Question: How much money was Mr. Rodman and his partners asking for to rebuild homes in Haiti after the earthquake they suffered?

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

Answer: $22 million deal

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

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


Question: what did Judge Walls opinion of political donations?

Judge Walls rejected each of those arguments. He said there was no indication that the grand jury had been handled improperly, and concluded that political contributions can be considered “things of value to influence official acts.” “The Constitution does not protect an attempt to influence a public official’s acts through improper means, such as the bribery scheme that has been alleged in this case,” he wrote in his decision. Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted in April on charges that he accepted personal gifts, including private plane trips and luxury accommodations in the Dominican Republic, from Dr. Melgen, and lobbied in return for Dr. Melgen’s interests in Washington. A wealthy Florida eye surgeon, Dr. Melgen was a major contributor to Mr. Menendez’s political campaigns, and to a “super PAC” supporting his last re-election bid in 2012.

Answer: contributions can be considered “things of value to influence official acts.”

Judge Walls rejected each of those arguments. <hl> He said there was no indication that the grand jury had been handled improperly, and concluded that political contributions can be considered “things of value to influence official acts.” “The Constitution does not protect an attempt to influence a public official’s acts through improper means, such as the bribery scheme that has been alleged in this case,” he wrote in his decision. <hl> Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted in April on charges that he accepted personal gifts, including private plane trips and luxury accommodations in the Dominican Republic, from Dr. Melgen, and lobbied in return for Dr. Melgen’s interests in Washington. A wealthy Florida eye surgeon, Dr. Melgen was a major contributor to Mr. Menendez’s political campaigns, and to a “super PAC” supporting his last re-election bid in 2012.

Judge Walls rejected each of those arguments. He said there was no indication that the grand jury had been handled improperly, and concluded that political <hl> contributions can be considered “things of value to influence official acts.” <hl> “The Constitution does not protect an attempt to influence a public official’s acts through improper means, such as the bribery scheme that has been alleged in this case,” he wrote in his decision. Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted in April on charges that he accepted personal gifts, including private plane trips and luxury accommodations in the Dominican Republic, from Dr. Melgen, and lobbied in return for Dr. Melgen’s interests in Washington. A wealthy Florida eye surgeon, Dr. Melgen was a major contributor to Mr. Menendez’s political campaigns, and to a “super PAC” supporting his last re-election bid in 2012.


Question: Does NXP Semincondustors make chips

NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. An agreement could be announced as soon as Sunday evening, one of these people said, while cautioning that the talks could still collapse. If completed, the combination would unite two big makers of chips for industries ranging from automobiles to networking to mobile payments. As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion, while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.

Answer: a big chip manufacturer

<hl> NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer , is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. <hl> An agreement could be announced as soon as Sunday evening, one of these people said, while cautioning that the talks could still collapse. If completed, the combination would unite two big makers of chips for industries ranging from automobiles to networking to mobile payments. As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion, while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.

NXP Semiconductors, <hl> a big chip manufacturer <hl>, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. An agreement could be announced as soon as Sunday evening, one of these people said, while cautioning that the talks could still collapse. If completed, the combination would unite two big makers of chips for industries ranging from automobiles to networking to mobile payments. As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion, while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.

NXP Semiconductors, <hl> a big chip manufacturer <hl> , is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday.


Question: Who was Mr. Bush supposed to win over?

In less than 15 minutes, Mr. Bush managed to step on his message, to give Mr. Trump a boost and to offend Asian-Americans, a growing population that is every bit as important as Latinos in winning presidential elections. And he failed to give Latino voters any persuasive evidence that he had anything better to offer them than his opponents in a revoltingly xenophobic Republican campaign. It may be time to offer this forlorn candidate some free advice. Although if he really is the smarter Bush, he knows these things already:

Answer: Latino voters

In less than 15 minutes, Mr. Bush managed to step on his message, to give Mr. Trump a boost and to offend Asian-Americans, a growing population that is every bit as important as Latinos in winning presidential elections. <hl> And he failed to give Latino voters any persuasive evidence that he had anything better to offer them than his opponents in a revoltingly xenophobic Republican campaign. <hl> It may be time to offer this forlorn candidate some free advice. Although if he really is the smarter Bush, he knows these things already:

In less than 15 minutes, Mr. Bush managed to step on his message, to give Mr. Trump a boost and to offend Asian-Americans, a growing population that is every bit as important as Latinos in winning presidential elections. And he failed to give <hl> Latino voters <hl> any persuasive evidence that he had anything better to offer them than his opponents in a revoltingly xenophobic Republican campaign. It may be time to offer this forlorn candidate some free advice. Although if he really is the smarter Bush, he knows these things already:


Question: Where were the residents and for how long?

The funeral, which lasted just under an hour, was the brisk culmination of a day and a half of heartbreak. Residents of Midwood cloistered in their homes and synagogues during the Sabbath, from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday, recalling a band of conscientious children they had seen rushing to synagogue and building snowmen in the yard. On Sunday the mourners emerged, following the voice of a father who was away at a religious retreat when the fire broke out. Given the Sabbath prohibition on electronic communication, he did not learn what had happened until several hours later, when Police Department detectives found him at a synagogue in Manhattan.

Answer: cloistered in their homes and synagogues during the Sabbath, from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday

The funeral, which lasted just under an hour, was the brisk culmination of a day and a half of heartbreak. <hl> Residents of Midwood cloistered in their homes and synagogues during the Sabbath, from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday , recalling a band of conscientious children they had seen rushing to synagogue and building snowmen in the yard. <hl> On Sunday the mourners emerged, following the voice of a father who was away at a religious retreat when the fire broke out. Given the Sabbath prohibition on electronic communication, he did not learn what had happened until several hours later, when Police Department detectives found him at a synagogue in Manhattan.

The funeral, which lasted just under an hour, was the brisk culmination of a day and a half of heartbreak. Residents of Midwood <hl> cloistered in their homes and synagogues during the Sabbath, from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday <hl>, recalling a band of conscientious children they had seen rushing to synagogue and building snowmen in the yard. On Sunday the mourners emerged, following the voice of a father who was away at a religious retreat when the fire broke out. Given the Sabbath prohibition on electronic communication, he did not learn what had happened until several hours later, when Police Department detectives found him at a synagogue in Manhattan.

Residents of Midwood <hl> cloistered in their homes and synagogues during the Sabbath, from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday <hl> , recalling a band of conscientious children they had seen rushing to synagogue and building snowmen in the yard.


Question: Who let the lawsuit continue to move forward?

(The Supreme Court just handed the Inclusive Communities Project an important victory in a lawsuit seeking to make more housing available. Landlords of properties built with low-income housing tax credits are required to accept vouchers. Inclusive Communities argues that Texas is allocating a disproportionate share of those credits to developers in minority neighborhoods. The Supreme Court ruling in June allows that lawsuit to move forward.) Four years ago, when Torey Moore first obtained one of the about 29,000 housing vouchers available to Dallas area residents, she stayed in the same South Dallas neighborhood. She had two young children, and she relied on her family to look after the children while she worked. Last year, however, she decided it was time to move. Her children were struggling at school, and when they were not at school, she worried about their safety.

Answer: The Supreme Court

<hl> ( The Supreme Court just handed the Inclusive Communities Project an important victory in a lawsuit seeking to make more housing available. <hl> Landlords of properties built with low-income housing tax credits are required to accept vouchers. Inclusive Communities argues that Texas is allocating a disproportionate share of those credits to developers in minority neighborhoods. The Supreme Court ruling in June allows that lawsuit to move forward.) Four years ago, when Torey Moore first obtained one of the about 29,000 housing vouchers available to Dallas area residents, she stayed in the same South Dallas neighborhood. She had two young children, and she relied on her family to look after the children while she worked. Last year, however, she decided it was time to move. Her children were struggling at school, and when they were not at school, she worried about their safety.

(<hl> The Supreme Court <hl> just handed the Inclusive Communities Project an important victory in a lawsuit seeking to make more housing available. Landlords of properties built with low-income housing tax credits are required to accept vouchers. Inclusive Communities argues that Texas is allocating a disproportionate share of those credits to developers in minority neighborhoods. The Supreme Court ruling in June allows that lawsuit to move forward.) Four years ago, when Torey Moore first obtained one of the about 29,000 housing vouchers available to Dallas area residents, she stayed in the same South Dallas neighborhood. She had two young children, and she relied on her family to look after the children while she worked. Last year, however, she decided it was time to move. Her children were struggling at school, and when they were not at school, she worried about their safety.

( <hl> The Supreme Court <hl> just handed the Inclusive Communities Project an important victory in a lawsuit seeking to make more housing available.


Question: Who was the author of the book, "Passionate Marriage", as shown in "Digging for Fire"?

As things threaten to get out of hand for Tim, his wife is courting some disruption of her own, visiting some better-off friends whose relationship looks like a bad New Yorker short story from the ’70s and then setting off alone into the night. Everywhere she goes she finds a copy of Dr. David Schnarch’s “Passionate Marriage,” which feels like both an earnest, obvious metaphor and a sly running joke. Mr. Swanberg has made a tight, satisfying narrative that unfolds almost entirely in the subjunctive mood. This is a story about what almost happens, what might happen and what is happening under the banal surface of things. The modesty of “Digging for Fire” is among its virtues, and Mr. Swanberg has become an increasingly trustworthy filmmaker. He doesn’t necessarily have a lot to say, but he always makes sure that he knows what he’s talking about.

Answer: Dr. David Schnarch

As things threaten to get out of hand for Tim, his wife is courting some disruption of her own, visiting some better-off friends whose relationship looks like a bad New Yorker short story from the ’70s and then setting off alone into the night. <hl> Everywhere she goes she finds a copy of Dr. David Schnarch ’s “Passionate Marriage,” which feels like both an earnest, obvious metaphor and a sly running joke. <hl> Mr. Swanberg has made a tight, satisfying narrative that unfolds almost entirely in the subjunctive mood. This is a story about what almost happens, what might happen and what is happening under the banal surface of things. The modesty of “Digging for Fire” is among its virtues, and Mr. Swanberg has become an increasingly trustworthy filmmaker. He doesn’t necessarily have a lot to say, but he always makes sure that he knows what he’s talking about.

As things threaten to get out of hand for Tim, his wife is courting some disruption of her own, visiting some better-off friends whose relationship looks like a bad New Yorker short story from the ’70s and then setting off alone into the night. Everywhere she goes she finds a copy of <hl> Dr. David Schnarch <hl>’s “Passionate Marriage,” which feels like both an earnest, obvious metaphor and a sly running joke. Mr. Swanberg has made a tight, satisfying narrative that unfolds almost entirely in the subjunctive mood. This is a story about what almost happens, what might happen and what is happening under the banal surface of things. The modesty of “Digging for Fire” is among its virtues, and Mr. Swanberg has become an increasingly trustworthy filmmaker. He doesn’t necessarily have a lot to say, but he always makes sure that he knows what he’s talking about.

Everywhere she goes she finds a copy of <hl> Dr. David Schnarch <hl> ’s “Passionate Marriage,” which feels like both an earnest, obvious metaphor and a sly running joke.


Question: Who is planned to make an appearance on "The Starters"?

But this year, the hosts of “The Jones” will be broadcasting for the league itself. A little more than a year ago, “The Jones” podcast was rebranded as “The Starters,” a television program shown weeknights on NBATV. It is available to stream live and download as a podcast but it exists primarily as a television broadcast. In its second season, “The Starters” is growing quickly in popularity. According to the network, viewership has increased by 24 percent this season, with podcast downloads up 22 percent. NBATV says it will continue to raise the show’s profile. Plans for this weekend include an hourlong live show at 6 p.m. Friday, with player interviews and an appearance by the basketball great George Gervin. “They prove you can be entertaining and smart on TV without being overbearing and loud about it,” said Zach Lowe, an N.B.A. writer for the Grantland website and a podcaster. In the wake of the hit true-crime show “Serial,” podcasts are widely acknowledged to be growing. A recent report from Edison Research indicates a “dramatic increase in podcast consumption.” Jeff Ullrich, the co-founder of the podcasting network Earwolf, says the shift has been palpable.

Answer: George Gervin

But this year, the hosts of “The Jones” will be broadcasting for the league itself. A little more than a year ago, “The Jones” podcast was rebranded as “The Starters,” a television program shown weeknights on NBATV. It is available to stream live and download as a podcast but it exists primarily as a television broadcast. In its second season, “The Starters” is growing quickly in popularity. According to the network, viewership has increased by 24 percent this season, with podcast downloads up 22 percent. NBATV says it will continue to raise the show’s profile. <hl> Plans for this weekend include an hourlong live show at 6 p.m. Friday, with player interviews and an appearance by the basketball great George Gervin . <hl> “They prove you can be entertaining and smart on TV without being overbearing and loud about it,” said Zach Lowe, an N.B.A. writer for the Grantland website and a podcaster. In the wake of the hit true-crime show “Serial,” podcasts are widely acknowledged to be growing. A recent report from Edison Research indicates a “dramatic increase in podcast consumption.” Jeff Ullrich, the co-founder of the podcasting network Earwolf, says the shift has been palpable.

But this year, the hosts of “The Jones” will be broadcasting for the league itself. A little more than a year ago, “The Jones” podcast was rebranded as “The Starters,” a television program shown weeknights on NBATV. It is available to stream live and download as a podcast but it exists primarily as a television broadcast. In its second season, “The Starters” is growing quickly in popularity. According to the network, viewership has increased by 24 percent this season, with podcast downloads up 22 percent. NBATV says it will continue to raise the show’s profile. Plans for this weekend include an hourlong live show at 6 p.m. Friday, with player interviews and an appearance by the basketball great <hl> George Gervin <hl>. “They prove you can be entertaining and smart on TV without being overbearing and loud about it,” said Zach Lowe, an N.B.A. writer for the Grantland website and a podcaster. In the wake of the hit true-crime show “Serial,” podcasts are widely acknowledged to be growing. A recent report from Edison Research indicates a “dramatic increase in podcast consumption.” Jeff Ullrich, the co-founder of the podcasting network Earwolf, says the shift has been palpable.

Plans for this weekend include an hourlong live show at 6 p.m. Friday, with player interviews and an appearance by the basketball great <hl> George Gervin <hl> .


Question: according to__________?

But he did have something to say, and he said it powerfully through his music. In East Berlin he played a song entitled “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?” According to Ricky Riccardi, one of Armstrong’s biographers, the song had not been in his repertoire for a decade or more. But he played it on every stop during his Iron Curtain tour. He also played it slower than he ever had, so that it became a mournful lament. “My only sin is in my skin,” he sings. “What did I do to be so black and blue?”

Answer: Ricky Riccardi

But he did have something to say, and he said it powerfully through his music. In East Berlin he played a song entitled “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?” <hl> According to Ricky Riccardi , one of Armstrong’s biographers, the song had not been in his repertoire for a decade or more. <hl> But he played it on every stop during his Iron Curtain tour. He also played it slower than he ever had, so that it became a mournful lament. “My only sin is in my skin,” he sings. “What did I do to be so black and blue?”

But he did have something to say, and he said it powerfully through his music. In East Berlin he played a song entitled “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?” According to <hl> Ricky Riccardi <hl>, one of Armstrong’s biographers, the song had not been in his repertoire for a decade or more. But he played it on every stop during his Iron Curtain tour. He also played it slower than he ever had, so that it became a mournful lament. “My only sin is in my skin,” he sings. “What did I do to be so black and blue?”

According to <hl> Ricky Riccardi <hl> , one of Armstrong’s biographers, the song had not been in his repertoire for a decade or more.


Question: Why was the chamber deadlocked for hours?

Mr. Courser, 43, of Lapeer in the Thumb region of Michigan, admitted sending an “outlandish” phony email to Republican activists and others in May claiming he had been caught with a male prostitute. The email was intended to make his affair with Ms. Gamrat, 42, appear less believable if it was exposed by an anonymous blackmailer who Mr. Courser said had demanded his resignation. On Thursday, a special House committee recommended the expulsion of both the first-year Tea Party lawmakers, who had based legislation on their Christian beliefs and had clashed with Republican leadership even before the controversy broke. But the full chamber then deadlocked for hours, as more than two dozen Democrats refused to vote.

Answer: more than two dozen Democrats refused to vote

Mr. Courser, 43, of Lapeer in the Thumb region of Michigan, admitted sending an “outlandish” phony email to Republican activists and others in May claiming he had been caught with a male prostitute. The email was intended to make his affair with Ms. Gamrat, 42, appear less believable if it was exposed by an anonymous blackmailer who Mr. Courser said had demanded his resignation. On Thursday, a special House committee recommended the expulsion of both the first-year Tea Party lawmakers, who had based legislation on their Christian beliefs and had clashed with Republican leadership even before the controversy broke. <hl> But the full chamber then deadlocked for hours, as more than two dozen Democrats refused to vote . <hl>

Mr. Courser, 43, of Lapeer in the Thumb region of Michigan, admitted sending an “outlandish” phony email to Republican activists and others in May claiming he had been caught with a male prostitute. The email was intended to make his affair with Ms. Gamrat, 42, appear less believable if it was exposed by an anonymous blackmailer who Mr. Courser said had demanded his resignation. On Thursday, a special House committee recommended the expulsion of both the first-year Tea Party lawmakers, who had based legislation on their Christian beliefs and had clashed with Republican leadership even before the controversy broke. But the full chamber then deadlocked for hours, as <hl> more than two dozen Democrats refused to vote <hl>.

But the full chamber then deadlocked for hours, as <hl> more than two dozen Democrats refused to vote <hl> .


Question: Who did the French and US collaborate against?

What startled France, a country where the customer is always wrong, was the revolt of the taxi rider. For the last half year, many have turned away from cabs, loving the convenience of Uber and the way the drivers would open doors and not have the meter prematurely racking up the tab. The French were stunned to learn that the fifth floor of the American Embassy, a few doors from the Élysée Palace, was a trompe l’oeil design hiding what they call the “big ears” of eavesdropping equipment pointed at François Hollande (and his actress girlfriend, Julie Gayet, who is stealthily hanging out at the Élysée). “It’s a little bit like an invited guest whom you’ve surprised looking into the bedroom through a keyhole,” huffed Laurent Joffrin in a signed editorial in Libération, concluding the only way to deal with this “stain” by a “condescending ally” against the rules of good conduct was to give asylum to “the courageous whistle-blower,” Edward Snowden. French officials, pleased with the successful collaboration of the French and the U.S. against jihadists in Africa, Libya, Mali and Syria, were more inclined to treat the wiretapping as an old story. (Though Libération denounced that as hypocritical, “a case of Tartufferie.”) I visited the Foreign Ministry at the Quai d’Orsay — bristling with emergency meetings on terrorism — to check on the status of French-American relations.

Answer: jihadists

What startled France, a country where the customer is always wrong, was the revolt of the taxi rider. For the last half year, many have turned away from cabs, loving the convenience of Uber and the way the drivers would open doors and not have the meter prematurely racking up the tab. The French were stunned to learn that the fifth floor of the American Embassy, a few doors from the Élysée Palace, was a trompe l’oeil design hiding what they call the “big ears” of eavesdropping equipment pointed at François Hollande (and his actress girlfriend, Julie Gayet, who is stealthily hanging out at the Élysée). “It’s a little bit like an invited guest whom you’ve surprised looking into the bedroom through a keyhole,” huffed Laurent Joffrin in a signed editorial in Libération, concluding the only way to deal with this “stain” by a “condescending ally” against the rules of good conduct was to give asylum to “the courageous whistle-blower,” Edward Snowden. <hl> French officials, pleased with the successful collaboration of the French and the U.S. against jihadists in Africa, Libya, Mali and Syria, were more inclined to treat the wiretapping as an old story. <hl> (Though Libération denounced that as hypocritical, “a case of Tartufferie.”) I visited the Foreign Ministry at the Quai d’Orsay — bristling with emergency meetings on terrorism — to check on the status of French-American relations.

What startled France, a country where the customer is always wrong, was the revolt of the taxi rider. For the last half year, many have turned away from cabs, loving the convenience of Uber and the way the drivers would open doors and not have the meter prematurely racking up the tab. The French were stunned to learn that the fifth floor of the American Embassy, a few doors from the Élysée Palace, was a trompe l’oeil design hiding what they call the “big ears” of eavesdropping equipment pointed at François Hollande (and his actress girlfriend, Julie Gayet, who is stealthily hanging out at the Élysée). “It’s a little bit like an invited guest whom you’ve surprised looking into the bedroom through a keyhole,” huffed Laurent Joffrin in a signed editorial in Libération, concluding the only way to deal with this “stain” by a “condescending ally” against the rules of good conduct was to give asylum to “the courageous whistle-blower,” Edward Snowden. French officials, pleased with the successful collaboration of the French and the U.S. against <hl> jihadists <hl> in Africa, Libya, Mali and Syria, were more inclined to treat the wiretapping as an old story. (Though Libération denounced that as hypocritical, “a case of Tartufferie.”) I visited the Foreign Ministry at the Quai d’Orsay — bristling with emergency meetings on terrorism — to check on the status of French-American relations.


Question: When were the appliances replaced?

INDOORS: The house was built in 1928 and renovated within the last 10 years, at which point a wing was added. The exterior is limestone, likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys. The new wing was designed by Stock & Stone Architecture of Columbus, which the listing agent says is known for its work on older houses. Through the front door, there’s a foyer that leads to a living room with a high pitched ceiling and a fireplace flanked by large windows. The exposed ceiling beams are original, as is much of the chestnut woodwork, complemented by stone floors laid during renovations. On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated over the last 10 years. On the other side of the foyer is a wing with three bedrooms and two bathrooms; another bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.

Answer: over the last 10 years

INDOORS: The house was built in 1928 and renovated within the last 10 years, at which point a wing was added. The exterior is limestone, likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys. The new wing was designed by Stock & Stone Architecture of Columbus, which the listing agent says is known for its work on older houses. Through the front door, there’s a foyer that leads to a living room with a high pitched ceiling and a fireplace flanked by large windows. The exposed ceiling beams are original, as is much of the chestnut woodwork, complemented by stone floors laid during renovations. <hl> On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated over the last 10 years . <hl> On the other side of the foyer is a wing with three bedrooms and two bathrooms; another bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.

INDOORS: The house was built in 1928 and renovated within the last 10 years, at which point a wing was added. The exterior is limestone, likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys. The new wing was designed by Stock & Stone Architecture of Columbus, which the listing agent says is known for its work on older houses. Through the front door, there’s a foyer that leads to a living room with a high pitched ceiling and a fireplace flanked by large windows. The exposed ceiling beams are original, as is much of the chestnut woodwork, complemented by stone floors laid during renovations. On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated <hl> over the last 10 years <hl>. On the other side of the foyer is a wing with three bedrooms and two bathrooms; another bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.

On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated <hl> over the last 10 years <hl> .


Question: Where did Dr. Coggan get funds to bootstrap the research laboratory?

Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable. He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money and now supports it with funding from a variety of private individual contributions and scientific research grants. NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems, but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.

Answer: He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money

Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable. <hl> He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money and now supports it with funding from a variety of private individual contributions and scientific research grants. <hl> NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems, but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.

Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable. <hl> He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money <hl> and now supports it with funding from a variety of private individual contributions and scientific research grants. NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems, but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.


Question: What is Giorgio Morandi the master of?

★ ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ (through Feb. 28) This presentation of more than 300 playthings from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries will be catnip for anyone into antique toys. The show features diminutive vehicles of all kinds from old-time wagons, trains and fully-rigged sailboats, to futuristic cars and a rocket ship. There are naturalistic and anthropomorphic animals, weapons, puzzles, games, dollhouses and architectural construction kits. While many of these items were produced by big manufacturers like BRIO and Playsam, many others are one-of-a-kind wonders like a miniature baking set from around 1900 that includes rolling pins, spatulas and other implements all lovingly carved from wood and fitting into a tray just eight inches long. Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3011, bgc.bard.edu. (Johnson) ★ Gil Batle: ‘Hatched in Prison’ (through Jan. 9) Mr. Batle, 53, served a total of 20 years in five California prisons for fraud and forgery. Now living in the Philippines, he has been recounting his experiences in an unlikely medium. Using a high-speed dental drill, he carves miniature narratives of prison life into the surfaces of ostrich eggs. The 19 examples in this show, all made in the past two years, are amazing for their meticulous craftsmanship and detailed story telling. Ricco Maresca, 529 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-627-4819, riccomaresca.com. (Johnson) ★ Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ‘Indelible Memories’ (through Jan. 16) Ms. Matthew was born in England to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India, and has lived in the United States since. The mostly album-size photographs in this compact but far-ranging gallery survey are about the intensities and confusions of a cultural mixing that makes the artist, psychologically, both a global citizen and an outsider, at home and in transit, wherever she is. And it’s about photography as document and fiction: souvenir, re-enactment and imaginative projection. (Closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.) A beautiful show that could too easily slip away. sepiaEYE, 547 West 27th Street, Chelsea, 212-967-0738, sepiaeye.com. (Cotter) ★ Robert Ryman (through June 18) For nearly 60s years, the Minimalist painter Robert Ryman has had few equals when it comes to doing more with less. White has been his primary, if not quite his only, color, the square his typical format. And yet within these seeming limitations a remarkably fecund and resonant body of work has evolved as demonstrated with unusual clarity (and in natural light) by this small but comprehensive exhibition. Dia: Chelsea, 535 West 22nd Street, 212-989-5566, diaart.org. (Smith) ★ Giorgio Morandi (through June 25) The Italian master of modern still life, and closet abstractionist, is celebrated in a large show devoted foremost to his painting from the 1930s, which are not well known in this country. They reveal a period of struggle during which the artist had settled on what to paint, how to paint was still very much up for grabs. Joel Meyerowitz’s large color photographs of Morandi’s still life objects – which he sometimes altered – are also on view. Reservations are required. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, near Crosby Street, SoHo, 646-370-3596, italianmodernart.org. (Smith)

Answer: modern still life

★ ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ (through Feb. 28) This presentation of more than 300 playthings from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries will be catnip for anyone into antique toys. The show features diminutive vehicles of all kinds from old-time wagons, trains and fully-rigged sailboats, to futuristic cars and a rocket ship. There are naturalistic and anthropomorphic animals, weapons, puzzles, games, dollhouses and architectural construction kits. While many of these items were produced by big manufacturers like BRIO and Playsam, many others are one-of-a-kind wonders like a miniature baking set from around 1900 that includes rolling pins, spatulas and other implements all lovingly carved from wood and fitting into a tray just eight inches long. Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3011, bgc.bard.edu. (Johnson) ★ Gil Batle: ‘Hatched in Prison’ (through Jan. 9) Mr. Batle, 53, served a total of 20 years in five California prisons for fraud and forgery. Now living in the Philippines, he has been recounting his experiences in an unlikely medium. Using a high-speed dental drill, he carves miniature narratives of prison life into the surfaces of ostrich eggs. The 19 examples in this show, all made in the past two years, are amazing for their meticulous craftsmanship and detailed story telling. Ricco Maresca, 529 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-627-4819, riccomaresca.com. (Johnson) ★ Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ‘Indelible Memories’ (through Jan. 16) Ms. Matthew was born in England to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India, and has lived in the United States since. The mostly album-size photographs in this compact but far-ranging gallery survey are about the intensities and confusions of a cultural mixing that makes the artist, psychologically, both a global citizen and an outsider, at home and in transit, wherever she is. And it’s about photography as document and fiction: souvenir, re-enactment and imaginative projection. (Closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.) A beautiful show that could too easily slip away. sepiaEYE, 547 West 27th Street, Chelsea, 212-967-0738, sepiaeye.com. (Cotter) ★ Robert Ryman (through June 18) For nearly 60s years, the Minimalist painter Robert Ryman has had few equals when it comes to doing more with less. White has been his primary, if not quite his only, color, the square his typical format. And yet within these seeming limitations a remarkably fecund and resonant body of work has evolved as demonstrated with unusual clarity (and in natural light) by this small but comprehensive exhibition. Dia: Chelsea, 535 West 22nd Street, 212-989-5566, diaart.org. (Smith) ★ Giorgio Morandi (through June 25) <hl> The Italian master of modern still life , <hl> and closet abstractionist, is celebrated in a large show devoted foremost to his painting from the 1930s, which are not well known in this country. They reveal a period of struggle during which the artist had settled on what to paint, how to paint was still very much up for grabs. Joel Meyerowitz’s large color photographs of Morandi’s still life objects – which he sometimes altered – are also on view. Reservations are required. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, near Crosby Street, SoHo, 646-370-3596, italianmodernart.org. (Smith)

★ ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ (through Feb. 28) This presentation of more than 300 playthings from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries will be catnip for anyone into antique toys. The show features diminutive vehicles of all kinds from old-time wagons, trains and fully-rigged sailboats, to futuristic cars and a rocket ship. There are naturalistic and anthropomorphic animals, weapons, puzzles, games, dollhouses and architectural construction kits. While many of these items were produced by big manufacturers like BRIO and Playsam, many others are one-of-a-kind wonders like a miniature baking set from around 1900 that includes rolling pins, spatulas and other implements all lovingly carved from wood and fitting into a tray just eight inches long. Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3011, bgc.bard.edu. (Johnson) ★ Gil Batle: ‘Hatched in Prison’ (through Jan. 9) Mr. Batle, 53, served a total of 20 years in five California prisons for fraud and forgery. Now living in the Philippines, he has been recounting his experiences in an unlikely medium. Using a high-speed dental drill, he carves miniature narratives of prison life into the surfaces of ostrich eggs. The 19 examples in this show, all made in the past two years, are amazing for their meticulous craftsmanship and detailed story telling. Ricco Maresca, 529 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-627-4819, riccomaresca.com. (Johnson) ★ Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ‘Indelible Memories’ (through Jan. 16) Ms. Matthew was born in England to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India, and has lived in the United States since. The mostly album-size photographs in this compact but far-ranging gallery survey are about the intensities and confusions of a cultural mixing that makes the artist, psychologically, both a global citizen and an outsider, at home and in transit, wherever she is. And it’s about photography as document and fiction: souvenir, re-enactment and imaginative projection. (Closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.) A beautiful show that could too easily slip away. sepiaEYE, 547 West 27th Street, Chelsea, 212-967-0738, sepiaeye.com. (Cotter) ★ Robert Ryman (through June 18) For nearly 60s years, the Minimalist painter Robert Ryman has had few equals when it comes to doing more with less. White has been his primary, if not quite his only, color, the square his typical format. And yet within these seeming limitations a remarkably fecund and resonant body of work has evolved as demonstrated with unusual clarity (and in natural light) by this small but comprehensive exhibition. Dia: Chelsea, 535 West 22nd Street, 212-989-5566, diaart.org. (Smith) ★ Giorgio Morandi (through June 25) The Italian master of <hl> modern still life <hl>, and closet abstractionist, is celebrated in a large show devoted foremost to his painting from the 1930s, which are not well known in this country. They reveal a period of struggle during which the artist had settled on what to paint, how to paint was still very much up for grabs. Joel Meyerowitz’s large color photographs of Morandi’s still life objects – which he sometimes altered – are also on view. Reservations are required. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, near Crosby Street, SoHo, 646-370-3596, italianmodernart.org. (Smith)

The Italian master of <hl> modern still life <hl> ,


Question: Which event did Willis Carto's group deny happened?

Willis Carto, a reclusive behind-the-scenes wizard of the far-right fringe of American politics who used lobbying and publishing to denigrate Jews and other minorities and galvanize the movement to deny the Holocaust, died last Monday at his home in Virginia. He was 89. His death was announced by The American Free Press, a newspaper he helped found. Mr. Carto raised funds to finance a right-wing military dictatorship in the United States, campaigned to persuade blacks to voluntarily return to Africa and, most influentially, started newsletters, a journal and conferences of academics and others to deny the scale, and even the existence, of the Holocaust. The Anti-Defamation League called him “one of the most influential American anti-Semitic propagandists” and “the mastermind of the hate network.”

Answer: the Holocaust

<hl> Willis Carto, a reclusive behind-the-scenes wizard of the far-right fringe of American politics who used lobbying and publishing to denigrate Jews and other minorities and galvanize the movement to deny the Holocaust , died last Monday at his home in Virginia. <hl> He was 89. His death was announced by The American Free Press, a newspaper he helped found. Mr. Carto raised funds to finance a right-wing military dictatorship in the United States, campaigned to persuade blacks to voluntarily return to Africa and, most influentially, started newsletters, a journal and conferences of academics and others to deny the scale, and even the existence, of the Holocaust. The Anti-Defamation League called him “one of the most influential American anti-Semitic propagandists” and “the mastermind of the hate network.”

Willis Carto, a reclusive behind-the-scenes wizard of the far-right fringe of American politics who used lobbying and publishing to denigrate Jews and other minorities and galvanize the movement to deny <hl> the Holocaust <hl>, died last Monday at his home in Virginia. He was 89. His death was announced by The American Free Press, a newspaper he helped found. Mr. Carto raised funds to finance a right-wing military dictatorship in the United States, campaigned to persuade blacks to voluntarily return to Africa and, most influentially, started newsletters, a journal and conferences of academics and others to deny the scale, and even the existence, of the Holocaust. The Anti-Defamation League called him “one of the most influential American anti-Semitic propagandists” and “the mastermind of the hate network.”

Willis Carto, a reclusive behind-the-scenes wizard of the far-right fringe of American politics who used lobbying and publishing to denigrate Jews and other minorities and galvanize the movement to deny <hl> the Holocaust <hl> , died last Monday at his home in Virginia.


Question: Who was interviewed in the video released by Pyongyang's propaganda officials?

After the United Nations came out with its damning report in February 2014, Pyongyang’s propaganda officials circulated a video featuring wild accusations against Mr. Shin. It alleged he raped a 13-year-old girl and featured an interview with his father in North Korea who said they had never lived in a “so-called political prison camp.” At least one defector from Camp 18 recognized Mr. Shin’s father as a fellow inmate, pressuring Mr. Shin to admit that his story didn’t hold together, leading to the retraction.

Answer: Mr. Shin’s father

After the United Nations came out with its damning report in February 2014, Pyongyang’s propaganda officials circulated a video featuring wild accusations against Mr. Shin. It alleged he raped a 13-year-old girl and featured an interview with his father in North Korea who said they had never lived in a “so-called political prison camp.” <hl> At least one defector from Camp 18 recognized Mr. Shin’s father as a fellow inmate, pressuring Mr. Shin to admit that his story didn’t hold together, leading to the retraction. <hl>

After the United Nations came out with its damning report in February 2014, Pyongyang’s propaganda officials circulated a video featuring wild accusations against Mr. Shin. It alleged he raped a 13-year-old girl and featured an interview with his father in North Korea who said they had never lived in a “so-called political prison camp.” At least one defector from Camp 18 recognized <hl> Mr. Shin’s father <hl> as a fellow inmate, pressuring Mr. Shin to admit that his story didn’t hold together, leading to the retraction.


Question: Who was the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security?

For years, the N.F.L. played cat and mouse with the city of Los Angeles. Every so often a team in, say, Minnesota, would threaten to move to L.A. in an effort to crowbar concessions out of its government leaders back home. Once the team got public financing, it stayed put. To move the ball, AEG, the sports and entertainment group, and Majestic Realty Group, a big real estate developer, promised to build stadiums in Los Angeles County if a team would commit to moving. For years, none did. But the roulette wheel has spun a lot faster this year. In January, the owner of the St. Louis Rams, Stan Kroenke, said he planned to build an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood, 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Last week, the Inglewood City Council voted unanimously to give the project the green light. The Rams switched to a year-to-year lease at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, giving them the flexibility to move. Alarmed by the possibility that the Rams could move back to Los Angeles, the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders last month said they would build their own stadium in Carson, about 15 miles farther south. The move was viewed as a way for the teams to maintain leverage in stadium negotiations with their home cities and potentially forestall the Rams. In the blink of an eye, the N.F.L. went from shadow boxing to boxing in Los Angeles. Faced with the possibility of three teams rushing to the city at once, the N.F.L. established an owners committee to oversee the process. But the process appears to be a work in a progress. AEG, which secured environmental approvals and sold naming rights for its proposed stadium next to Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, and which perhaps fears being shut out of the N.F.L. stadium sweepstakes, re-entered the fray. The company commissioned a report by Tom Ridge, a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, who outlined several safety and operational risks of locating a stadium in Inglewood just a few miles from the runways at Los Angeles International Airport.

Answer: Tom Ridge

For years, the N.F.L. played cat and mouse with the city of Los Angeles. Every so often a team in, say, Minnesota, would threaten to move to L.A. in an effort to crowbar concessions out of its government leaders back home. Once the team got public financing, it stayed put. To move the ball, AEG, the sports and entertainment group, and Majestic Realty Group, a big real estate developer, promised to build stadiums in Los Angeles County if a team would commit to moving. For years, none did. But the roulette wheel has spun a lot faster this year. In January, the owner of the St. Louis Rams, Stan Kroenke, said he planned to build an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood, 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Last week, the Inglewood City Council voted unanimously to give the project the green light. The Rams switched to a year-to-year lease at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, giving them the flexibility to move. Alarmed by the possibility that the Rams could move back to Los Angeles, the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders last month said they would build their own stadium in Carson, about 15 miles farther south. The move was viewed as a way for the teams to maintain leverage in stadium negotiations with their home cities and potentially forestall the Rams. In the blink of an eye, the N.F.L. went from shadow boxing to boxing in Los Angeles. Faced with the possibility of three teams rushing to the city at once, the N.F.L. established an owners committee to oversee the process. But the process appears to be a work in a progress. AEG, which secured environmental approvals and sold naming rights for its proposed stadium next to Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, and which perhaps fears being shut out of the N.F.L. stadium sweepstakes, re-entered the fray. <hl> The company commissioned a report by Tom Ridge , a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, who outlined several safety and operational risks of locating a stadium in Inglewood just a few miles from the runways at Los Angeles International Airport. <hl>

For years, the N.F.L. played cat and mouse with the city of Los Angeles. Every so often a team in, say, Minnesota, would threaten to move to L.A. in an effort to crowbar concessions out of its government leaders back home. Once the team got public financing, it stayed put. To move the ball, AEG, the sports and entertainment group, and Majestic Realty Group, a big real estate developer, promised to build stadiums in Los Angeles County if a team would commit to moving. For years, none did. But the roulette wheel has spun a lot faster this year. In January, the owner of the St. Louis Rams, Stan Kroenke, said he planned to build an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood, 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Last week, the Inglewood City Council voted unanimously to give the project the green light. The Rams switched to a year-to-year lease at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, giving them the flexibility to move. Alarmed by the possibility that the Rams could move back to Los Angeles, the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders last month said they would build their own stadium in Carson, about 15 miles farther south. The move was viewed as a way for the teams to maintain leverage in stadium negotiations with their home cities and potentially forestall the Rams. In the blink of an eye, the N.F.L. went from shadow boxing to boxing in Los Angeles. Faced with the possibility of three teams rushing to the city at once, the N.F.L. established an owners committee to oversee the process. But the process appears to be a work in a progress. AEG, which secured environmental approvals and sold naming rights for its proposed stadium next to Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, and which perhaps fears being shut out of the N.F.L. stadium sweepstakes, re-entered the fray. The company commissioned a report by <hl> Tom Ridge <hl>, a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, who outlined several safety and operational risks of locating a stadium in Inglewood just a few miles from the runways at Los Angeles International Airport.

The company commissioned a report by <hl> Tom Ridge <hl> , a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, who outlined several safety and operational risks of locating a stadium in Inglewood just a few miles from the runways at Los Angeles International Airport.


Question: Who thinks that test screening is the best way to refine jokes?

In Budapest last June, Kent Sublette, a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast. In the editing room, these “alts,” as they’re known, are assembled into multiple cuts, which Mr. Feig test-screens religiously. In Hollywood, test screening is done grudgingly, considered a pernicious studio tool and the enemy of the auteur. “It doesn’t work very well if a movie is supposed to make you feel difficult emotions,” Mr. Apatow said. “If you’re making a David Lynch movie, it doesn’t work at all.” But for comedy, he continued, it’s often the best way to refine jokes. Their semi-scientific process involves recording viewers’ laughter across different versions. Mr. Feig, a former stand-up comic, compared it with road-testing an act. “Spy” has had about 10 test screenings, he said, although unlike “Bridesmaids,” it scored well with audiences out of the gate. In a South by Southwest preview, one critic called it “a home run.”

Answer: Mr. Apatow

In Budapest last June, Kent Sublette, a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast. In the editing room, these “alts,” as they’re known, are assembled into multiple cuts, which Mr. Feig test-screens religiously. In Hollywood, test screening is done grudgingly, considered a pernicious studio tool and the enemy of the auteur. <hl> “It doesn’t work very well if a movie is supposed to make you feel difficult emotions,” Mr. Apatow said. <hl> “If you’re making a David Lynch movie, it doesn’t work at all.” But for comedy, he continued, it’s often the best way to refine jokes. Their semi-scientific process involves recording viewers’ laughter across different versions. Mr. Feig, a former stand-up comic, compared it with road-testing an act. “Spy” has had about 10 test screenings, he said, although unlike “Bridesmaids,” it scored well with audiences out of the gate. In a South by Southwest preview, one critic called it “a home run.”

In Budapest last June, Kent Sublette, a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast. In the editing room, these “alts,” as they’re known, are assembled into multiple cuts, which Mr. Feig test-screens religiously. In Hollywood, test screening is done grudgingly, considered a pernicious studio tool and the enemy of the auteur. “It doesn’t work very well if a movie is supposed to make you feel difficult emotions,” <hl> Mr. Apatow <hl> said. “If you’re making a David Lynch movie, it doesn’t work at all.” But for comedy, he continued, it’s often the best way to refine jokes. Their semi-scientific process involves recording viewers’ laughter across different versions. Mr. Feig, a former stand-up comic, compared it with road-testing an act. “Spy” has had about 10 test screenings, he said, although unlike “Bridesmaids,” it scored well with audiences out of the gate. In a South by Southwest preview, one critic called it “a home run.”


Question: Who is the former armed forces chief?

The cabinet’s resignation also illustrated a political dilemma facing Mr. Sisi, the former armed forces chief who took power during a wave of nationalist fervor following the military’s removal of Mr. Morsi. In spite of the significant cult of personality around Mr. Sisi, his government has failed to resolve a number of problems facing Egypt. Those troubles include a steady deterioration in its security. The government has been unable to end a violent insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula in which militants have been carrying out ever more brazen attacks. Egypt also faces deep economic uncertainty, disappointing hopes raised at a much-promoted international investment conference in March and the opening of an expansion of the Suez Canal in August. The stock market has swooned since the conference, which had been billed as a move to restart the economy after years of instability in the wake of the 2011 uprising that ejected President Mubarak from power.

Answer: Mr. Sisi

<hl> The cabinet’s resignation also illustrated a political dilemma facing Mr. Sisi , the former armed forces chief who took power during a wave of nationalist fervor following the military’s removal of Mr. Morsi. <hl> In spite of the significant cult of personality around Mr. Sisi, his government has failed to resolve a number of problems facing Egypt. Those troubles include a steady deterioration in its security. The government has been unable to end a violent insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula in which militants have been carrying out ever more brazen attacks. Egypt also faces deep economic uncertainty, disappointing hopes raised at a much-promoted international investment conference in March and the opening of an expansion of the Suez Canal in August. The stock market has swooned since the conference, which had been billed as a move to restart the economy after years of instability in the wake of the 2011 uprising that ejected President Mubarak from power.

The cabinet’s resignation also illustrated a political dilemma facing <hl> Mr. Sisi <hl>, the former armed forces chief who took power during a wave of nationalist fervor following the military’s removal of Mr. Morsi. In spite of the significant cult of personality around Mr. Sisi, his government has failed to resolve a number of problems facing Egypt. Those troubles include a steady deterioration in its security. The government has been unable to end a violent insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula in which militants have been carrying out ever more brazen attacks. Egypt also faces deep economic uncertainty, disappointing hopes raised at a much-promoted international investment conference in March and the opening of an expansion of the Suez Canal in August. The stock market has swooned since the conference, which had been billed as a move to restart the economy after years of instability in the wake of the 2011 uprising that ejected President Mubarak from power.

The cabinet’s resignation also illustrated a political dilemma facing <hl> Mr. Sisi <hl> , the former armed forces chief who took power during a wave of nationalist fervor following the military’s removal of Mr. Morsi.


Question: How long was Siddhartha sheltered from the harshness of the world?

In his life as Vessantara, the Buddha earned his karmic wings and was reborn just one last time as another prince, Siddhartha. For some years, Siddhartha lived a bubble-baby existence. But news of reality, cold and harsh, seeped in. He knew he had to face it, and one night he left home for good, his horse carried aloft by gods so its hoof beats wouldn’t be heard. Then finally, after years of self-searching, he arrived at a letting-go enlightenment, though not before certain celestial no-goodniks tried to block his way. We see two of them, potbellied, green of skin, weapons drawn, clomping across a glazed 15th-century temple tile.

Answer: For some years

In his life as Vessantara, the Buddha earned his karmic wings and was reborn just one last time as another prince, Siddhartha. <hl> For some years , Siddhartha lived a bubble-baby existence. <hl> But news of reality, cold and harsh, seeped in. He knew he had to face it, and one night he left home for good, his horse carried aloft by gods so its hoof beats wouldn’t be heard. Then finally, after years of self-searching, he arrived at a letting-go enlightenment, though not before certain celestial no-goodniks tried to block his way. We see two of them, potbellied, green of skin, weapons drawn, clomping across a glazed 15th-century temple tile.

In his life as Vessantara, the Buddha earned his karmic wings and was reborn just one last time as another prince, Siddhartha. <hl> For some years <hl>, Siddhartha lived a bubble-baby existence. But news of reality, cold and harsh, seeped in. He knew he had to face it, and one night he left home for good, his horse carried aloft by gods so its hoof beats wouldn’t be heard. Then finally, after years of self-searching, he arrived at a letting-go enlightenment, though not before certain celestial no-goodniks tried to block his way. We see two of them, potbellied, green of skin, weapons drawn, clomping across a glazed 15th-century temple tile.

<hl> For some years <hl> , Siddhartha lived a bubble-baby existence.


Question: What lack of issues does Norrie compare marijuana use to?

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling.

Answer: other drugs in Schedule I

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. <hl> We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” <hl> A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling.

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the <hl> other drugs in Schedule I <hl> have.” A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling.


Question: What names were given to the genitalia?

The Bookends feature (Sept. 27) asks, “Why read books considered obscene?” One answer is that last year’s pornography can be this year’s literature. One of the most glorious moments in D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” once a banned book, occurs when Connie and Mellors adorn their genitalia with flowers. They name them Sir John and Lady Jane, raising anatomy to the level of aristocracy. Only prudes would find such an incident, which is both innocent and erotic, offensive. And only the self-righteous would find the novel obscene. BERNARD F. DICK

Answer: Sir John and Lady Jane,

The Bookends feature (Sept. 27) asks, “Why read books considered obscene?” One answer is that last year’s pornography can be this year’s literature. One of the most glorious moments in D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” once a banned book, occurs when Connie and Mellors adorn their genitalia with flowers. <hl> They name them Sir John and Lady Jane, raising anatomy to the level of aristocracy. <hl> Only prudes would find such an incident, which is both innocent and erotic, offensive. And only the self-righteous would find the novel obscene. BERNARD F. DICK

The Bookends feature (Sept. 27) asks, “Why read books considered obscene?” One answer is that last year’s pornography can be this year’s literature. One of the most glorious moments in D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” once a banned book, occurs when Connie and Mellors adorn their genitalia with flowers. They name them <hl> Sir John and Lady Jane, <hl> raising anatomy to the level of aristocracy. Only prudes would find such an incident, which is both innocent and erotic, offensive. And only the self-righteous would find the novel obscene. BERNARD F. DICK


Question: Prior to being a teacher who was Andrea Long-Naidu?

That seemingly small step led to an increased turnout for the school’s free community auditions, which has dramatically shifted the minority presence in the children division. “It’s gone Technicolor fast,” said Silas Farley, a 21-year-old member of City Ballet whose mother is black and father is white. (He refers to himself as “a cultural gumbo.”) Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of City Ballet as well as the artistic director and chairman of faculty at the School of American Ballet, says that substantial change may take time, but it will happen. “We are not a white company,” he said. “We don’t seek to be a black company. We don’t seek to be half and half. I just want to be American.” While it’s still too soon to tell if the children discovered through recent community auditions will make it into City Ballet, since 2008-9, the school has graduated 36 minority dancers who have gone on to join professional companies. Eleven of those joined City Ballet. India Bradley, a 17-year-old advanced student at the school said her ambition — obsession really — is to become one of them. “More than anything in life,” she said. “I have actual dreams.” Ms. Bradley, a Detroit native, found her way to the School of American Ballet through the Dance Theater of Harlem. One of her teachers, Andrea Long-Naidu — a former City Ballet dancer — encouraged her to audition for the school.

Answer: a former City Ballet dancer

That seemingly small step led to an increased turnout for the school’s free community auditions, which has dramatically shifted the minority presence in the children division. “It’s gone Technicolor fast,” said Silas Farley, a 21-year-old member of City Ballet whose mother is black and father is white. (He refers to himself as “a cultural gumbo.”) Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of City Ballet as well as the artistic director and chairman of faculty at the School of American Ballet, says that substantial change may take time, but it will happen. “We are not a white company,” he said. “We don’t seek to be a black company. We don’t seek to be half and half. I just want to be American.” While it’s still too soon to tell if the children discovered through recent community auditions will make it into City Ballet, since 2008-9, the school has graduated 36 minority dancers who have gone on to join professional companies. Eleven of those joined City Ballet. India Bradley, a 17-year-old advanced student at the school said her ambition — obsession really — is to become one of them. “More than anything in life,” she said. “I have actual dreams.” Ms. Bradley, a Detroit native, found her way to the School of American Ballet through the Dance Theater of Harlem. <hl> One of her teachers, Andrea Long-Naidu — a former City Ballet dancer — encouraged her to audition for the school. <hl>

That seemingly small step led to an increased turnout for the school’s free community auditions, which has dramatically shifted the minority presence in the children division. “It’s gone Technicolor fast,” said Silas Farley, a 21-year-old member of City Ballet whose mother is black and father is white. (He refers to himself as “a cultural gumbo.”) Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of City Ballet as well as the artistic director and chairman of faculty at the School of American Ballet, says that substantial change may take time, but it will happen. “We are not a white company,” he said. “We don’t seek to be a black company. We don’t seek to be half and half. I just want to be American.” While it’s still too soon to tell if the children discovered through recent community auditions will make it into City Ballet, since 2008-9, the school has graduated 36 minority dancers who have gone on to join professional companies. Eleven of those joined City Ballet. India Bradley, a 17-year-old advanced student at the school said her ambition — obsession really — is to become one of them. “More than anything in life,” she said. “I have actual dreams.” Ms. Bradley, a Detroit native, found her way to the School of American Ballet through the Dance Theater of Harlem. One of her teachers, Andrea Long-Naidu — <hl> a former City Ballet dancer <hl> — encouraged her to audition for the school.


Question: What types of laws did Jerome Kohlberg support efforts to overhaul?

Upon his retirement from Kohlberg & Company in 1994, Jerome Kohlberg focused in large part on philanthropy, including efforts to provide education for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also supported efforts to overhaul campaign finance laws, lending his backing to the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed in 2002. “Jerry was a real visionary, having played an important role in developing the private equity model in the 1960’s, and he was a true mentor to George Roberts and me,” Mr. Kravis said in a statement. “Henry and I are proud that our firm’s name is Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,” Mr. Roberts said. “Jerry will be missed and remembered by many.” In addition to his son James, Mr. Kohlberg is survived by his wife, Nancy; three other children, Karen, Pamela and Andrew; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Answer: campaign finance laws

Upon his retirement from Kohlberg & Company in 1994, Jerome Kohlberg focused in large part on philanthropy, including efforts to provide education for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. <hl> He also supported efforts to overhaul campaign finance laws , lending his backing to the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed in 2002. <hl> “Jerry was a real visionary, having played an important role in developing the private equity model in the 1960’s, and he was a true mentor to George Roberts and me,” Mr. Kravis said in a statement. “Henry and I are proud that our firm’s name is Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,” Mr. Roberts said. “Jerry will be missed and remembered by many.” In addition to his son James, Mr. Kohlberg is survived by his wife, Nancy; three other children, Karen, Pamela and Andrew; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Upon his retirement from Kohlberg & Company in 1994, Jerome Kohlberg focused in large part on philanthropy, including efforts to provide education for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also supported efforts to overhaul <hl> campaign finance laws <hl>, lending his backing to the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed in 2002. “Jerry was a real visionary, having played an important role in developing the private equity model in the 1960’s, and he was a true mentor to George Roberts and me,” Mr. Kravis said in a statement. “Henry and I are proud that our firm’s name is Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,” Mr. Roberts said. “Jerry will be missed and remembered by many.” In addition to his son James, Mr. Kohlberg is survived by his wife, Nancy; three other children, Karen, Pamela and Andrew; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He also supported efforts to overhaul <hl> campaign finance laws <hl> , lending his backing to the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed in 2002.


Question: If the building were for sale what would it come with?

Q. Your next makeover is at 1156 Avenue of the Americas.  A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999. I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with a high-gloss book and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building. So I thought there’s no reason we shouldn’t do it. We own it. We could do what a broker would say could be done. It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million. Q. What’s your occupancy rate portfoliowide?  A. We’re over 96 percent. We have a high renewal rate as well — in excess of 70 percent.

Answer: a high-gloss book

Q. Your next makeover is at 1156 Avenue of the Americas. A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999. <hl> I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with a high-gloss book and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building. <hl> So I thought there’s no reason we shouldn’t do it. We own it. We could do what a broker would say could be done. It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million. Q. What’s your occupancy rate portfoliowide? A. We’re over 96 percent. We have a high renewal rate as well — in excess of 70 percent.

Q. Your next makeover is at 1156 Avenue of the Americas. A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999. I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with <hl> a high-gloss book <hl> and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building. So I thought there’s no reason we shouldn’t do it. We own it. We could do what a broker would say could be done. It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million. Q. What’s your occupancy rate portfoliowide? A. We’re over 96 percent. We have a high renewal rate as well — in excess of 70 percent.


Question: How did PolitiFact rate the truthfulness of Fiorina's comments?

But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”

Answer: mostly false.

But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ <hl> “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “ mostly false. ” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” <hl> As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”

But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “<hl> mostly false. <hl>” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”

“ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “ <hl> mostly false. <hl> ” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.”


Question: Where is Gordon College located?

Such tiptoeing around donors opposed to funding any L.G.B.T. programs is becoming less common, Mr. Henry says. Andrew Watt, president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, also says he believes that any hesitation to court the L.G.B.T. community as a source of donations, for fear of negative reactions or unwelcome perceptions, is vanishing. “I think we’ve gotten to the point that it’s ceasing to be an issue,” he says. But it most certainly was an issue for Gordon College, a multidenominational Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Mass. Like the Girl Scouts, the college said it was acting in accordance with its core beliefs when, in July 2014, the college’s president, D. Michael Lindsay, along with 13 other evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders, signed a letter to the White House, asking for a religious exemption from a planned order barring federal contractors from discriminating in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation. The on-campus reaction was anger: A petition signed by 3,000 students, faculty and alumni was reportedly sent to Mr. Lindsay, protesting his request for the exemption and accusing him of discrimination. There was other fallout. The mayor of nearby Salem canceled the school’s contract to manage its Old Town Hall, an early 19th-century building now used as an event space and theater.

Answer: Wenham, Mass.

Such tiptoeing around donors opposed to funding any L.G.B.T. programs is becoming less common, Mr. Henry says. Andrew Watt, president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, also says he believes that any hesitation to court the L.G.B.T. community as a source of donations, for fear of negative reactions or unwelcome perceptions, is vanishing. “I think we’ve gotten to the point that it’s ceasing to be an issue,” he says. <hl> But it most certainly was an issue for Gordon College, a multidenominational Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Mass. Like the Girl Scouts, the college said it was acting in accordance with its core beliefs when, in July 2014, the college’s president, D. Michael Lindsay, along with 13 other evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders, signed a letter to the White House, asking for a religious exemption from a planned order barring federal contractors from discriminating in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation. <hl> The on-campus reaction was anger: A petition signed by 3,000 students, faculty and alumni was reportedly sent to Mr. Lindsay, protesting his request for the exemption and accusing him of discrimination. There was other fallout. The mayor of nearby Salem canceled the school’s contract to manage its Old Town Hall, an early 19th-century building now used as an event space and theater.

Such tiptoeing around donors opposed to funding any L.G.B.T. programs is becoming less common, Mr. Henry says. Andrew Watt, president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, also says he believes that any hesitation to court the L.G.B.T. community as a source of donations, for fear of negative reactions or unwelcome perceptions, is vanishing. “I think we’ve gotten to the point that it’s ceasing to be an issue,” he says. But it most certainly was an issue for Gordon College, a multidenominational Christian liberal arts college in <hl> Wenham, Mass. <hl> Like the Girl Scouts, the college said it was acting in accordance with its core beliefs when, in July 2014, the college’s president, D. Michael Lindsay, along with 13 other evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders, signed a letter to the White House, asking for a religious exemption from a planned order barring federal contractors from discriminating in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation. The on-campus reaction was anger: A petition signed by 3,000 students, faculty and alumni was reportedly sent to Mr. Lindsay, protesting his request for the exemption and accusing him of discrimination. There was other fallout. The mayor of nearby Salem canceled the school’s contract to manage its Old Town Hall, an early 19th-century building now used as an event space and theater.


Question: Who did the study supported by Department of Transportation?

“Tech and innovation in the auto industry are moving so much faster than the regulators can keep up with it,” she said. The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction; that study is expected to conclude in 2016. Another take on the fledgling technology comes from a Vancouver, British Columbia, start-up called DD Technologies — started by two entrepreneurs who said they were inspired to build a head-up display after watching an “Iron Man” movie. The company’s display, Iris, which should soon be available in limited quantities, allows drivers to read the contents of a text. But the entrepreneurs say they’re not encouraging the behavior — well, not exactly.

Answer: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

“Tech and innovation in the auto industry are moving so much faster than the regulators can keep up with it,” she said. <hl> The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction; that study is expected to conclude in 2016. <hl> Another take on the fledgling technology comes from a Vancouver, British Columbia, start-up called DD Technologies — started by two entrepreneurs who said they were inspired to build a head-up display after watching an “Iron Man” movie. The company’s display, Iris, which should soon be available in limited quantities, allows drivers to read the contents of a text. But the entrepreneurs say they’re not encouraging the behavior — well, not exactly.

“Tech and innovation in the auto industry are moving so much faster than the regulators can keep up with it,” she said. The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the <hl> Virginia Tech Transportation Institute <hl> into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction; that study is expected to conclude in 2016. Another take on the fledgling technology comes from a Vancouver, British Columbia, start-up called DD Technologies — started by two entrepreneurs who said they were inspired to build a head-up display after watching an “Iron Man” movie. The company’s display, Iris, which should soon be available in limited quantities, allows drivers to read the contents of a text. But the entrepreneurs say they’re not encouraging the behavior — well, not exactly.


Question: What were the Rams shy of by 15000 tickets?

Larry Fitzgerald topped 1,000 receiving yards in a season for the seventh time. Fitzgerald, who caught eight passes for 55 yards, also became the youngest player to reach 1,000 career catches. The Rams, who have lost five in a row, announced that 51,115 tickets had been distributed, a season low and about 15,000 shy of a sellout. BRONCOS 17, CHARGERS 3 Brock Osweiler hit Demaryius Thomas for a 3-yard score on the opening drive, and Danny Trevathan intercepted a Philip Rivers pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown as Denver won at San Diego. Osweiler moved to 3-0 since taking over for the injured Peyton Manning. San Diego has lost five straight at home and five straight against A.F.C. West foes. Running back Melvin Gordon, the Chargers’ first-round draft pick this year, lost a fumble and was benched. CHIEFS 34, RAIDERS 20 Derek Carr passed for 283 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw three fourth-quarter interceptions that sank Oakland against visiting Kansas City, which won its sixth straight. Two of Carr’s interceptions led to Jeremy Maclin touchdown catches, and Tyvon Branch returned the third for a game-clinching score. The Raiders, who have lost four of five, were leading by 6 points and driving when Carr’s mistakes changed the tide of the game. BILLS 30, TEXANS 21 Tyrod Taylor threw three scoring passes, including a 40-yarder to Charles Clay with 1:53 left, and he had a rushing score to help Buffalo secure a home win. Taylor passed for 211 yards, was sacked just once and added 28 rushing yards. He showed little fear in throwing into double coverage, completing two 53-yard passes to Sammy Watkins. And Taylor played with poise in finding Clay for the decisive touchdown after the Bills’ offense had sputtered, with five punts and a missed field-goal attempt on the team’s first six drives of the second half. BENGALS 37, BROWNS 3 Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score to notch his 50th career win, sending host Cleveland to its seventh straight loss.

Answer: sellout

Larry Fitzgerald topped 1,000 receiving yards in a season for the seventh time. Fitzgerald, who caught eight passes for 55 yards, also became the youngest player to reach 1,000 career catches. <hl> The Rams, who have lost five in a row, announced that 51,115 tickets had been distributed, a season low and about 15,000 shy of a sellout . <hl> BRONCOS 17, CHARGERS 3 Brock Osweiler hit Demaryius Thomas for a 3-yard score on the opening drive, and Danny Trevathan intercepted a Philip Rivers pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown as Denver won at San Diego. Osweiler moved to 3-0 since taking over for the injured Peyton Manning. San Diego has lost five straight at home and five straight against A.F.C. West foes. Running back Melvin Gordon, the Chargers’ first-round draft pick this year, lost a fumble and was benched. CHIEFS 34, RAIDERS 20 Derek Carr passed for 283 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw three fourth-quarter interceptions that sank Oakland against visiting Kansas City, which won its sixth straight. Two of Carr’s interceptions led to Jeremy Maclin touchdown catches, and Tyvon Branch returned the third for a game-clinching score. The Raiders, who have lost four of five, were leading by 6 points and driving when Carr’s mistakes changed the tide of the game. BILLS 30, TEXANS 21 Tyrod Taylor threw three scoring passes, including a 40-yarder to Charles Clay with 1:53 left, and he had a rushing score to help Buffalo secure a home win. Taylor passed for 211 yards, was sacked just once and added 28 rushing yards. He showed little fear in throwing into double coverage, completing two 53-yard passes to Sammy Watkins. And Taylor played with poise in finding Clay for the decisive touchdown after the Bills’ offense had sputtered, with five punts and a missed field-goal attempt on the team’s first six drives of the second half. BENGALS 37, BROWNS 3 Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score to notch his 50th career win, sending host Cleveland to its seventh straight loss.

Larry Fitzgerald topped 1,000 receiving yards in a season for the seventh time. Fitzgerald, who caught eight passes for 55 yards, also became the youngest player to reach 1,000 career catches. The Rams, who have lost five in a row, announced that 51,115 tickets had been distributed, a season low and about 15,000 shy of a <hl> sellout <hl>. BRONCOS 17, CHARGERS 3 Brock Osweiler hit Demaryius Thomas for a 3-yard score on the opening drive, and Danny Trevathan intercepted a Philip Rivers pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown as Denver won at San Diego. Osweiler moved to 3-0 since taking over for the injured Peyton Manning. San Diego has lost five straight at home and five straight against A.F.C. West foes. Running back Melvin Gordon, the Chargers’ first-round draft pick this year, lost a fumble and was benched. CHIEFS 34, RAIDERS 20 Derek Carr passed for 283 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw three fourth-quarter interceptions that sank Oakland against visiting Kansas City, which won its sixth straight. Two of Carr’s interceptions led to Jeremy Maclin touchdown catches, and Tyvon Branch returned the third for a game-clinching score. The Raiders, who have lost four of five, were leading by 6 points and driving when Carr’s mistakes changed the tide of the game. BILLS 30, TEXANS 21 Tyrod Taylor threw three scoring passes, including a 40-yarder to Charles Clay with 1:53 left, and he had a rushing score to help Buffalo secure a home win. Taylor passed for 211 yards, was sacked just once and added 28 rushing yards. He showed little fear in throwing into double coverage, completing two 53-yard passes to Sammy Watkins. And Taylor played with poise in finding Clay for the decisive touchdown after the Bills’ offense had sputtered, with five punts and a missed field-goal attempt on the team’s first six drives of the second half. BENGALS 37, BROWNS 3 Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score to notch his 50th career win, sending host Cleveland to its seventh straight loss.

The Rams, who have lost five in a row, announced that 51,115 tickets had been distributed, a season low and about 15,000 shy of a <hl> sellout <hl> .


Question: Who swept in behind Manuel Neuer to bundle the ball into the net?

Fine keepers and thin margins can win games. Yet in the last 13 minutes, Neuer was beaten twice. The first was his own fault. By popular acclaim the best goalkeeper on earth, Neuer misread a high, swinging free kick from Santi Cazorla, pawing at thin air. Olivier Giroud swept in behind him to bundle the ball into the net.

Answer: Olivier Giroud

Fine keepers and thin margins can win games. Yet in the last 13 minutes, Neuer was beaten twice. The first was his own fault. By popular acclaim the best goalkeeper on earth, Neuer misread a high, swinging free kick from Santi Cazorla, pawing at thin air. <hl> Olivier Giroud swept in behind him to bundle the ball into the net. <hl>

Fine keepers and thin margins can win games. Yet in the last 13 minutes, Neuer was beaten twice. The first was his own fault. By popular acclaim the best goalkeeper on earth, Neuer misread a high, swinging free kick from Santi Cazorla, pawing at thin air. <hl> Olivier Giroud <hl> swept in behind him to bundle the ball into the net.