to mine for gold in Haiti. But his business dealings have often invited public scrutiny and uncomfortable questions for the Clintons as Mr. Rodham has cycled through a variety of ventures, leveraging his ties to them and sometimes directly seeking their help. When Mr. Clinton worked as a co-chairman of Haiti’s earthquake recovery commission, Mr. Rodham and his partners sought a $22 million deal to rebuild homes in the country. In court proceedings three years ago in an unrelated lawsuit, Mr. Rodham explained how “a guy in Haiti” had “donated” 10,000 acres of land to him and described how he had leaned on Mr. Clinton to get the rebuilding project funded amid bureaucratic delays. “I deal through the Clinton Foundation. That gets me in touch with the Haitian officials,” Mr. Rodham said, according to a transcript of his testimony. “I hound my brother-in-law, because it’s his fund that we’re going to get our money from. And he can’t do it until the Haitian government does it.

Answer: addressing Chinese investor conferences and joining an advisory board

On and off for two decades, the affable Mr. Rodham has tried to use his connections with his sister and his brother-in-law, former President Bill Clinton, to further a business career that has seen more failures than successes. <hl> The connections to the Clintons have given Mr. Rodham, a self-described “facilitator,” a unique appeal and a range of opportunities, like addressing Chinese investor conferences and joining an advisory board of a company seeking permission to mine for gold in Haiti. <hl> But his business dealings have often invited public scrutiny and uncomfortable questions for the Clintons as Mr. Rodham has cycled through a variety of ventures, leveraging his ties to them and sometimes directly seeking their help. When Mr. Clinton worked as a co-chairman of Haiti’s earthquake recovery commission, Mr. Rodham and his partners sought a $22 million deal to rebuild homes in the country. In court proceedings three years ago in an unrelated lawsuit, Mr. Rodham explained how “a guy in Haiti” had “donated” 10,000 acres of land to him and described how he had leaned on Mr. Clinton to get the rebuilding project funded amid bureaucratic delays. “I deal through the Clinton Foundation. That gets me in touch with the Haitian officials,” Mr. Rodham said, according to a transcript of his testimony. “I hound my brother-in-law, because it’s his fund that we’re going to get our money from. And he can’t do it until the Haitian government does it.

On and off for two decades, the affable Mr. Rodham has tried to use his connections with his sister and his brother-in-law, former President Bill Clinton, to further a business career that has seen more failures than successes. The connections to the Clintons have given Mr. Rodham, a self-described “facilitator,” a unique appeal and a range of opportunities, like <hl> addressing Chinese investor conferences and joining an advisory board <hl> of a company seeking permission to mine for gold in Haiti. But his business dealings have often invited public scrutiny and uncomfortable questions for the Clintons as Mr. Rodham has cycled through a variety of ventures, leveraging his ties to them and sometimes directly seeking their help. When Mr. Clinton worked as a co-chairman of Haiti’s earthquake recovery commission, Mr. Rodham and his partners sought a $22 million deal to rebuild homes in the country. In court proceedings three years ago in an unrelated lawsuit, Mr. Rodham explained how “a guy in Haiti” had “donated” 10,000 acres of land to him and described how he had leaned on Mr. Clinton to get the rebuilding project funded amid bureaucratic delays. “I deal through the Clinton Foundation. That gets me in touch with the Haitian officials,” Mr. Rodham said, according to a transcript of his testimony. “I hound my brother-in-law, because it’s his fund that we’re going to get our money from. And he can’t do it until the Haitian government does it.


Question: What phase will the flower enter after it crumples?

Visitors in the Chicago crowd didn’t get outright stench, but they did get a hands-on experience: Dr. Still and Mr. Pollak began passing around pieces of Spike’s spathe to the visitors. On Tuesday, they said that Spike was beginning to emit a more putrid odor — a bad sign regarding nearly anything else in the world, but a good sign for this plant — and that visiting hours would be extended until Thursday. In Denver, the visitors who had been hoping for a stinky celebration had gotten luckier. They described the scent as rotting cabbage, dead mice and, oddly, Italian sausage when they stepped close to lean into the blooming flower, named Stinky. Stinky lasted a few days before it crumpled and entered a dormant phase.

Answer: dormant

Visitors in the Chicago crowd didn’t get outright stench, but they did get a hands-on experience: Dr. Still and Mr. Pollak began passing around pieces of Spike’s spathe to the visitors. On Tuesday, they said that Spike was beginning to emit a more putrid odor — a bad sign regarding nearly anything else in the world, but a good sign for this plant — and that visiting hours would be extended until Thursday. In Denver, the visitors who had been hoping for a stinky celebration had gotten luckier. They described the scent as rotting cabbage, dead mice and, oddly, Italian sausage when they stepped close to lean into the blooming flower, named Stinky. <hl> Stinky lasted a few days before it crumpled and entered a dormant phase. <hl>

Visitors in the Chicago crowd didn’t get outright stench, but they did get a hands-on experience: Dr. Still and Mr. Pollak began passing around pieces of Spike’s spathe to the visitors. On Tuesday, they said that Spike was beginning to emit a more putrid odor — a bad sign regarding nearly anything else in the world, but a good sign for this plant — and that visiting hours would be extended until Thursday. In Denver, the visitors who had been hoping for a stinky celebration had gotten luckier. They described the scent as rotting cabbage, dead mice and, oddly, Italian sausage when they stepped close to lean into the blooming flower, named Stinky. Stinky lasted a few days before it crumpled and entered a <hl> dormant <hl> phase.


Question: What occupation did the stranger have?

One Saturday afternoon this past winter, when my family and I were having lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a ritual viewing of mummies and armor with our 5-year-old son, I noticed a young man a few tables away staring at us. He had a notebook and began to sketch; he drew intensely and quickly. I was flattered and vaguely unsettled; he looked like someone in a Todd Solondz movie perhaps up to something not entirely sane. When we got up to leave, he followed us, continuing to draw as he kept pace. He showed my husband the results, explaining that he was a graduate student. My husband accepted the drawing and gave him $10, a gift for which he seemed appreciative.

Answer: graduate student

One Saturday afternoon this past winter, when my family and I were having lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a ritual viewing of mummies and armor with our 5-year-old son, I noticed a young man a few tables away staring at us. He had a notebook and began to sketch; he drew intensely and quickly. I was flattered and vaguely unsettled; he looked like someone in a Todd Solondz movie perhaps up to something not entirely sane. When we got up to leave, he followed us, continuing to draw as he kept pace. <hl> He showed my husband the results, explaining that he was a graduate student . <hl> My husband accepted the drawing and gave him $10, a gift for which he seemed appreciative.

One Saturday afternoon this past winter, when my family and I were having lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a ritual viewing of mummies and armor with our 5-year-old son, I noticed a young man a few tables away staring at us. He had a notebook and began to sketch; he drew intensely and quickly. I was flattered and vaguely unsettled; he looked like someone in a Todd Solondz movie perhaps up to something not entirely sane. When we got up to leave, he followed us, continuing to draw as he kept pace. He showed my husband the results, explaining that he was a <hl> graduate student <hl>. My husband accepted the drawing and gave him $10, a gift for which he seemed appreciative.

He showed my husband the results, explaining that he was a <hl> graduate student <hl> .


Question: Who is one of the largest labor unions in Germany?

Blockupy is a left-wing alliance of dozens of activist groups from across Europe. Its members include one of the largest German labor unions, the United Service Union, known as Ver.di, and Syriza, the left-wing, anti-austerity Greek political party that is now leading the government in Athens. The European Central Bank is one of Greece’s main creditors, and it is part of the so-called troika of international organizations that are supervising the Greek bailout program that the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to renegotiate. The central bank, along with the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund, is widely blamed for imposing austerity measures on countries that have needed bailouts.

Answer: United Service Union

Blockupy is a left-wing alliance of dozens of activist groups from across Europe. <hl> Its members include one of the largest German labor unions, the United Service Union , known as Ver.di, and Syriza, the left-wing, anti-austerity Greek political party that is now leading the government in Athens. <hl> The European Central Bank is one of Greece’s main creditors, and it is part of the so-called troika of international organizations that are supervising the Greek bailout program that the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to renegotiate. The central bank, along with the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund, is widely blamed for imposing austerity measures on countries that have needed bailouts.

Blockupy is a left-wing alliance of dozens of activist groups from across Europe. Its members include one of the largest German labor unions, the <hl> United Service Union <hl>, known as Ver.di, and Syriza, the left-wing, anti-austerity Greek political party that is now leading the government in Athens. The European Central Bank is one of Greece’s main creditors, and it is part of the so-called troika of international organizations that are supervising the Greek bailout program that the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to renegotiate. The central bank, along with the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund, is widely blamed for imposing austerity measures on countries that have needed bailouts.

Its members include one of the largest German labor unions, the <hl> United Service Union <hl> , known as Ver.di, and Syriza, the left-wing, anti-austerity Greek political party that is now leading the government in Athens.


Question: What program is the novelist a graduate

This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program, and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches. We follow first one character and then another as each tries to manage what has happened. It is an old story, a crumbling marriage, but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights, making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad.

Answer: New York University’s creative writing program

<hl> This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program , and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches. <hl> We follow first one character and then another as each tries to manage what has happened. It is an old story, a crumbling marriage, but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights, making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad.

This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of <hl> New York University’s creative writing program <hl>, and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches. We follow first one character and then another as each tries to manage what has happened. It is an old story, a crumbling marriage, but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights, making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad.

This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of <hl> New York University’s creative writing program <hl> , and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches.


Question: Who was Hillary Rodham Clinton's adviser?

WASHINGTON —  Hillary Rodham Clinton’s longtime adviser Sidney Blumenthal testified before a congressional committee on Tuesday that dozens of memos he sent her when she was secretary of state were written by a longtime high-ranking C.I.A. official. During a seven-and-a-half-hour deposition behind closed doors before the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Mr. Blumenthal identified the official as Tyler Drumheller, according to a person with knowledge of his testimony.

Answer: Sidney Blumenthal

<hl> WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s longtime adviser Sidney Blumenthal testified before a congressional committee on Tuesday that dozens of memos he sent her when she was secretary of state were written by a longtime high-ranking C.I.A. official. <hl> During a seven-and-a-half-hour deposition behind closed doors before the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Mr. Blumenthal identified the official as Tyler Drumheller, according to a person with knowledge of his testimony.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s longtime adviser <hl> Sidney Blumenthal <hl> testified before a congressional committee on Tuesday that dozens of memos he sent her when she was secretary of state were written by a longtime high-ranking C.I.A. official. During a seven-and-a-half-hour deposition behind closed doors before the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Mr. Blumenthal identified the official as Tyler Drumheller, according to a person with knowledge of his testimony.


Question: Marie Hill hires and trains craftspeople from which country?

Founded and run by British-born Marie Hill, this shop trains, employs and supports Cambodian crafts people, stocking mostly Cambodian-made textiles and jewelry. Silver filigree pendants ($18 to $45) depict a flame motif found in ancient Khmer temples. Another Briton, the jeweler Madeline Green, sells her new Ammo brand here, delicate contemporary jewelry made from recycled brass bullet caps and silver ($7 to $75). 008 Street 9, Old Market area; 855-63-761-224; saomao.com, facebook.com/ammojewellery With three boutiques in Siem Reap, the luxury fashion designer Eric Raisina is renowned for transforming raffia, the palm tree-derived fiber from his birthplace, Madagascar, into sophisticated lace-like dresses as well as turning delicate silk into his trademark fur. Everything is handmade, including silk fur stoles, light and warm, making them ideal for travel ($495). (His new couture shop with an on-site atelier is barely two miles away from this boutique.)

Answer: Cambodian

<hl> Founded and run by British-born Marie Hill, this shop trains, employs and supports Cambodian crafts people, stocking mostly Cambodian-made textiles and jewelry. <hl> Silver filigree pendants ($18 to $45) depict a flame motif found in ancient Khmer temples. Another Briton, the jeweler Madeline Green, sells her new Ammo brand here, delicate contemporary jewelry made from recycled brass bullet caps and silver ($7 to $75). 008 Street 9, Old Market area; 855-63-761-224; saomao.com, facebook.com/ammojewellery With three boutiques in Siem Reap, the luxury fashion designer Eric Raisina is renowned for transforming raffia, the palm tree-derived fiber from his birthplace, Madagascar, into sophisticated lace-like dresses as well as turning delicate silk into his trademark fur. Everything is handmade, including silk fur stoles, light and warm, making them ideal for travel ($495). (His new couture shop with an on-site atelier is barely two miles away from this boutique.)

Founded and run by British-born Marie Hill, this shop trains, employs and supports <hl> Cambodian <hl> crafts people, stocking mostly Cambodian-made textiles and jewelry. Silver filigree pendants ($18 to $45) depict a flame motif found in ancient Khmer temples. Another Briton, the jeweler Madeline Green, sells her new Ammo brand here, delicate contemporary jewelry made from recycled brass bullet caps and silver ($7 to $75). 008 Street 9, Old Market area; 855-63-761-224; saomao.com, facebook.com/ammojewellery With three boutiques in Siem Reap, the luxury fashion designer Eric Raisina is renowned for transforming raffia, the palm tree-derived fiber from his birthplace, Madagascar, into sophisticated lace-like dresses as well as turning delicate silk into his trademark fur. Everything is handmade, including silk fur stoles, light and warm, making them ideal for travel ($495). (His new couture shop with an on-site atelier is barely two miles away from this boutique.)


Question: In what Chinese city did stocks drop 8.5%?

Despite the moves, the markets have been shaky. On July 27, stocks in Shanghai dropped 8.5 percent, which was the market’s biggest daily drop in eight years.

Answer: Shanghai

Despite the moves, the markets have been shaky. <hl> On July 27, stocks in Shanghai dropped 8.5 percent, which was the market’s biggest daily drop in eight years. <hl>

Despite the moves, the markets have been shaky. On July 27, stocks in <hl> Shanghai <hl> dropped 8.5 percent, which was the market’s biggest daily drop in eight years.


Question: What famous person was Michelle Obama compared to?

Friday night may have been a watershed for Michelle Obama. At the White House dinner for the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, the first lady summoned previously untapped, and perhaps unsuspected, reserves of glamour. Her long side-swept hair and black off-the-shoulder gown by the Chinese-American designer Vera Wang revealed an acute political savvy that was more than mere words could convey. Had Flotus gone Hollywood? Not quite. But her red-carpet-worthy turnout, evocative of Beyoncé at the top of her form, seemed especially well timed, inciting, predictably, an outpouring of mostly upbeat social commentary that eclipsed the event and all but engulfed the web.

Answer: Beyoncé

Friday night may have been a watershed for Michelle Obama. At the White House dinner for the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, the first lady summoned previously untapped, and perhaps unsuspected, reserves of glamour. Her long side-swept hair and black off-the-shoulder gown by the Chinese-American designer Vera Wang revealed an acute political savvy that was more than mere words could convey. Had Flotus gone Hollywood? Not quite. <hl> But her red-carpet-worthy turnout, evocative of Beyoncé at the top of her form, seemed especially well timed, inciting, predictably, an outpouring of mostly upbeat social commentary that eclipsed the event and all but engulfed the web. <hl>

Friday night may have been a watershed for Michelle Obama. At the White House dinner for the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, the first lady summoned previously untapped, and perhaps unsuspected, reserves of glamour. Her long side-swept hair and black off-the-shoulder gown by the Chinese-American designer Vera Wang revealed an acute political savvy that was more than mere words could convey. Had Flotus gone Hollywood? Not quite. But her red-carpet-worthy turnout, evocative of <hl> Beyoncé <hl> at the top of her form, seemed especially well timed, inciting, predictably, an outpouring of mostly upbeat social commentary that eclipsed the event and all but engulfed the web.


Question: How many US military trained the Ukrainian in remedial military instructions?

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

Answer: 300

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” <hl> The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. <hl> Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by <hl> 300 <hl> United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.


Question: Who disarmed thousands of men in the past?

The current expansion is happening without the mentorship of American forces, and under difficult circumstances. Thousands of men who had once been disarmed by government campaigns costing hundreds of millions of dollars are now being rearmed. The design is also being rolled out at a time when factional strongmen and elements of the former government in Kabul have mounted pressure on Mr. Ghani’s government, accusing him of exclusionary politics. In the wake of the Kunduz disaster, the strongmen, many of whom have pasts as northern warlords, have been pressing the government to use militias loyal to them in the fight against the Taliban. Some officials fear the militia expansion amounts to a political payoff to these strongmen, who have often used A.L.P. units for their personal business.

Answer: government campaigns

The current expansion is happening without the mentorship of American forces, and under difficult circumstances. <hl> Thousands of men who had once been disarmed by government campaigns costing hundreds of millions of dollars are now being rearmed. <hl> The design is also being rolled out at a time when factional strongmen and elements of the former government in Kabul have mounted pressure on Mr. Ghani’s government, accusing him of exclusionary politics. In the wake of the Kunduz disaster, the strongmen, many of whom have pasts as northern warlords, have been pressing the government to use militias loyal to them in the fight against the Taliban. Some officials fear the militia expansion amounts to a political payoff to these strongmen, who have often used A.L.P. units for their personal business.

The current expansion is happening without the mentorship of American forces, and under difficult circumstances. Thousands of men who had once been disarmed by <hl> government campaigns <hl> costing hundreds of millions of dollars are now being rearmed. The design is also being rolled out at a time when factional strongmen and elements of the former government in Kabul have mounted pressure on Mr. Ghani’s government, accusing him of exclusionary politics. In the wake of the Kunduz disaster, the strongmen, many of whom have pasts as northern warlords, have been pressing the government to use militias loyal to them in the fight against the Taliban. Some officials fear the militia expansion amounts to a political payoff to these strongmen, who have often used A.L.P. units for their personal business.


Question: Under which Mayor did Mr. Faulkner serve on a task force on police relations?

Mr. Faulkner, who served on a task force on police relations under Mayor Giuliani, faulted Mr. de Blasio for failing to reassure police officers that he “has their back,” and for alienating the business community. Mr. Faulkner pledged that he would get along better with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is a Democrat, than Mr. de Blasio has. The two Democratic leaders have clashed, with increasingly open hostility. “This governor has been pretty independent of his party,” Mr. Faulkner said. “I have no doubt that I will have a much better relationship, a working relationship, with this governor.” And if Mr. Faulkner were to advance to a debate with Mr. de Blasio, he would at least be able to challenge the mayor eye-to-eye: At 6-foot-4, Mr. Faulkner is, at most, only one or two inches shorter than Mr. de Blasio.

Answer: Giuliani

<hl> Mr. Faulkner, who served on a task force on police relations under Mayor Giuliani , faulted Mr. de Blasio for failing to reassure police officers that he “has their back,” and for alienating the business community. <hl> Mr. Faulkner pledged that he would get along better with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is a Democrat, than Mr. de Blasio has. The two Democratic leaders have clashed, with increasingly open hostility. “This governor has been pretty independent of his party,” Mr. Faulkner said. “I have no doubt that I will have a much better relationship, a working relationship, with this governor.” And if Mr. Faulkner were to advance to a debate with Mr. de Blasio, he would at least be able to challenge the mayor eye-to-eye: At 6-foot-4, Mr. Faulkner is, at most, only one or two inches shorter than Mr. de Blasio.

Mr. Faulkner, who served on a task force on police relations under Mayor <hl> Giuliani <hl>, faulted Mr. de Blasio for failing to reassure police officers that he “has their back,” and for alienating the business community. Mr. Faulkner pledged that he would get along better with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is a Democrat, than Mr. de Blasio has. The two Democratic leaders have clashed, with increasingly open hostility. “This governor has been pretty independent of his party,” Mr. Faulkner said. “I have no doubt that I will have a much better relationship, a working relationship, with this governor.” And if Mr. Faulkner were to advance to a debate with Mr. de Blasio, he would at least be able to challenge the mayor eye-to-eye: At 6-foot-4, Mr. Faulkner is, at most, only one or two inches shorter than Mr. de Blasio.

Mr. Faulkner, who served on a task force on police relations under Mayor <hl> Giuliani <hl> , faulted Mr. de Blasio for failing to reassure police officers that he “has their back,” and for alienating the business community.


Question: How long would it take for them to swim the channel?

Stewart stayed in water waist deep as Jirkovsky emerged from the sea at Cissy Cove, greeted by three sailors, all armed. Channel swimmers must begin “toes dry,” and Jirkovsky took several steps beyond the tide line to make sure the swim would qualify. Then he placed his goggles over his eyes, jogged back toward the sea and began to swim. The sailors honked horns and flashed blue and red lights in salute. The captain of the Bottom Scratcher sounded her horn, too, and the Deep Enders and their support team cheered. If all went according to plan, within 36 hours, they would make open-water swimming history.

Answer: 36 hours

Stewart stayed in water waist deep as Jirkovsky emerged from the sea at Cissy Cove, greeted by three sailors, all armed. Channel swimmers must begin “toes dry,” and Jirkovsky took several steps beyond the tide line to make sure the swim would qualify. Then he placed his goggles over his eyes, jogged back toward the sea and began to swim. The sailors honked horns and flashed blue and red lights in salute. The captain of the Bottom Scratcher sounded her horn, too, and the Deep Enders and their support team cheered. <hl> If all went according to plan, within 36 hours , they would make open-water swimming history. <hl>

Stewart stayed in water waist deep as Jirkovsky emerged from the sea at Cissy Cove, greeted by three sailors, all armed. Channel swimmers must begin “toes dry,” and Jirkovsky took several steps beyond the tide line to make sure the swim would qualify. Then he placed his goggles over his eyes, jogged back toward the sea and began to swim. The sailors honked horns and flashed blue and red lights in salute. The captain of the Bottom Scratcher sounded her horn, too, and the Deep Enders and their support team cheered. If all went according to plan, within <hl> 36 hours <hl>, they would make open-water swimming history.

If all went according to plan, within <hl> 36 hours <hl> , they would make open-water swimming history.


Question: How much is each share?

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

Answer: €52.50

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. <hl> Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks. <hl>

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about <hl> €52.50 <hl> a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.


Question: Where did she tell the reporters?

“There is no agreement on border control at all, and this is the weakest part,” she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting. “It’s a very partial solution,” she added. “We already had a very bad experience of not implementing Minsk 1. We’ll see what Minsk 2 will mean.”

Answer: she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting

<hl> “There is no agreement on border control at all, and this is the weakest part,” she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting . <hl> “It’s a very partial solution,” she added. “We already had a very bad experience of not implementing Minsk 1. We’ll see what Minsk 2 will mean.”

“There is no agreement on border control at all, and this is the weakest part,” <hl> she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting <hl>. “It’s a very partial solution,” she added. “We already had a very bad experience of not implementing Minsk 1. We’ll see what Minsk 2 will mean.”

“There is no agreement on border control at all, and this is the weakest part,” <hl> she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting <hl> .


Question: Several impressionist pieces are located in which museum?

SETTING: This house is on a narrow, wooded road in New Hope, a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City. According to the listing agent, it was among the first modern houses in the area, which is known for its 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, many within districts on the National Register of Historic Places. The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse, long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the James A. Michener Art Museum in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope. Commuter trains stop 12 miles away in Doylestown and 16 miles away in Trenton, N.J., which is also an Amtrak stop.

Answer: James A. Michener Art Museum

SETTING: This house is on a narrow, wooded road in New Hope, a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City. According to the listing agent, it was among the first modern houses in the area, which is known for its 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, many within districts on the National Register of Historic Places. <hl> The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse, long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the James A. Michener Art Museum in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope. <hl> Commuter trains stop 12 miles away in Doylestown and 16 miles away in Trenton, N.J., which is also an Amtrak stop.

SETTING: This house is on a narrow, wooded road in New Hope, a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City. According to the listing agent, it was among the first modern houses in the area, which is known for its 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, many within districts on the National Register of Historic Places. The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse, long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the <hl> James A. Michener Art Museum <hl> in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope. Commuter trains stop 12 miles away in Doylestown and 16 miles away in Trenton, N.J., which is also an Amtrak stop.


Question: What city does Pete Rose hail from?

ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati, Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball. Now 74, Rose has petitioned for reinstatement, and there had been hopes locally that something might happen in time for the All-Star Game. Those hopes faded last month after ESPN said it obtained a notebook that shows Rose bet on baseball during his last season as an active player in 1986, not just afterward as manager.

Answer: Cincinnati

<hl> ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati , Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball. <hl> Now 74, Rose has petitioned for reinstatement, and there had been hopes locally that something might happen in time for the All-Star Game. Those hopes faded last month after ESPN said it obtained a notebook that shows Rose bet on baseball during his last season as an active player in 1986, not just afterward as manager.

ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side <hl> Cincinnati <hl>, Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball. Now 74, Rose has petitioned for reinstatement, and there had been hopes locally that something might happen in time for the All-Star Game. Those hopes faded last month after ESPN said it obtained a notebook that shows Rose bet on baseball during his last season as an active player in 1986, not just afterward as manager.

ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side <hl> Cincinnati <hl> , Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball.


Question: Who is making his second consecutive start as QB for the Broncos?

MANNING OUT OF LINEUP AGAIN Brock Osweiler is preparing for his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on his injured left foot. Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, about his torn plantar fascia. Coach Gary Kubiak said Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos face New England. (AP)

Answer: Brock Osweiler

<hl> MANNING OUT OF LINEUP AGAIN Brock Osweiler is preparing for his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on his injured left foot. <hl> Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, about his torn plantar fascia. Coach Gary Kubiak said Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos face New England. (AP)

MANNING OUT OF LINEUP AGAIN <hl> Brock Osweiler <hl> is preparing for his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on his injured left foot. Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, about his torn plantar fascia. Coach Gary Kubiak said Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos face New England. (AP)


Question: Who sent a memo to clients about lessons from the DuPont conflict?

Such a report may suggest that I.S.S. is biased in favor of the activist hedge funds, but this statistic may not be truly surprising because hedge funds tend to pick struggling targets. And every contest is unique. What is unusual about the recommendation is something I.S.S. acknowledged in its report: that DuPont is “not a broken company.” The significance of the I.S.S. decision was perhaps best put by Martin Lipton of the law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. In a memo to clients on the lessons in the DuPont fight, Mr. Lipton stated that I.S.S. and major shareholders would “be responsive to and support well-presented attacks on business strategy and operations” even if the company was run by “an outstanding C.E.O. and board of directors.”

Answer: Martin Lipton

Such a report may suggest that I.S.S. is biased in favor of the activist hedge funds, but this statistic may not be truly surprising because hedge funds tend to pick struggling targets. And every contest is unique. What is unusual about the recommendation is something I.S.S. acknowledged in its report: that DuPont is “not a broken company.” <hl> The significance of the I.S.S. decision was perhaps best put by Martin Lipton of the law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. <hl> In a memo to clients on the lessons in the DuPont fight, Mr. Lipton stated that I.S.S. and major shareholders would “be responsive to and support well-presented attacks on business strategy and operations” even if the company was run by “an outstanding C.E.O. and board of directors.”

Such a report may suggest that I.S.S. is biased in favor of the activist hedge funds, but this statistic may not be truly surprising because hedge funds tend to pick struggling targets. And every contest is unique. What is unusual about the recommendation is something I.S.S. acknowledged in its report: that DuPont is “not a broken company.” The significance of the I.S.S. decision was perhaps best put by <hl> Martin Lipton <hl> of the law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. In a memo to clients on the lessons in the DuPont fight, Mr. Lipton stated that I.S.S. and major shareholders would “be responsive to and support well-presented attacks on business strategy and operations” even if the company was run by “an outstanding C.E.O. and board of directors.”


Question: When did relations between Israel and Palestinian Authority take a turn for the worse?

But the effort to restore full electricity supplies seemed to indicate an Israeli desire to reduce tensions with the Palestinians, or at least not have them escalate further. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is running for re-election on March 17, is already under pressure because of acute tensions with the Obama administration over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week about the nuclear talks with Iran. Relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority took a turn for the worse after President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement last April with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, contributing to the breakdown of troubled American-brokered Middle East peace talks.

Answer: after President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement

But the effort to restore full electricity supplies seemed to indicate an Israeli desire to reduce tensions with the Palestinians, or at least not have them escalate further. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is running for re-election on March 17, is already under pressure because of acute tensions with the Obama administration over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week about the nuclear talks with Iran. <hl> Relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority took a turn for the worse after President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement last April with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, contributing to the breakdown of troubled American-brokered Middle East peace talks. <hl>

But the effort to restore full electricity supplies seemed to indicate an Israeli desire to reduce tensions with the Palestinians, or at least not have them escalate further. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is running for re-election on March 17, is already under pressure because of acute tensions with the Obama administration over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week about the nuclear talks with Iran. Relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority took a turn for the worse <hl> after President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement <hl> last April with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, contributing to the breakdown of troubled American-brokered Middle East peace talks.


Question: What Disney movie is the basis for Pan?

‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ (R, 1:47) This hard-working comedy stars Sandra Bullock as a mercenary political consultant trying to strategize a former Bolivian president, Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida), back into office. Directed by David Gordon Green and stuffed with fine actors, the movie has outrage and some laughs, but no teeth. (Dargis) ‘Pan’ (PG, 1:51) Ostensibly an origin story about Peter Pan, this woeful would-be blockbuster, directed by the usually competent Joe Wright, is a murky, lumpy stew of pop-culture borrowings, from Harry Potter to “Avatar.” (Scott)

Answer: Peter Pan

‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ (R, 1:47) This hard-working comedy stars Sandra Bullock as a mercenary political consultant trying to strategize a former Bolivian president, Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida), back into office. Directed by David Gordon Green and stuffed with fine actors, the movie has outrage and some laughs, but no teeth. (Dargis) ‘Pan’ (PG, 1:51) <hl> Ostensibly an origin story about Peter Pan , this woeful would-be blockbuster, directed by the usually competent Joe Wright, is a murky, lumpy stew of pop-culture borrowings, from Harry Potter to “Avatar.” <hl> (Scott)

‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ (R, 1:47) This hard-working comedy stars Sandra Bullock as a mercenary political consultant trying to strategize a former Bolivian president, Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida), back into office. Directed by David Gordon Green and stuffed with fine actors, the movie has outrage and some laughs, but no teeth. (Dargis) ‘Pan’ (PG, 1:51) Ostensibly an origin story about <hl> Peter Pan <hl>, this woeful would-be blockbuster, directed by the usually competent Joe Wright, is a murky, lumpy stew of pop-culture borrowings, from Harry Potter to “Avatar.” (Scott)

Ostensibly an origin story about <hl> Peter Pan <hl> , this woeful would-be blockbuster, directed by the usually competent Joe Wright, is a murky, lumpy stew of pop-culture borrowings, from Harry Potter to “Avatar.”


Question: When did the crossing reopen?

Instead, investigators, commuters and even people close to her were left to try to make sense of her puzzling actions. Friends and family members of the passengers who died grappled on Thursday with the question of why her car never moved off the tracks, and why the third rail tore through the first passenger car. The crossing was reopened to cars and trains on Thursday, but people remained wary. Drivers paused after they ascended the slight hill toward the crossing, taking a second look down the tracks before they passed.

Answer: on Thursday

Instead, investigators, commuters and even people close to her were left to try to make sense of her puzzling actions. <hl> Friends and family members of the passengers who died grappled on Thursday with the question of why her car never moved off the tracks, and why the third rail tore through the first passenger car. <hl> The crossing was reopened to cars and trains on Thursday, but people remained wary. Drivers paused after they ascended the slight hill toward the crossing, taking a second look down the tracks before they passed.

Instead, investigators, commuters and even people close to her were left to try to make sense of her puzzling actions. Friends and family members of the passengers who died grappled <hl> on Thursday <hl> with the question of why her car never moved off the tracks, and why the third rail tore through the first passenger car. The crossing was reopened to cars and trains on Thursday, but people remained wary. Drivers paused after they ascended the slight hill toward the crossing, taking a second look down the tracks before they passed.


Question: Have they been charged with a crime?

Soon after the Duma attack, three Israeli Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in such a network and in previous arson attacks. The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges. One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of far-right Jewish militancy. Shin Bet did not indicate in its statement on Thursday whether the recent arrests were connected to those earlier detentions, or whether the terrorist organization it referred to was the network responsible for the manifesto and arson manual.

Answer: The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges

Soon after the Duma attack, three Israeli Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in such a network and in previous arson attacks. <hl> The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges . <hl> One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of far-right Jewish militancy. Shin Bet did not indicate in its statement on Thursday whether the recent arrests were connected to those earlier detentions, or whether the terrorist organization it referred to was the network responsible for the manifesto and arson manual.

Soon after the Duma attack, three Israeli Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in such a network and in previous arson attacks. <hl> The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges <hl>. One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of far-right Jewish militancy. Shin Bet did not indicate in its statement on Thursday whether the recent arrests were connected to those earlier detentions, or whether the terrorist organization it referred to was the network responsible for the manifesto and arson manual.

<hl> The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges <hl> .


Question: How are places like Microsoft trying to revive the market?

PC sales are in a long decline, as customers increasingly use online services connected to mobile devices. While Microsoft and others try to revive the market with new designs and tabletlike models, in the most recent quarter worldwide PC shipments fell 10.8 percent from the year before, according to IDC. Making PC chips is still a big business, but not the way it once was. The data center group also has much higher profit margins: Operating profit from PC chips was $2.1 billion, down 20 percent from a year ago, while data center chips had an operating profit of $2.1 billion, up 9 percent. That matters, because Intel is already stressing products in networking and advanced cloud systems, to feed the profitability of cloud systems as PCs continue to wane. That means cloud computing leaders like Amazon and Google could benefit even more, and expand their online operations. Having missed much of the market for chips in mobile devices, Intel is also investing in sensors for devices connected to cloud systems.

Answer: with new designs and tabletlike models

PC sales are in a long decline, as customers increasingly use online services connected to mobile devices. <hl> While Microsoft and others try to revive the market with new designs and tabletlike models , in the most recent quarter worldwide PC shipments fell 10.8 percent from the year before, according to IDC. <hl> Making PC chips is still a big business, but not the way it once was. The data center group also has much higher profit margins: Operating profit from PC chips was $2.1 billion, down 20 percent from a year ago, while data center chips had an operating profit of $2.1 billion, up 9 percent. That matters, because Intel is already stressing products in networking and advanced cloud systems, to feed the profitability of cloud systems as PCs continue to wane. That means cloud computing leaders like Amazon and Google could benefit even more, and expand their online operations. Having missed much of the market for chips in mobile devices, Intel is also investing in sensors for devices connected to cloud systems.

PC sales are in a long decline, as customers increasingly use online services connected to mobile devices. While Microsoft and others try to revive the market <hl> with new designs and tabletlike models <hl>, in the most recent quarter worldwide PC shipments fell 10.8 percent from the year before, according to IDC. Making PC chips is still a big business, but not the way it once was. The data center group also has much higher profit margins: Operating profit from PC chips was $2.1 billion, down 20 percent from a year ago, while data center chips had an operating profit of $2.1 billion, up 9 percent. That matters, because Intel is already stressing products in networking and advanced cloud systems, to feed the profitability of cloud systems as PCs continue to wane. That means cloud computing leaders like Amazon and Google could benefit even more, and expand their online operations. Having missed much of the market for chips in mobile devices, Intel is also investing in sensors for devices connected to cloud systems.

While Microsoft and others try to revive the market <hl> with new designs and tabletlike models <hl> , in the most recent quarter worldwide PC shipments fell 10.8 percent from the year before, according to IDC.


Question: Which country still has a ban on circuit racing?

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Answer: Switzerland

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. <hl> Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland , until safety was improved for spectators. <hl> Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and <hl> Switzerland <hl>, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and <hl> Switzerland <hl> , until safety was improved for spectators.


Question: How is water carried to the iron mine?

Just over 50 miles north, in the city of Sirjan, decisions long postponed have begun to impose themselves on local officials, forcing them to make difficult choices in allocating scarce water supplies. Wedged between two newly built neighborhoods of five-story apartment buildings, a convoy of water trucks waited in line to fill their 5,000-gallon tanks. Under a deal with the local water management company, up to 400 of these trucks a day draw water from the city’s main well and head to the Golgohar iron mine, the largest such mine in the Middle East. It employs over 7,000 people, many of them from Sirjan, and a water shortage has compounded an already difficult situation brought on by collapsing iron ore prices. “It is internationally unprecedented to carry water with tankers, but we have no other way,” Naser Taghizadeh, chief executive of the Golgohar Iron Ore Company, told the local Negarestan news outlet. “If water is not taken to the complex, projects are stopped, and many people will lose their jobs.”

Answer: with tankers

Just over 50 miles north, in the city of Sirjan, decisions long postponed have begun to impose themselves on local officials, forcing them to make difficult choices in allocating scarce water supplies. Wedged between two newly built neighborhoods of five-story apartment buildings, a convoy of water trucks waited in line to fill their 5,000-gallon tanks. Under a deal with the local water management company, up to 400 of these trucks a day draw water from the city’s main well and head to the Golgohar iron mine, the largest such mine in the Middle East. It employs over 7,000 people, many of them from Sirjan, and a water shortage has compounded an already difficult situation brought on by collapsing iron ore prices. <hl> “It is internationally unprecedented to carry water with tankers , but we have no other way,” Naser Taghizadeh, chief executive of the Golgohar Iron Ore Company, told the local Negarestan news outlet. <hl> “If water is not taken to the complex, projects are stopped, and many people will lose their jobs.”

Just over 50 miles north, in the city of Sirjan, decisions long postponed have begun to impose themselves on local officials, forcing them to make difficult choices in allocating scarce water supplies. Wedged between two newly built neighborhoods of five-story apartment buildings, a convoy of water trucks waited in line to fill their 5,000-gallon tanks. Under a deal with the local water management company, up to 400 of these trucks a day draw water from the city’s main well and head to the Golgohar iron mine, the largest such mine in the Middle East. It employs over 7,000 people, many of them from Sirjan, and a water shortage has compounded an already difficult situation brought on by collapsing iron ore prices. “It is internationally unprecedented to carry water <hl> with tankers <hl>, but we have no other way,” Naser Taghizadeh, chief executive of the Golgohar Iron Ore Company, told the local Negarestan news outlet. “If water is not taken to the complex, projects are stopped, and many people will lose their jobs.”

“It is internationally unprecedented to carry water <hl> with tankers <hl> , but we have no other way,” Naser Taghizadeh, chief executive of the Golgohar Iron Ore Company, told the local Negarestan news outlet.


Question: Every month, how many volunteers contribute to writing articles in Wikipedia ?

Most people search and read Wikipedia anonymously, since you don’t need an account to view its tens of millions of articles in hundreds of languages. Every month, at least 75,000 volunteers in the United States and around the world contribute their time and passion to writing those articles and keeping the site going — and growing.

Answer: at least 75,000

Most people search and read Wikipedia anonymously, since you don’t need an account to view its tens of millions of articles in hundreds of languages. <hl> Every month, at least 75,000 volunteers in the United States and around the world contribute their time and passion to writing those articles and keeping the site going — and growing. <hl>

Most people search and read Wikipedia anonymously, since you don’t need an account to view its tens of millions of articles in hundreds of languages. Every month, <hl> at least 75,000 <hl> volunteers in the United States and around the world contribute their time and passion to writing those articles and keeping the site going — and growing.


Question: What did the ruling against Microsoft find?

As powerful as Microsoft looked at the time, officials missed ways in which it was vulnerable. For starters, they didn’t anticipate the rise of mobile devices. The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers. In fact, within a few years, unexpected rivals began making such substitutes. In 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and soon after, Google released the Android operating system, which Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers used to take the smartphone global and mainstream.

Answer: there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers.

As powerful as Microsoft looked at the time, officials missed ways in which it was vulnerable. For starters, they didn’t anticipate the rise of mobile devices. <hl> The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers. In fact, within a few years, unexpected rivals began making such substitutes. <hl> In 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and soon after, Google released the Android operating system, which Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers used to take the smartphone global and mainstream.

As powerful as Microsoft looked at the time, officials missed ways in which it was vulnerable. For starters, they didn’t anticipate the rise of mobile devices. The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found <hl> there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers. <hl> In fact, within a few years, unexpected rivals began making such substitutes. In 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and soon after, Google released the Android operating system, which Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers used to take the smartphone global and mainstream.


Question: What is one of Geoffrey Holder's jobs?

Geoffrey Holder was, for starters, a dancer. He was also a choreographer, an actor, a painter — the list goes on. With a towering height (6-foot-6) and personality to match, he made his presence known all over New York for over 50 years. He died last fall, but Mr. Holder’s legacy is alive and well as Lincoln Center Out of Doors pays tribute with free events on Saturday to commemorate what would have been his 85th birthday. A screening of the 2009 documentary “Carmen & Geoffrey,” about Mr. Holder’s prolific career and his relationship with his wife, the dancer Carmen de Lavallade, will be preceded by a discussion with the filmmakers (and husband and wife) Nick Doob and Linda Atkinson.

Answer: He was also a choreographer

Geoffrey Holder was, for starters, a dancer. <hl> He was also a choreographer , an actor, a painter — the list goes on. <hl> With a towering height (6-foot-6) and personality to match, he made his presence known all over New York for over 50 years. He died last fall, but Mr. Holder’s legacy is alive and well as Lincoln Center Out of Doors pays tribute with free events on Saturday to commemorate what would have been his 85th birthday. A screening of the 2009 documentary “Carmen & Geoffrey,” about Mr. Holder’s prolific career and his relationship with his wife, the dancer Carmen de Lavallade, will be preceded by a discussion with the filmmakers (and husband and wife) Nick Doob and Linda Atkinson.

Geoffrey Holder was, for starters, a dancer. <hl> He was also a choreographer <hl>, an actor, a painter — the list goes on. With a towering height (6-foot-6) and personality to match, he made his presence known all over New York for over 50 years. He died last fall, but Mr. Holder’s legacy is alive and well as Lincoln Center Out of Doors pays tribute with free events on Saturday to commemorate what would have been his 85th birthday. A screening of the 2009 documentary “Carmen & Geoffrey,” about Mr. Holder’s prolific career and his relationship with his wife, the dancer Carmen de Lavallade, will be preceded by a discussion with the filmmakers (and husband and wife) Nick Doob and Linda Atkinson.

<hl> He was also a choreographer <hl> , an actor, a painter — the list goes on.


Question: What did Kenneth Rexroth say was perhaps the best ever book by an American?

Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth. “He had his growly, gravelly voice,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “and he said, ‘I’ve just finished reading the best book by an American perhaps ever. “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’ Rexroth had that kind of power.” So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962. Around the same time, he met Mr. Connell at the No Name, where Mr. Shoemaker had first gone with the Beat poet Lew Welch, whose work he had published. Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg. “She had a son,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “who became known as Huey Lewis — he chose Lewis because he loved Lew Welch. Lewie always told me that he taught Huey Lewis how to sing.” “Sausalito had the Tides,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “which was a very famous bookstore at the time. It was owned by a couple of people who were friends of Evan’s, a couple of doors beyond No Name. And those guys, the owners, bought the Washington Square Bar and Grill, otherwise known as the Washbag, which was one of the famous North Beach literary bars, famous for their softball team — Herb Caen played, and Claes Oldenburg made them a bat.”

Answer: “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel”

Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth. “He had his growly, gravelly voice,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “and he said, ‘I’ve just finished reading the best book by an American perhaps ever. <hl> “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’ <hl> Rexroth had that kind of power.” So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962. Around the same time, he met Mr. Connell at the No Name, where Mr. Shoemaker had first gone with the Beat poet Lew Welch, whose work he had published. Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg. “She had a son,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “who became known as Huey Lewis — he chose Lewis because he loved Lew Welch. Lewie always told me that he taught Huey Lewis how to sing.” “Sausalito had the Tides,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “which was a very famous bookstore at the time. It was owned by a couple of people who were friends of Evan’s, a couple of doors beyond No Name. And those guys, the owners, bought the Washington Square Bar and Grill, otherwise known as the Washbag, which was one of the famous North Beach literary bars, famous for their softball team — Herb Caen played, and Claes Oldenburg made them a bat.”

Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth. “He had his growly, gravelly voice,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “and he said, ‘I’ve just finished reading the best book by an American perhaps ever. <hl> “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” <hl> — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’ Rexroth had that kind of power.” So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962. Around the same time, he met Mr. Connell at the No Name, where Mr. Shoemaker had first gone with the Beat poet Lew Welch, whose work he had published. Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg. “She had a son,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “who became known as Huey Lewis — he chose Lewis because he loved Lew Welch. Lewie always told me that he taught Huey Lewis how to sing.” “Sausalito had the Tides,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “which was a very famous bookstore at the time. It was owned by a couple of people who were friends of Evan’s, a couple of doors beyond No Name. And those guys, the owners, bought the Washington Square Bar and Grill, otherwise known as the Washbag, which was one of the famous North Beach literary bars, famous for their softball team — Herb Caen played, and Claes Oldenburg made them a bat.”


Question: Thomas stated that he would appeal, did he ever do so?

After the verdict, Dolan and Thomas made a show of suggesting that the jury was gullible and that they would appeal. “I’m very innocent,” Thomas said immediately afterward, tapping his chest for emphasis. “I will appeal.” He did not. During the trial, Dolan took puffed-chest pride in testifying that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel. “All decisions at the Garden I make on my own,” he said. Yes, well, that worked out, didn’t it? The jury found that Dolan’s decision constituted a retaliatory firing and violated federal law. Dolan’s people vowed that the boss positively, absolutely would appeal. He did not. But he did assure New Yorkers that “the normal operations of M.S.G. and the New York Knicks will continue unabated.”

Answer: He did not

“I will appeal.” He did not .

After the verdict, Dolan and Thomas made a show of suggesting that the jury was gullible and that they would appeal. “I’m very innocent,” Thomas said immediately afterward, tapping his chest for emphasis. <hl> “I will appeal.” He did not . <hl> During the trial, Dolan took puffed-chest pride in testifying that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel. “All decisions at the Garden I make on my own,” he said. Yes, well, that worked out, didn’t it? The jury found that Dolan’s decision constituted a retaliatory firing and violated federal law. Dolan’s people vowed that the boss positively, absolutely would appeal. He did not. But he did assure New Yorkers that “the normal operations of M.S.G. and the New York Knicks will continue unabated.”

After the verdict, Dolan and Thomas made a show of suggesting that the jury was gullible and that they would appeal. “I’m very innocent,” Thomas said immediately afterward, tapping his chest for emphasis. “I will appeal.” <hl> He did not <hl>. During the trial, Dolan took puffed-chest pride in testifying that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel. “All decisions at the Garden I make on my own,” he said. Yes, well, that worked out, didn’t it? The jury found that Dolan’s decision constituted a retaliatory firing and violated federal law. Dolan’s people vowed that the boss positively, absolutely would appeal. He did not. But he did assure New Yorkers that “the normal operations of M.S.G. and the New York Knicks will continue unabated.”


Question: When was it made law?

The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in 2013, was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire. About 455,000 parents, mostly mothers, now receive the payments. But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “stove bonus,” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home. Many educators also worried that the monthly payments of 150 euros, or $163, were most attractive to poorer, often immigrant, families whose children benefit most from early childhood education.

Answer: 2013

<hl> The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in 2013 , was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire. <hl> About 455,000 parents, mostly mothers, now receive the payments. But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “stove bonus,” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home. Many educators also worried that the monthly payments of 150 euros, or $163, were most attractive to poorer, often immigrant, families whose children benefit most from early childhood education.

The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in <hl> 2013 <hl>, was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire. About 455,000 parents, mostly mothers, now receive the payments. But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “stove bonus,” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home. Many educators also worried that the monthly payments of 150 euros, or $163, were most attractive to poorer, often immigrant, families whose children benefit most from early childhood education.

The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in <hl> 2013 <hl> , was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire.


Question: What should East had bid?

With the deal counted out, South cashed his diamond ace and club queen, bringing everyone down to three cards. Declarer held the heart K-8-7, West the heart J-10-6 and dummy the heart 9-5-3. South led a low heart from his hand to hold West to one more trick. Manley took two spades, three hearts, one diamond and three clubs. Plus 150 was a near top on the board. West’s intervention with 4-4 in the majors at unfavorable vulnerability isn’t recommended. But it could have worked well if East had bid one diamond, not one spade. As it went, though, West’s bid helped Manley to read the deal perfectly.

Answer: one diamond

With the deal counted out, South cashed his diamond ace and club queen, bringing everyone down to three cards. Declarer held the heart K-8-7, West the heart J-10-6 and dummy the heart 9-5-3. South led a low heart from his hand to hold West to one more trick. <hl> Manley took two spades, three hearts, one diamond and three clubs. <hl> Plus 150 was a near top on the board. West’s intervention with 4-4 in the majors at unfavorable vulnerability isn’t recommended. But it could have worked well if East had bid one diamond, not one spade. As it went, though, West’s bid helped Manley to read the deal perfectly.

With the deal counted out, South cashed his diamond ace and club queen, bringing everyone down to three cards. Declarer held the heart K-8-7, West the heart J-10-6 and dummy the heart 9-5-3. South led a low heart from his hand to hold West to one more trick. Manley took two spades, three hearts, <hl> one diamond <hl> and three clubs. Plus 150 was a near top on the board. West’s intervention with 4-4 in the majors at unfavorable vulnerability isn’t recommended. But it could have worked well if East had bid one diamond, not one spade. As it went, though, West’s bid helped Manley to read the deal perfectly.


Question: What helps reduce the copious amount of paperwork?

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance.

Answer: digital filing methods

There are some promising signs of progress. <hl> For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods , cutting into the mountains of paperwork. <hl> Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance.

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of <hl> digital filing methods <hl>, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance.

For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of <hl> digital filing methods <hl> , cutting into the mountains of paperwork.


Question: How long are most short-term loans?

The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans, which are usually 12 months or less, is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules. Lenders need more guidance on the form these disclosures should take, Mr. Weinberg said.

Answer: 12 months or less

<hl> The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans, which are usually 12 months or less , is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules. <hl> Lenders need more guidance on the form these disclosures should take, Mr. Weinberg said.

The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans, which are usually <hl> 12 months or less <hl>, is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules. Lenders need more guidance on the form these disclosures should take, Mr. Weinberg said.

The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans, which are usually <hl> 12 months or less <hl> , is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules.


Question: Who plays a Dominican immigrant in Show Me a Hero?

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

Answer: Ilfenesh Hadera

<hl> Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. <hl> They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are <hl> Ilfenesh Hadera <hl> as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.


Question: Who did the TMZ article credit with pushing for Johnny Manziel to start as quarterback?

4:05 p.m. Line: Chargers by 9 The supposed quarterback controversy in Cleveland may be about page views more than reality. TMZ reported that some Browns starters were pushing for Johnny Manziel to regain the starting position. But players have flatly denied it. “My first take was that it sounded like a story that came from The Onion and not TMZ, not that TMZ’s really a reputable news source with hard-hitting journalism,” Joe Thomas, the team’s left tackle, said at a charity event. “But to me, it was just something that was crafted from thin air.”

Answer: some Browns starters

4:05 p.m. Line: Chargers by 9 The supposed quarterback controversy in Cleveland may be about page views more than reality. <hl> TMZ reported that some Browns starters were pushing for Johnny Manziel to regain the starting position. <hl> But players have flatly denied it. “My first take was that it sounded like a story that came from The Onion and not TMZ, not that TMZ’s really a reputable news source with hard-hitting journalism,” Joe Thomas, the team’s left tackle, said at a charity event. “But to me, it was just something that was crafted from thin air.”

4:05 p.m. Line: Chargers by 9 The supposed quarterback controversy in Cleveland may be about page views more than reality. TMZ reported that <hl> some Browns starters <hl> were pushing for Johnny Manziel to regain the starting position. But players have flatly denied it. “My first take was that it sounded like a story that came from The Onion and not TMZ, not that TMZ’s really a reputable news source with hard-hitting journalism,” Joe Thomas, the team’s left tackle, said at a charity event. “But to me, it was just something that was crafted from thin air.”


Question: Where is Liver from?

“The speaker is not stepping down,” Mr. Whyland said. He added that Mr. Silver’s delegation of his responsibilities “will give him the flexibility he needs so that he can defend himself against these charges, and he is confident that he will be found innocent.” Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs. Federal prosecutors said he disguised his windfall by portraying it as legitimate income he earned working part time, ostensibly as a personal injury lawyer. The charges against Mr. Silver threatened to throw the Capitol into turmoil because of the central role that he plays there. The speaker of the Assembly is one of Albany’s “three men in a room,” along with the governor and the State Senate majority leader, who make many of the most important decisions in state government. The new leadership arrangement will be a startling change because of Mr. Silver’s longevity: As governors and other legislators have come and gone, Mr. Silver has remained firmly in place as speaker since 1994.

Answer: Lower East Side of Manhattan

“The speaker is not stepping down,” Mr. Whyland said. He added that Mr. Silver’s delegation of his responsibilities “will give him the flexibility he needs so that he can defend himself against these charges, and he is confident that he will be found innocent.” <hl> Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan , is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs. <hl> Federal prosecutors said he disguised his windfall by portraying it as legitimate income he earned working part time, ostensibly as a personal injury lawyer. The charges against Mr. Silver threatened to throw the Capitol into turmoil because of the central role that he plays there. The speaker of the Assembly is one of Albany’s “three men in a room,” along with the governor and the State Senate majority leader, who make many of the most important decisions in state government. The new leadership arrangement will be a startling change because of Mr. Silver’s longevity: As governors and other legislators have come and gone, Mr. Silver has remained firmly in place as speaker since 1994.

“The speaker is not stepping down,” Mr. Whyland said. He added that Mr. Silver’s delegation of his responsibilities “will give him the flexibility he needs so that he can defend himself against these charges, and he is confident that he will be found innocent.” Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the <hl> Lower East Side of Manhattan <hl>, is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs. Federal prosecutors said he disguised his windfall by portraying it as legitimate income he earned working part time, ostensibly as a personal injury lawyer. The charges against Mr. Silver threatened to throw the Capitol into turmoil because of the central role that he plays there. The speaker of the Assembly is one of Albany’s “three men in a room,” along with the governor and the State Senate majority leader, who make many of the most important decisions in state government. The new leadership arrangement will be a startling change because of Mr. Silver’s longevity: As governors and other legislators have come and gone, Mr. Silver has remained firmly in place as speaker since 1994.

Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the <hl> Lower East Side of Manhattan <hl> , is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs.


Question: What percentage of men had been in combat accordingg to Oleksandr l. Leshchenko

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

Answer: 99 percent

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. <hl> Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat. <hl>

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “<hl> 99 percent <hl>” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ <hl> 99 percent <hl> ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.


Question: Who reported that it is costly to account for interconnection?

If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter. Arizona’s top water official told ProPublica that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection. But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies. It’s unclear how much water flows from one into the other, but the documents show that many of the water sources are heavily relied on as sources of both groundwater and surface supplies at the same time. Thomas Buschatzke, the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”

Answer: ProPublica

If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter. <hl> Arizona’s top water official told ProPublica that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection. <hl> But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies. It’s unclear how much water flows from one into the other, but the documents show that many of the water sources are heavily relied on as sources of both groundwater and surface supplies at the same time. Thomas Buschatzke, the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”

If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter. Arizona’s top water official told <hl> ProPublica <hl> that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection. But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies. It’s unclear how much water flows from one into the other, but the documents show that many of the water sources are heavily relied on as sources of both groundwater and surface supplies at the same time. Thomas Buschatzke, the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”


Question: Who held the heart K-8-7

Answer: Declarer

With the deal counted out, South cashed his diamond ace and club queen, bringing everyone down to three cards. <hl> Declarer held the heart K-8-7, West the heart J-10-6 and dummy the heart 9-5-3. <hl> South led a low heart from his hand to hold West to one more trick. Manley took two spades, three hearts, one diamond and three clubs. Plus 150 was a near top on the board. West’s intervention with 4-4 in the majors at unfavorable vulnerability isn’t recommended. But it could have worked well if East had bid one diamond, not one spade. As it went, though, West’s bid helped Manley to read the deal perfectly.

With the deal counted out, South cashed his diamond ace and club queen, bringing everyone down to three cards. <hl> Declarer <hl> held the heart K-8-7, West the heart J-10-6 and dummy the heart 9-5-3. South led a low heart from his hand to hold West to one more trick. Manley took two spades, three hearts, one diamond and three clubs. Plus 150 was a near top on the board. West’s intervention with 4-4 in the majors at unfavorable vulnerability isn’t recommended. But it could have worked well if East had bid one diamond, not one spade. As it went, though, West’s bid helped Manley to read the deal perfectly.