Question: How many people gathered at a nightclub to see Cruz?

“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South. “When they do engage with a presidential campaign, I want it to be a meaningful engagement that lasts for hopefully their whole life and our whole life.” Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall. They got on a bus, were taken to the airplane hangar and waited in an unseasonable chill to cheer the senator when he arrived with his family by chartered plane.

Answer: 1,000

“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South. “When they do engage with a presidential campaign, I want it to be a meaningful engagement that lasts for hopefully their whole life and our whole life.” <hl> Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall. <hl> They got on a bus, were taken to the airplane hangar and waited in an unseasonable chill to cheer the senator when he arrived with his family by chartered plane.

“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South. “When they do engage with a presidential campaign, I want it to be a meaningful engagement that lasts for hopefully their whole life and our whole life.” Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than <hl> 1,000 <hl> people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall. They got on a bus, were taken to the airplane hangar and waited in an unseasonable chill to cheer the senator when he arrived with his family by chartered plane.


Question: Who is David Herskovits?

But this 40-minute play from 1921, seldom seen or read outside academia, has an exhilarating air of discovery that finds the fun — and the sense — in her seeming nonsense. Its full title, “Reread Another A Play to Be Played Indoors or Out I Wish to Be a School,” offers an accurate idea of what to expect. Staged by the Target Margin artistic director David Herskovits, a man celebrated for bringing cobwebbed theatrical arcana into the light, it is performed with tripping grace by Clare Barron, Purva Bedi and Ugo Chukwu (and a participatory sound man, Jesse Freedman), who wear kimonos and sailor stripes, suggesting extras from some hybrid Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Using kitschy objects like white plastic globes and shiny party hats as visual aids, they speak in cryptic fragments of mountains and men and mothers and colorblind house painters.

Answer: Target Margin artistic director

But this 40-minute play from 1921, seldom seen or read outside academia, has an exhilarating air of discovery that finds the fun — and the sense — in her seeming nonsense. Its full title, “Reread Another A Play to Be Played Indoors or Out I Wish to Be a School,” offers an accurate idea of what to expect. <hl> Staged by the Target Margin artistic director David Herskovits, a man celebrated for bringing cobwebbed theatrical arcana into the light, it is performed with tripping grace by Clare Barron, Purva Bedi and Ugo Chukwu (and a participatory sound man, Jesse Freedman), who wear kimonos and sailor stripes, suggesting extras from some hybrid Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. <hl> Using kitschy objects like white plastic globes and shiny party hats as visual aids, they speak in cryptic fragments of mountains and men and mothers and colorblind house painters.

But this 40-minute play from 1921, seldom seen or read outside academia, has an exhilarating air of discovery that finds the fun — and the sense — in her seeming nonsense. Its full title, “Reread Another A Play to Be Played Indoors or Out I Wish to Be a School,” offers an accurate idea of what to expect. Staged by the <hl> Target Margin artistic director <hl> David Herskovits, a man celebrated for bringing cobwebbed theatrical arcana into the light, it is performed with tripping grace by Clare Barron, Purva Bedi and Ugo Chukwu (and a participatory sound man, Jesse Freedman), who wear kimonos and sailor stripes, suggesting extras from some hybrid Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Using kitschy objects like white plastic globes and shiny party hats as visual aids, they speak in cryptic fragments of mountains and men and mothers and colorblind house painters.


Question: Where is the Clinton Correctional Facility located?

Night had fallen at the Clinton Correctional Facility in far northern New York when the prison guards came for Patrick Alexander. They handcuffed him and took him into a broom closet for questioning. Then, Mr. Alexander said in an interview last week, the beatings began. As the three guards, who wore no name badges, punched him and slammed his head against the wall, he said they shouted questions: “Where are they going? What did you hear? How much are they paying you to keep your mouth shut?” One of the guards put a plastic bag over his head, Mr. Alexander said, and threatened to waterboard him.

Answer: New York

<hl> Night had fallen at the Clinton Correctional Facility in far northern New York when the prison guards came for Patrick Alexander. <hl> They handcuffed him and took him into a broom closet for questioning. Then, Mr. Alexander said in an interview last week, the beatings began. As the three guards, who wore no name badges, punched him and slammed his head against the wall, he said they shouted questions: “Where are they going? What did you hear? How much are they paying you to keep your mouth shut?” One of the guards put a plastic bag over his head, Mr. Alexander said, and threatened to waterboard him.

Night had fallen at the Clinton Correctional Facility in far northern <hl> New York <hl> when the prison guards came for Patrick Alexander. They handcuffed him and took him into a broom closet for questioning. Then, Mr. Alexander said in an interview last week, the beatings began. As the three guards, who wore no name badges, punched him and slammed his head against the wall, he said they shouted questions: “Where are they going? What did you hear? How much are they paying you to keep your mouth shut?” One of the guards put a plastic bag over his head, Mr. Alexander said, and threatened to waterboard him.


Question: What's the value of securities issued by Greek banks in last year?

As was the case in Cyprus during its banking crisis, when a financial system implodes, finding acceptable collateral to swap for desperately needed loans can be difficult. The solution has been for the banks to manufacture and issue billions of euros of short-term bonds, which — because they carry the guarantee of the Greek government — can be used as collateral to secure much-needed cash from the European Central Bank. As long as the bank’s problem is access to short-term funds and not solvency, such machinations can work. In the last year or so, Greek banks have issued more than €50 billion worth of these securities at artificially high interest rates (the higher the rate, the more valuable the collateral becomes in securing loans).

Answer: €50 billion

As was the case in Cyprus during its banking crisis, when a financial system implodes, finding acceptable collateral to swap for desperately needed loans can be difficult. The solution has been for the banks to manufacture and issue billions of euros of short-term bonds, which — because they carry the guarantee of the Greek government — can be used as collateral to secure much-needed cash from the European Central Bank. As long as the bank’s problem is access to short-term funds and not solvency, such machinations can work. <hl> In the last year or so, Greek banks have issued more than €50 billion worth of these securities at artificially high interest rates (the higher the rate, the more valuable the collateral becomes in securing loans). <hl>

As was the case in Cyprus during its banking crisis, when a financial system implodes, finding acceptable collateral to swap for desperately needed loans can be difficult. The solution has been for the banks to manufacture and issue billions of euros of short-term bonds, which — because they carry the guarantee of the Greek government — can be used as collateral to secure much-needed cash from the European Central Bank. As long as the bank’s problem is access to short-term funds and not solvency, such machinations can work. In the last year or so, Greek banks have issued more than <hl> €50 billion <hl> worth of these securities at artificially high interest rates (the higher the rate, the more valuable the collateral becomes in securing loans).


Question: What can we state about singular gun laws in regards to mass shootings?

No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings, which remain rare. Gun violence experts are increasingly interested in changing laws to better target those who have a demonstrated propensity for gun violence. For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.

Answer: No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings

<hl> No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings , which remain rare. <hl> Gun violence experts are increasingly interested in changing laws to better target those who have a demonstrated propensity for gun violence. For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.

<hl> No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings <hl>, which remain rare. Gun violence experts are increasingly interested in changing laws to better target those who have a demonstrated propensity for gun violence. For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.

<hl> No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings <hl> , which remain rare.


Question: Labor shortages are partly due to declining what?

But there is not a consensus about the impact of demographics. Some see a natural maturing of developed societies. Others see disaster ahead, because with fewer workers and more retirees, the active work force faces an increased burden to sustain social programs. Productivity gains over time, though, can make up for such population stresses. Declining birthrates can also lead to labor shortages, and Germany has faced a gap in skilled labor. But that is hardly an issue now for much of Europe, which is mired in high unemployment.

Answer: birthrates

But there is not a consensus about the impact of demographics. Some see a natural maturing of developed societies. Others see disaster ahead, because with fewer workers and more retirees, the active work force faces an increased burden to sustain social programs. Productivity gains over time, though, can make up for such population stresses. <hl> Declining birthrates can also lead to labor shortages, and Germany has faced a gap in skilled labor. <hl> But that is hardly an issue now for much of Europe, which is mired in high unemployment.

But there is not a consensus about the impact of demographics. Some see a natural maturing of developed societies. Others see disaster ahead, because with fewer workers and more retirees, the active work force faces an increased burden to sustain social programs. Productivity gains over time, though, can make up for such population stresses. Declining <hl> birthrates <hl> can also lead to labor shortages, and Germany has faced a gap in skilled labor. But that is hardly an issue now for much of Europe, which is mired in high unemployment.


Question: What region was Mr. Chauvin's parents from?

In his biographical essay, Mr. Chauvin recounted fond memories of looking out of his bedroom window, over the family’s large garden, and watching barges ply the Lys River, where it separates France from Belgium, towed by horses or men. His parents were from the Tours region, he said, descending “from long-established families in the little village of Beaumont-la-Ronce.” “I used to spend my holidays there in my grandparents’ large family house, with my numerous cousins,” he wrote. “When I die, I am going to be buried in the village cemetery.”

Answer: Tours

His parents were from the Tours region

In his biographical essay, Mr. Chauvin recounted fond memories of looking out of his bedroom window, over the family’s large garden, and watching barges ply the Lys River, where it separates France from Belgium, towed by horses or men. <hl> His parents were from the Tours region <hl> , he said, descending “from long-established families in the little village of Beaumont-la-Ronce.” “I used to spend my holidays there in my grandparents’ large family house, with my numerous cousins,” he wrote. “When I die, I am going to be buried in the village cemetery.”

In his biographical essay, Mr. Chauvin recounted fond memories of looking out of his bedroom window, over the family’s large garden, and watching barges ply the Lys River, where it separates France from Belgium, towed by horses or men. His parents were from the <hl> Tours <hl> region, he said, descending “from long-established families in the little village of Beaumont-la-Ronce.” “I used to spend my holidays there in my grandparents’ large family house, with my numerous cousins,” he wrote. “When I die, I am going to be buried in the village cemetery.”


Question: What trait does Brown believe James has that is unique for his age?

In the end, James and Brown are separated by age and their sports but connected by Cleveland and by a real understanding of the role leadership plays in championship moments. Scoring touchdowns was not the only source of Brown’s greatness, nor are points the sole source for James’s. What Brown did, and what James is now trying to do, is inspire those around them to reach higher than they thought possible. “The way he expresses himself, the way that he plays, and the understanding that he has of what his role is, is very refreshing,” Brown said of James. “It’s rare for a man that young to have that kind of wisdom.”

Answer: wisdom

In the end, James and Brown are separated by age and their sports but connected by Cleveland and by a real understanding of the role leadership plays in championship moments. Scoring touchdowns was not the only source of Brown’s greatness, nor are points the sole source for James’s. What Brown did, and what James is now trying to do, is inspire those around them to reach higher than they thought possible. “The way he expresses himself, the way that he plays, and the understanding that he has of what his role is, is very refreshing,” Brown said of James. <hl> “It’s rare for a man that young to have that kind of wisdom . <hl> ”

In the end, James and Brown are separated by age and their sports but connected by Cleveland and by a real understanding of the role leadership plays in championship moments. Scoring touchdowns was not the only source of Brown’s greatness, nor are points the sole source for James’s. What Brown did, and what James is now trying to do, is inspire those around them to reach higher than they thought possible. “The way he expresses himself, the way that he plays, and the understanding that he has of what his role is, is very refreshing,” Brown said of James. “It’s rare for a man that young to have that kind of <hl> wisdom <hl>.”

“It’s rare for a man that young to have that kind of <hl> wisdom <hl> .


Question: Who does Ball have the eye of?

There is yearning at the core of “A Cure for Suicide,” and in that yearning is the reason for carrying on when doing so feels impossible. Ball asks whether, given the chance to shed our pain and start over with the mind of a child, we would want to do so — to what extent pain informs identity, and what parts of us would remain were we to shed that pain. In the hands of a less skilled writer, these questions could be mistaken for science fiction cliché, a riff on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but Ball deftly explores questions with the eye of a poet and the logic of a philosopher, revealing new facets with perfect timing and acuity. At each unforeseeable turn, “A Cure for Suicide” is a story Ball ensures we understand and, because it is subtle and breathtaking, we are happy to be told.

Answer: a poet

There is yearning at the core of “A Cure for Suicide,” and in that yearning is the reason for carrying on when doing so feels impossible. Ball asks whether, given the chance to shed our pain and start over with the mind of a child, we would want to do so — to what extent pain informs identity, and what parts of us would remain were we to shed that pain. <hl> In the hands of a less skilled writer, these questions could be mistaken for science fiction cliché, a riff on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but Ball deftly explores questions with the eye of a poet and the logic of a philosopher, revealing new facets with perfect timing and acuity. <hl> At each unforeseeable turn, “A Cure for Suicide” is a story Ball ensures we understand and, because it is subtle and breathtaking, we are happy to be told.

There is yearning at the core of “A Cure for Suicide,” and in that yearning is the reason for carrying on when doing so feels impossible. Ball asks whether, given the chance to shed our pain and start over with the mind of a child, we would want to do so — to what extent pain informs identity, and what parts of us would remain were we to shed that pain. In the hands of a less skilled writer, these questions could be mistaken for science fiction cliché, a riff on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but Ball deftly explores questions with the eye of <hl> a poet <hl> and the logic of a philosopher, revealing new facets with perfect timing and acuity. At each unforeseeable turn, “A Cure for Suicide” is a story Ball ensures we understand and, because it is subtle and breathtaking, we are happy to be told.


Question: What did the discovery of Dr. Shatz's letter mean?

“These researchers had deliberately withheld treatment for this group of poor, uneducated, black sharecroppers,” he added, “in order to document what eventually might happen to them. I became incensed. How could physicians, who were trained first and foremost to do no harm, deliberately withhold curative treatment so they could understand the natural history of syphilis?” In 1964, Dr. Schatz was just four years out of medical school and working as a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects. Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, his wife, Barbara, said. He was 83.

Answer: helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects.

“These researchers had deliberately withheld treatment for this group of poor, uneducated, black sharecroppers,” he added, “in order to document what eventually might happen to them. I became incensed. How could physicians, who were trained first and foremost to do no harm, deliberately withhold curative treatment so they could understand the natural history of syphilis?” In 1964, Dr. Schatz was just four years out of medical school and working as a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. <hl> No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects. Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, his wife, Barbara, said. <hl> He was 83.

“These researchers had deliberately withheld treatment for this group of poor, uneducated, black sharecroppers,” he added, “in order to document what eventually might happen to them. I became incensed. How could physicians, who were trained first and foremost to do no harm, deliberately withhold curative treatment so they could understand the natural history of syphilis?” In 1964, Dr. Schatz was just four years out of medical school and working as a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 <hl> helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects. <hl> Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, his wife, Barbara, said. He was 83.


Question: How long before the FIFA's elections did some of its members get arrested?

A reporting credit last Friday for an article about the reaction of soccer officials to the arrest of members of FIFA on the eve of its vote for president was omitted. Dan Bilefsky contributed from London, Simon Romero from Rio de Janeiro, and Merna Thomas from Cairo. • The Sports Business column on Wednesday, about the reaction of sponsors to the resignation of FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, misspelled, in some editions, the name that a Women’s World Cup commentator goes by. He is Alexi Lalas, not Alexei. OBITUARIES

Answer: on the eve of its vote for president

<hl> A reporting credit last Friday for an article about the reaction of soccer officials to the arrest of members of FIFA on the eve of its vote for president was omitted. <hl> Dan Bilefsky contributed from London, Simon Romero from Rio de Janeiro, and Merna Thomas from Cairo. • The Sports Business column on Wednesday, about the reaction of sponsors to the resignation of FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, misspelled, in some editions, the name that a Women’s World Cup commentator goes by. He is Alexi Lalas, not Alexei. OBITUARIES

A reporting credit last Friday for an article about the reaction of soccer officials to the arrest of members of FIFA <hl> on the eve of its vote for president <hl> was omitted. Dan Bilefsky contributed from London, Simon Romero from Rio de Janeiro, and Merna Thomas from Cairo. • The Sports Business column on Wednesday, about the reaction of sponsors to the resignation of FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, misspelled, in some editions, the name that a Women’s World Cup commentator goes by. He is Alexi Lalas, not Alexei. OBITUARIES


Question: In addition to water depletion, what other negative side effect to the tanker trucks produce?

Residents have objected and even staged a sit-in, but the tankers keep coming for the water, kicking up clouds of fine dust as they drive off. The drivers, often from the city, say they are scorned by their neighbors. “We need to feed our families too,” one of them, Saaed Salimizadeh, said. “When the water runs out, it will run out for all of us. We have to choose between jobs and drinking water.” Sirjan is by no means alone in its water shortages. In surrounding Kerman Province, 1,455 of 2,064 village reservoirs have dropped below levels needed to sustain the population, according to the local water management agency. The semiofficial Mehr news agency reported in July, citing local statistics, that 541 villages were dependent on tanker deliveries for their water.

Answer: kicking up clouds of fine dust as they drive off

<hl> Residents have objected and even staged a sit-in, but the tankers keep coming for the water, kicking up clouds of fine dust as they drive off . <hl> The drivers, often from the city, say they are scorned by their neighbors. “We need to feed our families too,” one of them, Saaed Salimizadeh, said. “When the water runs out, it will run out for all of us. We have to choose between jobs and drinking water.” Sirjan is by no means alone in its water shortages. In surrounding Kerman Province, 1,455 of 2,064 village reservoirs have dropped below levels needed to sustain the population, according to the local water management agency. The semiofficial Mehr news agency reported in July, citing local statistics, that 541 villages were dependent on tanker deliveries for their water.

Residents have objected and even staged a sit-in, but the tankers keep coming for the water, <hl> kicking up clouds of fine dust as they drive off <hl>. The drivers, often from the city, say they are scorned by their neighbors. “We need to feed our families too,” one of them, Saaed Salimizadeh, said. “When the water runs out, it will run out for all of us. We have to choose between jobs and drinking water.” Sirjan is by no means alone in its water shortages. In surrounding Kerman Province, 1,455 of 2,064 village reservoirs have dropped below levels needed to sustain the population, according to the local water management agency. The semiofficial Mehr news agency reported in July, citing local statistics, that 541 villages were dependent on tanker deliveries for their water.

Residents have objected and even staged a sit-in, but the tankers keep coming for the water, <hl> kicking up clouds of fine dust as they drive off <hl> .


Question: how far back in time does the concept of tenure go?

In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system. The bill is expected to go before the state Assembly and Senate this month. But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure. Tenure goes back to medieval times, and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools. Its grip strengthened in the 1800s when university donors or legislators tried to remove professors whose views they disliked. Britain’s experience may hold some lessons. In 1988, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move.

Answer: to medieval times

In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system. The bill is expected to go before the state Assembly and Senate this month. But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure. <hl> Tenure goes back to medieval times , and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools. <hl> Its grip strengthened in the 1800s when university donors or legislators tried to remove professors whose views they disliked. Britain’s experience may hold some lessons. In 1988, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move.

In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system. The bill is expected to go before the state Assembly and Senate this month. But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure. Tenure goes back <hl> to medieval times <hl>, and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools. Its grip strengthened in the 1800s when university donors or legislators tried to remove professors whose views they disliked. Britain’s experience may hold some lessons. In 1988, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move.

Tenure goes back <hl> to medieval times <hl> , and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools.


Question: Which team ranked 8th in the nation against the run last season?

Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones. Oklahoma is trying to prove that last season’s 8-5 record was an aberration. Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, a transfer from junior college, rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green. The Volunteers’ 399 yards rushing was the most for the program since 1994. Oklahoma’s defense should be a much stiffer test. Last season, the Sooners ranked eighth in the nation against the run. A lot of attention will be on linebacker Eric Striker, who has talked trash about the SEC.

Answer: the Sooners

Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones. Oklahoma is trying to prove that last season’s 8-5 record was an aberration. Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, a transfer from junior college, rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green. The Volunteers’ 399 yards rushing was the most for the program since 1994. Oklahoma’s defense should be a much stiffer test. <hl> Last season, the Sooners ranked eighth in the nation against the run. <hl> A lot of attention will be on linebacker Eric Striker, who has talked trash about the SEC.

Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones. Oklahoma is trying to prove that last season’s 8-5 record was an aberration. Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, a transfer from junior college, rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green. The Volunteers’ 399 yards rushing was the most for the program since 1994. Oklahoma’s defense should be a much stiffer test. Last season, <hl> the Sooners <hl> ranked eighth in the nation against the run. A lot of attention will be on linebacker Eric Striker, who has talked trash about the SEC.


Question: Who wrote the screenplay for "Steve Jobs"?

The movie “Steve Jobs” had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. It had a starry cast (Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Michael Fassbender). The screenplay was by the acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin (who also wrote “The Social Network”). And it received rave reviews (“‘Steve Jobs’ is a rich and potent document of the times,” wrote my colleague A.O. Scott.) But the movie tanked at the box office, earning about $18 million in the seven weeks after its Oct. 9 release. Perhaps Hollywood had overestimated the public’s fascination with the man. Perhaps the film came a couple of years too late or a couple of decades too early. Or perhaps we have Steve Jobs fatigue, after all the books, movies and documentaries on the visionary Apple co-founder. But perhaps most surprising is the way in which Silicon Valley relished in, and contributed to, the film’s demise.

Answer: Aaron Sorkin

The movie “Steve Jobs” had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. It had a starry cast (Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Michael Fassbender). <hl> The screenplay was by the acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin (who also wrote “The Social Network”). <hl> And it received rave reviews (“‘Steve Jobs’ is a rich and potent document of the times,” wrote my colleague A.O. Scott.) But the movie tanked at the box office, earning about $18 million in the seven weeks after its Oct. 9 release. Perhaps Hollywood had overestimated the public’s fascination with the man. Perhaps the film came a couple of years too late or a couple of decades too early. Or perhaps we have Steve Jobs fatigue, after all the books, movies and documentaries on the visionary Apple co-founder. But perhaps most surprising is the way in which Silicon Valley relished in, and contributed to, the film’s demise.

The movie “Steve Jobs” had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. It had a starry cast (Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Michael Fassbender). The screenplay was by the acclaimed writer <hl> Aaron Sorkin <hl> (who also wrote “The Social Network”). And it received rave reviews (“‘Steve Jobs’ is a rich and potent document of the times,” wrote my colleague A.O. Scott.) But the movie tanked at the box office, earning about $18 million in the seven weeks after its Oct. 9 release. Perhaps Hollywood had overestimated the public’s fascination with the man. Perhaps the film came a couple of years too late or a couple of decades too early. Or perhaps we have Steve Jobs fatigue, after all the books, movies and documentaries on the visionary Apple co-founder. But perhaps most surprising is the way in which Silicon Valley relished in, and contributed to, the film’s demise.


Question: What share of DuPont's shareholder base is comprised of retail investors?

The May 13 investor vote is fast approaching. Some 30 percent of DuPont’s shareholder base is made up of retail investors, many of whom may cast votes (but like much of the American electorate, probably won’t). This leaves DuPont’s fate to be decided by the mutual funds. Until the I.S.S. report, DuPont seemed to be on an upward track; now, it is hard to say whether the company will win. In truth, a settlement is still the logical course – it’s a fact of life these days, as Mr. Lipton points out. Both sides know DuPont’s performance quite well and can work through all of these issues better than anyone.

Answer: 30 percent

The May 13 investor vote is fast approaching. <hl> Some 30 percent of DuPont’s shareholder base is made up of retail investors, many of whom may cast votes (but like much of the American electorate, probably won’t). <hl> This leaves DuPont’s fate to be decided by the mutual funds. Until the I.S.S. report, DuPont seemed to be on an upward track; now, it is hard to say whether the company will win. In truth, a settlement is still the logical course – it’s a fact of life these days, as Mr. Lipton points out. Both sides know DuPont’s performance quite well and can work through all of these issues better than anyone.

The May 13 investor vote is fast approaching. Some <hl> 30 percent <hl> of DuPont’s shareholder base is made up of retail investors, many of whom may cast votes (but like much of the American electorate, probably won’t). This leaves DuPont’s fate to be decided by the mutual funds. Until the I.S.S. report, DuPont seemed to be on an upward track; now, it is hard to say whether the company will win. In truth, a settlement is still the logical course – it’s a fact of life these days, as Mr. Lipton points out. Both sides know DuPont’s performance quite well and can work through all of these issues better than anyone.


Question: What does Aaron Hicklin do for a living?

On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York. In less than one week, he would open the doors to the shop, but at the moment he was still fretfully awaiting the final shipments of his stock. “I’ll be honest, I am really surprised by how many books you need to fill a space,” Hicklin said. “I have about a thousand in here, but you’d never know it. I’ve got to fill these damn shelves!”

Answer: journalist and editor

<hl> On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York. <hl> In less than one week, he would open the doors to the shop, but at the moment he was still fretfully awaiting the final shipments of his stock. “I’ll be honest, I am really surprised by how many books you need to fill a space,” Hicklin said. “I have about a thousand in here, but you’d never know it. I’ve got to fill these damn shelves!”

On a recent Sunday afternoon, the <hl> journalist and editor <hl> Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York. In less than one week, he would open the doors to the shop, but at the moment he was still fretfully awaiting the final shipments of his stock. “I’ll be honest, I am really surprised by how many books you need to fill a space,” Hicklin said. “I have about a thousand in here, but you’d never know it. I’ve got to fill these damn shelves!”


Question: What are Ms. Massenet's personalities?

Ms. Massenet’s Net-a-Porter has spent most of the past 15 years in the red, although it posted a 1.4 million pound profit on sales of 654 million pounds last year. Still, she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation. The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader. But Yoox may well miss Mr. Massenet’s input. Yoox also loses her just as online luxury is heating up. LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation. McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores. For multibrand websites like Yoox Net-a-Porter, the trends are becoming more challenging.

Answer: she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation.

Ms. Massenet’s Net-a-Porter has spent most of the past 15 years in the red, although it posted a 1.4 million pound profit on sales of 654 million pounds last year. <hl> Still, she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation. The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader. <hl> But Yoox may well miss Mr. Massenet’s input. Yoox also loses her just as online luxury is heating up. LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation. McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores. For multibrand websites like Yoox Net-a-Porter, the trends are becoming more challenging.

Ms. Massenet’s Net-a-Porter has spent most of the past 15 years in the red, although it posted a 1.4 million pound profit on sales of 654 million pounds last year. Still, <hl> she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation. <hl> The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader. But Yoox may well miss Mr. Massenet’s input. Yoox also loses her just as online luxury is heating up. LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation. McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores. For multibrand websites like Yoox Net-a-Porter, the trends are becoming more challenging.


Question: What type of animal were mastodons?

Answer: mammals

<hl> When mastodons and other large mammals became extinct 10,000 years ago, squash and gourds could have, too, said Logan Kistler, a molecular anthropologist at the University of Warwick in England and one of the study’s authors. <hl>

When mastodons and other large <hl> mammals <hl> became extinct 10,000 years ago, squash and gourds could have, too, said Logan Kistler, a molecular anthropologist at the University of Warwick in England and one of the study’s authors.


Question: To what part of New York state was Mr. Heastie traveling?

Answer: central New York

<hl> Mr. Heastie, who hails from the Bronx, described the trip to central New York as part of an effort to humanize “what we do in Albany,” as well as a kind of personal fact-finding mission. <hl>

Mr. Heastie, who hails from the Bronx, described the trip to <hl> central New York <hl> as part of an effort to humanize “what we do in Albany,” as well as a kind of personal fact-finding mission.


Question: Who sent the box?

The book begins at the moment when everything collapses. A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere. Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how. (Adultery Rule No. 1: Do not use email! What do you think Snapchat is for?) Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home. She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present.

Answer: Jack’s most recent ex-mistress,

The book begins at the moment when everything collapses. A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere. <hl> Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how. <hl> (Adultery Rule No. 1: Do not use email! What do you think Snapchat is for?) Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home. She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present.

The book begins at the moment when everything collapses. A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere. Sent by <hl> Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, <hl> it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how. (Adultery Rule No. 1: Do not use email! What do you think Snapchat is for?) Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home. She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present.


Question: What lies do some North Korean defectors tell to gain better employment in the South??

SEOUL, South Korea —  North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past. As a panelist on a South Korean talk show that features female defectors like me, I heard other panelists complain privately that a few of the guests must have been embellishing their stories. It’s not uncommon to hear defectors claim they graduated from a prestigious North Korean university, for example, while the rest of the details of their lives suggest this was highly unlikely. If defectors say they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North, they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans.

Answer: they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past. As a panelist on a South Korean talk show that features female defectors like me, I heard other panelists complain privately that a few of the guests must have been embellishing their stories. It’s not uncommon to hear defectors claim they graduated from a prestigious North Korean university, for example, while the rest of the details of their lives suggest this was highly unlikely. <hl> If defectors say they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North , they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans. <hl>

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past. As a panelist on a South Korean talk show that features female defectors like me, I heard other panelists complain privately that a few of the guests must have been embellishing their stories. It’s not uncommon to hear defectors claim they graduated from a prestigious North Korean university, for example, while the rest of the details of their lives suggest this was highly unlikely. If defectors say <hl> they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North <hl>, they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans.

If defectors say <hl> they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North <hl> , they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans.


Question: Which company has the potential of another giant in search?

But even if one believes that regulatory oversight weakened Microsoft, Mr. Manne, of the International Center for Law and Economics, points out that the prosecution could be the reason we’re here today — with Google as the monopoly power in search. “It’s the paradigmatic cautionary tale,” he said. “You had the rise of Google coming on the heels of the antitrust enforcement against Microsoft, and because of all this scrutiny, Microsoft was not as effective a competitor against Google as it could have been.” Noting the potential for another giant, possibly Amazon, to gain a monopoly as a result of the charges against Google, Mr. Manne adds: “I think we would see that potential again here, and that’s exactly what we don’t want.”

Answer: Amazon

But even if one believes that regulatory oversight weakened Microsoft, Mr. Manne, of the International Center for Law and Economics, points out that the prosecution could be the reason we’re here today — with Google as the monopoly power in search. “It’s the paradigmatic cautionary tale,” he said. “You had the rise of Google coming on the heels of the antitrust enforcement against Microsoft, and because of all this scrutiny, Microsoft was not as effective a competitor against Google as it could have been.” <hl> Noting the potential for another giant, possibly Amazon , to gain a monopoly as a result of the charges against Google, Mr. Manne adds: “I think we would see that potential again here, and that’s exactly what we don’t want.” <hl>

But even if one believes that regulatory oversight weakened Microsoft, Mr. Manne, of the International Center for Law and Economics, points out that the prosecution could be the reason we’re here today — with Google as the monopoly power in search. “It’s the paradigmatic cautionary tale,” he said. “You had the rise of Google coming on the heels of the antitrust enforcement against Microsoft, and because of all this scrutiny, Microsoft was not as effective a competitor against Google as it could have been.” Noting the potential for another giant, possibly <hl> Amazon <hl>, to gain a monopoly as a result of the charges against Google, Mr. Manne adds: “I think we would see that potential again here, and that’s exactly what we don’t want.”

Noting the potential for another giant, possibly <hl> Amazon <hl> , to gain a monopoly as a result of the charges against Google, Mr. Manne adds: “I think we would see that potential again here, and that’s exactly what we don’t want.”


Question: What is Hicklin's motivation for running the bookstore?

Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps book-concierge services on flights. But for now, he’s happy to keep the project small and localized. “I’m running this store out of completely selfish motivation,” he said. “I get the benefit from being surrounded by books in this beautiful location, engaging with people in an environment that I create and that reflects my sensibility.” Below, Hicklin shared his own list — the 10 books he’d want with him on a desert island. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “A Handful of Dust,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.

Answer: out of completely selfish motivation

Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps book-concierge services on flights. But for now, he’s happy to keep the project small and localized. <hl> “I’m running this store out of completely selfish motivation ,” he said. <hl> “I get the benefit from being surrounded by books in this beautiful location, engaging with people in an environment that I create and that reflects my sensibility.” Below, Hicklin shared his own list — the 10 books he’d want with him on a desert island. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “A Handful of Dust,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.

Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps book-concierge services on flights. But for now, he’s happy to keep the project small and localized. “I’m running this store <hl> out of completely selfish motivation <hl>,” he said. “I get the benefit from being surrounded by books in this beautiful location, engaging with people in an environment that I create and that reflects my sensibility.” Below, Hicklin shared his own list — the 10 books he’d want with him on a desert island. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “A Handful of Dust,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.

“I’m running this store <hl> out of completely selfish motivation <hl> ,” he said.


Question: when was the decision handed down?

“Many of the motions raise important and novel legal questions that often require review by trial and appellate courts,” Mr. Lowell said. “The government, we, and even the court in this case acknowledged that additional review would occur here no matter how the motions were decided.” A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on Monday’s decision. Mr. Menendez has vowed to stay in office while fighting the case against him in court, though he gave up his position as the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted.

Answer: Monday

“Many of the motions raise important and novel legal questions that often require review by trial and appellate courts,” Mr. Lowell said. “The government, we, and even the court in this case acknowledged that additional review would occur here no matter how the motions were decided.” <hl> A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on Monday ’s decision. <hl> Mr. Menendez has vowed to stay in office while fighting the case against him in court, though he gave up his position as the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted.

“Many of the motions raise important and novel legal questions that often require review by trial and appellate courts,” Mr. Lowell said. “The government, we, and even the court in this case acknowledged that additional review would occur here no matter how the motions were decided.” A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on <hl> Monday <hl>’s decision. Mr. Menendez has vowed to stay in office while fighting the case against him in court, though he gave up his position as the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted.

A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on <hl> Monday <hl> ’s decision.


Question: Who played three seasons in the American Hockey League?

Lindberg already has. The Rangers obtained him from Arizona in an all-but-overlooked May 2011 trade for center Ethan Werek, their second-round draft choice two years earlier. Werek played three seasons in the American Hockey League and is now under contract to play for the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. Lindberg played two more seasons for Skelleftea AIK in the Swedish Hockey League and then joined the Rangers’ Hartford farm club in 2013, scoring 46 goals in 150 regular-season games but never quite reaching his potential. Wearing No. 48, he played one regular-season game for the Rangers last season, when Rick Nash sat out because of back spasms.

Answer: Werek

Lindberg already has. <hl> The Rangers obtained him from Arizona in an all-but-overlooked May 2011 trade for center Ethan Werek , their second-round draft choice two years earlier. <hl> Werek played three seasons in the American Hockey League and is now under contract to play for the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. Lindberg played two more seasons for Skelleftea AIK in the Swedish Hockey League and then joined the Rangers’ Hartford farm club in 2013, scoring 46 goals in 150 regular-season games but never quite reaching his potential. Wearing No. 48, he played one regular-season game for the Rangers last season, when Rick Nash sat out because of back spasms.

Lindberg already has. The Rangers obtained him from Arizona in an all-but-overlooked May 2011 trade for center Ethan <hl> Werek <hl>, their second-round draft choice two years earlier. Werek played three seasons in the American Hockey League and is now under contract to play for the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. Lindberg played two more seasons for Skelleftea AIK in the Swedish Hockey League and then joined the Rangers’ Hartford farm club in 2013, scoring 46 goals in 150 regular-season games but never quite reaching his potential. Wearing No. 48, he played one regular-season game for the Rangers last season, when Rick Nash sat out because of back spasms.

The Rangers obtained him from Arizona in an all-but-overlooked May 2011 trade for center Ethan <hl> Werek <hl> , their second-round draft choice two years earlier.


Question: what does bottom and bread was considered to be?

If you think bell bottoms and beads were the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design, “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news. This was the decade, shading into the 1970s, whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses. The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.

Answer: the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design

<hl> If you think bell bottoms and beads were the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design , “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news. <hl> This was the decade, shading into the 1970s, whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses. The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.

If you think bell bottoms and beads were <hl> the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design <hl>, “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news. This was the decade, shading into the 1970s, whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses. The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.

If you think bell bottoms and beads were <hl> the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design <hl> , “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news.


Question: What was Shleiff's job prior to being chief executive of Crown Media Holdings?

Then Henry S. Schleiff arrived in 2009 as group president of Investigation Discovery and a roster of other networks, bearing the ideal credentials for proceeding with a crime network. Mr. Schleiff had been chief executive of Crown Media Holdings, owner of the Hallmark Channel, known for its sentimental love stories. Earlier, he was chief executive of Court TV Network, the home of live court coverage that gained attention during the O. J. Simpson trial. During his first meeting with Mr. Zaslav, Mr.Schleiff endorsed going all-in with Investigation Discovery, broadcasting nothing but true stories about crime, mystery and romance. The executives made their bet based on the popularity of crime novels and police procedurals, like “NCIS,” “CSI” and “Law and Order,” which for years had topped the ratings charts.

Answer: chief executive of Court TV Network,

Then Henry S. Schleiff arrived in 2009 as group president of Investigation Discovery and a roster of other networks, bearing the ideal credentials for proceeding with a crime network. Mr. Schleiff had been chief executive of Crown Media Holdings, owner of the Hallmark Channel, known for its sentimental love stories. <hl> Earlier, he was chief executive of Court TV Network, the home of live court coverage that gained attention during the O. J. Simpson trial. <hl> During his first meeting with Mr. Zaslav, Mr.Schleiff endorsed going all-in with Investigation Discovery, broadcasting nothing but true stories about crime, mystery and romance. The executives made their bet based on the popularity of crime novels and police procedurals, like “NCIS,” “CSI” and “Law and Order,” which for years had topped the ratings charts.

Then Henry S. Schleiff arrived in 2009 as group president of Investigation Discovery and a roster of other networks, bearing the ideal credentials for proceeding with a crime network. Mr. Schleiff had been chief executive of Crown Media Holdings, owner of the Hallmark Channel, known for its sentimental love stories. Earlier, he was <hl> chief executive of Court TV Network, <hl> the home of live court coverage that gained attention during the O. J. Simpson trial. During his first meeting with Mr. Zaslav, Mr.Schleiff endorsed going all-in with Investigation Discovery, broadcasting nothing but true stories about crime, mystery and romance. The executives made their bet based on the popularity of crime novels and police procedurals, like “NCIS,” “CSI” and “Law and Order,” which for years had topped the ratings charts.


Question: who  was used ballet troupes to show off their culture?

There were two subplots surrounding Armstrong’s East Berlin concert, which I want to dwell on here. The first was the role jazz played during the Cold War. Starting in the mid-1950s, the State Department began sending jazz musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, and Armstrong on tours abroad as good-will ambassadors. Part of the rationale was that jazz was a uniquely American art form that could show off the best of American culture, just as the Russians used ballet troupes to show off their culture. The government also thought that these artists, most of them black, might, by their presence, help diffuse “the widely shared sense that race was America’s Achilles’ heel internationally,” as Penny M. Von Eschen writes in “Satchmo Blows Up the World,” her book about the jazz tours.

Answer: Russians

There were two subplots surrounding Armstrong’s East Berlin concert, which I want to dwell on here. The first was the role jazz played during the Cold War. Starting in the mid-1950s, the State Department began sending jazz musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, and Armstrong on tours abroad as good-will ambassadors. <hl> Part of the rationale was that jazz was a uniquely American art form that could show off the best of American culture, just as the Russians used ballet troupes to show off their culture. <hl> The government also thought that these artists, most of them black, might, by their presence, help diffuse “the widely shared sense that race was America’s Achilles’ heel internationally,” as Penny M. Von Eschen writes in “Satchmo Blows Up the World,” her book about the jazz tours.

There were two subplots surrounding Armstrong’s East Berlin concert, which I want to dwell on here. The first was the role jazz played during the Cold War. Starting in the mid-1950s, the State Department began sending jazz musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, and Armstrong on tours abroad as good-will ambassadors. Part of the rationale was that jazz was a uniquely American art form that could show off the best of American culture, just as the <hl> Russians <hl> used ballet troupes to show off their culture. The government also thought that these artists, most of them black, might, by their presence, help diffuse “the widely shared sense that race was America’s Achilles’ heel internationally,” as Penny M. Von Eschen writes in “Satchmo Blows Up the World,” her book about the jazz tours.


Question: Who usually controls publicly traded companies in Asia?

In the end, it was close. The merger was backed by 69.53 percent of the shareholders who voted on Friday, narrowly above the amount needed. Investor activism like the Samsung fight is relatively uncommon in Asia. Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders, and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy. In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon, with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.

Answer: close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders

In the end, it was close. The merger was backed by 69.53 percent of the shareholders who voted on Friday, narrowly above the amount needed. Investor activism like the Samsung fight is relatively uncommon in Asia. <hl> Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders , and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy. <hl> In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon, with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.

In the end, it was close. The merger was backed by 69.53 percent of the shareholders who voted on Friday, narrowly above the amount needed. Investor activism like the Samsung fight is relatively uncommon in Asia. Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of <hl> close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders <hl>, and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy. In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon, with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.

Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of <hl> close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders <hl> , and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy.


Question: What group has claimed responsibility for the recent attacks in the capital?

MOGADISHU, Somalia —  Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

Answer: The Shabab

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. <hl> The Shabab , a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. <hl> An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. <hl> The Shabab <hl>, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

<hl> The Shabab <hl> , a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said.


Question: Two brand names for this product include "Scooby Snax" and what else?

Although the use of spice has decreased in recent years, according to some surveys, the drug continues to be sold by street dealers, as well as openly on the Internet and at smoke shops and other retailers, as potpourri or incense with brand names like Scooby Snax and Black Diamond. Spice’s health effects have been underscored in recent months by a surge in emergency room visits and calls to poison centers, for symptoms that can include extreme anxiety, violent behavior and delusions. Intermittent reports from several states suggest that at least 1,000 Americans have died since 2009 after smoking spice. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not track national data for spice or other synthetic drugs, including those popularly known as bath salts or flakka.

Answer: Black Diamond

<hl> Although the use of spice has decreased in recent years, according to some surveys, the drug continues to be sold by street dealers, as well as openly on the Internet and at smoke shops and other retailers, as potpourri or incense with brand names like Scooby Snax and Black Diamond . <hl> Spice’s health effects have been underscored in recent months by a surge in emergency room visits and calls to poison centers, for symptoms that can include extreme anxiety, violent behavior and delusions. Intermittent reports from several states suggest that at least 1,000 Americans have died since 2009 after smoking spice. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not track national data for spice or other synthetic drugs, including those popularly known as bath salts or flakka.

Although the use of spice has decreased in recent years, according to some surveys, the drug continues to be sold by street dealers, as well as openly on the Internet and at smoke shops and other retailers, as potpourri or incense with brand names like Scooby Snax and <hl> Black Diamond <hl>. Spice’s health effects have been underscored in recent months by a surge in emergency room visits and calls to poison centers, for symptoms that can include extreme anxiety, violent behavior and delusions. Intermittent reports from several states suggest that at least 1,000 Americans have died since 2009 after smoking spice. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not track national data for spice or other synthetic drugs, including those popularly known as bath salts or flakka.

Although the use of spice has decreased in recent years, according to some surveys, the drug continues to be sold by street dealers, as well as openly on the Internet and at smoke shops and other retailers, as potpourri or incense with brand names like Scooby Snax and <hl> Black Diamond <hl> .


Question: Where were the knife and revolver hidden?

As he walked by their cells, this time as a prisoner, they shook the bars and menacingly called out his name. Men came to his cell to make death threats. “I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, 48. Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid in his bed. He said he witnessed a murder inside the compound. Another time, when he got up in the night to use the bathroom, he came upon a man being sexually assaulted by four others. In Paraíba, a poor state in the country’s northeast, inmate killings, including by decapitation, and prison rebellions are commonplace. Those scenes of chaos have become normalized across Brazil, as the country’s prisons have swelled over the past two decades and its incarcerated population surpassed half a million.

Answer: in his bed

As he walked by their cells, this time as a prisoner, they shook the bars and menacingly called out his name. Men came to his cell to make death threats. “I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, 48. <hl> Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid in his bed . <hl> He said he witnessed a murder inside the compound. Another time, when he got up in the night to use the bathroom, he came upon a man being sexually assaulted by four others. In Paraíba, a poor state in the country’s northeast, inmate killings, including by decapitation, and prison rebellions are commonplace. Those scenes of chaos have become normalized across Brazil, as the country’s prisons have swelled over the past two decades and its incarcerated population surpassed half a million.

As he walked by their cells, this time as a prisoner, they shook the bars and menacingly called out his name. Men came to his cell to make death threats. “I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, 48. Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid <hl> in his bed <hl>. He said he witnessed a murder inside the compound. Another time, when he got up in the night to use the bathroom, he came upon a man being sexually assaulted by four others. In Paraíba, a poor state in the country’s northeast, inmate killings, including by decapitation, and prison rebellions are commonplace. Those scenes of chaos have become normalized across Brazil, as the country’s prisons have swelled over the past two decades and its incarcerated population surpassed half a million.

Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid <hl> in his bed <hl> .


Question: Was the persons father rich?

And I grew up in these two different cultural households. My dad’s household was all white, and my mother and my two older sisters are black. I’m the only one who’s biracial. So I found myself always being a bridge in terms of culture and different classes. In my home in the city, we were poor. My dad’s household was working-class, but there was always food on the table. Growing up with those two very distinct experiences started to form my relationship with the world and with people in different communities, and seeing both differences and similarities.

Answer: working-class

And I grew up in these two different cultural households. My dad’s household was all white, and my mother and my two older sisters are black. I’m the only one who’s biracial. So I found myself always being a bridge in terms of culture and different classes. In my home in the city, we were poor. <hl> My dad’s household was working-class , but there was always food on the table. <hl> Growing up with those two very distinct experiences started to form my relationship with the world and with people in different communities, and seeing both differences and similarities.

And I grew up in these two different cultural households. My dad’s household was all white, and my mother and my two older sisters are black. I’m the only one who’s biracial. So I found myself always being a bridge in terms of culture and different classes. In my home in the city, we were poor. My dad’s household was <hl> working-class <hl>, but there was always food on the table. Growing up with those two very distinct experiences started to form my relationship with the world and with people in different communities, and seeing both differences and similarities.

My dad’s household was <hl> working-class <hl> , but there was always food on the table.


Question: In addition to Christians, what other religious group discusses what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings dominion over all other beings?

Among Christians and Jews, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Answer: Jews

<hl> Among Christians and Jews , theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” <hl>

Among Christians and <hl> Jews <hl>, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Among Christians and <hl> Jews <hl> , theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”


Question: How many people were killed when a train  plowed into a sport-utility?

The Midland crossing has been the site of 29 accidents since 1975, according to the railroad agency’s data. Two people have been killed and six more injured. The Metro-North Railroad crash last week, in which six people were killed when a train plowed into a sport-utility vehicle at a grade crossing in Westchester County, N.Y., cast renewed attention on the constantly lurking danger posed by the mixing of cars, trains and human nature at the tens of thousands of rail crossings across the country. Over the last week, reporters for The New York Times visited the 10 crossings that the railroad administration’s accident-prediction algorithm deems the most likely sites for crashes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — to examine their configurations and talk to people about the safety concerns.

Answer: six

The Midland crossing has been the site of 29 accidents since 1975, according to the railroad agency’s data. <hl> Two people have been killed and six more injured. <hl> The Metro-North Railroad crash last week, in which six people were killed when a train plowed into a sport-utility vehicle at a grade crossing in Westchester County, N.Y., cast renewed attention on the constantly lurking danger posed by the mixing of cars, trains and human nature at the tens of thousands of rail crossings across the country. Over the last week, reporters for The New York Times visited the 10 crossings that the railroad administration’s accident-prediction algorithm deems the most likely sites for crashes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — to examine their configurations and talk to people about the safety concerns.

The Midland crossing has been the site of 29 accidents since 1975, according to the railroad agency’s data. Two people have been killed and <hl> six <hl> more injured. The Metro-North Railroad crash last week, in which six people were killed when a train plowed into a sport-utility vehicle at a grade crossing in Westchester County, N.Y., cast renewed attention on the constantly lurking danger posed by the mixing of cars, trains and human nature at the tens of thousands of rail crossings across the country. Over the last week, reporters for The New York Times visited the 10 crossings that the railroad administration’s accident-prediction algorithm deems the most likely sites for crashes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — to examine their configurations and talk to people about the safety concerns.


Question: The person explained their answer through what type of means?

“I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith. But I no longer believe it was right,” he wrote. “As I have gotten older, I came to understand that a person’s sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.”

Answer: wrote

he wrote .

“I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith. But I no longer believe it was right,” <hl> he wrote . <hl> “As I have gotten older, I came to understand that a person’s sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.”

“I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith. But I no longer believe it was right,” he <hl> wrote <hl>. “As I have gotten older, I came to understand that a person’s sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.”


Question: Mr. Hutchinson is part of which political party?

Some critics of the bill welcomed Mr. Hutchinson’s plan. Walmart, which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.” Proponents of the bill were less positive. In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Hutchinson’s statement, Jerry Cox, the president of the Arkansas-based Family Council, a conservative lobbing group, was more succinct: “No bill or no amendment, that’s our position right now.” Already in his young term, Mr. Hutchinson, who was previously a United States representative and a federal official, has navigated such partisan topics as Medicaid expansion and Common Core and arrived at solutions that, at least in the short term, left most people satisfied. “He’s the MacGyver of American politics,” said Bill Vickery, a lobbyist in Little Rock, referring to the television character famous for his ability to defuse bombs. The governor was flanked at the news conference by Jonathan Dismang, the president pro tem of the Senate, and Jeremy Gillam, the House speaker, both Republicans who have reputations for moderate pragmatism. Both expressed support for the governor but acknowledged the work it would take for the members of their chambers, which have Republican majorities, to go along.

Answer: Republicans

Some critics of the bill welcomed Mr. Hutchinson’s plan. Walmart, which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.” Proponents of the bill were less positive. In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Hutchinson’s statement, Jerry Cox, the president of the Arkansas-based Family Council, a conservative lobbing group, was more succinct: “No bill or no amendment, that’s our position right now.” Already in his young term, Mr. Hutchinson, who was previously a United States representative and a federal official, has navigated such partisan topics as Medicaid expansion and Common Core and arrived at solutions that, at least in the short term, left most people satisfied. “He’s the MacGyver of American politics,” said Bill Vickery, a lobbyist in Little Rock, referring to the television character famous for his ability to defuse bombs. <hl> The governor was flanked at the news conference by Jonathan Dismang, the president pro tem of the Senate, and Jeremy Gillam, the House speaker, both Republicans who have reputations for moderate pragmatism. <hl> Both expressed support for the governor but acknowledged the work it would take for the members of their chambers, which have Republican majorities, to go along.

Some critics of the bill welcomed Mr. Hutchinson’s plan. Walmart, which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.” Proponents of the bill were less positive. In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Hutchinson’s statement, Jerry Cox, the president of the Arkansas-based Family Council, a conservative lobbing group, was more succinct: “No bill or no amendment, that’s our position right now.” Already in his young term, Mr. Hutchinson, who was previously a United States representative and a federal official, has navigated such partisan topics as Medicaid expansion and Common Core and arrived at solutions that, at least in the short term, left most people satisfied. “He’s the MacGyver of American politics,” said Bill Vickery, a lobbyist in Little Rock, referring to the television character famous for his ability to defuse bombs. The governor was flanked at the news conference by Jonathan Dismang, the president pro tem of the Senate, and Jeremy Gillam, the House speaker, both <hl> Republicans <hl> who have reputations for moderate pragmatism. Both expressed support for the governor but acknowledged the work it would take for the members of their chambers, which have Republican majorities, to go along.


Question: What country needed instructions from the Americans?

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

Answer: Ukrainians

<hl> In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. <hl> “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the <hl> Ukrainians <hl>’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the <hl> Ukrainians <hl> ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.


Question: What kind of talking device for communication was the unschool troops learned?

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: encrypted walkie-talkie

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. <hl> 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. <hl> 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 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 <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl>; 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.

The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl> ; 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.


Question: Which animal is a little larger than mice when born?

I open up Pliny to a random page and find him comparing the babies of different species. Of bears, he says: “When first born, they are shapeless masses of white flesh, a little larger than mice; their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them gradually into proper shape.” He then goes on to describe the babies of the human species: “Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught; he can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and, in short, he can do nothing, at the prompting of nature only, but weep.” Rivka Galchen is a recipient of a William J. Saroyan International Prize for Fiction, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and a Berlin Prize, among other distinctions. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications, including Harper’s and The New Yorker, which selected her for their list of “20 Under 40” American fiction writers in 2010. Her debut novel, the critically acclaimed “Atmospheric Disturbances,” was published in 2008. Her second book, a story collection titled “American Innovations,” was published in May.

Answer: bears

I open up Pliny to a random page and find him comparing the babies of different species. <hl> Of bears , he says: “When first born, they are shapeless masses of white flesh, a little larger than mice; their claws alone being prominent. <hl> The mother then licks them gradually into proper shape.” He then goes on to describe the babies of the human species: “Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught; he can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and, in short, he can do nothing, at the prompting of nature only, but weep.” Rivka Galchen is a recipient of a William J. Saroyan International Prize for Fiction, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and a Berlin Prize, among other distinctions. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications, including Harper’s and The New Yorker, which selected her for their list of “20 Under 40” American fiction writers in 2010. Her debut novel, the critically acclaimed “Atmospheric Disturbances,” was published in 2008. Her second book, a story collection titled “American Innovations,” was published in May.

I open up Pliny to a random page and find him comparing the babies of different species. Of <hl> bears <hl>, he says: “When first born, they are shapeless masses of white flesh, a little larger than mice; their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them gradually into proper shape.” He then goes on to describe the babies of the human species: “Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught; he can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and, in short, he can do nothing, at the prompting of nature only, but weep.” Rivka Galchen is a recipient of a William J. Saroyan International Prize for Fiction, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and a Berlin Prize, among other distinctions. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications, including Harper’s and The New Yorker, which selected her for their list of “20 Under 40” American fiction writers in 2010. Her debut novel, the critically acclaimed “Atmospheric Disturbances,” was published in 2008. Her second book, a story collection titled “American Innovations,” was published in May.

Of <hl> bears <hl> , he says: “When first born, they are shapeless masses of white flesh, a little larger than mice; their claws alone being prominent.


Question: Where did President Francois Hollande address the public?

The brutal terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday has badly shaken France. But the French have reacted with a fierce determination to defend their freedoms. President François Hollande, speaking from outside the magazine’s office a couple of hours after the murder of 12 people, was crystal clear: This was an assault, he said, on “the expression of freedom” that is the “spirit of the republic.” Two heavily armed attackers, who apparently knew the magazine’s staff would be gathered around a table late on Wednesday morning for a weekly editorial meeting, forced themselves into Charlie Hebdo’s office and shot 10 people dead, including the top editor and prominent cartoonists. Two policemen were also killed. At least 11 other victims were wounded. The gunmen then fled with a third accomplice in a waiting car. One of the three later surrendered to police, but the other two, who are brothers, remain at large.

Answer: from outside the magazine’s office

The brutal terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday has badly shaken France. But the French have reacted with a fierce determination to defend their freedoms. <hl> President François Hollande, speaking from outside the magazine’s office a couple of hours after the murder of 12 people, was crystal clear: This was an assault, he said, on “the expression of freedom” that is the “spirit of the republic.” <hl> Two heavily armed attackers, who apparently knew the magazine’s staff would be gathered around a table late on Wednesday morning for a weekly editorial meeting, forced themselves into Charlie Hebdo’s office and shot 10 people dead, including the top editor and prominent cartoonists. Two policemen were also killed. At least 11 other victims were wounded. The gunmen then fled with a third accomplice in a waiting car. One of the three later surrendered to police, but the other two, who are brothers, remain at large.

The brutal terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday has badly shaken France. But the French have reacted with a fierce determination to defend their freedoms. President François Hollande, speaking <hl> from outside the magazine’s office <hl> a couple of hours after the murder of 12 people, was crystal clear: This was an assault, he said, on “the expression of freedom” that is the “spirit of the republic.” Two heavily armed attackers, who apparently knew the magazine’s staff would be gathered around a table late on Wednesday morning for a weekly editorial meeting, forced themselves into Charlie Hebdo’s office and shot 10 people dead, including the top editor and prominent cartoonists. Two policemen were also killed. At least 11 other victims were wounded. The gunmen then fled with a third accomplice in a waiting car. One of the three later surrendered to police, but the other two, who are brothers, remain at large.