Question: What year was Young an All-Star for Arizona?

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

Answer: 2010

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” <hl> Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010 , when he was 26. <hl> He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in <hl> 2010 <hl>, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

Young was an All-Star for Arizona in <hl> 2010 <hl> , when he was 26.


Question: prior to Keflezighi, when was the last time the US men won?

The Boston race has been dominated by East Africans, with Kenya and Ethiopia taking 16 of the last 18 women’s titles. Kenya and Ethiopia also won 24 of the 26 men’s races before Keflezighi gave the United States its first victory since 1983. Now it could be the women’s turn. Flanagan was fourth in the 2013 Boston race, crossing the finish line a few hours before two explosions there killed three people and wounded more than 260. She led early last year, when she conceded to being overanxious in the aftermath of the bombings. “Everyone knows that this is the one I want to win so badly,” Flanagan said. “That’s probably been one of my downfalls — that I want it too much.”

Answer: 1983

The Boston race has been dominated by East Africans, with Kenya and Ethiopia taking 16 of the last 18 women’s titles. <hl> Kenya and Ethiopia also won 24 of the 26 men’s races before Keflezighi gave the United States its first victory since 1983 . <hl> Now it could be the women’s turn. Flanagan was fourth in the 2013 Boston race, crossing the finish line a few hours before two explosions there killed three people and wounded more than 260. She led early last year, when she conceded to being overanxious in the aftermath of the bombings. “Everyone knows that this is the one I want to win so badly,” Flanagan said. “That’s probably been one of my downfalls — that I want it too much.”

The Boston race has been dominated by East Africans, with Kenya and Ethiopia taking 16 of the last 18 women’s titles. Kenya and Ethiopia also won 24 of the 26 men’s races before Keflezighi gave the United States its first victory since <hl> 1983 <hl>. Now it could be the women’s turn. Flanagan was fourth in the 2013 Boston race, crossing the finish line a few hours before two explosions there killed three people and wounded more than 260. She led early last year, when she conceded to being overanxious in the aftermath of the bombings. “Everyone knows that this is the one I want to win so badly,” Flanagan said. “That’s probably been one of my downfalls — that I want it too much.”

Kenya and Ethiopia also won 24 of the 26 men’s races before Keflezighi gave the United States its first victory since <hl> 1983 <hl> .


Question: Who were referred to as little green men?

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

Answer: Russian soldiers

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

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


Question: What is the age of Mr. Schrock?

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, 29, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Answer: 29

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. <hl> Mr. Schrock, 29 , is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. <hl> In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, <hl> 29 <hl>, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Mr. Schrock, <hl> 29 <hl> , is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York.


Question: Who curated the photo book?

The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.

Answer: DJ Ross One

<hl> The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. <hl> All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.

The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by <hl> DJ Ross One <hl> documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.


Question: What is the situation of water in the west?

Needles sits above one of those shallow bowls, a subterranean valley packed with porous gravel that is easily filled with water. And so a funny thing happens when Needles pumps its water from underground: No matter how much the city uses, the water level in the local groundwater wells never drops. Instead, water is sucked out of the Colorado River bed, underground, toward the wells, filling any subterranean void. Because the earth is especially porous along the Colorado, the water essentially spills out the river’s bottom, unseen, filling a geologic bathtub beneath Needles and its nearby terrain, and refilling the aquifer. There are lots of ways water in the West is being mismanaged: farming subsidies for water-intensive crops; arcane laws encouraging waste; leaky infrastructure. But none may be more significant than refusing to accept the fact that the West’s water resources are interconnected.

Answer: mismanaged

Needles sits above one of those shallow bowls, a subterranean valley packed with porous gravel that is easily filled with water. And so a funny thing happens when Needles pumps its water from underground: No matter how much the city uses, the water level in the local groundwater wells never drops. Instead, water is sucked out of the Colorado River bed, underground, toward the wells, filling any subterranean void. Because the earth is especially porous along the Colorado, the water essentially spills out the river’s bottom, unseen, filling a geologic bathtub beneath Needles and its nearby terrain, and refilling the aquifer. <hl> There are lots of ways water in the West is being mismanaged : farming subsidies for water-intensive crops; arcane laws encouraging waste; leaky infrastructure. <hl> But none may be more significant than refusing to accept the fact that the West’s water resources are interconnected.

Needles sits above one of those shallow bowls, a subterranean valley packed with porous gravel that is easily filled with water. And so a funny thing happens when Needles pumps its water from underground: No matter how much the city uses, the water level in the local groundwater wells never drops. Instead, water is sucked out of the Colorado River bed, underground, toward the wells, filling any subterranean void. Because the earth is especially porous along the Colorado, the water essentially spills out the river’s bottom, unseen, filling a geologic bathtub beneath Needles and its nearby terrain, and refilling the aquifer. There are lots of ways water in the West is being <hl> mismanaged <hl>: farming subsidies for water-intensive crops; arcane laws encouraging waste; leaky infrastructure. But none may be more significant than refusing to accept the fact that the West’s water resources are interconnected.

There are lots of ways water in the West is being <hl> mismanaged <hl> : farming subsidies for water-intensive crops; arcane laws encouraging waste; leaky infrastructure.


Question: What happened to the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index in response to Clinton's statement?

On Monday, Mrs. Clinton helped cause biotechnology stocks to fall after she posted on Twitter, criticizing “price gouging” in the drug market, specifically referring to one company’s sudden decision to raise the price of a 62-year-old drug to $750 a tablet from $13.50. (She repeated the story in Iowa on Tuesday.) The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index fell more than 4 percent on Monday on fears that government action to control pharmaceutical prices could be coming. On Tuesday, the index fell more modestly but had recovered somewhat by the end of the day. Wall Street analysts said that many of the proposals were unlikely to be enacted with Republicans controlling Congress, even if Mrs. Clinton became president. “Bottom line is, politically this doesn’t happen,” Terry Haines, Washington analyst for the investment bank Evercore ISI, told clients on a webcast.

Answer: fell more than 4 percent

On Monday, Mrs. Clinton helped cause biotechnology stocks to fall after she posted on Twitter, criticizing “price gouging” in the drug market, specifically referring to one company’s sudden decision to raise the price of a 62-year-old drug to $750 a tablet from $13.50. (She repeated the story in Iowa on Tuesday.) <hl> The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index fell more than 4 percent on Monday on fears that government action to control pharmaceutical prices could be coming. <hl> On Tuesday, the index fell more modestly but had recovered somewhat by the end of the day. Wall Street analysts said that many of the proposals were unlikely to be enacted with Republicans controlling Congress, even if Mrs. Clinton became president. “Bottom line is, politically this doesn’t happen,” Terry Haines, Washington analyst for the investment bank Evercore ISI, told clients on a webcast.

On Monday, Mrs. Clinton helped cause biotechnology stocks to fall after she posted on Twitter, criticizing “price gouging” in the drug market, specifically referring to one company’s sudden decision to raise the price of a 62-year-old drug to $750 a tablet from $13.50. (She repeated the story in Iowa on Tuesday.) The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index <hl> fell more than 4 percent <hl> on Monday on fears that government action to control pharmaceutical prices could be coming. On Tuesday, the index fell more modestly but had recovered somewhat by the end of the day. Wall Street analysts said that many of the proposals were unlikely to be enacted with Republicans controlling Congress, even if Mrs. Clinton became president. “Bottom line is, politically this doesn’t happen,” Terry Haines, Washington analyst for the investment bank Evercore ISI, told clients on a webcast.


Question: What type of cameras are more prevalent?

Dashboard cameras are far more prevalent — more so among state police and highway patrol forces than among local police forces — but experts say they know of no national tally of those, either. Yet despite the growing use of police video cameras, evidence is mixed about what effect they are having on police behavior. Experts say that cameras probably change for the better how the police and the public treat each other, but they do not know how much. And the fact that one viral video after another surfaces, showing officers treating civilians harshly, demonstrates the limits of that change.

Answer: Dashboard cameras

<hl> Dashboard cameras are far more prevalent — more so among state police and highway patrol forces than among local police forces — but experts say they know of no national tally of those, either. <hl> Yet despite the growing use of police video cameras, evidence is mixed about what effect they are having on police behavior. Experts say that cameras probably change for the better how the police and the public treat each other, but they do not know how much. And the fact that one viral video after another surfaces, showing officers treating civilians harshly, demonstrates the limits of that change.

<hl> Dashboard cameras <hl> are far more prevalent — more so among state police and highway patrol forces than among local police forces — but experts say they know of no national tally of those, either. Yet despite the growing use of police video cameras, evidence is mixed about what effect they are having on police behavior. Experts say that cameras probably change for the better how the police and the public treat each other, but they do not know how much. And the fact that one viral video after another surfaces, showing officers treating civilians harshly, demonstrates the limits of that change.


Question: Where is the appeals court located?

Pointing to the same evidence, Motorola Mobility, one of the corporate victims of the price-fixing scheme, filed a follow-on civil antitrust suit, seeking damages from AU Optronics and other members of the cartel. But last November, a federal appeals court in Chicago tossed out Motorola’s civil suit, saying the company’s overseas subsidiaries could not reap the benefits of America’s antitrust laws. The Supreme Court will say this month if it will take up the issue. But already, the case has brought to light the challenges of applying decades-old antitrust laws to today’s global corporations and their often complex and far-flung supply chains.

Answer: Chicago

Pointing to the same evidence, Motorola Mobility, one of the corporate victims of the price-fixing scheme, filed a follow-on civil antitrust suit, seeking damages from AU Optronics and other members of the cartel. <hl> But last November, a federal appeals court in Chicago tossed out Motorola’s civil suit, saying the company’s overseas subsidiaries could not reap the benefits of America’s antitrust laws. <hl> The Supreme Court will say this month if it will take up the issue. But already, the case has brought to light the challenges of applying decades-old antitrust laws to today’s global corporations and their often complex and far-flung supply chains.

Pointing to the same evidence, Motorola Mobility, one of the corporate victims of the price-fixing scheme, filed a follow-on civil antitrust suit, seeking damages from AU Optronics and other members of the cartel. But last November, a federal appeals court in <hl> Chicago <hl> tossed out Motorola’s civil suit, saying the company’s overseas subsidiaries could not reap the benefits of America’s antitrust laws. The Supreme Court will say this month if it will take up the issue. But already, the case has brought to light the challenges of applying decades-old antitrust laws to today’s global corporations and their often complex and far-flung supply chains.


Question: What does Begley make no mention of?

Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility, which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Answer: the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility

<hl> Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility , which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. <hl> There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Third, Begley makes no mention of <hl> the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility <hl>, which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Third, Begley makes no mention of <hl> the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility <hl> , which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska.


Question: What did the latest version of iOS enable users to do?

Venture capitalists are funding new search start-ups that treat information and the web as legacy products and that focus on actions and apps instead. And while Google, with $65 billion in the bank, can buy any start-up it likes, one company it cannot buy — Apple — is also joining the mobile search fray. On Thursday, Apple released an early, or “beta,” version of the next version of its iOS mobile software, giving iPhone and iPad users the ability to tap Apple’s own search engine for searches of music, apps and local services — allowing them to potentially bypass Google.

Answer: tap Apple’s own search engine

Venture capitalists are funding new search start-ups that treat information and the web as legacy products and that focus on actions and apps instead. And while Google, with $65 billion in the bank, can buy any start-up it likes, one company it cannot buy — Apple — is also joining the mobile search fray. <hl> On Thursday, Apple released an early, or “beta,” version of the next version of its iOS mobile software, giving iPhone and iPad users the ability to tap Apple’s own search engine for searches of music, apps and local services — allowing them to potentially bypass Google. <hl>

Venture capitalists are funding new search start-ups that treat information and the web as legacy products and that focus on actions and apps instead. And while Google, with $65 billion in the bank, can buy any start-up it likes, one company it cannot buy — Apple — is also joining the mobile search fray. On Thursday, Apple released an early, or “beta,” version of the next version of its iOS mobile software, giving iPhone and iPad users the ability to <hl> tap Apple’s own search engine <hl> for searches of music, apps and local services — allowing them to potentially bypass Google.


Question: What is the name of the Speaker that is unexpected to be challenged by Mr. Silver?

Despite Mr. Silver’s legal troubles, several Democrats said the former speaker continued to be well liked by his colleagues, noting that some old-guard members had privately complained that the prosecution and news media coverage of the trial seemed overzealous. But even with such complaints, few expect Mr. Silver to challenge Speaker Heastie, in part because of Mr. Heastie’s success in navigating the transition of power. “There is certainly a large reservoir of affection and respect for Shelly,” one Democratic lawmaker said. “And there has been a similar growth of affection and respect and support for Carl.”

Answer: Speaker Heastie

Despite Mr. Silver’s legal troubles, several Democrats said the former speaker continued to be well liked by his colleagues, noting that some old-guard members had privately complained that the prosecution and news media coverage of the trial seemed overzealous. <hl> But even with such complaints, few expect Mr. Silver to challenge Speaker Heastie , in part because of Mr. Heastie’s success in navigating the transition of power. <hl> “There is certainly a large reservoir of affection and respect for Shelly,” one Democratic lawmaker said. “And there has been a similar growth of affection and respect and support for Carl.”

Despite Mr. Silver’s legal troubles, several Democrats said the former speaker continued to be well liked by his colleagues, noting that some old-guard members had privately complained that the prosecution and news media coverage of the trial seemed overzealous. But even with such complaints, few expect Mr. Silver to challenge <hl> Speaker Heastie <hl>, in part because of Mr. Heastie’s success in navigating the transition of power. “There is certainly a large reservoir of affection and respect for Shelly,” one Democratic lawmaker said. “And there has been a similar growth of affection and respect and support for Carl.”

But even with such complaints, few expect Mr. Silver to challenge <hl> Speaker Heastie <hl> , in part because of Mr. Heastie’s success in navigating the transition of power.


Question: What is California's level of air quality rules?

He mused about dropping muscular diesel engines into sporty cars like the Audi R8 coupe — “My dream is an R8 with a diesel engine,” he said at the Los Angeles auto show in 2007. At the same time, he had to bring engines to market that could meet a complex suite of toughening regulations in the United States, particularly in California and other states like New York that opt to follow California’s more stringent air quality rules. “We will do what is possible, but we should keep the pleasure” and keep cars “fun to drive,” he said in remarks in October 2007 at the California technology demonstration. His remarks were filmed by DrivingtheNation.com, an auto website. “It’s not just about transport; our business, it’s also about pleasure,” he said.

Answer: stringent

He mused about dropping muscular diesel engines into sporty cars like the Audi R8 coupe — “My dream is an R8 with a diesel engine,” he said at the Los Angeles auto show in 2007. <hl> At the same time, he had to bring engines to market that could meet a complex suite of toughening regulations in the United States, particularly in California and other states like New York that opt to follow California’s more stringent air quality rules. <hl> “We will do what is possible, but we should keep the pleasure” and keep cars “fun to drive,” he said in remarks in October 2007 at the California technology demonstration. His remarks were filmed by DrivingtheNation.com, an auto website. “It’s not just about transport; our business, it’s also about pleasure,” he said.

He mused about dropping muscular diesel engines into sporty cars like the Audi R8 coupe — “My dream is an R8 with a diesel engine,” he said at the Los Angeles auto show in 2007. At the same time, he had to bring engines to market that could meet a complex suite of toughening regulations in the United States, particularly in California and other states like New York that opt to follow California’s more <hl> stringent <hl> air quality rules. “We will do what is possible, but we should keep the pleasure” and keep cars “fun to drive,” he said in remarks in October 2007 at the California technology demonstration. His remarks were filmed by DrivingtheNation.com, an auto website. “It’s not just about transport; our business, it’s also about pleasure,” he said.


Question: How many days did Natalie spend in the hospital?

After three days in the hospital, Natalie got better. A new chest X-ray showed that there was much less fluid in her chest. Her fever resolved. They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared. They told her she could go home. They prescribed antibiotics for her to take at home, and removed her IV catheter. Natalie went back to school, and the next day was interviewed by a TV reporter because she was one of the few who survived her kind of pneumonia in Nebraska. She talked about her disappointment over missing swim meets.

Answer: three days

<hl> After three days in the hospital, Natalie got better. <hl> A new chest X-ray showed that there was much less fluid in her chest. Her fever resolved. They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared. They told her she could go home. They prescribed antibiotics for her to take at home, and removed her IV catheter. Natalie went back to school, and the next day was interviewed by a TV reporter because she was one of the few who survived her kind of pneumonia in Nebraska. She talked about her disappointment over missing swim meets.

After <hl> three days <hl> in the hospital, Natalie got better. A new chest X-ray showed that there was much less fluid in her chest. Her fever resolved. They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared. They told her she could go home. They prescribed antibiotics for her to take at home, and removed her IV catheter. Natalie went back to school, and the next day was interviewed by a TV reporter because she was one of the few who survived her kind of pneumonia in Nebraska. She talked about her disappointment over missing swim meets.


Question: Who wanted the audience to be quiet and listen to their introduction?

This being Italy, the pace was leisurely and the mood festive. Between furious rounds of auctioneering and a live set from Debbie Harry, the dinner’s main course was still coming out at midnight — and even the presence of Naomi Campbell at the podium to introduce the evening’s Award of Courage honoree, Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel and the chairman of Only the Brave, the parent company of Maison Margiela and Marni, didn’t cow conversationalists until she demanded testily, “Can you please be quiet? I’ll start again.” “I try to do my best to make a better world,” said Mr. Rosso, whose Only the Brave Foundation battles inequality and promotes sustainable development worldwide, in encouraging the crowd to follow his example. “The world needs more people like us. Spend more time to be positive.” The dinner portion wrapped up (or was it that the after-party began?) with a bouncy performance by Icona Pop, the Swedish electronic music duo. “We were first of all very honored to be part of such a great event,” said Caroline Hjelt, one of the pair. “We didn’t even think. We said yes, yes, yes.”

Answer: Naomi Campbell

This being Italy, the pace was leisurely and the mood festive. <hl> Between furious rounds of auctioneering and a live set from Debbie Harry, the dinner’s main course was still coming out at midnight — and even the presence of Naomi Campbell at the podium to introduce the evening’s Award of Courage honoree, Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel and the chairman of Only the Brave, the parent company of Maison Margiela and Marni, didn’t cow conversationalists until she demanded testily, “Can you please be quiet? <hl> I’ll start again.” “I try to do my best to make a better world,” said Mr. Rosso, whose Only the Brave Foundation battles inequality and promotes sustainable development worldwide, in encouraging the crowd to follow his example. “The world needs more people like us. Spend more time to be positive.” The dinner portion wrapped up (or was it that the after-party began?) with a bouncy performance by Icona Pop, the Swedish electronic music duo. “We were first of all very honored to be part of such a great event,” said Caroline Hjelt, one of the pair. “We didn’t even think. We said yes, yes, yes.”

This being Italy, the pace was leisurely and the mood festive. Between furious rounds of auctioneering and a live set from Debbie Harry, the dinner’s main course was still coming out at midnight — and even the presence of <hl> Naomi Campbell <hl> at the podium to introduce the evening’s Award of Courage honoree, Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel and the chairman of Only the Brave, the parent company of Maison Margiela and Marni, didn’t cow conversationalists until she demanded testily, “Can you please be quiet? I’ll start again.” “I try to do my best to make a better world,” said Mr. Rosso, whose Only the Brave Foundation battles inequality and promotes sustainable development worldwide, in encouraging the crowd to follow his example. “The world needs more people like us. Spend more time to be positive.” The dinner portion wrapped up (or was it that the after-party began?) with a bouncy performance by Icona Pop, the Swedish electronic music duo. “We were first of all very honored to be part of such a great event,” said Caroline Hjelt, one of the pair. “We didn’t even think. We said yes, yes, yes.”


Question: What month did Father Heanue arrive to the parish?

Paul Cerni, the parish secretary, said that the shifts in the congregation’s demographics have vaguely mirrored those in the broader community, with a growing number of immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries of Latin America replacing those of Western European descent. The parish, established in 1910, has a congregation that now numbers about 1,500 people, he said, with about a quarter foreign-born. “We should pray the baby gets a proper home,” said Father Heanue, who arrived at the parish in February and is in charge of its day-to-day administration. Should the baby eventually be put up for adoption, he said, he had one wish. “I would like to see the child stay in this community,” he said.

Answer: February

Paul Cerni, the parish secretary, said that the shifts in the congregation’s demographics have vaguely mirrored those in the broader community, with a growing number of immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries of Latin America replacing those of Western European descent. The parish, established in 1910, has a congregation that now numbers about 1,500 people, he said, with about a quarter foreign-born. <hl> “We should pray the baby gets a proper home,” said Father Heanue, who arrived at the parish in February and is in charge of its day-to-day administration. <hl> Should the baby eventually be put up for adoption, he said, he had one wish. “I would like to see the child stay in this community,” he said.

Paul Cerni, the parish secretary, said that the shifts in the congregation’s demographics have vaguely mirrored those in the broader community, with a growing number of immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries of Latin America replacing those of Western European descent. The parish, established in 1910, has a congregation that now numbers about 1,500 people, he said, with about a quarter foreign-born. “We should pray the baby gets a proper home,” said Father Heanue, who arrived at the parish in <hl> February <hl> and is in charge of its day-to-day administration. Should the baby eventually be put up for adoption, he said, he had one wish. “I would like to see the child stay in this community,” he said.


Question: What movie seems at odds with itself?

From its opening moments, “People Places Things” seems at odds with itself. It is realistic about New York place names yet disconnected from reality. Will, who is handsome in an appealingly scruffy way, is a faithful husband with a warm, self-deprecating sense of humor and an acute roving intelligence. Only a fool would trade him for Gary, a glum, pudgy blob. Although this cowering, monosyllabic marshmallow makes several more appearances in the film, Mr. Strouse’s screenplay doesn’t give him a single likable trait.

Answer: People Places Things

<hl> From its opening moments, “ People Places Things ” seems at odds with itself. <hl> It is realistic about New York place names yet disconnected from reality. Will, who is handsome in an appealingly scruffy way, is a faithful husband with a warm, self-deprecating sense of humor and an acute roving intelligence. Only a fool would trade him for Gary, a glum, pudgy blob. Although this cowering, monosyllabic marshmallow makes several more appearances in the film, Mr. Strouse’s screenplay doesn’t give him a single likable trait.

From its opening moments, “<hl> People Places Things <hl>” seems at odds with itself. It is realistic about New York place names yet disconnected from reality. Will, who is handsome in an appealingly scruffy way, is a faithful husband with a warm, self-deprecating sense of humor and an acute roving intelligence. Only a fool would trade him for Gary, a glum, pudgy blob. Although this cowering, monosyllabic marshmallow makes several more appearances in the film, Mr. Strouse’s screenplay doesn’t give him a single likable trait.

From its opening moments, “ <hl> People Places Things <hl> ” seems at odds with itself.


Question: How many people died and why?

Outside, shaking women wept into tissues. Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears. The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel, where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband. Even as people failed to make sense of the seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007 — the mourners turned their thoughts to the mother who leapt out of her bedroom window and a sister who also somehow survived. “Mommy, Mommy, help me!” one neighbor heard Siporah cry as she stumbled outside.

Answer: seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007

Outside, shaking women wept into tissues. Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears. The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel, where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband. <hl> Even as people failed to make sense of the seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007 — the mourners turned their thoughts to the mother who leapt out of her bedroom window and a sister who also somehow survived. <hl> “Mommy, Mommy, help me!” one neighbor heard Siporah cry as she stumbled outside.

Outside, shaking women wept into tissues. Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears. The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel, where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband. Even as people failed to make sense of the <hl> seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007 <hl> — the mourners turned their thoughts to the mother who leapt out of her bedroom window and a sister who also somehow survived. “Mommy, Mommy, help me!” one neighbor heard Siporah cry as she stumbled outside.


Question: Which of the sisters was older?

For good reasons, Serena, 33, has been everyone’s reference point this year. She won the Australian Open, then the French Open and then Wimbledon, and is the talk of the town here. All of that attention could be annoying for an elder sister who once shared the spotlight and now must stand in the shadows to watch her sister command it. Yet Venus hasn’t let her sister’s dominance distract her. “It’s easy,” Venus said. “I have to go to practice, and I have to get it in. When I play my match, I can’t think about anything else except what I’m doing on my side of the net.” Venus is mellow that way, always has been, and is reverential to her sister when need be. She never bites on questions searching for sibling rivalry, and never changes her demeanor. In answering one of the few questions asked to her on Friday about Serena, Venus recalled what her matches against Serena were like when they were young. “I used to always win in the early days,” she said, prompting laughter.

Answer: Venus

For good reasons, Serena, 33, has been everyone’s reference point this year. She won the Australian Open, then the French Open and then Wimbledon, and is the talk of the town here. All of that attention could be annoying for an elder sister who once shared the spotlight and now must stand in the shadows to watch her sister command it. <hl> Yet Venus hasn’t let her sister’s dominance distract her. <hl> “It’s easy,” Venus said. “I have to go to practice, and I have to get it in. When I play my match, I can’t think about anything else except what I’m doing on my side of the net.” Venus is mellow that way, always has been, and is reverential to her sister when need be. She never bites on questions searching for sibling rivalry, and never changes her demeanor. In answering one of the few questions asked to her on Friday about Serena, Venus recalled what her matches against Serena were like when they were young. “I used to always win in the early days,” she said, prompting laughter.

For good reasons, Serena, 33, has been everyone’s reference point this year. She won the Australian Open, then the French Open and then Wimbledon, and is the talk of the town here. All of that attention could be annoying for an elder sister who once shared the spotlight and now must stand in the shadows to watch her sister command it. Yet <hl> Venus <hl> hasn’t let her sister’s dominance distract her. “It’s easy,” Venus said. “I have to go to practice, and I have to get it in. When I play my match, I can’t think about anything else except what I’m doing on my side of the net.” Venus is mellow that way, always has been, and is reverential to her sister when need be. She never bites on questions searching for sibling rivalry, and never changes her demeanor. In answering one of the few questions asked to her on Friday about Serena, Venus recalled what her matches against Serena were like when they were young. “I used to always win in the early days,” she said, prompting laughter.


Question: Who was the judge for Mr. Fawwaz's trial?

He had run a Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and then helped to lead a terror cell in Nairobi, Kenya, Mr. Lewin said. Later, Mr. Fawwaz became “Bin Laden’s man in London,” pretending to live peacefully as a Saudi dissident but actually helping Al Qaeda “broadcast its message to the world,” Mr. Lewin told the jury. He said that, Mr. Fawwaz helped to publicize Bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa stating that Muslims should kill Americans anywhere in the world, and he vetted journalists who wanted to interview Bin Laden, who was living in the mountains of Afghanistan. “The defendant’s participation in Al Qaeda conspiracies to kill Americans and attack American buildings is simply overwhelming,” Mr. Lewin said. Mr. Fawwaz’s lawyer, Bobbi C. Sternheim, did not deny that her client knew Bin Laden and had often met with him, depicting them as fellow Saudi exiles seeking to end corruption in their country. “But what we emphatically dispute,” Ms. Sternheim said, “is the allegation that Khaled al-Fawwaz is a member of Al Qaeda, was in cahoots with members of Al Qaeda, to plan, to prosper and to in any way effect the heinous goals of Al Qaeda to commit violence.” She called her client an advocate of “peaceful reform.” The nearly simultaneous attacks on the embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killed 224 people. The four men convicted each received sentences of life imprisonment. In 2010, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was convicted of one count of conspiracy after prosecutors said he had assisted in the attack in Dar es Salaam. Mr. Fawwaz’s trial is expected to last about five weeks, the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court, has said. Mr. Fawwaz has pleaded not guilty to charges that include conspiracy to kill Americans, to destroy buildings and property of the United States, and to attack national defense utilities. Arrested in 1998 in Britain, Mr. Fawwaz was sent in 2012 to Manhattan to face trial after a long extradition fight. He originally had two co-defendants: one, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, 50, who had liver cancer, died this month; the other, Adel Abdul Bary, has pleaded guilty.

Answer: Lewis A. Kaplan

He had run a Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and then helped to lead a terror cell in Nairobi, Kenya, Mr. Lewin said. Later, Mr. Fawwaz became “Bin Laden’s man in London,” pretending to live peacefully as a Saudi dissident but actually helping Al Qaeda “broadcast its message to the world,” Mr. Lewin told the jury. He said that, Mr. Fawwaz helped to publicize Bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa stating that Muslims should kill Americans anywhere in the world, and he vetted journalists who wanted to interview Bin Laden, who was living in the mountains of Afghanistan. “The defendant’s participation in Al Qaeda conspiracies to kill Americans and attack American buildings is simply overwhelming,” Mr. Lewin said. Mr. Fawwaz’s lawyer, Bobbi C. Sternheim, did not deny that her client knew Bin Laden and had often met with him, depicting them as fellow Saudi exiles seeking to end corruption in their country. “But what we emphatically dispute,” Ms. Sternheim said, “is the allegation that Khaled al-Fawwaz is a member of Al Qaeda, was in cahoots with members of Al Qaeda, to plan, to prosper and to in any way effect the heinous goals of Al Qaeda to commit violence.” She called her client an advocate of “peaceful reform.” The nearly simultaneous attacks on the embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killed 224 people. The four men convicted each received sentences of life imprisonment. In 2010, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was convicted of one count of conspiracy after prosecutors said he had assisted in the attack in Dar es Salaam. <hl> Mr. Fawwaz’s trial is expected to last about five weeks, the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court, has said. <hl> Mr. Fawwaz has pleaded not guilty to charges that include conspiracy to kill Americans, to destroy buildings and property of the United States, and to attack national defense utilities. Arrested in 1998 in Britain, Mr. Fawwaz was sent in 2012 to Manhattan to face trial after a long extradition fight. He originally had two co-defendants: one, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, 50, who had liver cancer, died this month; the other, Adel Abdul Bary, has pleaded guilty.

He had run a Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and then helped to lead a terror cell in Nairobi, Kenya, Mr. Lewin said. Later, Mr. Fawwaz became “Bin Laden’s man in London,” pretending to live peacefully as a Saudi dissident but actually helping Al Qaeda “broadcast its message to the world,” Mr. Lewin told the jury. He said that, Mr. Fawwaz helped to publicize Bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa stating that Muslims should kill Americans anywhere in the world, and he vetted journalists who wanted to interview Bin Laden, who was living in the mountains of Afghanistan. “The defendant’s participation in Al Qaeda conspiracies to kill Americans and attack American buildings is simply overwhelming,” Mr. Lewin said. Mr. Fawwaz’s lawyer, Bobbi C. Sternheim, did not deny that her client knew Bin Laden and had often met with him, depicting them as fellow Saudi exiles seeking to end corruption in their country. “But what we emphatically dispute,” Ms. Sternheim said, “is the allegation that Khaled al-Fawwaz is a member of Al Qaeda, was in cahoots with members of Al Qaeda, to plan, to prosper and to in any way effect the heinous goals of Al Qaeda to commit violence.” She called her client an advocate of “peaceful reform.” The nearly simultaneous attacks on the embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killed 224 people. The four men convicted each received sentences of life imprisonment. In 2010, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was convicted of one count of conspiracy after prosecutors said he had assisted in the attack in Dar es Salaam. Mr. Fawwaz’s trial is expected to last about five weeks, the judge, <hl> Lewis A. Kaplan <hl> of Federal District Court, has said. Mr. Fawwaz has pleaded not guilty to charges that include conspiracy to kill Americans, to destroy buildings and property of the United States, and to attack national defense utilities. Arrested in 1998 in Britain, Mr. Fawwaz was sent in 2012 to Manhattan to face trial after a long extradition fight. He originally had two co-defendants: one, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, 50, who had liver cancer, died this month; the other, Adel Abdul Bary, has pleaded guilty.


Question: Who provides grants for cameras?

There are no definitive figures, but officials say that most police forces do not use body cameras, or use them on a very limited basis. But according to a 2013 survey by the Police Executive Research Forum, a research group, about one in four of its member forces regularly used body cameras. And the number is rising quickly as the federal government provides grants for cameras, said Lindsay Miller, a senior research associate at the group.

Answer: the federal government

There are no definitive figures, but officials say that most police forces do not use body cameras, or use them on a very limited basis. But according to a 2013 survey by the Police Executive Research Forum, a research group, about one in four of its member forces regularly used body cameras. <hl> And the number is rising quickly as the federal government provides grants for cameras, said Lindsay Miller, a senior research associate at the group. <hl>

There are no definitive figures, but officials say that most police forces do not use body cameras, or use them on a very limited basis. But according to a 2013 survey by the Police Executive Research Forum, a research group, about one in four of its member forces regularly used body cameras. And the number is rising quickly as <hl> the federal government <hl> provides grants for cameras, said Lindsay Miller, a senior research associate at the group.


Question: Who is Mara talking about?

“I don’t think we’re going to do anything until we actually see where he’s at,” Mara said. “He’s a rare athlete who has played at a very high level before. He is a great kid, and we’ve loved having him around here. He fits in well. “I can only surmise that he’s not receiving very good advice.” The team could also negotiate a compromise contract for an amount based on how many games Pierre-Paul might play this season.

Answer: Pierre-Paul

“I don’t think we’re going to do anything until we actually see where he’s at,” Mara said. “He’s a rare athlete who has played at a very high level before. He is a great kid, and we’ve loved having him around here. He fits in well. “I can only surmise that he’s not receiving very good advice.” <hl> The team could also negotiate a compromise contract for an amount based on how many games Pierre-Paul might play this season. <hl>

“I don’t think we’re going to do anything until we actually see where he’s at,” Mara said. “He’s a rare athlete who has played at a very high level before. He is a great kid, and we’ve loved having him around here. He fits in well. “I can only surmise that he’s not receiving very good advice.” The team could also negotiate a compromise contract for an amount based on how many games <hl> Pierre-Paul <hl> might play this season.


Question: Who did critics say the prosecutor and his assistants weren't tough enough on?

“I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure all lives matter,” the prosecutor said. In the aftermath of the grand jury decision, critics said that Mr. McCulloch and his assistants had presented evidence in ways that favored the police officer, Darren Wilson, and cast doubt on the victim, Michael Brown. On Friday, Mr. McCulloch devoted much of his talk to rebutting such criticism, which included that he gave incorrect instructions to the grand jury and that his assistants were not tough enough in their questioning of witnesses who supported Officer Wilson’s version of events.

Answer: witnesses who supported Officer Wilson’s version of events.

“I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure all lives matter,” the prosecutor said. In the aftermath of the grand jury decision, critics said that Mr. McCulloch and his assistants had presented evidence in ways that favored the police officer, Darren Wilson, and cast doubt on the victim, Michael Brown. <hl> On Friday, Mr. McCulloch devoted much of his talk to rebutting such criticism, which included that he gave incorrect instructions to the grand jury and that his assistants were not tough enough in their questioning of witnesses who supported Officer Wilson’s version of events. <hl>

“I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure all lives matter,” the prosecutor said. In the aftermath of the grand jury decision, critics said that Mr. McCulloch and his assistants had presented evidence in ways that favored the police officer, Darren Wilson, and cast doubt on the victim, Michael Brown. On Friday, Mr. McCulloch devoted much of his talk to rebutting such criticism, which included that he gave incorrect instructions to the grand jury and that his assistants were not tough enough in their questioning of <hl> witnesses who supported Officer Wilson’s version of events. <hl>


Question: Who was the conductor of Symphony No. 10?

I could devote a whole report to the wrenching, blazing and vehement account of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E minor that Mr. Gilbert conducted after intermission. The composer completed this hourlong symphony months after the death of Stalin. How explicitly it was intended as bitter commentary on Stalinist repression is a topic of debate. Whatever one’s take, Mr. Gilbert led a commanding performance, especially the spacious gravity he summoned during the expansive opening movement and the intensity bordering on sheer terror of the short Allegro.

Answer: Mr. Gilbert

<hl> I could devote a whole report to the wrenching, blazing and vehement account of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E minor that Mr. Gilbert conducted after intermission. <hl> The composer completed this hourlong symphony months after the death of Stalin. How explicitly it was intended as bitter commentary on Stalinist repression is a topic of debate. Whatever one’s take, Mr. Gilbert led a commanding performance, especially the spacious gravity he summoned during the expansive opening movement and the intensity bordering on sheer terror of the short Allegro.

I could devote a whole report to the wrenching, blazing and vehement account of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E minor that <hl> Mr. Gilbert <hl> conducted after intermission. The composer completed this hourlong symphony months after the death of Stalin. How explicitly it was intended as bitter commentary on Stalinist repression is a topic of debate. Whatever one’s take, Mr. Gilbert led a commanding performance, especially the spacious gravity he summoned during the expansive opening movement and the intensity bordering on sheer terror of the short Allegro.


Question: Where did Daryl read a quote from a poem?

“Can you come with me?” she asked. So Daryl and Sandy walked to the bathroom together, and Daryl sat outside the door while his dying wife sat on the toilet. He helped Sandy back into bed, and within five minutes she was unconscious. Daryl watched her for a while, not quite feeling anything. Still to come were the calls to 911 and the coroner and the undertaker, and the writing up of the death notice, highlighting the reasons for Sandy’s decision. Still to come, too, was the brutal reality of what it would feel like for Sandy to be completely gone from his life. “How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a memorial service that summer, quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell. “The rooms were quiet when she was resident./Now they lie silent. That is different.”

Answer: memorial service

“Can you come with me?” she asked. So Daryl and Sandy walked to the bathroom together, and Daryl sat outside the door while his dying wife sat on the toilet. He helped Sandy back into bed, and within five minutes she was unconscious. Daryl watched her for a while, not quite feeling anything. Still to come were the calls to 911 and the coroner and the undertaker, and the writing up of the death notice, highlighting the reasons for Sandy’s decision. Still to come, too, was the brutal reality of what it would feel like for Sandy to be completely gone from his life. <hl> “How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a memorial service that summer, quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell. <hl> “The rooms were quiet when she was resident./Now they lie silent. That is different.”

“Can you come with me?” she asked. So Daryl and Sandy walked to the bathroom together, and Daryl sat outside the door while his dying wife sat on the toilet. He helped Sandy back into bed, and within five minutes she was unconscious. Daryl watched her for a while, not quite feeling anything. Still to come were the calls to 911 and the coroner and the undertaker, and the writing up of the death notice, highlighting the reasons for Sandy’s decision. Still to come, too, was the brutal reality of what it would feel like for Sandy to be completely gone from his life. “How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a <hl> memorial service <hl> that summer, quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell. “The rooms were quiet when she was resident./Now they lie silent. That is different.”


Question: What did Washington fear that Russia would do to Ukraine?

From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States. Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine. What eventually arrived was basic training.

Answer: send more weapons and men

From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States. <hl> Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine. <hl> What eventually arrived was basic training.

From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States. Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to <hl> send more weapons and men <hl> to Ukraine. What eventually arrived was basic training.


Question: What does Trey do for a living?

“People see ‘gang member,’ and the words ‘psycho killer’ instantly pop in their head. But that isn’t the case,” Andrew Papachristos, a Chicago native and an associate professor of sociology at Yale, says. A majority of residents who claim sets in Chicago are more like Trey, my close friend of 17 years and a member of the 81st Street Black P. Stones in Auburn Gresham. Trey has no violent criminal record and works full time as a security guard. In areas like Gresham, a lot of young men don’t have the luxury of opting out of affiliation with the local set; banding together in brotherhoods can be a survival strategy in neighborhoods where personal reputation is capital and walking the streets alone makes it more likely that you’ll be seen as weak.

Answer: works full time as a security guard

“People see ‘gang member,’ and the words ‘psycho killer’ instantly pop in their head. But that isn’t the case,” Andrew Papachristos, a Chicago native and an associate professor of sociology at Yale, says. A majority of residents who claim sets in Chicago are more like Trey, my close friend of 17 years and a member of the 81st Street Black P. Stones in Auburn Gresham. <hl> Trey has no violent criminal record and works full time as a security guard . <hl> In areas like Gresham, a lot of young men don’t have the luxury of opting out of affiliation with the local set; banding together in brotherhoods can be a survival strategy in neighborhoods where personal reputation is capital and walking the streets alone makes it more likely that you’ll be seen as weak.

“People see ‘gang member,’ and the words ‘psycho killer’ instantly pop in their head. But that isn’t the case,” Andrew Papachristos, a Chicago native and an associate professor of sociology at Yale, says. A majority of residents who claim sets in Chicago are more like Trey, my close friend of 17 years and a member of the 81st Street Black P. Stones in Auburn Gresham. Trey has no violent criminal record and <hl> works full time as a security guard <hl>. In areas like Gresham, a lot of young men don’t have the luxury of opting out of affiliation with the local set; banding together in brotherhoods can be a survival strategy in neighborhoods where personal reputation is capital and walking the streets alone makes it more likely that you’ll be seen as weak.

Trey has no violent criminal record and <hl> works full time as a security guard <hl> .


Question: Who is considered the Greatest American runner by many people?

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

Answer: Frank Shorter

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. <hl> Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. <hl> Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. <hl> Frank Shorter <hl> is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.


Question: She has an extraordinary talent for what?

“She has this extraordinary talent for distilling form, landscape, abstraction and color,” Mr. Kelly said. “Her palette is very unusual. It has a lot to do with that great tradition of Belgian Northern European artists dealing with a quality of light.” So he decided to give the artist her first solo show in the United States, traveling to Belgium recently to choose the paintings and watercolors for the exhibition, which opens Jan. 8 at his 10th Avenue gallery. “It’s impossible to separate Ilse D’Hollander’s work from her personality,” Eric Rinckhout wrote in an essay. “She withdrew into her work as into a house, to seek the rest, order and control she could not find in her head at times.”

Answer: Her palette is very unusu

<hl> “She has this extraordinary talent for distilling form, landscape, abstraction and color,” Mr. Kelly said. “ Her palette is very unusu al. <hl> It has a lot to do with that great tradition of Belgian Northern European artists dealing with a quality of light.” So he decided to give the artist her first solo show in the United States, traveling to Belgium recently to choose the paintings and watercolors for the exhibition, which opens Jan. 8 at his 10th Avenue gallery. “It’s impossible to separate Ilse D’Hollander’s work from her personality,” Eric Rinckhout wrote in an essay. “She withdrew into her work as into a house, to seek the rest, order and control she could not find in her head at times.”

“She has this extraordinary talent for distilling form, landscape, abstraction and color,” Mr. Kelly said. “<hl> Her palette is very unusu <hl>al. It has a lot to do with that great tradition of Belgian Northern European artists dealing with a quality of light.” So he decided to give the artist her first solo show in the United States, traveling to Belgium recently to choose the paintings and watercolors for the exhibition, which opens Jan. 8 at his 10th Avenue gallery. “It’s impossible to separate Ilse D’Hollander’s work from her personality,” Eric Rinckhout wrote in an essay. “She withdrew into her work as into a house, to seek the rest, order and control she could not find in her head at times.”

“She has this extraordinary talent for distilling form, landscape, abstraction and color,” Mr. Kelly said. “ <hl> Her palette is very unusu <hl> al.


Question: What is Stuart's title in his company?

Answer: co-president

<hl> Zaro’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro. <hl>

Zaro’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a <hl> co-president <hl> of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.


Question: What is one of the roles assigned to the state fiscal monitor?

The report also exposed disturbing practices by board members. The board conducts 60 to 70 percent of its meetings in closed-door executive session. It does not tolerate, and is overtly hostile to, the complaints of public school parents, students and community members. Public protests against the board are now commonplace. The report proposed the appointment of a state fiscal monitor, who would oversee all of the board’s financial and educational decisions and have the authority to override the board, when necessary, to protect the interests of the public-school community and improve education outcomes for public-school students. The report also recommended additional state funding to restore essential staff and services, but only if a monitor was in place to make certain the money was used effectively and efficiently to benefit all of the students. A bill in Albany — introduced in the Assembly by Ellen C. Jaffee and Kenneth P. Zebrowski and in the Senate by David Carlucci, who all represent parts of the school district — would implement a fiscal monitor for at least five years. It is a crucial step toward reversing the district’s disastrous decline and repairing the deep rifts in the community. The New York State School Boards Association has found that the measure “respects the democratic electoral process by leaving the elected board of education in place.” The bill would not go as far as the Legislature went in 2002, when the school district in Roosevelt, on Long Island, was put under state control because of poor management. It is similar to what occurred in Lakewood, N.J., a district with circumstances similar to East Ramapo’s. In recent weeks, in response to a lobbying campaign by the school board, momentum for the bill appears to have slowed. Advocates for the local school board and some leaders in the Orthodox community have accused supporters of state oversight of having anti-Semitic motives.

Answer: oversee all of the board’s financial and educational decisions

The report also exposed disturbing practices by board members. The board conducts 60 to 70 percent of its meetings in closed-door executive session. It does not tolerate, and is overtly hostile to, the complaints of public school parents, students and community members. Public protests against the board are now commonplace. <hl> The report proposed the appointment of a state fiscal monitor, who would oversee all of the board’s financial and educational decisions and have the authority to override the board, when necessary, to protect the interests of the public-school community and improve education outcomes for public-school students. <hl> The report also recommended additional state funding to restore essential staff and services, but only if a monitor was in place to make certain the money was used effectively and efficiently to benefit all of the students. A bill in Albany — introduced in the Assembly by Ellen C. Jaffee and Kenneth P. Zebrowski and in the Senate by David Carlucci, who all represent parts of the school district — would implement a fiscal monitor for at least five years. It is a crucial step toward reversing the district’s disastrous decline and repairing the deep rifts in the community. The New York State School Boards Association has found that the measure “respects the democratic electoral process by leaving the elected board of education in place.” The bill would not go as far as the Legislature went in 2002, when the school district in Roosevelt, on Long Island, was put under state control because of poor management. It is similar to what occurred in Lakewood, N.J., a district with circumstances similar to East Ramapo’s. In recent weeks, in response to a lobbying campaign by the school board, momentum for the bill appears to have slowed. Advocates for the local school board and some leaders in the Orthodox community have accused supporters of state oversight of having anti-Semitic motives.

The report also exposed disturbing practices by board members. The board conducts 60 to 70 percent of its meetings in closed-door executive session. It does not tolerate, and is overtly hostile to, the complaints of public school parents, students and community members. Public protests against the board are now commonplace. The report proposed the appointment of a state fiscal monitor, who would <hl> oversee all of the board’s financial and educational decisions <hl> and have the authority to override the board, when necessary, to protect the interests of the public-school community and improve education outcomes for public-school students. The report also recommended additional state funding to restore essential staff and services, but only if a monitor was in place to make certain the money was used effectively and efficiently to benefit all of the students. A bill in Albany — introduced in the Assembly by Ellen C. Jaffee and Kenneth P. Zebrowski and in the Senate by David Carlucci, who all represent parts of the school district — would implement a fiscal monitor for at least five years. It is a crucial step toward reversing the district’s disastrous decline and repairing the deep rifts in the community. The New York State School Boards Association has found that the measure “respects the democratic electoral process by leaving the elected board of education in place.” The bill would not go as far as the Legislature went in 2002, when the school district in Roosevelt, on Long Island, was put under state control because of poor management. It is similar to what occurred in Lakewood, N.J., a district with circumstances similar to East Ramapo’s. In recent weeks, in response to a lobbying campaign by the school board, momentum for the bill appears to have slowed. Advocates for the local school board and some leaders in the Orthodox community have accused supporters of state oversight of having anti-Semitic motives.


Question: Where is the spice blend made from?

For the dressing, which Baumgart builds out of what he calls ‘‘a deconstructed za’atar,’’ the Middle Eastern spice blend, some confidence is required. What seems an enormous amount of dried spices — ground fennel, sumac and coriander — is combined with chopped parsley and cilantro. The result looks dry and grainy, as if something is wrong. But olive oil, lime juice and white-wine vinegar (best available, please!) begin to smooth things out, and the cheese, pistachios and vinegar-plumped currants finish the job. ‘‘Let it sit for a while,’’ Baumgart advised. ‘‘Let those flavors come together.’’

Answer: Middle Eastern

<hl> For the dressing, which Baumgart builds out of what he calls ‘‘a deconstructed za’atar,’’ the Middle Eastern spice blend, some confidence is required. <hl> What seems an enormous amount of dried spices — ground fennel, sumac and coriander — is combined with chopped parsley and cilantro. The result looks dry and grainy, as if something is wrong. But olive oil, lime juice and white-wine vinegar (best available, please!) begin to smooth things out, and the cheese, pistachios and vinegar-plumped currants finish the job. ‘‘Let it sit for a while,’’ Baumgart advised. ‘‘Let those flavors come together.’’

For the dressing, which Baumgart builds out of what he calls ‘‘a deconstructed za’atar,’’ the <hl> Middle Eastern <hl> spice blend, some confidence is required. What seems an enormous amount of dried spices — ground fennel, sumac and coriander — is combined with chopped parsley and cilantro. The result looks dry and grainy, as if something is wrong. But olive oil, lime juice and white-wine vinegar (best available, please!) begin to smooth things out, and the cheese, pistachios and vinegar-plumped currants finish the job. ‘‘Let it sit for a while,’’ Baumgart advised. ‘‘Let those flavors come together.’’


Question: Who is Mark Galeotti?

“The Russians have fought what is largely a proxy war in eastern Ukraine — and on the cheap, too,” Mark Galeotti, a military analyst, wrote in Foreign Policy magazine. “Even the government in Kiev, which is prone to alarmism, estimates that Russia has deployed, at most, some 9,000 troops.” But the conflict has also reached a point where Russia would have to commit significant new resources for any further advance, which helped clear the way for a settlement to consolidate its gains, Mr. Lukyanov said. The separatists “cannot advance very much without direct Russian involvement, and Russia does not want to get directly involved,” he said.

Answer: Mark Galeotti, a military analyst

<hl> “The Russians have fought what is largely a proxy war in eastern Ukraine — and on the cheap, too,” Mark Galeotti, a military analyst , wrote in Foreign Policy magazine. <hl> “Even the government in Kiev, which is prone to alarmism, estimates that Russia has deployed, at most, some 9,000 troops.” But the conflict has also reached a point where Russia would have to commit significant new resources for any further advance, which helped clear the way for a settlement to consolidate its gains, Mr. Lukyanov said. The separatists “cannot advance very much without direct Russian involvement, and Russia does not want to get directly involved,” he said.

“The Russians have fought what is largely a proxy war in eastern Ukraine — and on the cheap, too,” <hl> Mark Galeotti, a military analyst <hl>, wrote in Foreign Policy magazine. “Even the government in Kiev, which is prone to alarmism, estimates that Russia has deployed, at most, some 9,000 troops.” But the conflict has also reached a point where Russia would have to commit significant new resources for any further advance, which helped clear the way for a settlement to consolidate its gains, Mr. Lukyanov said. The separatists “cannot advance very much without direct Russian involvement, and Russia does not want to get directly involved,” he said.

“The Russians have fought what is largely a proxy war in eastern Ukraine — and on the cheap, too,” <hl> Mark Galeotti, a military analyst <hl> , wrote in Foreign Policy magazine.


Question: Who fought paid leave?

Corporate America, as a whole, has long fought paid leave. Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to temporarily replace employees. Some studies have found that when governments require paid leave, employers pay for it by decreasing employees’ wages. “I certainly think there’s a lot of people who benefit from paid leave,” said James Sherk, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group in Washington. “But given it’s not a free lunch and employees are paying for it, I’d prefer it was a decision the employee was making and not being forced on them.” Some small businesses are offering their own paid leave policies. Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle chain, recently began offering employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. “It was not just the right thing to do but also a really important retention policy,” said Molly Moon Neitzel, the owner. In the prelude to the 2016 election, Democrats have signaled that they see paid leave as a political winner — a broadly popular policy change that addresses economic anxiety. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, has called for legislation to guarantee paid sick, vacation and family leave.

Answer: Corporate America

<hl> Corporate America , as a whole, has long fought paid leave. <hl> Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to temporarily replace employees. Some studies have found that when governments require paid leave, employers pay for it by decreasing employees’ wages. “I certainly think there’s a lot of people who benefit from paid leave,” said James Sherk, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group in Washington. “But given it’s not a free lunch and employees are paying for it, I’d prefer it was a decision the employee was making and not being forced on them.” Some small businesses are offering their own paid leave policies. Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle chain, recently began offering employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. “It was not just the right thing to do but also a really important retention policy,” said Molly Moon Neitzel, the owner. In the prelude to the 2016 election, Democrats have signaled that they see paid leave as a political winner — a broadly popular policy change that addresses economic anxiety. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, has called for legislation to guarantee paid sick, vacation and family leave.

<hl> Corporate America <hl>, as a whole, has long fought paid leave. Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to temporarily replace employees. Some studies have found that when governments require paid leave, employers pay for it by decreasing employees’ wages. “I certainly think there’s a lot of people who benefit from paid leave,” said James Sherk, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group in Washington. “But given it’s not a free lunch and employees are paying for it, I’d prefer it was a decision the employee was making and not being forced on them.” Some small businesses are offering their own paid leave policies. Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle chain, recently began offering employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. “It was not just the right thing to do but also a really important retention policy,” said Molly Moon Neitzel, the owner. In the prelude to the 2016 election, Democrats have signaled that they see paid leave as a political winner — a broadly popular policy change that addresses economic anxiety. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, has called for legislation to guarantee paid sick, vacation and family leave.

<hl> Corporate America <hl> , as a whole, has long fought paid leave.


Question: In which manner can the Palazzo Italia potentially benefit the air?

Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive. Next to it sits Hungary’s pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale. To the north, the Palazzo Italia can be seen with its wrapping of spidery threads of white concrete, a patented material that is said to remove impurities from the air. With more than 80 buildings being constructed for the fair, it was getting a workout.

Answer: remove impurities

Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive. Next to it sits Hungary’s pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale. <hl> To the north, the Palazzo Italia can be seen with its wrapping of spidery threads of white concrete, a patented material that is said to remove impurities from the air. <hl> With more than 80 buildings being constructed for the fair, it was getting a workout.

Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive. Next to it sits Hungary’s pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale. To the north, the Palazzo Italia can be seen with its wrapping of spidery threads of white concrete, a patented material that is said to <hl> remove impurities <hl> from the air. With more than 80 buildings being constructed for the fair, it was getting a workout.


Question: What did RBG's mother do after she graduated high school?

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

Answer: went to work to support the family

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. <hl> My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. <hl> GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and <hl> went to work to support the family <hl> because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.


Question: What role did Mr. Medvedchuk have for President Leonid D Kuchma?

Others, however, do see a problem. Mr. Medvedchuk, who was the longtime chief of staff to former President Leonid D. Kuchma, is a polarizing figure in Ukraine, known for his ruthlessness in politics and for his checkered past as a young lawyer in the Soviet Union. His role in a Soviet crackdown on dissidents ahead of the 1980 Olympics is widely believed to have contributed to the death of a Ukrainian poet and human rights activist, Vasyl Stus. Mr. Stus, exercising one of his few rights as a dissident defendant, tried to refuse representation by Mr. Medvedchuk, his state-appointed lawyer. Mr. Medvedchuk, however, insisted on speaking at the trial anyway, declaring his client guilty and saying he deserved to be punished. Five years later, Mr. Stus, who had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at the age of 47 in a forced labor camp in Russia.

Answer: chief of staff

Others, however, do see a problem. <hl> Mr. Medvedchuk, who was the longtime chief of staff to former President Leonid D. Kuchma, is a polarizing figure in Ukraine, known for his ruthlessness in politics and for his checkered past as a young lawyer in the Soviet Union. <hl> His role in a Soviet crackdown on dissidents ahead of the 1980 Olympics is widely believed to have contributed to the death of a Ukrainian poet and human rights activist, Vasyl Stus. Mr. Stus, exercising one of his few rights as a dissident defendant, tried to refuse representation by Mr. Medvedchuk, his state-appointed lawyer. Mr. Medvedchuk, however, insisted on speaking at the trial anyway, declaring his client guilty and saying he deserved to be punished. Five years later, Mr. Stus, who had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at the age of 47 in a forced labor camp in Russia.

Others, however, do see a problem. Mr. Medvedchuk, who was the longtime <hl> chief of staff <hl> to former President Leonid D. Kuchma, is a polarizing figure in Ukraine, known for his ruthlessness in politics and for his checkered past as a young lawyer in the Soviet Union. His role in a Soviet crackdown on dissidents ahead of the 1980 Olympics is widely believed to have contributed to the death of a Ukrainian poet and human rights activist, Vasyl Stus. Mr. Stus, exercising one of his few rights as a dissident defendant, tried to refuse representation by Mr. Medvedchuk, his state-appointed lawyer. Mr. Medvedchuk, however, insisted on speaking at the trial anyway, declaring his client guilty and saying he deserved to be punished. Five years later, Mr. Stus, who had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at the age of 47 in a forced labor camp in Russia.


Question: Who is Yukiya Amano?

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.

Answer: atomic agency’s director general

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” <hl> Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general , Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. <hl> Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the <hl> atomic agency’s director general <hl>, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.

Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the <hl> atomic agency’s director general <hl> , Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said.


Question: What is the name of the piece Boulez was conducting?

ANTHONY CHEUNG, composer and pianist: I don’t immediately prostrate myself at his altar. It’s an ambivalent relationship. But as far as respect for him as a musician and what he’s done, I have infinite respect. He’s an enormous influence on how recent composers have dealt with instrumental groups. SALONEN I got to know him in the early ’80s when I worked quite a bit at IRCAM [an avant-garde music institute founded by Mr. Boulez] and was conducting his Ensemble InterContemporain. And it was the closest to Louis XIV I ever saw in my life. It was impressive and scary for a young person, but mostly impressive. I still think, if someone had to have that kind of power, why not him? AS A PIANO MASTER PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, pianist: The piano was his instrument, so he could experiment directly on it. In the “Notations,” we see a young composer, still a student, who composed a set of miniatures. And in many of them, we recognize what will become landmark gestures of Boulez, the basis of his language: violent lightenings illuminating the whole space of the instrument, permanently varied arpeggi, short unexpected gestures going in any direction.

Answer: Ensemble InterContemporain

ANTHONY CHEUNG, composer and pianist: I don’t immediately prostrate myself at his altar. It’s an ambivalent relationship. But as far as respect for him as a musician and what he’s done, I have infinite respect. He’s an enormous influence on how recent composers have dealt with instrumental groups. <hl> SALONEN I got to know him in the early ’80s when I worked quite a bit at IRCAM [an avant-garde music institute founded by Mr. Boulez] and was conducting his Ensemble InterContemporain . <hl> And it was the closest to Louis XIV I ever saw in my life. It was impressive and scary for a young person, but mostly impressive. I still think, if someone had to have that kind of power, why not him? AS A PIANO MASTER PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, pianist: The piano was his instrument, so he could experiment directly on it. In the “Notations,” we see a young composer, still a student, who composed a set of miniatures. And in many of them, we recognize what will become landmark gestures of Boulez, the basis of his language: violent lightenings illuminating the whole space of the instrument, permanently varied arpeggi, short unexpected gestures going in any direction.

ANTHONY CHEUNG, composer and pianist: I don’t immediately prostrate myself at his altar. It’s an ambivalent relationship. But as far as respect for him as a musician and what he’s done, I have infinite respect. He’s an enormous influence on how recent composers have dealt with instrumental groups. SALONEN I got to know him in the early ’80s when I worked quite a bit at IRCAM [an avant-garde music institute founded by Mr. Boulez] and was conducting his <hl> Ensemble InterContemporain <hl>. And it was the closest to Louis XIV I ever saw in my life. It was impressive and scary for a young person, but mostly impressive. I still think, if someone had to have that kind of power, why not him? AS A PIANO MASTER PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD, pianist: The piano was his instrument, so he could experiment directly on it. In the “Notations,” we see a young composer, still a student, who composed a set of miniatures. And in many of them, we recognize what will become landmark gestures of Boulez, the basis of his language: violent lightenings illuminating the whole space of the instrument, permanently varied arpeggi, short unexpected gestures going in any direction.

SALONEN I got to know him in the early ’80s when I worked quite a bit at IRCAM [an avant-garde music institute founded by Mr. Boulez] and was conducting his <hl> Ensemble InterContemporain <hl> .