Question: Since when has China's officials been studying similar sitiuations?

Answer: 1980s

<hl> Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s , when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. <hl> Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed. Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the <hl> 1980s <hl>, when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed. Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the <hl> 1980s <hl> , when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis.


Question: What can cause banks to raise their rates?

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”

Answer: riskier lending

<hl> “Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending , they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. <hl> “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as <hl> riskier lending <hl>, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as <hl> riskier lending <hl> , they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades.


Question: Where does Nicholas Lardy work?

Answer: Peterson Institute for International Economics

<hl> “Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. <hl> “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the <hl> Peterson Institute for International Economics <hl> who has studied China’s financial system for decades. “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”


Question: Who is China's central bank governor?

Answer: Zhou Xiaochuan

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. <hl> China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan , said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. <hl> So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, <hl> Zhou Xiaochuan <hl>, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”

China’s central bank governor, <hl> Zhou Xiaochuan <hl> , said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press.


Question: Where does David Dollar work?

Answer: Brookings Institution

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. <hl> “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. <hl> “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”

“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades. “This it is hoped will deter such risky behavior and thus head off a competitive race to raise rates when the cap on deposit rates is lifted.” For the banks, the insurance premiums represent an additional expense that could crimp their profit margins. China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press. So far, regulators have declined to say at what level they will set the adjustable, risk-based premiums. “It’s like with car insurance,” Mr. Zhou said in the interviews. “Drivers who get in accidents pay higher premiums, those that don’t pay lower ones. This helps create a positive incentive to reduce risk.” Ordinary Chinese, too, will have to digest the new risk in the banking system. Under the insurance plan, only the first 500,000 renminbi, or roughly $80,000, in any given account will be insured. Officials say this will effectively cover 99.6 percent of all depositors. But analysts point out that the amount of deposits covered will be much lower — some estimate that only around 50 percent of deposits by value will be insured, because some very wealthy individuals park large sums in their accounts. Changing public perceptions about the risk of bank deposits could have implications for another huge part of the system: shadow financing, or off-balance-sheet fund-raising. In recent years, trust companies and other loosely regulated institutions in China have issued billions of dollars in loans, relying on funds raised by selling short-term, high-interest wealth management products. It is a murky market where levels of risk, including of default, are difficult to quantify. But ordinary investors regard the risk of such products as comparable to savings deposits, since they are often marketed by banks. Analysts say that could change with the introduction of deposit insurance, potentially pulling money out of riskier investment products and putting it back into the official banking system. That could be a good thing in the long term, even if it leads to more defaults in the near term. “Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the <hl> Brookings Institution <hl> and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank. “The government can then allow some defaults and bankruptcies, which they have done recently,” Mr. Dollar added. “This is a normal part of a market economy and should not be alarming.”


Question: who authored Friday Night Lights?

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

Answer: G. Bissinger

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. <hl> G. Bissinger , the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. <hl> “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. <hl> G. Bissinger <hl>, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

<hl> G. Bissinger <hl> , the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex.


Question: what city and state do the Permian Panthers play in?

Answer: Odessa, Tex

<hl> “I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex . <hl> “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in <hl> Odessa, Tex <hl>. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in <hl> Odessa, Tex <hl> .


Question: what team's story was told in Friday Night Lights?

Answer: the Permian Panthers

<hl> “I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. <hl> “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled <hl> the Permian Panthers <hl> in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.


Question: who did the linebacker for Trinity High School run over?

Answer: a referee

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” <hl> The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. <hl> The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over <hl> a referee <hl> on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.


Question: what does Elikena Fieilo do for work now?

Answer: police officer

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. <hl> The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer , told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. <hl> “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless <hl> police officer <hl>, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless <hl> police officer <hl> , told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers.


Question: what type of animal does the statue represent?

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

Answer: a giant white mustang

<hl> Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. <hl> Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of <hl> a giant white mustang <hl> stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.


Question: how is the mustang in the statue depicted?

Answer: rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward.

<hl> Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. <hl> John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, <hl> rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. <hl> Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.


Question: where is the mustang statue located?

Answer: Inside John Jay

<hl> Inside John Jay , which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. <hl> Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

<hl> Inside John Jay <hl>, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

<hl> Inside John Jay <hl> , which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward.


Question: what military base is near John Jay?

Answer: Lackland Air Force Base

<hl> Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base , a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. <hl> Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near <hl> Lackland Air Force Base <hl>, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near <hl> Lackland Air Force Base <hl> , a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward.


Question: what subjects has John Jay been recognized for?

Answer: math, science, social studies and English language arts

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. <hl> John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts . <hl>

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in <hl> math, science, social studies and English language arts <hl>.

John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in <hl> math, science, social studies and English language arts <hl> .


Question: What John Jay team has won national competitions?

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

Answer: Silver Eagles armed drill team

<hl> John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. <hl> “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its <hl> Silver Eagles armed drill team <hl> has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.


Question: What night did the Mustangs play on?

Answer: Friday night

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. <hl> On Friday night , the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. <hl> The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On <hl> Friday night <hl>, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

On <hl> Friday night <hl> , the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game.


Question: how many fans showed up for the Mustang game?

Answer: 3,139

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. <hl> The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. <hl> Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of <hl> 3,139 <hl> fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.


Question: what is the name of the stadium the mustangs played at?

Answer: Gustafson Stadium

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. <hl> The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium . <hl> Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at <hl> Gustafson Stadium <hl>. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at <hl> Gustafson Stadium <hl> .


Question: what was the the score of the game in which Jonh Jay was defeated?

Answer: 37-14

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. <hl> Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14 . <hl> Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, <hl> 37-14 <hl>. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, <hl> 37-14 <hl> .


Question: What does Simon Magakwe do for a living?

■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

Answer: sprinter

<hl> ■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. <hl> Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

■ The South African <hl> sprinter <hl> Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)


Question: Where is from Simon Magakwe?

Answer: South African

<hl> ■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. <hl> Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

■ The <hl> South African <hl> sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)


Question: For which reason will Simon Magakwe miss the 2016 Olympics?

Answer: refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test

<hl> ■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test , his national association announced. <hl> Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after <hl> refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test <hl>, his national association announced. Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after <hl> refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test <hl> , his national association announced.


Question: For how many years has Simon Magakwe been barred from international athletics?

Answer: for two years

■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. <hl> Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years , ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. <hl> (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. Magakwe was barred from international athletics <hl> for two years <hl>, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

Magakwe was barred from international athletics <hl> for two years <hl> , ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year.


Question: Where would have been the world championship this year?

Answer: Beijing

■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. <hl> Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year. <hl> (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in <hl> Beijing <hl> this year. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)


Question: In which New Jersey city is the US attorney's office?

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.

Answer: Newark

<hl> The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. <hl> Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.

The United States attorney’s office in <hl> Newark <hl> is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.


Question: Who was the Port Authority chairman in 2011?

Answer: David Samson

<hl> The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson , the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. <hl> Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of <hl> David Samson <hl>, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of <hl> David Samson <hl> , the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency.


Question: Who nominated Mr. Fox to be a commissioner last year?

Answer: Mr. Christie

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. <hl> Mr. Christie , a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. <hl> He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. <hl> Mr. Christie <hl>, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.

<hl> Mr. Christie <hl> , a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago.


Question: Which party led New Jersey's legislature when Mr. Fox was hired?

Answer: Democrats

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. <hl> He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats , to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year. <hl>

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by <hl> Democrats <hl>, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.

He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by <hl> Democrats <hl> , to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.


Question: Without a change in course, when will the state's infrastructure fund be depleted?

Answer: next year

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. <hl> He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year . <hl>

The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency. Mr. Samson is said to have raised the issue with United officials at a dinner that Mr. Fox attended in Manhattan in September 2011. Mr. Christie, a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago. He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money <hl> next year <hl>.

He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money <hl> next year <hl> .


Question: Which aspect of the George Washington Bridge is under scrutiny?

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.

Answer: the 2013 closing of lanes

<hl> The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. <hl> Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into <hl> the 2013 closing of lanes <hl> at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.


Question: Who is the most recent person to resign amidst the investigation?

Answer: Jeff Smisek

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. <hl> Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek , resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. <hl> People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. Last month, the chief executive of United, <hl> Jeff Smisek <hl>, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.

Last month, the chief executive of United, <hl> Jeff Smisek <hl> , resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner.


Question: In addition to Mr. Smisek, how many other United executives resigned last month?

Answer: two

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. <hl> Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. <hl> People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did <hl> two <hl> other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.


Question: Why are people requesting anonymity when providing information about the investigation?

Answer: because it is continuing

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. <hl> People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing , told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox. <hl>

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity <hl> because it is continuing <hl>, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.

People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity <hl> because it is continuing <hl> , told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.


Question: Whose actions are currently under scrutiny by prosecutors before the grand jury?

Answer: Mr. Fox

<hl> The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. <hl> Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.

The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and <hl> Mr. Fox <hl> is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations. Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner. People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing, told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.


Question: Whose firm changed their name?

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Answer: Mr. Samson

<hl> Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. <hl> Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

<hl> Mr. Samson <hl> resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.


Question: What natural event is threatening the state?

Answer: Hurricane Joaquin

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. <hl> Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin , was notably terse. <hl> Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of <hl> Hurricane Joaquin <hl>, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of <hl> Hurricane Joaquin <hl> , was notably terse.


Question: What was noticeably absent from the governor's announcement?

Answer: praise for Mr. Fox

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. <hl> Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox ’s service. <hl>

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of <hl> praise for Mr. Fox <hl>’s service.

Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of <hl> praise for Mr. Fox <hl> ’s service.


Question: Which former deputy executive director of the Port Authority was alleged to have been at the controversial dinner?

Answer: Bill Baroni

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. <hl> Bill Baroni , the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. <hl> Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. <hl> Bill Baroni <hl>, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

<hl> Bill Baroni <hl> , the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings.


Question: When was the governor's most recent announcement delivered?

Answer: after 5 p.m. on Friday

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. <hl> Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. <hl> Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly <hl> after 5 p.m. on Friday <hl> as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.


Question: When will Mr. Fox leave the government?

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Answer: by the end of the month

<hl> Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month .” <hl> Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector <hl> by the end of the month <hl>.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector <hl> by the end of the month <hl> .”


Question: Who is going to act as transportation commissioner when Mr. Fox departs?

Answer: Joseph Bertoni

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” <hl> Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni , the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. <hl> In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that <hl> Joseph Bertoni <hl>, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Mr. Christie said that <hl> Joseph Bertoni <hl> , the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner.


Question: Why does Mr. Fox claim to be returning to the private sector?

Answer: his inability to secure funding

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. <hl> In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. <hl> He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to <hl> his inability to secure funding <hl> for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.


Question: What was Mr. Fox supposed to secure money for?

Answer: the state’s transportation fund

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. <hl> In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund . <hl> He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for <hl> the state’s transportation fund <hl>. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for <hl> the state’s transportation fund <hl> .


Question: What did Mr. Fox fail to mention in his statement?

Answer: the federal investigation

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” <hl> He did not mention the federal investigation . <hl>

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention <hl> the federal investigation <hl>.

He did not mention <hl> the federal investigation <hl> .


Question: When had Mr. Fox planned to solve the transportation fund deficiencies by?

Mr. Fox said he had hoped to find a long-term solution for the transportation fund within a year.“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and pursue new opportunities,” he said. A spokesman for the commissioner, Stephen Schapiro, said Mr. Fox declined to comment further. Calls to his lawyer, Robert Fettweis, were not returned on Friday night. On Thursday, Mr. Fox expressed support for a proposal to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that New Jersey Transit, an agency for which he serves as board chairman, looked forward to working with Amtrak on the project. This year, he said the state was facing a transportation funding crisis, a characterization that Mr. Christie has disputed. Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy organization, said Mr. Fox had been a “strong advocate” for the state’s transportation system, but had been unable to motivate the state to act with any urgency.

Answer: within a year

<hl> Mr. Fox said he had hoped to find a long-term solution for the transportation fund within a year .“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and pursue new opportunities,” he said. <hl> A spokesman for the commissioner, Stephen Schapiro, said Mr. Fox declined to comment further. Calls to his lawyer, Robert Fettweis, were not returned on Friday night. On Thursday, Mr. Fox expressed support for a proposal to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that New Jersey Transit, an agency for which he serves as board chairman, looked forward to working with Amtrak on the project. This year, he said the state was facing a transportation funding crisis, a characterization that Mr. Christie has disputed. Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy organization, said Mr. Fox had been a “strong advocate” for the state’s transportation system, but had been unable to motivate the state to act with any urgency.

Mr. Fox said he had hoped to find a long-term solution for the transportation fund <hl> within a year <hl>.“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and pursue new opportunities,” he said. A spokesman for the commissioner, Stephen Schapiro, said Mr. Fox declined to comment further. Calls to his lawyer, Robert Fettweis, were not returned on Friday night. On Thursday, Mr. Fox expressed support for a proposal to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that New Jersey Transit, an agency for which he serves as board chairman, looked forward to working with Amtrak on the project. This year, he said the state was facing a transportation funding crisis, a characterization that Mr. Christie has disputed. Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy organization, said Mr. Fox had been a “strong advocate” for the state’s transportation system, but had been unable to motivate the state to act with any urgency.

Mr. Fox said he had hoped to find a long-term solution for the transportation fund <hl> within a year <hl> .“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and pursue new opportunities,” he said.


Question: What does Mr. Fox intend to do in the private sector?

Answer: pursue new opportunities

Mr. Fox said he had hoped to find a long-term solution for the transportation fund within a year. <hl> “I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and pursue new opportunities ,” he said. <hl> A spokesman for the commissioner, Stephen Schapiro, said Mr. Fox declined to comment further. Calls to his lawyer, Robert Fettweis, were not returned on Friday night. On Thursday, Mr. Fox expressed support for a proposal to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that New Jersey Transit, an agency for which he serves as board chairman, looked forward to working with Amtrak on the project. This year, he said the state was facing a transportation funding crisis, a characterization that Mr. Christie has disputed. Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy organization, said Mr. Fox had been a “strong advocate” for the state’s transportation system, but had been unable to motivate the state to act with any urgency.

Mr. Fox said he had hoped to find a long-term solution for the transportation fund within a year.“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and <hl> pursue new opportunities <hl>,” he said. A spokesman for the commissioner, Stephen Schapiro, said Mr. Fox declined to comment further. Calls to his lawyer, Robert Fettweis, were not returned on Friday night. On Thursday, Mr. Fox expressed support for a proposal to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that New Jersey Transit, an agency for which he serves as board chairman, looked forward to working with Amtrak on the project. This year, he said the state was facing a transportation funding crisis, a characterization that Mr. Christie has disputed. Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy organization, said Mr. Fox had been a “strong advocate” for the state’s transportation system, but had been unable to motivate the state to act with any urgency.

“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and <hl> pursue new opportunities <hl> ,” he said.