Question: What color was Sandy's upstairs study?

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

Answer: a rich burgundy

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. <hl> Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy , as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. <hl> She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted <hl> a rich burgundy <hl>, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted <hl> a rich burgundy <hl> , as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen.


Question: What did Mrs. Clinton remind voters of?

Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.” Photos show her flanked by military officers, and descending alone from her Air Force jet as secretary of state, as she can be heard, as a candidate, emphasizing the need to be “both secure at home and leading the world.” Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.

Answer: they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.”

<hl> Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.” Photos show her flanked by military officers, and descending alone from her Air Force jet as secretary of state, as she can be heard, as a candidate, emphasizing the need to be “both secure at home and leading the world.” <hl> Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.

Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters <hl> they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.” <hl> Photos show her flanked by military officers, and descending alone from her Air Force jet as secretary of state, as she can be heard, as a candidate, emphasizing the need to be “both secure at home and leading the world.” Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.


Question: What is W. McIntyre Burnham's profession?

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

Answer: neuropharmacologist

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. <hl> “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. <hl> “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a <hl> neuropharmacologist <hl> at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.


Question: Name three of his postwar masterpieces?

For this rashness, he is obliged to leave Tokyo and go to Osaka on his own, to work with a new troupe. A year later, Otoku follows. In one of the film’s most moving scenes, she gives Kiku an elaborate dressing table and mirror, which barely fits into their tiny living quarters. And so Kiku’s artistic redemption begins, even as the couple’s material circumstances dwindle. While “Osaka Elegy” and “Sisters of the Gion,” the two Mizoguchi pictures of this period that have been most widely seen in the West, were relatively brisk features, “Chrysanthemum,” at nearly two and a half hours, shows the director working in an expansive mode, one that would flower even more fully with his postwar masterpieces such as “The Life of Oharu,” “Ugetsu” and “Sansho the Bailiff.”

Answer: “The Life of Oharu,” “Ugetsu” and “Sansho the Bailiff.”

For this rashness, he is obliged to leave Tokyo and go to Osaka on his own, to work with a new troupe. A year later, Otoku follows. In one of the film’s most moving scenes, she gives Kiku an elaborate dressing table and mirror, which barely fits into their tiny living quarters. And so Kiku’s artistic redemption begins, even as the couple’s material circumstances dwindle. <hl> While “Osaka Elegy” and “Sisters of the Gion,” the two Mizoguchi pictures of this period that have been most widely seen in the West, were relatively brisk features, “Chrysanthemum,” at nearly two and a half hours, shows the director working in an expansive mode, one that would flower even more fully with his postwar masterpieces such as “The Life of Oharu,” “Ugetsu” and “Sansho the Bailiff.” <hl>

For this rashness, he is obliged to leave Tokyo and go to Osaka on his own, to work with a new troupe. A year later, Otoku follows. In one of the film’s most moving scenes, she gives Kiku an elaborate dressing table and mirror, which barely fits into their tiny living quarters. And so Kiku’s artistic redemption begins, even as the couple’s material circumstances dwindle. While “Osaka Elegy” and “Sisters of the Gion,” the two Mizoguchi pictures of this period that have been most widely seen in the West, were relatively brisk features, “Chrysanthemum,” at nearly two and a half hours, shows the director working in an expansive mode, one that would flower even more fully with his postwar masterpieces such as <hl> “The Life of Oharu,” “Ugetsu” and “Sansho the Bailiff.” <hl>


Question: What team is Alexis Sanchez on?

During that score, the referee never saw that the ball deflected from Giroud’s head onto his forearm, which possibly could have ruled out the goal. The assistant referee beside the post did play a role in the second score. After a shot by Mesut Ozil, Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line. So justice was served. Arsenal, using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic. It is called counterattacking, and it has been alien to Wenger’s philosophy over much of his two decades in London. You possibly could thank Wenger’s assistant, the former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, for the change.

Answer: Arsenal

During that score, the referee never saw that the ball deflected from Giroud’s head onto his forearm, which possibly could have ruled out the goal. The assistant referee beside the post did play a role in the second score. After a shot by Mesut Ozil, Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line. So justice was served. <hl> Arsenal , using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic. <hl> It is called counterattacking, and it has been alien to Wenger’s philosophy over much of his two decades in London. You possibly could thank Wenger’s assistant, the former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, for the change.

During that score, the referee never saw that the ball deflected from Giroud’s head onto his forearm, which possibly could have ruled out the goal. The assistant referee beside the post did play a role in the second score. After a shot by Mesut Ozil, Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line. So justice was served. <hl> Arsenal <hl>, using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic. It is called counterattacking, and it has been alien to Wenger’s philosophy over much of his two decades in London. You possibly could thank Wenger’s assistant, the former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, for the change.

<hl> Arsenal <hl> , using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic.


Question: What does the abbreviation IRA stand for?

Here is a short tale of how the way Americans save for retirement has changed over the last couple of generations. It helps explain what the Obama administration is up to with a new initiative this week: Once upon a time, companies took it as their responsibility to ensure that their workers could enjoy a comfortable retirement. They socked money away in a pension plan that paid longtime employees a healthy fraction of their salary from the day they retired to the day they died. Employers took on all the risk — the stock market dropping, people living longer than expected. And then along came new vehicles like the 401(k) and the Individual Retirement Account. These allowed ordinary Americans to take charge of their retirement savings themselves — to put money into tax-advantaged accounts and withdraw it when needed. But they also left people exposed to the vicissitudes of markets, the risk of saving too little or investing poorly, not to mention the possibility of outliving their savings. People were also at risk of getting advice from venal investment advisers guiding them toward investments with high fees or high risk because those products provided the advisers with high, frequently undisclosed commissions.

Answer: Individual Retirement Account

Here is a short tale of how the way Americans save for retirement has changed over the last couple of generations. It helps explain what the Obama administration is up to with a new initiative this week: Once upon a time, companies took it as their responsibility to ensure that their workers could enjoy a comfortable retirement. They socked money away in a pension plan that paid longtime employees a healthy fraction of their salary from the day they retired to the day they died. Employers took on all the risk — the stock market dropping, people living longer than expected. <hl> And then along came new vehicles like the 401(k) and the Individual Retirement Account . <hl> These allowed ordinary Americans to take charge of their retirement savings themselves — to put money into tax-advantaged accounts and withdraw it when needed. But they also left people exposed to the vicissitudes of markets, the risk of saving too little or investing poorly, not to mention the possibility of outliving their savings. People were also at risk of getting advice from venal investment advisers guiding them toward investments with high fees or high risk because those products provided the advisers with high, frequently undisclosed commissions.

Here is a short tale of how the way Americans save for retirement has changed over the last couple of generations. It helps explain what the Obama administration is up to with a new initiative this week: Once upon a time, companies took it as their responsibility to ensure that their workers could enjoy a comfortable retirement. They socked money away in a pension plan that paid longtime employees a healthy fraction of their salary from the day they retired to the day they died. Employers took on all the risk — the stock market dropping, people living longer than expected. And then along came new vehicles like the 401(k) and the <hl> Individual Retirement Account <hl>. These allowed ordinary Americans to take charge of their retirement savings themselves — to put money into tax-advantaged accounts and withdraw it when needed. But they also left people exposed to the vicissitudes of markets, the risk of saving too little or investing poorly, not to mention the possibility of outliving their savings. People were also at risk of getting advice from venal investment advisers guiding them toward investments with high fees or high risk because those products provided the advisers with high, frequently undisclosed commissions.

And then along came new vehicles like the 401(k) and the <hl> Individual Retirement Account <hl> .


Question: Who is "Writings on the Wall" a tribute to?

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

Answer: Cindy Sherman

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. <hl> In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” <hl> And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer <hl> Cindy Sherman <hl> in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW


Question: Who was the judge that preceded over Donald L. Blankenship's case?

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to declare a mistrial in the case of Donald L. Blankenship, who was the chief executive of Massey Energy Company when 29 workers were killed in a company mine in 2010. Mr. Blankenship’s lawyer asked for the mistrial ruling after jurors finished their fifth full day of deliberations. But Judge Irene C. Berger of Federal District Court in Charleston said that she did not “have any reason to believe that they are deadlocked” and that extensive deliberations were not surprising after weeks of testimony. Mr. Blankenship is accused of securities fraud and of conspiring to violate mine safety regulations. Deliberations will resume on Monday.

Answer: Judge Irene C. Berger

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to declare a mistrial in the case of Donald L. Blankenship, who was the chief executive of Massey Energy Company when 29 workers were killed in a company mine in 2010. Mr. Blankenship’s lawyer asked for the mistrial ruling after jurors finished their fifth full day of deliberations. <hl> But Judge Irene C. Berger of Federal District Court in Charleston said that she did not “have any reason to believe that they are deadlocked” and that extensive deliberations were not surprising after weeks of testimony. <hl> Mr. Blankenship is accused of securities fraud and of conspiring to violate mine safety regulations. Deliberations will resume on Monday.

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to declare a mistrial in the case of Donald L. Blankenship, who was the chief executive of Massey Energy Company when 29 workers were killed in a company mine in 2010. Mr. Blankenship’s lawyer asked for the mistrial ruling after jurors finished their fifth full day of deliberations. But <hl> Judge Irene C. Berger <hl> of Federal District Court in Charleston said that she did not “have any reason to believe that they are deadlocked” and that extensive deliberations were not surprising after weeks of testimony. Mr. Blankenship is accused of securities fraud and of conspiring to violate mine safety regulations. Deliberations will resume on Monday.


Question: who are the people forced to work outside ?

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.

Answer: Parking and gas station attendants

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. <hl> Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether. <hl>

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. <hl> Parking and gas station attendants <hl> forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.


Question: Who is the top economist at the Bank for International Settlements.

“We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money,” said Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors. “We are their agents, and we are investing money for them.” Still, Hyun Song Shin, a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.

Answer: Hyun Song Shin

“We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money,” said Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors. “We are their agents, and we are investing money for them.” <hl> Still, Hyun Song Shin , a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble. <hl>

“We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money,” said Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors. “We are their agents, and we are investing money for them.” Still, <hl> Hyun Song Shin <hl>, a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.

Still, <hl> Hyun Song Shin <hl> , a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.


Question: Besides the Israelis what other nationality was given the spirit of love?

The church’s boycott resolution reflects what supporters call the growing momentum of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement, which seeks to pressure Israel economically over the long-paralyzed Middle East peace process. The church said in a statement that it “considers Tuesday’s actions a next step in the U.C.C.’s involvement with peace in the Middle East.” The Rev. John Deckenback, conference minister of the church’s Central Atlantic Conference, which submitted the boycott resolution, called the outcome a reflection of the church’s “spirit of love for both Israelis and Palestinians.”

Answer: Palestinians

The church’s boycott resolution reflects what supporters call the growing momentum of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement, which seeks to pressure Israel economically over the long-paralyzed Middle East peace process. The church said in a statement that it “considers Tuesday’s actions a next step in the U.C.C.’s involvement with peace in the Middle East.” <hl> The Rev. John Deckenback, conference minister of the church’s Central Atlantic Conference, which submitted the boycott resolution, called the outcome a reflection of the church’s “spirit of love for both Israelis and Palestinians . <hl> ”

The church’s boycott resolution reflects what supporters call the growing momentum of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement, which seeks to pressure Israel economically over the long-paralyzed Middle East peace process. The church said in a statement that it “considers Tuesday’s actions a next step in the U.C.C.’s involvement with peace in the Middle East.” The Rev. John Deckenback, conference minister of the church’s Central Atlantic Conference, which submitted the boycott resolution, called the outcome a reflection of the church’s “spirit of love for both Israelis and <hl> Palestinians <hl>.”

The Rev. John Deckenback, conference minister of the church’s Central Atlantic Conference, which submitted the boycott resolution, called the outcome a reflection of the church’s “spirit of love for both Israelis and <hl> Palestinians <hl> .


Question: What was the name of the first educator?

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two educators at a prestigious international school in Indonesia were freed from prison on Friday after an appeals court overturned their convictions and 10-year prison sentences on charges of sexually assaulting kindergartners, in a case that the school said was fabricated and that led to international concern about the competence of the country’s judicial system. “We are relieved and grateful that justice can finally prevail,” one of the pair, Ferdinand Tjiong, told reporters as he and the other, Neil Bantleman, were mobbed by a throng of journalists and supporters after walking through the gates of Cipinang Penitentiary in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. “This should be a lesson to all of us that we should keep fighting for justice and the innocent,” Mr. Tjiong said.

Answer: Ferdinand Tjiong

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two educators at a prestigious international school in Indonesia were freed from prison on Friday after an appeals court overturned their convictions and 10-year prison sentences on charges of sexually assaulting kindergartners, in a case that the school said was fabricated and that led to international concern about the competence of the country’s judicial system. <hl> “We are relieved and grateful that justice can finally prevail,” one of the pair, Ferdinand Tjiong , told reporters as he and the other, Neil Bantleman, were mobbed by a throng of journalists and supporters after walking through the gates of Cipinang Penitentiary in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. <hl> “This should be a lesson to all of us that we should keep fighting for justice and the innocent,” Mr. Tjiong said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two educators at a prestigious international school in Indonesia were freed from prison on Friday after an appeals court overturned their convictions and 10-year prison sentences on charges of sexually assaulting kindergartners, in a case that the school said was fabricated and that led to international concern about the competence of the country’s judicial system. “We are relieved and grateful that justice can finally prevail,” one of the pair, <hl> Ferdinand Tjiong <hl>, told reporters as he and the other, Neil Bantleman, were mobbed by a throng of journalists and supporters after walking through the gates of Cipinang Penitentiary in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. “This should be a lesson to all of us that we should keep fighting for justice and the innocent,” Mr. Tjiong said.

“We are relieved and grateful that justice can finally prevail,” one of the pair, <hl> Ferdinand Tjiong <hl> , told reporters as he and the other, Neil Bantleman, were mobbed by a throng of journalists and supporters after walking through the gates of Cipinang Penitentiary in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.


Question: How many trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center?

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q, which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

Answer: Nine

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q, which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. <hl> Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. <hl> The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q, which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. <hl> Nine <hl> trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.


Question: Will Corbyn's plan cause the debt to rise?

“Whether it’s weakening our defenses, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare or driving up the cost of living by printing money — Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will hurt working people,” he said in a statement. More worrying for Mr. Corbyn will be internal critics. Steven Fielding, professor of political history at Nottingham University, said that the emphatic nature of Mr. Corbyn’s victory made it likely that his opponents would keep quiet for some months, and hope for him to trip up. “I think there will be some kind of cease-fire, and that they will see how it goes, assuming that in six to 12 months, Labour’s opinion poll position will start to fall, and then they can start acting more assertively,” Mr. Fielding said. Doing so more quickly might risk the wrath of the party supporters, many of whom have been energized by Mr. Corbyn’s campaign, Mr. Fielding added. On Saturday they thronged the conference center where the results were announced, some cheering or chanting.

Answer: Whether it’s weakening our defenses, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare

<hl> “ Whether it’s weakening our defenses, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare or driving up the cost of living by printing money — Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will hurt working people,” he said in a statement. <hl> More worrying for Mr. Corbyn will be internal critics. Steven Fielding, professor of political history at Nottingham University, said that the emphatic nature of Mr. Corbyn’s victory made it likely that his opponents would keep quiet for some months, and hope for him to trip up. “I think there will be some kind of cease-fire, and that they will see how it goes, assuming that in six to 12 months, Labour’s opinion poll position will start to fall, and then they can start acting more assertively,” Mr. Fielding said. Doing so more quickly might risk the wrath of the party supporters, many of whom have been energized by Mr. Corbyn’s campaign, Mr. Fielding added. On Saturday they thronged the conference center where the results were announced, some cheering or chanting.

“<hl> Whether it’s weakening our defenses, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare <hl> or driving up the cost of living by printing money — Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will hurt working people,” he said in a statement. More worrying for Mr. Corbyn will be internal critics. Steven Fielding, professor of political history at Nottingham University, said that the emphatic nature of Mr. Corbyn’s victory made it likely that his opponents would keep quiet for some months, and hope for him to trip up. “I think there will be some kind of cease-fire, and that they will see how it goes, assuming that in six to 12 months, Labour’s opinion poll position will start to fall, and then they can start acting more assertively,” Mr. Fielding said. Doing so more quickly might risk the wrath of the party supporters, many of whom have been energized by Mr. Corbyn’s campaign, Mr. Fielding added. On Saturday they thronged the conference center where the results were announced, some cheering or chanting.

“ <hl> Whether it’s weakening our defenses, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare <hl> or driving up the cost of living by printing money — Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will hurt working people,” he said in a statement.


Question: Who did Picasso become an important friend to in Barcelona?

These friendships have inspired an intimate exhibition, “Picasso I Els Reventós,” at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona through Jan. 10. The show includes letters and drawings that reveal the artist’s lifelong connection to an adopted family whose influence came at a pivotal time in his life. “When Picasso came to Barcelona after studying in Madrid, he tried to establish himself here as an artist,” said Malén Gual, curator of the exhibition, during a recent tour. “He met Ramón, who introduced Picasso to his family.” “The Reventós home was a lively place where Picasso met lots of people at parties,” Ms. Gual continued. “The father was a poet and was in all the social meetings around the city. Picasso became an important friend for both Ramón and Jacint.” Picasso’s early works are a far cry from his Cubist and Surrealist work later in his career. The museum chronicles these early works, including his Blue Period (1901-4) and Rose Period (1904-6). But it is the period around 1900 that began to shape the young artist — and his connection to his native country and his sense of home.

Answer: Ramón and Jacint

These friendships have inspired an intimate exhibition, “Picasso I Els Reventós,” at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona through Jan. 10. The show includes letters and drawings that reveal the artist’s lifelong connection to an adopted family whose influence came at a pivotal time in his life. “When Picasso came to Barcelona after studying in Madrid, he tried to establish himself here as an artist,” said Malén Gual, curator of the exhibition, during a recent tour. “He met Ramón, who introduced Picasso to his family.” “The Reventós home was a lively place where Picasso met lots of people at parties,” Ms. Gual continued. “The father was a poet and was in all the social meetings around the city. <hl> Picasso became an important friend for both Ramón and Jacint .” <hl> Picasso’s early works are a far cry from his Cubist and Surrealist work later in his career. The museum chronicles these early works, including his Blue Period (1901-4) and Rose Period (1904-6). But it is the period around 1900 that began to shape the young artist — and his connection to his native country and his sense of home.

These friendships have inspired an intimate exhibition, “Picasso I Els Reventós,” at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona through Jan. 10. The show includes letters and drawings that reveal the artist’s lifelong connection to an adopted family whose influence came at a pivotal time in his life. “When Picasso came to Barcelona after studying in Madrid, he tried to establish himself here as an artist,” said Malén Gual, curator of the exhibition, during a recent tour. “He met Ramón, who introduced Picasso to his family.” “The Reventós home was a lively place where Picasso met lots of people at parties,” Ms. Gual continued. “The father was a poet and was in all the social meetings around the city. Picasso became an important friend for both <hl> Ramón and Jacint <hl>.” Picasso’s early works are a far cry from his Cubist and Surrealist work later in his career. The museum chronicles these early works, including his Blue Period (1901-4) and Rose Period (1904-6). But it is the period around 1900 that began to shape the young artist — and his connection to his native country and his sense of home.

Picasso became an important friend for both <hl> Ramón and Jacint <hl> .”


Question: What does Iran think should happen if they need more time to reach a deal?

Speaking at a news conference to recognize the second anniversary of his election, Mr. Rouhani dismissed reports that Iranians would have to wait more than a few months for the lifting of sanctions, which have crippled Iran’s economy. Asked whether the wait for relief could be as long as a year, he said, “A one-year difference is totally untrue.” “It might be one month,” he added. “We are still discussing.” In the coming weeks, Iran and the world powers — the United States, Russia, France, Britain, China and Germany — will intensify talks that can lead either to a breakthrough deal on Iran’s nuclear program or a more remote possibility, the end of negotiations. In recent months, Iranian leaders have insisted that if they need more time to reach a deal, the talks should continue beyond the June 30 deadline.

Answer: talks should continue beyond the June 30 deadline

Speaking at a news conference to recognize the second anniversary of his election, Mr. Rouhani dismissed reports that Iranians would have to wait more than a few months for the lifting of sanctions, which have crippled Iran’s economy. Asked whether the wait for relief could be as long as a year, he said, “A one-year difference is totally untrue.” “It might be one month,” he added. “We are still discussing.” In the coming weeks, Iran and the world powers — the United States, Russia, France, Britain, China and Germany — will intensify talks that can lead either to a breakthrough deal on Iran’s nuclear program or a more remote possibility, the end of negotiations. <hl> In recent months, Iranian leaders have insisted that if they need more time to reach a deal, the talks should continue beyond the June 30 deadline . <hl>

Speaking at a news conference to recognize the second anniversary of his election, Mr. Rouhani dismissed reports that Iranians would have to wait more than a few months for the lifting of sanctions, which have crippled Iran’s economy. Asked whether the wait for relief could be as long as a year, he said, “A one-year difference is totally untrue.” “It might be one month,” he added. “We are still discussing.” In the coming weeks, Iran and the world powers — the United States, Russia, France, Britain, China and Germany — will intensify talks that can lead either to a breakthrough deal on Iran’s nuclear program or a more remote possibility, the end of negotiations. In recent months, Iranian leaders have insisted that if they need more time to reach a deal, the <hl> talks should continue beyond the June 30 deadline <hl>.

In recent months, Iranian leaders have insisted that if they need more time to reach a deal, the <hl> talks should continue beyond the June 30 deadline <hl> .


Question: How many Vermonters attended the committee hearing in the statehouse?

Hundreds of Vermonters packed the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday for a committee hearing on legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms restrictions. Several opponents argued that the bill is not needed, pointing to Vermont’s rank in F.B.I. statistics as the safest state. Supporters argued that Vermont is not immune from domestic violence and is not an island from the rest of the country. The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales between private parties. It also would step up reporting to the federal background check system when a court adjudicates someone as mentally ill.

Answer: Hundreds

<hl> Hundreds of Vermonters packed the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday for a committee hearing on legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms restrictions. <hl> Several opponents argued that the bill is not needed, pointing to Vermont’s rank in F.B.I. statistics as the safest state. Supporters argued that Vermont is not immune from domestic violence and is not an island from the rest of the country. The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales between private parties. It also would step up reporting to the federal background check system when a court adjudicates someone as mentally ill.

<hl> Hundreds <hl> of Vermonters packed the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday for a committee hearing on legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms restrictions. Several opponents argued that the bill is not needed, pointing to Vermont’s rank in F.B.I. statistics as the safest state. Supporters argued that Vermont is not immune from domestic violence and is not an island from the rest of the country. The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales between private parties. It also would step up reporting to the federal background check system when a court adjudicates someone as mentally ill.


Question: Where were the cars with 1.6-liter motors imported from?

Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured. Those vehicles may be easier to repair. Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from Mexico or other countries. Representatives of Volkswagen and its Audi division have been in talks with the Environmental Protection Agency about how to make cars in the United States compliant.

Answer: Mexico

Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured. Those vehicles may be easier to repair. <hl> Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from Mexico or other countries. <hl> Representatives of Volkswagen and its Audi division have been in talks with the Environmental Protection Agency about how to make cars in the United States compliant.

Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured. Those vehicles may be easier to repair. Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from <hl> Mexico <hl> or other countries. Representatives of Volkswagen and its Audi division have been in talks with the Environmental Protection Agency about how to make cars in the United States compliant.


Question: In which year did Full Sail begin offering a masters program?

But the rapidly shifting film school landscape has led to what a business professor might refer to as marketplace confusion. Never have the film school options been so many, and never has there been greater bewilderment about where to go — or whether to go at all. “You practically need a degree just to sort through it,” said Reed Martin, author of “The Reel Truth,” a guide for aspiring filmmakers. A lot of the confusion seems to be centered on the hard-charging for-profits that have stepped in to pick up spillover from more selective traditional schools. Full Sail, which offered its first bachelor’s degree programs in 2003 and master’s programs in 2007, says it received 2,800 film-related applicants last year, a 47 percent increase over 2013. Other major for-profit schools, almost all of which practice open enrollment, include the Los Angeles Film School and the New York Film Academy.

Answer: 2007

But the rapidly shifting film school landscape has led to what a business professor might refer to as marketplace confusion. Never have the film school options been so many, and never has there been greater bewilderment about where to go — or whether to go at all. “You practically need a degree just to sort through it,” said Reed Martin, author of “The Reel Truth,” a guide for aspiring filmmakers. A lot of the confusion seems to be centered on the hard-charging for-profits that have stepped in to pick up spillover from more selective traditional schools. <hl> Full Sail, which offered its first bachelor’s degree programs in 2003 and master’s programs in 2007 , says it received 2,800 film-related applicants last year, a 47 percent increase over 2013. <hl> Other major for-profit schools, almost all of which practice open enrollment, include the Los Angeles Film School and the New York Film Academy.

But the rapidly shifting film school landscape has led to what a business professor might refer to as marketplace confusion. Never have the film school options been so many, and never has there been greater bewilderment about where to go — or whether to go at all. “You practically need a degree just to sort through it,” said Reed Martin, author of “The Reel Truth,” a guide for aspiring filmmakers. A lot of the confusion seems to be centered on the hard-charging for-profits that have stepped in to pick up spillover from more selective traditional schools. Full Sail, which offered its first bachelor’s degree programs in 2003 and master’s programs in <hl> 2007 <hl>, says it received 2,800 film-related applicants last year, a 47 percent increase over 2013. Other major for-profit schools, almost all of which practice open enrollment, include the Los Angeles Film School and the New York Film Academy.

Full Sail, which offered its first bachelor’s degree programs in 2003 and master’s programs in <hl> 2007 <hl> , says it received 2,800 film-related applicants last year, a 47 percent increase over 2013.


Question: Why did David Makovsky think Mr. Obama might have felt the need to hype his case to the public?

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents. “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

Answer: in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents

<hl> David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents . <hl> “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps <hl> in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents <hl>. “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps <hl> in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents <hl> .


Question: Analysts do not expect a quick decision concerning what?

Replacing the cardinal will be one of Francis’ most complicated and important tasks. He will travel throughout the island, meeting different bishops and church figures. It should allow him to make a personal evaluation of the next potential leader of the Cuban church, though analysts do not expect a decision soon. “There are not a lot of bishops in Cuba,” said Gianni La Bella, an expert in Latin American Catholicism and a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, a liberal Catholic group active in international affairs. “It is not easy to choose the right man for the place.”

Answer: the next potential leader of the Cuban church

Replacing the cardinal will be one of Francis’ most complicated and important tasks. He will travel throughout the island, meeting different bishops and church figures. <hl> It should allow him to make a personal evaluation of the next potential leader of the Cuban church , though analysts do not expect a decision soon. <hl> “There are not a lot of bishops in Cuba,” said Gianni La Bella, an expert in Latin American Catholicism and a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, a liberal Catholic group active in international affairs. “It is not easy to choose the right man for the place.”

Replacing the cardinal will be one of Francis’ most complicated and important tasks. He will travel throughout the island, meeting different bishops and church figures. It should allow him to make a personal evaluation of <hl> the next potential leader of the Cuban church <hl>, though analysts do not expect a decision soon. “There are not a lot of bishops in Cuba,” said Gianni La Bella, an expert in Latin American Catholicism and a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, a liberal Catholic group active in international affairs. “It is not easy to choose the right man for the place.”

It should allow him to make a personal evaluation of <hl> the next potential leader of the Cuban church <hl> , though analysts do not expect a decision soon.


Question: What does the gender bending character drink in the video?

The video, 1 minute 3 seconds and set in Boca Raton, Fla., features a gender-bending character in a variety of poses: drinking Red Bull in a pink velour zip-up jacket on the beach, sitting on a sofa in a high-rise condo, doing dance moves while dressed in a floral midriff top. The soundtrack includes conversational snippets overheard by the artist at last year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach, including “She’s so talented, she’s a real artist,” and “Listen, if you are on the wait list, that means you are in the liminal zone between being no one and actually being someone.”

Answer: Red Bull

<hl> The video, 1 minute 3 seconds and set in Boca Raton, Fla., features a gender-bending character in a variety of poses: drinking Red Bull in a pink velour zip-up jacket on the beach, sitting on a sofa in a high-rise condo, doing dance moves while dressed in a floral midriff top. <hl> The soundtrack includes conversational snippets overheard by the artist at last year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach, including “She’s so talented, she’s a real artist,” and “Listen, if you are on the wait list, that means you are in the liminal zone between being no one and actually being someone.”

The video, 1 minute 3 seconds and set in Boca Raton, Fla., features a gender-bending character in a variety of poses: drinking <hl> Red Bull <hl> in a pink velour zip-up jacket on the beach, sitting on a sofa in a high-rise condo, doing dance moves while dressed in a floral midriff top. The soundtrack includes conversational snippets overheard by the artist at last year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach, including “She’s so talented, she’s a real artist,” and “Listen, if you are on the wait list, that means you are in the liminal zone between being no one and actually being someone.”


Question: Why do some players hide concussion symptoms?

Head injuries can also occur through unintended collisions, which were the leading cause of concussions in the I.I.H.F. study. During a practice drill in 2010, Minnesota goalie Alyssa Grogan dived for a poke check, and a player fell and kneed her in the forehead while another landed on the back of her head. It was her first concussion, but she was forced to retire and missed three semesters at the university. Even after multiple concussions, leaving the game can be difficult. Despite new professional opportunities, options are limited after college. Participation in the Olympics can lead to thousands of dollars in performance bonuses. Some players hide symptoms to prolong their careers.

Answer: to prolong their careers

Head injuries can also occur through unintended collisions, which were the leading cause of concussions in the I.I.H.F. study. During a practice drill in 2010, Minnesota goalie Alyssa Grogan dived for a poke check, and a player fell and kneed her in the forehead while another landed on the back of her head. It was her first concussion, but she was forced to retire and missed three semesters at the university. Even after multiple concussions, leaving the game can be difficult. Despite new professional opportunities, options are limited after college. Participation in the Olympics can lead to thousands of dollars in performance bonuses. <hl> Some players hide symptoms to prolong their careers . <hl>

Head injuries can also occur through unintended collisions, which were the leading cause of concussions in the I.I.H.F. study. During a practice drill in 2010, Minnesota goalie Alyssa Grogan dived for a poke check, and a player fell and kneed her in the forehead while another landed on the back of her head. It was her first concussion, but she was forced to retire and missed three semesters at the university. Even after multiple concussions, leaving the game can be difficult. Despite new professional opportunities, options are limited after college. Participation in the Olympics can lead to thousands of dollars in performance bonuses. Some players hide symptoms <hl> to prolong their careers <hl>.

Some players hide symptoms <hl> to prolong their careers <hl> .


Question: What did the nine ethnic Uighurs try to use the passports for?

BEIJING —  The police in Shanghai have arrested 10 Turkish citizens and two Chinese citizens and accused them of providing altered Turkish passports to terrorist suspects from the western region of Xinjiang, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday. The people trying to use the passports — nine ethnic Uighurs trying to leave China illegally through a Shanghai airport — are also under arrest, according to the newspaper, Global Times. All of the suspects were detained in November and formally charged recently, the report said. It added that the nine Uighurs were planning to go to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria after leaving China. Audio and video materials with content related to terrorism were found on those trying to leave, the report said.

Answer: to leave China illegally

BEIJING — The police in Shanghai have arrested 10 Turkish citizens and two Chinese citizens and accused them of providing altered Turkish passports to terrorist suspects from the western region of Xinjiang, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday. <hl> The people trying to use the passports — nine ethnic Uighurs trying to leave China illegally through a Shanghai airport — are also under arrest, according to the newspaper, Global Times. <hl> All of the suspects were detained in November and formally charged recently, the report said. It added that the nine Uighurs were planning to go to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria after leaving China. Audio and video materials with content related to terrorism were found on those trying to leave, the report said.

BEIJING — The police in Shanghai have arrested 10 Turkish citizens and two Chinese citizens and accused them of providing altered Turkish passports to terrorist suspects from the western region of Xinjiang, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday. The people trying to use the passports — nine ethnic Uighurs trying <hl> to leave China illegally <hl> through a Shanghai airport — are also under arrest, according to the newspaper, Global Times. All of the suspects were detained in November and formally charged recently, the report said. It added that the nine Uighurs were planning to go to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria after leaving China. Audio and video materials with content related to terrorism were found on those trying to leave, the report said.


Question: What is the address of the "Mourning Lincoln" event?

CATSKILL The Thomas Cole National Historic Site An artist talk by Stephen Hannock. April 12 at 2 p.m. $7 and $9. The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street. 518-943-7465; thomascole.org. GARRISON Desmond Fish Library Coffee and conversation with the author Allison Pataki and the filmmaker Beatrice Copeland. April 10 at 11 a.m. Free. Desmond Fish Library, 472 Route 403. 845-424-3020; desmondfishlibrary.org. HYDE PARK The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum The Hudson Valley History Reading Festival, author talks and book signings. April 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road. 845-486-7745; fdrlibrary.marist.edu. MARLBORO The Falcon “Amplify Sound Concert Series,” poetry readings and performances. April 6 at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W. liveatthefalcon.com; 845-236-7970. MOUNT VERNON St. Paul’s Church “Mourning Lincoln: Reactions to the Assassination of President Lincoln,” lecture. April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Church, 897 South Columbus Avenue. 914-667-4116; nps.gov/sapa.

Answer: 897 South Columbus Avenue

CATSKILL The Thomas Cole National Historic Site An artist talk by Stephen Hannock. April 12 at 2 p.m. $7 and $9. The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street. 518-943-7465; thomascole.org. GARRISON Desmond Fish Library Coffee and conversation with the author Allison Pataki and the filmmaker Beatrice Copeland. April 10 at 11 a.m. Free. Desmond Fish Library, 472 Route 403. 845-424-3020; desmondfishlibrary.org. HYDE PARK The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum The Hudson Valley History Reading Festival, author talks and book signings. April 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road. 845-486-7745; fdrlibrary.marist.edu. MARLBORO The Falcon “Amplify Sound Concert Series,” poetry readings and performances. April 6 at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W. liveatthefalcon.com; 845-236-7970. MOUNT VERNON St. Paul’s Church “Mourning Lincoln: Reactions to the Assassination of President Lincoln,” lecture. April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. <hl> St. Paul’s Church, 897 South Columbus Avenue . <hl> 914-667-4116; nps.gov/sapa.

CATSKILL The Thomas Cole National Historic Site An artist talk by Stephen Hannock. April 12 at 2 p.m. $7 and $9. The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street. 518-943-7465; thomascole.org. GARRISON Desmond Fish Library Coffee and conversation with the author Allison Pataki and the filmmaker Beatrice Copeland. April 10 at 11 a.m. Free. Desmond Fish Library, 472 Route 403. 845-424-3020; desmondfishlibrary.org. HYDE PARK The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum The Hudson Valley History Reading Festival, author talks and book signings. April 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road. 845-486-7745; fdrlibrary.marist.edu. MARLBORO The Falcon “Amplify Sound Concert Series,” poetry readings and performances. April 6 at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W. liveatthefalcon.com; 845-236-7970. MOUNT VERNON St. Paul’s Church “Mourning Lincoln: Reactions to the Assassination of President Lincoln,” lecture. April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Church, <hl> 897 South Columbus Avenue <hl>. 914-667-4116; nps.gov/sapa.

St. Paul’s Church, <hl> 897 South Columbus Avenue <hl> .


Question: Are voice messages sent instantaneously?

You can’t save messages from others, or even listen to your own before you send them. And unlike an actual walkie-talkie, you have to double-click a button in order to hear your friends’ messages over the speaker. They are sent instantaneously but do not play back automatically. It doesn’t sound promising, especially since young people are notoriously squirmy about leaving and receiving voice mail. And yet the app is a pleasure to use, with an intuitive design and an eye-pleasing color scheme. I have big, clumsy fingers and don’t particularly like to text. With Roger, I can easily press a button, record a quick message and shoot it off to my girlfriend, who is based in Boston, when I don’t have time to call. Sending voice messages is also more intimate than texting. Ricardo Vice Santos, a founder of Roger, said that given the time change, it was often difficult to call his mother in Portugal, five time zones away. Text messages seemed impersonal. Roger bridges the gap, allowing for messages that still convey real warmth. Alas, Roger has not caught on with others in my circle. My girlfriend says she uses it only to humor me. Her cousin is harsher: “I just don’t see the point,” he said in an email, before using the app itself to tell me it was “worthless.”

Answer: They are sent instantaneously

You can’t save messages from others, or even listen to your own before you send them. And unlike an actual walkie-talkie, you have to double-click a button in order to hear your friends’ messages over the speaker. <hl> They are sent instantaneously but do not play back automatically. <hl> It doesn’t sound promising, especially since young people are notoriously squirmy about leaving and receiving voice mail. And yet the app is a pleasure to use, with an intuitive design and an eye-pleasing color scheme. I have big, clumsy fingers and don’t particularly like to text. With Roger, I can easily press a button, record a quick message and shoot it off to my girlfriend, who is based in Boston, when I don’t have time to call. Sending voice messages is also more intimate than texting. Ricardo Vice Santos, a founder of Roger, said that given the time change, it was often difficult to call his mother in Portugal, five time zones away. Text messages seemed impersonal. Roger bridges the gap, allowing for messages that still convey real warmth. Alas, Roger has not caught on with others in my circle. My girlfriend says she uses it only to humor me. Her cousin is harsher: “I just don’t see the point,” he said in an email, before using the app itself to tell me it was “worthless.”

You can’t save messages from others, or even listen to your own before you send them. And unlike an actual walkie-talkie, you have to double-click a button in order to hear your friends’ messages over the speaker. <hl> They are sent instantaneously <hl> but do not play back automatically. It doesn’t sound promising, especially since young people are notoriously squirmy about leaving and receiving voice mail. And yet the app is a pleasure to use, with an intuitive design and an eye-pleasing color scheme. I have big, clumsy fingers and don’t particularly like to text. With Roger, I can easily press a button, record a quick message and shoot it off to my girlfriend, who is based in Boston, when I don’t have time to call. Sending voice messages is also more intimate than texting. Ricardo Vice Santos, a founder of Roger, said that given the time change, it was often difficult to call his mother in Portugal, five time zones away. Text messages seemed impersonal. Roger bridges the gap, allowing for messages that still convey real warmth. Alas, Roger has not caught on with others in my circle. My girlfriend says she uses it only to humor me. Her cousin is harsher: “I just don’t see the point,” he said in an email, before using the app itself to tell me it was “worthless.”


Question: What was Mr. Obama's speech a striking display of?

Answer: certitude about a diplomatic deal that has split the American public

<hl> Delivered in stark terms that surprised some foreign policy analysts and left no room for questioning whether the agreement is good for American security — “It’s not even close,” Mr. Obama declared at one point — the president’s speech was a striking display of certitude about a diplomatic deal that has split the American public and presented a dilemma for lawmakers, including many in his own party. <hl>

Delivered in stark terms that surprised some foreign policy analysts and left no room for questioning whether the agreement is good for American security — “It’s not even close,” Mr. Obama declared at one point — the president’s speech was a striking display of <hl> certitude about a diplomatic deal that has split the American public <hl> and presented a dilemma for lawmakers, including many in his own party.


Question: When are trunk-crown lizards usually quiet?

Then the researchers created caps with pieces of Ping-Pong ball, and attached them with surgical glue and cork as a cushion, to the heads of the anoles to interfere with polarized light that might reach an organ in the brain called the parietal eye. Some research has shown that lizards can detect polarized light with that organ, not with their regular eyes. The team didn’t just block all light to the parietal eye, because it controls the daily rhythms of the lizard. Block it completely, Dr. Leal said, and “after a day they just stop moving.” They are normally quiet at night. If it is always night for them, they stay quiet. And how did the lizards do with the Ping-Pong ball hats? They came back. Same percentage. Same time period.

Answer: They are normally quiet at night

Then the researchers created caps with pieces of Ping-Pong ball, and attached them with surgical glue and cork as a cushion, to the heads of the anoles to interfere with polarized light that might reach an organ in the brain called the parietal eye. Some research has shown that lizards can detect polarized light with that organ, not with their regular eyes. The team didn’t just block all light to the parietal eye, because it controls the daily rhythms of the lizard. <hl> Block it completely, Dr. Leal said, and “after a day they just stop moving.” They are normally quiet at night . <hl> If it is always night for them, they stay quiet. And how did the lizards do with the Ping-Pong ball hats? They came back. Same percentage. Same time period.

Then the researchers created caps with pieces of Ping-Pong ball, and attached them with surgical glue and cork as a cushion, to the heads of the anoles to interfere with polarized light that might reach an organ in the brain called the parietal eye. Some research has shown that lizards can detect polarized light with that organ, not with their regular eyes. The team didn’t just block all light to the parietal eye, because it controls the daily rhythms of the lizard. Block it completely, Dr. Leal said, and “after a day they just stop moving.” <hl> They are normally quiet at night <hl>. If it is always night for them, they stay quiet. And how did the lizards do with the Ping-Pong ball hats? They came back. Same percentage. Same time period.

Block it completely, Dr. Leal said, and “after a day they just stop moving.” <hl> They are normally quiet at night <hl> .


Question: The show Big Time doesn't contain many what?

At its best, “Big Time” works like a parody and love letter to shows like “Breaking Bad,” whose ingenious last-second escapes were always a little absurd and ripe for ridicule. “Big Time” makes this point more overtly. By the end of the fourth episode, two brothers (along with Mr. Gooding) break into a suburban house, hold a family hostage while being trailed by a detective hired by their mother and by a team of drug traffickers with machine guns. There aren’t many jokes, but it’s a nicely staged sequence in which barreling action becomes joyfully preposterous farce.

Answer: jokes

At its best, “Big Time” works like a parody and love letter to shows like “Breaking Bad,” whose ingenious last-second escapes were always a little absurd and ripe for ridicule. “Big Time” makes this point more overtly. By the end of the fourth episode, two brothers (along with Mr. Gooding) break into a suburban house, hold a family hostage while being trailed by a detective hired by their mother and by a team of drug traffickers with machine guns. <hl> There aren’t many jokes , but it’s a nicely staged sequence in which barreling action becomes joyfully preposterous farce. <hl>

At its best, “Big Time” works like a parody and love letter to shows like “Breaking Bad,” whose ingenious last-second escapes were always a little absurd and ripe for ridicule. “Big Time” makes this point more overtly. By the end of the fourth episode, two brothers (along with Mr. Gooding) break into a suburban house, hold a family hostage while being trailed by a detective hired by their mother and by a team of drug traffickers with machine guns. There aren’t many <hl> jokes <hl>, but it’s a nicely staged sequence in which barreling action becomes joyfully preposterous farce.

There aren’t many <hl> jokes <hl> , but it’s a nicely staged sequence in which barreling action becomes joyfully preposterous farce.


Question: What is Wayfair?

Amen. Now, another guy with another problem. Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, an online furniture store, which the company insisted on delivering to my office. When the package arrived, FedEx also dropped off two huge boxes that I insisted were not part of my order. The deliveryman insisted otherwise and left them. Inside were two huge pieces of patio furniture. I don’t have a patio. And after getting home with the box containing my lamp, I discovered that it was a shambles of oversize toothpicks. I called Wayfair. The company promised a refund on the lamp but refused to pick up the patio furniture because I didn’t keep the boxes for them. The boxes didn’t fit in my office because it was crowded with patio furniture. Their solution is for me to keep the furniture, sell it on Craigslist or donate it to charity. I don’t like any of these options. I can’t even toss out the furniture without having to pay a bulk disposal fee from a trash company. But the company won’t budge. Maybe you can change their mind.

Answer: an online furniture store

Amen. Now, another guy with another problem. <hl> Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, an online furniture store , which the company insisted on delivering to my office. <hl> When the package arrived, FedEx also dropped off two huge boxes that I insisted were not part of my order. The deliveryman insisted otherwise and left them. Inside were two huge pieces of patio furniture. I don’t have a patio. And after getting home with the box containing my lamp, I discovered that it was a shambles of oversize toothpicks. I called Wayfair. The company promised a refund on the lamp but refused to pick up the patio furniture because I didn’t keep the boxes for them. The boxes didn’t fit in my office because it was crowded with patio furniture. Their solution is for me to keep the furniture, sell it on Craigslist or donate it to charity. I don’t like any of these options. I can’t even toss out the furniture without having to pay a bulk disposal fee from a trash company. But the company won’t budge. Maybe you can change their mind.

Amen. Now, another guy with another problem. Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, <hl> an online furniture store <hl>, which the company insisted on delivering to my office. When the package arrived, FedEx also dropped off two huge boxes that I insisted were not part of my order. The deliveryman insisted otherwise and left them. Inside were two huge pieces of patio furniture. I don’t have a patio. And after getting home with the box containing my lamp, I discovered that it was a shambles of oversize toothpicks. I called Wayfair. The company promised a refund on the lamp but refused to pick up the patio furniture because I didn’t keep the boxes for them. The boxes didn’t fit in my office because it was crowded with patio furniture. Their solution is for me to keep the furniture, sell it on Craigslist or donate it to charity. I don’t like any of these options. I can’t even toss out the furniture without having to pay a bulk disposal fee from a trash company. But the company won’t budge. Maybe you can change their mind.

Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, <hl> an online furniture store <hl> , which the company insisted on delivering to my office.


Question: Who is Turkey's Deputy Director General?

Russia had also been one of Turkey’s biggest sources of tourists until the past year, when the combination of the fall of the ruble and Western sanctions on Russia for its support of Ukrainian insurgents began steeply eroding the number of Russians who could afford to travel. The decline in tourism was a worry for economists here even before the Russian jet was shot down. “The trade deficit is out of hand, exports cannot meet the import bill, so tourism revenues are a major item in our balance sheet,” said Erinc Yeldan, the dean of the economics faculty at Bilkent University near Ankara. Still, Cengiz Kamil Firat, the deputy director general of general and bilateral economic affairs at Turkey’s foreign ministry, said that the nation’s economy was in better shape than it might seem.

Answer: Cengiz Kamil Firat

Russia had also been one of Turkey’s biggest sources of tourists until the past year, when the combination of the fall of the ruble and Western sanctions on Russia for its support of Ukrainian insurgents began steeply eroding the number of Russians who could afford to travel. The decline in tourism was a worry for economists here even before the Russian jet was shot down. “The trade deficit is out of hand, exports cannot meet the import bill, so tourism revenues are a major item in our balance sheet,” said Erinc Yeldan, the dean of the economics faculty at Bilkent University near Ankara. <hl> Still, Cengiz Kamil Firat , the deputy director general of general and bilateral economic affairs at Turkey’s foreign ministry, said that the nation’s economy was in better shape than it might seem. <hl>

Russia had also been one of Turkey’s biggest sources of tourists until the past year, when the combination of the fall of the ruble and Western sanctions on Russia for its support of Ukrainian insurgents began steeply eroding the number of Russians who could afford to travel. The decline in tourism was a worry for economists here even before the Russian jet was shot down. “The trade deficit is out of hand, exports cannot meet the import bill, so tourism revenues are a major item in our balance sheet,” said Erinc Yeldan, the dean of the economics faculty at Bilkent University near Ankara. Still, <hl> Cengiz Kamil Firat <hl>, the deputy director general of general and bilateral economic affairs at Turkey’s foreign ministry, said that the nation’s economy was in better shape than it might seem.

Still, <hl> Cengiz Kamil Firat <hl> , the deputy director general of general and bilateral economic affairs at Turkey’s foreign ministry, said that the nation’s economy was in better shape than it might seem.


Question: what is Alastair Cook criticized for?

“To be successful against Australia, it’s certainly not going to be by taking a backward step or allowing them just to dictate terms,” he said last week. “You’ve got to go out and fight fire with fire, be positive and aggressive, and the individuals have to play their own natural game.” That has not always been the English way, but there were signs of a new freedom in its just-concluded matches against New Zealand. Billed as little more than a curtain-raiser for the Ashes, the two tests and five one-day internationals against the Kiwis left most fans wanting more. England’s under-fire test captain, Alastair Cook, returned to form as a batsman. Often criticized for his ultra-orthodox leadership, he also showed signs of greater tactical imagination. “I think Alastair is at a phase of his career where he is not afraid to try new things to try and get success,” said his predecessor as captain, Andrew Strauss, who now is England’s director of cricket.

Answer: his ultra-orthodox leadership

“To be successful against Australia, it’s certainly not going to be by taking a backward step or allowing them just to dictate terms,” he said last week. “You’ve got to go out and fight fire with fire, be positive and aggressive, and the individuals have to play their own natural game.” That has not always been the English way, but there were signs of a new freedom in its just-concluded matches against New Zealand. Billed as little more than a curtain-raiser for the Ashes, the two tests and five one-day internationals against the Kiwis left most fans wanting more. England’s under-fire test captain, Alastair Cook, returned to form as a batsman. <hl> Often criticized for his ultra-orthodox leadership , he also showed signs of greater tactical imagination. <hl> “I think Alastair is at a phase of his career where he is not afraid to try new things to try and get success,” said his predecessor as captain, Andrew Strauss, who now is England’s director of cricket.

“To be successful against Australia, it’s certainly not going to be by taking a backward step or allowing them just to dictate terms,” he said last week. “You’ve got to go out and fight fire with fire, be positive and aggressive, and the individuals have to play their own natural game.” That has not always been the English way, but there were signs of a new freedom in its just-concluded matches against New Zealand. Billed as little more than a curtain-raiser for the Ashes, the two tests and five one-day internationals against the Kiwis left most fans wanting more. England’s under-fire test captain, Alastair Cook, returned to form as a batsman. Often criticized for <hl> his ultra-orthodox leadership <hl>, he also showed signs of greater tactical imagination. “I think Alastair is at a phase of his career where he is not afraid to try new things to try and get success,” said his predecessor as captain, Andrew Strauss, who now is England’s director of cricket.

Often criticized for <hl> his ultra-orthodox leadership <hl> , he also showed signs of greater tactical imagination.


Question: Franz Welser-Most is the director of what?

FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, which Boulez first conducted in 1965: He has this unbelievable gift to convey something without showing it in his expression. The image of a conductor today is so much molded on Leonard Bernstein. Pierre is the total opposite, but nevertheless he gets these results that are not detached. They’re just very clean, very to the core of the music. Conducting is partly show business, but he never looked at it that way.

Answer: Cleveland Orchestra

<hl> FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, music director of the Cleveland Orchestra , which Boulez first conducted in 1965: <hl> He has this unbelievable gift to convey something without showing it in his expression. The image of a conductor today is so much molded on Leonard Bernstein. Pierre is the total opposite, but nevertheless he gets these results that are not detached. They’re just very clean, very to the core of the music. Conducting is partly show business, but he never looked at it that way.

FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, music director of the <hl> Cleveland Orchestra <hl>, which Boulez first conducted in 1965: He has this unbelievable gift to convey something without showing it in his expression. The image of a conductor today is so much molded on Leonard Bernstein. Pierre is the total opposite, but nevertheless he gets these results that are not detached. They’re just very clean, very to the core of the music. Conducting is partly show business, but he never looked at it that way.

FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, music director of the <hl> Cleveland Orchestra <hl> , which Boulez first conducted in 1965:


Question: What is Aya Jones' profession?

4. Aya Jones The model Aya Jones was first discovered on Paris’s rue de Rivoli — and booked promptly as an exclusive in Prada’s spring/summer 2015 show. This year, T brought her somewhere very different: to rural America, for an exploration of American sportswear.

Answer: model

4. Aya Jones <hl> The model Aya Jones was first discovered on Paris’s rue de Rivoli — and booked promptly as an exclusive in Prada’s spring/summer 2015 show. <hl> This year, T brought her somewhere very different: to rural America, for an exploration of American sportswear.

4. Aya Jones The <hl> model <hl> Aya Jones was first discovered on Paris’s rue de Rivoli — and booked promptly as an exclusive in Prada’s spring/summer 2015 show. This year, T brought her somewhere very different: to rural America, for an exploration of American sportswear.


Question: Who is the Academy's President?

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.

Answer: Cheryl Boone Isaacs

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. <hl> As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs , the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board. <hl>

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. As the evening began, <hl> Cheryl Boone Isaacs <hl>, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.

As the evening began, <hl> Cheryl Boone Isaacs <hl> , the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.


Question: Is your friend critical of you?

My best friend and I are going through a rough patch, but I’m pretty sure she’s not even aware of it. We moved to New York after college 10 years ago and still live together. Work is going well for us; we both date. But she has been getting more and more critical of friends, potential boyfriends and co-workers every day. I hate to use the word “toxic,” but that’s what it feels like. She never stops judging. Should I extricate myself or what?

Answer: She never stops judging

She never stops judging .

My best friend and I are going through a rough patch, but I’m pretty sure she’s not even aware of it. We moved to New York after college 10 years ago and still live together. Work is going well for us; we both date. But she has been getting more and more critical of friends, potential boyfriends and co-workers every day. I hate to use the word “toxic,” but that’s what it feels like. <hl> She never stops judging . <hl> Should I extricate myself or what?

My best friend and I are going through a rough patch, but I’m pretty sure she’s not even aware of it. We moved to New York after college 10 years ago and still live together. Work is going well for us; we both date. But she has been getting more and more critical of friends, potential boyfriends and co-workers every day. I hate to use the word “toxic,” but that’s what it feels like. <hl> She never stops judging <hl>. Should I extricate myself or what?


Question: What book was published in 1960?

After reading Michiko Kakutani’s review of Harper Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman,” I couldn’t help but feel a sense of worry and sadness about the Atticus Finch the book holds in its pages. As a native of Alabama, I had held up Atticus in my own mind as a redemptive figure, a symbol of hope, a hero who was brave enough to fight for what is right despite the poisonous and dangerous pools of racism long associated with whites in the Deep South. He was a symbol of the good that I desperately wanted to believe was around me as a child growing up in the late 1960s and ’70s near Birmingham. But the reality was often more complicated. When “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in 1960, the South, and the United States, needed the heroic story of Atticus Finch. But over the past 50 years, we’ve witnessed struggle, strife and, most of all, unprecedented triumph.

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird

After reading Michiko Kakutani’s review of Harper Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman,” I couldn’t help but feel a sense of worry and sadness about the Atticus Finch the book holds in its pages. As a native of Alabama, I had held up Atticus in my own mind as a redemptive figure, a symbol of hope, a hero who was brave enough to fight for what is right despite the poisonous and dangerous pools of racism long associated with whites in the Deep South. He was a symbol of the good that I desperately wanted to believe was around me as a child growing up in the late 1960s and ’70s near Birmingham. But the reality was often more complicated. <hl> When “ To Kill a Mockingbird ” was published in 1960, the South, and the United States, needed the heroic story of Atticus Finch. <hl> But over the past 50 years, we’ve witnessed struggle, strife and, most of all, unprecedented triumph.

After reading Michiko Kakutani’s review of Harper Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman,” I couldn’t help but feel a sense of worry and sadness about the Atticus Finch the book holds in its pages. As a native of Alabama, I had held up Atticus in my own mind as a redemptive figure, a symbol of hope, a hero who was brave enough to fight for what is right despite the poisonous and dangerous pools of racism long associated with whites in the Deep South. He was a symbol of the good that I desperately wanted to believe was around me as a child growing up in the late 1960s and ’70s near Birmingham. But the reality was often more complicated. When “<hl> To Kill a Mockingbird <hl>” was published in 1960, the South, and the United States, needed the heroic story of Atticus Finch. But over the past 50 years, we’ve witnessed struggle, strife and, most of all, unprecedented triumph.

When “ <hl> To Kill a Mockingbird <hl> ” was published in 1960, the South, and the United States, needed the heroic story of Atticus Finch.


Question: Who was angry?

“I am angry,” Mr. Michel said, according to Belgian news reports. “We did not give a mandate to either France or Germany to negotiate.” But Mr. Stubb of Finland, which also uses the euro, said he was happy to let Ms. Merkel and Mr. Hollande face down Mr. Tsipras late into the night, noting that “there is always a lot of mayhem around these meetings.”

Answer: Mr. Michel

<hl> “I am angry,” Mr. Michel said, according to Belgian news reports. <hl> “We did not give a mandate to either France or Germany to negotiate.” But Mr. Stubb of Finland, which also uses the euro, said he was happy to let Ms. Merkel and Mr. Hollande face down Mr. Tsipras late into the night, noting that “there is always a lot of mayhem around these meetings.”

“I am angry,” <hl> Mr. Michel <hl> said, according to Belgian news reports. “We did not give a mandate to either France or Germany to negotiate.” But Mr. Stubb of Finland, which also uses the euro, said he was happy to let Ms. Merkel and Mr. Hollande face down Mr. Tsipras late into the night, noting that “there is always a lot of mayhem around these meetings.”


Question: Why did Silver relinquish his duties?

ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.

Answer: fights federal corruption charges

<hl> ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges . <hl>

ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he <hl> fights federal corruption charges <hl>.

ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he <hl> fights federal corruption charges <hl> .