Question: Who obtained internal audit regarding soldiers abroad?

Whether peacekeepers serve the United Nations or are under their own national commanders — as in the case of the French troops in Bangui — it is ultimately up to the soldiers’ home countries to investigate and prosecute such cases. The United Nations does not have the legal authority to prosecute or punish a country’s soldiers, even when they are serving under the banner of the United Nations. France has announced an official investigation into the accusations against its troops. But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by The New York Times.

Answer: The New York Times

Whether peacekeepers serve the United Nations or are under their own national commanders — as in the case of the French troops in Bangui — it is ultimately up to the soldiers’ home countries to investigate and prosecute such cases. The United Nations does not have the legal authority to prosecute or punish a country’s soldiers, even when they are serving under the banner of the United Nations. France has announced an official investigation into the accusations against its troops. <hl> But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by The New York Times . <hl>

Whether peacekeepers serve the United Nations or are under their own national commanders — as in the case of the French troops in Bangui — it is ultimately up to the soldiers’ home countries to investigate and prosecute such cases. The United Nations does not have the legal authority to prosecute or punish a country’s soldiers, even when they are serving under the banner of the United Nations. France has announced an official investigation into the accusations against its troops. But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by <hl> The New York Times <hl>.

But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by <hl> The New York Times <hl> .


Question: What big event did Johannsson play a big part in for his team?

Johannsson has played with the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar since 2013, scoring 38 goals in 84 games across all competitions. He will depart after having led the club to three important wins to end last season and propelling AZ into a surprising third-place finish that earned the team a place in the Europa League this season. On Tuesday, AZ announced that it had agreed to sell Johannsson’s rights to Werder Bremen. Johannsson still needed to agree to a contract and pass a physical; those could be completed as soon as Wednesday. “Once they came and were interested, it was a pretty easy choice, because obviously I want to play for a better team in a better league, and the Bundesliga is one of the best leagues in the world,” Johannsson said in a farewell interview posted online by AZ. “It’s a step in the right direction for me, and hopefully it will go well.” The move now makes Johannsson the only American forward likely to see regular minutes in one of Europe’s top leagues. Clint Dempsey was the last American to establish himself in an elite league; his best season was in 2011-12 with Fulham, when he scored 17 goals in the Premier League and 23 over all.

Answer: propelling AZ into a surprising third-place finish that earned the team a place in the Europa League

Johannsson has played with the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar since 2013, scoring 38 goals in 84 games across all competitions. <hl> He will depart after having led the club to three important wins to end last season and propelling AZ into a surprising third-place finish that earned the team a place in the Europa League this season. <hl> On Tuesday, AZ announced that it had agreed to sell Johannsson’s rights to Werder Bremen. Johannsson still needed to agree to a contract and pass a physical; those could be completed as soon as Wednesday. “Once they came and were interested, it was a pretty easy choice, because obviously I want to play for a better team in a better league, and the Bundesliga is one of the best leagues in the world,” Johannsson said in a farewell interview posted online by AZ. “It’s a step in the right direction for me, and hopefully it will go well.” The move now makes Johannsson the only American forward likely to see regular minutes in one of Europe’s top leagues. Clint Dempsey was the last American to establish himself in an elite league; his best season was in 2011-12 with Fulham, when he scored 17 goals in the Premier League and 23 over all.

Johannsson has played with the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar since 2013, scoring 38 goals in 84 games across all competitions. He will depart after having led the club to three important wins to end last season and <hl> propelling AZ into a surprising third-place finish that earned the team a place in the Europa League <hl> this season. On Tuesday, AZ announced that it had agreed to sell Johannsson’s rights to Werder Bremen. Johannsson still needed to agree to a contract and pass a physical; those could be completed as soon as Wednesday. “Once they came and were interested, it was a pretty easy choice, because obviously I want to play for a better team in a better league, and the Bundesliga is one of the best leagues in the world,” Johannsson said in a farewell interview posted online by AZ. “It’s a step in the right direction for me, and hopefully it will go well.” The move now makes Johannsson the only American forward likely to see regular minutes in one of Europe’s top leagues. Clint Dempsey was the last American to establish himself in an elite league; his best season was in 2011-12 with Fulham, when he scored 17 goals in the Premier League and 23 over all.


Question: What alternative did the 11,000 virgins forgo in choosing to become martyrs?

Watching the nation come to a screeching halt over Pope Francis’ visit, I had a flashback to my childhood in Cincinnati. One day I saw a picture of then-Pope Pius XII on the front page of the evening paper and I was shocked — Shocked! I had no idea that anybody in Ohio outside my immediate neighborhood knew who he was. In our Catholic school, the nuns stressed our isolation, and they kept prepping us to be ready to die for our faith at any moment. Like St. Ursula, who was on a pilgrimage with 11,000 virgins, all of whom instantly chose martyrdom rather than surrender their purity to infidel Huns. (At the time, I just knew virgins were women who hadn’t married, and I had a vision of throngs of young ladies being pursued by barbarians waving engagement rings.)

Answer: surrender their purity to infidel Huns

Watching the nation come to a screeching halt over Pope Francis’ visit, I had a flashback to my childhood in Cincinnati. One day I saw a picture of then-Pope Pius XII on the front page of the evening paper and I was shocked — Shocked! I had no idea that anybody in Ohio outside my immediate neighborhood knew who he was. In our Catholic school, the nuns stressed our isolation, and they kept prepping us to be ready to die for our faith at any moment. <hl> Like St. Ursula, who was on a pilgrimage with 11,000 virgins, all of whom instantly chose martyrdom rather than surrender their purity to infidel Huns . <hl> (At the time, I just knew virgins were women who hadn’t married, and I had a vision of throngs of young ladies being pursued by barbarians waving engagement rings.)

Watching the nation come to a screeching halt over Pope Francis’ visit, I had a flashback to my childhood in Cincinnati. One day I saw a picture of then-Pope Pius XII on the front page of the evening paper and I was shocked — Shocked! I had no idea that anybody in Ohio outside my immediate neighborhood knew who he was. In our Catholic school, the nuns stressed our isolation, and they kept prepping us to be ready to die for our faith at any moment. Like St. Ursula, who was on a pilgrimage with 11,000 virgins, all of whom instantly chose martyrdom rather than <hl> surrender their purity to infidel Huns <hl>. (At the time, I just knew virgins were women who hadn’t married, and I had a vision of throngs of young ladies being pursued by barbarians waving engagement rings.)

Like St. Ursula, who was on a pilgrimage with 11,000 virgins, all of whom instantly chose martyrdom rather than <hl> surrender their purity to infidel Huns <hl> .


Question: What boarding school did George W. Bush attend?

That hardball, in-the-trenches style of politics, said friends, aides and scholars of the three men, goes against the ethos of the blue-blooded dynasty with roots in New England, where manners and decorum were ingrained not just at the dinner table but in the halls and playing fields of Andover. “Even the most visceral of the Bushes, George W. Bush, has been averse to that kind of pugnation,” said Robert Draper, the author of “Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush.” “The charitable view of it is manners — it’s better not to flash anger and swing elbows. The less charitable view is it derives from a kind of superiority that Bushes don’t fight in alleys.”

Answer: Andover

<hl> That hardball, in-the-trenches style of politics, said friends, aides and scholars of the three men, goes against the ethos of the blue-blooded dynasty with roots in New England, where manners and decorum were ingrained not just at the dinner table but in the halls and playing fields of Andover . <hl> “Even the most visceral of the Bushes, George W. Bush, has been averse to that kind of pugnation,” said Robert Draper, the author of “Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush.” “The charitable view of it is manners — it’s better not to flash anger and swing elbows. The less charitable view is it derives from a kind of superiority that Bushes don’t fight in alleys.”

That hardball, in-the-trenches style of politics, said friends, aides and scholars of the three men, goes against the ethos of the blue-blooded dynasty with roots in New England, where manners and decorum were ingrained not just at the dinner table but in the halls and playing fields of <hl> Andover <hl>. “Even the most visceral of the Bushes, George W. Bush, has been averse to that kind of pugnation,” said Robert Draper, the author of “Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush.” “The charitable view of it is manners — it’s better not to flash anger and swing elbows. The less charitable view is it derives from a kind of superiority that Bushes don’t fight in alleys.”

That hardball, in-the-trenches style of politics, said friends, aides and scholars of the three men, goes against the ethos of the blue-blooded dynasty with roots in New England, where manners and decorum were ingrained not just at the dinner table but in the halls and playing fields of <hl> Andover <hl> .


Question: How many riders are on the Northeast Corridor each day?

These troubles have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about 750,000 riders each day on Amtrak and several commuter rail lines. The corridor’s ridership has doubled in the last 30 years even as its old and overloaded infrastructure of tracks, power lines, bridges and tunnels has begun to wear out. And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding, many fear the disruptions will continue to worsen in the years ahead.

Answer: 750,000

<hl> These troubles have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about 750,000 riders each day on Amtrak and several commuter rail lines. <hl> The corridor’s ridership has doubled in the last 30 years even as its old and overloaded infrastructure of tracks, power lines, bridges and tunnels has begun to wear out. And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding, many fear the disruptions will continue to worsen in the years ahead.

These troubles have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about <hl> 750,000 <hl> riders each day on Amtrak and several commuter rail lines. The corridor’s ridership has doubled in the last 30 years even as its old and overloaded infrastructure of tracks, power lines, bridges and tunnels has begun to wear out. And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding, many fear the disruptions will continue to worsen in the years ahead.


Question: What is Starks's first name?

And on Sunday night, neither seemed to be able to make a basket. The Cavaliers shot 1 for 8 in overtime, and they won the game. Iman Shumpert hit their one bucket, a 3-pointer that put them on the board 1 minute 13 seconds in, but he also had a layup blocked. LeBron James was 0 for 3. Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith both missed. James Jones missed a wide-open 3 that would have put his team ahead with 11 seconds left. The Warriors made just two shots, both by Draymond Green from inside two feet. Stephen Curry was 0 for 4, had two turnovers and put up an air ball with a chance to retake the lead with seven seconds left. Over all in the game, Curry was 5 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 15 from 3-point range, bringing up memories of John Starks’s 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 performance for the Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 finals.

Answer: John

And on Sunday night, neither seemed to be able to make a basket. The Cavaliers shot 1 for 8 in overtime, and they won the game. Iman Shumpert hit their one bucket, a 3-pointer that put them on the board 1 minute 13 seconds in, but he also had a layup blocked. LeBron James was 0 for 3. Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith both missed. James Jones missed a wide-open 3 that would have put his team ahead with 11 seconds left. The Warriors made just two shots, both by Draymond Green from inside two feet. Stephen Curry was 0 for 4, had two turnovers and put up an air ball with a chance to retake the lead with seven seconds left. <hl> Over all in the game, Curry was 5 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 15 from 3-point range, bringing up memories of John Starks’s 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 performance for the Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 finals. <hl>

And on Sunday night, neither seemed to be able to make a basket. The Cavaliers shot 1 for 8 in overtime, and they won the game. Iman Shumpert hit their one bucket, a 3-pointer that put them on the board 1 minute 13 seconds in, but he also had a layup blocked. LeBron James was 0 for 3. Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith both missed. James Jones missed a wide-open 3 that would have put his team ahead with 11 seconds left. The Warriors made just two shots, both by Draymond Green from inside two feet. Stephen Curry was 0 for 4, had two turnovers and put up an air ball with a chance to retake the lead with seven seconds left. Over all in the game, Curry was 5 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 15 from 3-point range, bringing up memories of <hl> John <hl> Starks’s 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 performance for the Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 finals.


Question: Who is willing to pay for Welch Allyn?

Separately, Hill-Rom said it would pay $1.625 billion in cash and issue about 8.1 million in shares to acquire Welch Allyn in an effort to enhance its scale. Hill-Rom, which is based in Chicago, said it expected that the combined company would have about $2.6 billion in revenue and that the deal would enhance the products it offers to health care providers. “This is a significant step in our transformational journey” to become a stronger, more diversified organization, John J. Greisch, the Hill-Rom president and chief executive, said in a news release.

Answer: Hill-Rom

<hl> Separately, Hill-Rom said it would pay $1.625 billion in cash and issue about 8.1 million in shares to acquire Welch Allyn in an effort to enhance its scale. <hl> Hill-Rom, which is based in Chicago, said it expected that the combined company would have about $2.6 billion in revenue and that the deal would enhance the products it offers to health care providers. “This is a significant step in our transformational journey” to become a stronger, more diversified organization, John J. Greisch, the Hill-Rom president and chief executive, said in a news release.

Separately, <hl> Hill-Rom <hl> said it would pay $1.625 billion in cash and issue about 8.1 million in shares to acquire Welch Allyn in an effort to enhance its scale. Hill-Rom, which is based in Chicago, said it expected that the combined company would have about $2.6 billion in revenue and that the deal would enhance the products it offers to health care providers. “This is a significant step in our transformational journey” to become a stronger, more diversified organization, John J. Greisch, the Hill-Rom president and chief executive, said in a news release.


Question: Which standard do many of newer router support?

Not only can a newer router improve the speed and range for users, the routers typically have upgraded internal components and strong external antennas. Many also support the latest Wi-Fi standard — 802.11ac — which has top speeds that are nearly three times faster than the previous standard, 802.11n, for the fastest wireless devices you can buy today. Many smartphones, tablets and laptops released since 2013 support 802.11ac. But even older devices that support only the previous standard, 802.11n, can enjoy faster speeds at long range with a newer 802.11ac router.

Answer: the latest Wi-Fi standard — 802.11ac

Not only can a newer router improve the speed and range for users, the routers typically have upgraded internal components and strong external antennas. <hl> Many also support the latest Wi-Fi standard — 802.11ac — which has top speeds that are nearly three times faster than the previous standard, 802.11n, for the fastest wireless devices you can buy today. <hl> Many smartphones, tablets and laptops released since 2013 support 802.11ac. But even older devices that support only the previous standard, 802.11n, can enjoy faster speeds at long range with a newer 802.11ac router.

Not only can a newer router improve the speed and range for users, the routers typically have upgraded internal components and strong external antennas. Many also support <hl> the latest Wi-Fi standard — 802.11ac <hl> — which has top speeds that are nearly three times faster than the previous standard, 802.11n, for the fastest wireless devices you can buy today. Many smartphones, tablets and laptops released since 2013 support 802.11ac. But even older devices that support only the previous standard, 802.11n, can enjoy faster speeds at long range with a newer 802.11ac router.


Question: Where was the warehouse that caught on fire located?

But as flames engulfed a waterfront warehouse stuffed with old court papers and medical records in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this weekend, there they were: two fireboats pouring frigid water from the East River onto the inferno. The larger of the vessels, a 140-foot boat known as the Firefighter II, also used its main cannon as a water-powered battering ram. The impact of 17,000 gallons of water a minute was used to collapse walls, exposing the flames inside the warehouse. “Without that force, we wouldn’t have been able to hit any of the fire,” said Rick Ferro, the chief who directed the waterborne response. It was the first time the state-of-the-art boat, added to the fleet about four years ago, had put water on an actual fire.

Answer: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

<hl> But as flames engulfed a waterfront warehouse stuffed with old court papers and medical records in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , this weekend, there they were: two fireboats pouring frigid water from the East River onto the inferno. <hl> The larger of the vessels, a 140-foot boat known as the Firefighter II, also used its main cannon as a water-powered battering ram. The impact of 17,000 gallons of water a minute was used to collapse walls, exposing the flames inside the warehouse. “Without that force, we wouldn’t have been able to hit any of the fire,” said Rick Ferro, the chief who directed the waterborne response. It was the first time the state-of-the-art boat, added to the fleet about four years ago, had put water on an actual fire.

But as flames engulfed a waterfront warehouse stuffed with old court papers and medical records in <hl> Williamsburg, Brooklyn <hl>, this weekend, there they were: two fireboats pouring frigid water from the East River onto the inferno. The larger of the vessels, a 140-foot boat known as the Firefighter II, also used its main cannon as a water-powered battering ram. The impact of 17,000 gallons of water a minute was used to collapse walls, exposing the flames inside the warehouse. “Without that force, we wouldn’t have been able to hit any of the fire,” said Rick Ferro, the chief who directed the waterborne response. It was the first time the state-of-the-art boat, added to the fleet about four years ago, had put water on an actual fire.

But as flames engulfed a waterfront warehouse stuffed with old court papers and medical records in <hl> Williamsburg, Brooklyn <hl> , this weekend, there they were: two fireboats pouring frigid water from the East River onto the inferno.


Question: What is on the second floor?

★ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (ongoing) The skilled refurbishing of the Atheneum’s storied Morgan Memorial Building reveals as never before the museum’s splendors. The Great Hall is triple-hung with European paintings encircled by a spirited art-historical Cliff Notes from Egypt to Florence. On the second floor the fabulous Cabinet of Art and Curiosities leads to even more often outstanding paintings – Baroque to Modernism – accompanied by an array of decorative objects, especially porcelains. 600 Main Street, Hartford, Conn., 860-278-2670, thewadsworth.org. (Smith)

Answer: the fabulous Cabinet of Art and Curiosities

★ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (ongoing) The skilled refurbishing of the Atheneum’s storied Morgan Memorial Building reveals as never before the museum’s splendors. The Great Hall is triple-hung with European paintings encircled by a spirited art-historical Cliff Notes from Egypt to Florence. <hl> On the second floor the fabulous Cabinet of Art and Curiosities leads to even more often outstanding paintings – Baroque to Modernism – accompanied by an array of decorative objects, especially porcelains. <hl> 600 Main Street, Hartford, Conn., 860-278-2670, thewadsworth.org. (Smith)

★ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (ongoing) The skilled refurbishing of the Atheneum’s storied Morgan Memorial Building reveals as never before the museum’s splendors. The Great Hall is triple-hung with European paintings encircled by a spirited art-historical Cliff Notes from Egypt to Florence. On the second floor <hl> the fabulous Cabinet of Art and Curiosities <hl> leads to even more often outstanding paintings – Baroque to Modernism – accompanied by an array of decorative objects, especially porcelains. 600 Main Street, Hartford, Conn., 860-278-2670, thewadsworth.org. (Smith)


Question: What role did Bob Saget play in Full House?

8 P.M. (Lifetime) THE UNAUTHORIZED FULL HOUSE STORY (2015) No Reebok pump, tapered jean or heartthrob shag is overlooked in this latest installment in the “Unauthorized” franchise. The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985, touches on why Bob Saget, who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father Danny Tanner, traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be.

Answer: Danny Tanner

8 P.M. (Lifetime) THE UNAUTHORIZED FULL HOUSE STORY (2015) No Reebok pump, tapered jean or heartthrob shag is overlooked in this latest installment in the “Unauthorized” franchise. <hl> The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985, touches on why Bob Saget, who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father Danny Tanner , traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be. <hl>

8 P.M. (Lifetime) THE UNAUTHORIZED FULL HOUSE STORY (2015) No Reebok pump, tapered jean or heartthrob shag is overlooked in this latest installment in the “Unauthorized” franchise. The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985, touches on why Bob Saget, who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father <hl> Danny Tanner <hl>, traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be.

The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985, touches on why Bob Saget, who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father <hl> Danny Tanner <hl> , traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be.


Question: When did Stein preside over the avant-garde salon?

Answer: in early-20th-century

<hl> Stein, a modernist American writer who presided over one of the great avant-garde salons of all time in early-20th-century Paris, has rarely been anyone’s idea of light entertainment. <hl>

Stein, a modernist American writer who presided over one of the great avant-garde salons of all time <hl> in early-20th-century <hl> Paris, has rarely been anyone’s idea of light entertainment.


Question: What is equipped at the end of a duodenoscope?

A duodenoscope is a long, flexible tube with a tiny camera at the tip. It is typically inserted down the throat of an anesthetized patient to examine the very small ducts that drain the liver or gallbladder. The inner tubing is intricate and difficult to clean, and can harbor up to 10 billion individual bacteria, said William A. Rutala, an infection control specialist at University of North Carolina Hospitals. By contrast, a surgical forceps may have roughly 100 bacteria on its surface after use in the operating room, he said, and is easily cleaned with heat, detergents and high-pressure sprays.

Answer: a tiny camera

<hl> A duodenoscope is a long, flexible tube with a tiny camera at the tip. <hl> It is typically inserted down the throat of an anesthetized patient to examine the very small ducts that drain the liver or gallbladder. The inner tubing is intricate and difficult to clean, and can harbor up to 10 billion individual bacteria, said William A. Rutala, an infection control specialist at University of North Carolina Hospitals. By contrast, a surgical forceps may have roughly 100 bacteria on its surface after use in the operating room, he said, and is easily cleaned with heat, detergents and high-pressure sprays.

A duodenoscope is a long, flexible tube with <hl> a tiny camera <hl> at the tip. It is typically inserted down the throat of an anesthetized patient to examine the very small ducts that drain the liver or gallbladder. The inner tubing is intricate and difficult to clean, and can harbor up to 10 billion individual bacteria, said William A. Rutala, an infection control specialist at University of North Carolina Hospitals. By contrast, a surgical forceps may have roughly 100 bacteria on its surface after use in the operating room, he said, and is easily cleaned with heat, detergents and high-pressure sprays.


Question: What is the name of the prisoner?

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

Answer: Patrick Alexander

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

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

Night had fallen at the Clinton Correctional Facility in far northern New York when the prison guards came for <hl> Patrick Alexander <hl> .


Question: what is redstone's meal of choice?

In the suit, filed last week, Manuela Herzer, who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks. The petition specifically asked that the court decide whether Ms. Herzer was improperly removed on Oct. 16 from control of an advanced health care directive that put her in charge of his health decisions. Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom, has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care. The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating steak” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.”

Answer: steak

In the suit, filed last week, Manuela Herzer, who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks. The petition specifically asked that the court decide whether Ms. Herzer was improperly removed on Oct. 16 from control of an advanced health care directive that put her in charge of his health decisions. Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom, has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care. <hl> The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating steak ” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.” <hl>

In the suit, filed last week, Manuela Herzer, who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks. The petition specifically asked that the court decide whether Ms. Herzer was improperly removed on Oct. 16 from control of an advanced health care directive that put her in charge of his health decisions. Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom, has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care. The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating <hl> steak <hl>” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.”

The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating <hl> steak <hl> ” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.”


Question: What University did the Arthur go to to get a M.B.A.?

A. We lived in a small house in the Midwest. My dad was killed in the Berlin Crisis — he was a navigator on a bomber. There was no life insurance. My mom had to raise three boys. We grew up as latchkey kids. We never felt poor, but we always worked hard. I had paper routes, and in high school I actually had a night job in a factory. What kind of factory? It was a plastics molding factory. The thing I remember most is making fly swatters. This big press would make them and then it would open and the fly swatters would pop out, and you had to reach in, grab them and get your hand out before it slammed back again to make the next ones. And where did you go to college? University of Missouri for undergraduate. When I got out of school, it was 1972, and not particularly the best economic time. I got a job selling tools to stores. As an introvert, I would never have picked being a salesman as a career. I was pretty good at it, but I didn’t like it. Then I went to the University of Kansas to get an M.B.A. And your career plan then?

Answer: University of Kansas

A. We lived in a small house in the Midwest. My dad was killed in the Berlin Crisis — he was a navigator on a bomber. There was no life insurance. My mom had to raise three boys. We grew up as latchkey kids. We never felt poor, but we always worked hard. I had paper routes, and in high school I actually had a night job in a factory. What kind of factory? It was a plastics molding factory. The thing I remember most is making fly swatters. This big press would make them and then it would open and the fly swatters would pop out, and you had to reach in, grab them and get your hand out before it slammed back again to make the next ones. And where did you go to college? University of Missouri for undergraduate. When I got out of school, it was 1972, and not particularly the best economic time. I got a job selling tools to stores. As an introvert, I would never have picked being a salesman as a career. I was pretty good at it, but I didn’t like it. <hl> Then I went to the University of Kansas to get an M.B.A. <hl> And your career plan then?

A. We lived in a small house in the Midwest. My dad was killed in the Berlin Crisis — he was a navigator on a bomber. There was no life insurance. My mom had to raise three boys. We grew up as latchkey kids. We never felt poor, but we always worked hard. I had paper routes, and in high school I actually had a night job in a factory. What kind of factory? It was a plastics molding factory. The thing I remember most is making fly swatters. This big press would make them and then it would open and the fly swatters would pop out, and you had to reach in, grab them and get your hand out before it slammed back again to make the next ones. And where did you go to college? University of Missouri for undergraduate. When I got out of school, it was 1972, and not particularly the best economic time. I got a job selling tools to stores. As an introvert, I would never have picked being a salesman as a career. I was pretty good at it, but I didn’t like it. Then I went to the <hl> University of Kansas <hl> to get an M.B.A. And your career plan then?


Question: There were 49,000 children in foster care in this city at some point; when was that?

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991. Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

Answer: December 1991

<hl> The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991 . <hl> Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in <hl> December 1991 <hl>. Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in <hl> December 1991 <hl> .


Question: Which year did Steve Cainas receive his associate's degree?

Steve Cainas, 43, who received an associate’s degree in film from Full Sail in 1992, makes his living in Atlanta as a production coordinator. An inductee to Full Sail’s Hall of Fame, honoring its most successful alums, Mr. Cainas has production coordinator credits on several films and TV series, including Parts 1 and 2 of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” and HBO’s “True Detective.” “A lot of these kids coming out now think they can just send a couple emails and get a great job,” he said. “It doesn’t work that way. If you network like crazy and put what you learn into action, you will be just fine.”

Answer: 1992

<hl> Steve Cainas, 43, who received an associate’s degree in film from Full Sail in 1992 , makes his living in Atlanta as a production coordinator. <hl> An inductee to Full Sail’s Hall of Fame, honoring its most successful alums, Mr. Cainas has production coordinator credits on several films and TV series, including Parts 1 and 2 of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” and HBO’s “True Detective.” “A lot of these kids coming out now think they can just send a couple emails and get a great job,” he said. “It doesn’t work that way. If you network like crazy and put what you learn into action, you will be just fine.”

Steve Cainas, 43, who received an associate’s degree in film from Full Sail in <hl> 1992 <hl>, makes his living in Atlanta as a production coordinator. An inductee to Full Sail’s Hall of Fame, honoring its most successful alums, Mr. Cainas has production coordinator credits on several films and TV series, including Parts 1 and 2 of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” and HBO’s “True Detective.” “A lot of these kids coming out now think they can just send a couple emails and get a great job,” he said. “It doesn’t work that way. If you network like crazy and put what you learn into action, you will be just fine.”

Steve Cainas, 43, who received an associate’s degree in film from Full Sail in <hl> 1992 <hl> , makes his living in Atlanta as a production coordinator.


Question: Who was elected as speaker of the New York State Assembly?

So it was that Mr. Heastie, the recently elected speaker of the New York State Assembly, was at a blood drive here in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday, gamely donating a pint in front of a group of somewhat perplexed phlebotomists and schedule-obsessed aides. And while donating blood — like politics itself — can make some people squeamish or faint, Mr. Heastie managed to give without passing out. “I’d rather by stabbed with a needle,” he said, “than pricked with a pin.” The stop at the Red Cross blood drive — held in the two-story lobby of Driver’s Village, a dealership north of Syracuse — was near the end of nearly a dozen stops that Mr. Heastie made at the start of a three-day visit upstate this week.

Answer: Mr. Heastie

<hl> So it was that Mr. Heastie , the recently elected speaker of the New York State Assembly, was at a blood drive here in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday, gamely donating a pint in front of a group of somewhat perplexed phlebotomists and schedule-obsessed aides. <hl> And while donating blood — like politics itself — can make some people squeamish or faint, Mr. Heastie managed to give without passing out. “I’d rather by stabbed with a needle,” he said, “than pricked with a pin.” The stop at the Red Cross blood drive — held in the two-story lobby of Driver’s Village, a dealership north of Syracuse — was near the end of nearly a dozen stops that Mr. Heastie made at the start of a three-day visit upstate this week.

So it was that <hl> Mr. Heastie <hl>, the recently elected speaker of the New York State Assembly, was at a blood drive here in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday, gamely donating a pint in front of a group of somewhat perplexed phlebotomists and schedule-obsessed aides. And while donating blood — like politics itself — can make some people squeamish or faint, Mr. Heastie managed to give without passing out. “I’d rather by stabbed with a needle,” he said, “than pricked with a pin.” The stop at the Red Cross blood drive — held in the two-story lobby of Driver’s Village, a dealership north of Syracuse — was near the end of nearly a dozen stops that Mr. Heastie made at the start of a three-day visit upstate this week.

So it was that <hl> Mr. Heastie <hl> , the recently elected speaker of the New York State Assembly, was at a blood drive here in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday, gamely donating a pint in front of a group of somewhat perplexed phlebotomists and schedule-obsessed aides.


Question: How do you get all the best of Upshot?

This article was initially published as a letter to subscribers of The Upshot’s newsletter. You can sign up for the email here to get this and all of the best of The Upshot. We found a lot of good stuff on the web this week. There was a lot of talk at the Republican debate about experience in running a government. The Washington Post tried to assess how well the candidates who are governors did in their states. You know, Jim Gilmore had a pretty good record.

Answer: sign up for the email

This article was initially published as a letter to subscribers of The Upshot’s newsletter. <hl> You can sign up for the email here to get this and all of the best of The Upshot. <hl> We found a lot of good stuff on the web this week. There was a lot of talk at the Republican debate about experience in running a government. The Washington Post tried to assess how well the candidates who are governors did in their states. You know, Jim Gilmore had a pretty good record.

This article was initially published as a letter to subscribers of The Upshot’s newsletter. You can <hl> sign up for the email <hl> here to get this and all of the best of The Upshot. We found a lot of good stuff on the web this week. There was a lot of talk at the Republican debate about experience in running a government. The Washington Post tried to assess how well the candidates who are governors did in their states. You know, Jim Gilmore had a pretty good record.


Question: What happened to Roy Sullivan?

In the recent interview, Mr. Singhal illustrated the evolution of Google’s search business by taking out his phone and asking questions about things like music and trivia.  At one point he asked the phone about Rihanna to show off the company’s voice technology and demonstrate how mobile search results come with tappable actions such as the ability to play Rihanna music. A moment later, in what appeared to be a well-practiced demonstration, he asked the phone, “Which person was struck by lightning seven times and survived?” A robotic voice answered, “Roy Sullivan.” “Kids love questions like this,” he said. Mr. Singhal said that while mobile phones are changing the world quickly, people still want and need many of the same things, whether they are in apps or on the web. A good deal of time is still spent shopping for jeans or looking for a new place to eat lunch.

Answer: struck by lightning seven times

In the recent interview, Mr. Singhal illustrated the evolution of Google’s search business by taking out his phone and asking questions about things like music and trivia. At one point he asked the phone about Rihanna to show off the company’s voice technology and demonstrate how mobile search results come with tappable actions such as the ability to play Rihanna music. <hl> A moment later, in what appeared to be a well-practiced demonstration, he asked the phone, “Which person was struck by lightning seven times and survived?” <hl> A robotic voice answered, “Roy Sullivan.” “Kids love questions like this,” he said. Mr. Singhal said that while mobile phones are changing the world quickly, people still want and need many of the same things, whether they are in apps or on the web. A good deal of time is still spent shopping for jeans or looking for a new place to eat lunch.

In the recent interview, Mr. Singhal illustrated the evolution of Google’s search business by taking out his phone and asking questions about things like music and trivia. At one point he asked the phone about Rihanna to show off the company’s voice technology and demonstrate how mobile search results come with tappable actions such as the ability to play Rihanna music. A moment later, in what appeared to be a well-practiced demonstration, he asked the phone, “Which person was <hl> struck by lightning seven times <hl> and survived?” A robotic voice answered, “Roy Sullivan.” “Kids love questions like this,” he said. Mr. Singhal said that while mobile phones are changing the world quickly, people still want and need many of the same things, whether they are in apps or on the web. A good deal of time is still spent shopping for jeans or looking for a new place to eat lunch.


Question: Where was the wreath of flowers going to be laid?

Ms. Sabbagh was walking in a small group of fellow party members on Saturday with a wreath of flowers to lay in Tahrir Square to honor demonstrators killed there during previous protests, according to a witness account and a video recording of the scene. When her group took up the Arab Spring chant for “bread, freedom and social justice,” a contingent of masked riot police officers as numerous as the marchers “fired bullets and gas within minutes,” according to a testimonial posted on Facebook by Azza Soliman, a prominent human rights lawyer who was nearby at the time. In the video, the police officers are seen firing guns from across a narrow street. A friend, crouching down, grabs Ms. Sabbagh around the waist as she stands upright with blood running down her face. Then he is seen hurriedly carrying her away while the gunfire continues. A forensic report said birdshot fired at close range had pierced her lung and heart, according to news reports. The deaths on the anniversary of the revolt were predictable, rights activists say, because the swift use of firearms has become de facto police policy toward any unauthorized public assembly, especially in downtown Cairo. On the anniversary last year, more than 50 people died in clashes with the police.

Answer: Tahrir Square

<hl> Ms. Sabbagh was walking in a small group of fellow party members on Saturday with a wreath of flowers to lay in Tahrir Square to honor demonstrators killed there during previous protests, according to a witness account and a video recording of the scene. <hl> When her group took up the Arab Spring chant for “bread, freedom and social justice,” a contingent of masked riot police officers as numerous as the marchers “fired bullets and gas within minutes,” according to a testimonial posted on Facebook by Azza Soliman, a prominent human rights lawyer who was nearby at the time. In the video, the police officers are seen firing guns from across a narrow street. A friend, crouching down, grabs Ms. Sabbagh around the waist as she stands upright with blood running down her face. Then he is seen hurriedly carrying her away while the gunfire continues. A forensic report said birdshot fired at close range had pierced her lung and heart, according to news reports. The deaths on the anniversary of the revolt were predictable, rights activists say, because the swift use of firearms has become de facto police policy toward any unauthorized public assembly, especially in downtown Cairo. On the anniversary last year, more than 50 people died in clashes with the police.

Ms. Sabbagh was walking in a small group of fellow party members on Saturday with a wreath of flowers to lay in <hl> Tahrir Square <hl> to honor demonstrators killed there during previous protests, according to a witness account and a video recording of the scene. When her group took up the Arab Spring chant for “bread, freedom and social justice,” a contingent of masked riot police officers as numerous as the marchers “fired bullets and gas within minutes,” according to a testimonial posted on Facebook by Azza Soliman, a prominent human rights lawyer who was nearby at the time. In the video, the police officers are seen firing guns from across a narrow street. A friend, crouching down, grabs Ms. Sabbagh around the waist as she stands upright with blood running down her face. Then he is seen hurriedly carrying her away while the gunfire continues. A forensic report said birdshot fired at close range had pierced her lung and heart, according to news reports. The deaths on the anniversary of the revolt were predictable, rights activists say, because the swift use of firearms has become de facto police policy toward any unauthorized public assembly, especially in downtown Cairo. On the anniversary last year, more than 50 people died in clashes with the police.


Question: Who is quoted speaking about Mr. Putin?

Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy reasserting Russia’s rightful position in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble. “He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” Mr. Trudolyubov said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble, or the hospitals or the schools or the roads. All that is beneath him.” Third, there is a kind of “bread and circus” aspect to it all. In keeping with the paternalistic traditions of czarist Russia, Mr. Putin constantly assumes the role of national superhero.

Answer: Mr. Trudolyubov

Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy reasserting Russia’s rightful position in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble. <hl> “He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” Mr. Trudolyubov said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble, or the hospitals or the schools or the roads. <hl> All that is beneath him.” Third, there is a kind of “bread and circus” aspect to it all. In keeping with the paternalistic traditions of czarist Russia, Mr. Putin constantly assumes the role of national superhero.

Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy reasserting Russia’s rightful position in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble. “He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” <hl> Mr. Trudolyubov <hl> said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble, or the hospitals or the schools or the roads. All that is beneath him.” Third, there is a kind of “bread and circus” aspect to it all. In keeping with the paternalistic traditions of czarist Russia, Mr. Putin constantly assumes the role of national superhero.


Question: Who is the New York Speaker of the Assembly?

ALBANY —  In an emerging sign of possible budget-battle lines, Democrats in the New York Assembly rejected proposals on Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo linking an increase in statewide school aid to an array of his proposed changes. They also sided with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bid for longer-term mayoral control of New York City’s schools. The Democrats’ stance, articulated in several proposals released by Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx, keeps a tight focus in Albany on the issue of education, which Mr. Cuomo has promised to make a focus of his nascent second term. In January, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, introduced a series of education proposals, including making a teacher evaluation system rely more heavily on state tests, raising the number of charter schools in the state and allowing failing schools to be taken over by outside groups. That position was criticized by teachers’ unions but praised by supporters of the charter school movement. Mr. Cuomo’s education plan also includes a financial carrot: an increase of $1.1 billion in state aid if his proposals become law. But on Monday, Mr. Heastie suggested that such an approach would not pass muster in the Assembly, which Democrats control.

Answer: Speaker Carl E. Heastie

ALBANY — In an emerging sign of possible budget-battle lines, Democrats in the New York Assembly rejected proposals on Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo linking an increase in statewide school aid to an array of his proposed changes. They also sided with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bid for longer-term mayoral control of New York City’s schools. <hl> The Democrats’ stance, articulated in several proposals released by Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx, keeps a tight focus in Albany on the issue of education, which Mr. Cuomo has promised to make a focus of his nascent second term. <hl> In January, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, introduced a series of education proposals, including making a teacher evaluation system rely more heavily on state tests, raising the number of charter schools in the state and allowing failing schools to be taken over by outside groups. That position was criticized by teachers’ unions but praised by supporters of the charter school movement. Mr. Cuomo’s education plan also includes a financial carrot: an increase of $1.1 billion in state aid if his proposals become law. But on Monday, Mr. Heastie suggested that such an approach would not pass muster in the Assembly, which Democrats control.

ALBANY — In an emerging sign of possible budget-battle lines, Democrats in the New York Assembly rejected proposals on Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo linking an increase in statewide school aid to an array of his proposed changes. They also sided with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bid for longer-term mayoral control of New York City’s schools. The Democrats’ stance, articulated in several proposals released by <hl> Speaker Carl E. Heastie <hl> of the Bronx, keeps a tight focus in Albany on the issue of education, which Mr. Cuomo has promised to make a focus of his nascent second term. In January, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, introduced a series of education proposals, including making a teacher evaluation system rely more heavily on state tests, raising the number of charter schools in the state and allowing failing schools to be taken over by outside groups. That position was criticized by teachers’ unions but praised by supporters of the charter school movement. Mr. Cuomo’s education plan also includes a financial carrot: an increase of $1.1 billion in state aid if his proposals become law. But on Monday, Mr. Heastie suggested that such an approach would not pass muster in the Assembly, which Democrats control.


Question: When did Kiev ask the US for help?

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

Answer: earliest days of the war

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

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

From the <hl> earliest days of the war <hl> , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.


Question: Where was Pablo Picasso before he left for Paris in 1904?

BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work. One prominent Catalonian family, the Reventós, helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager. Two brothers, Jacint (“Cinto”) and Ramón (“Moni”) Reventós, became crucial friends for the young Picasso, influencing him both politically and artistically: Their household was frequented by pillars of the Catalan Modernisme movement, such as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramón Casas. Jacint Reventós remained a friend until he and Picasso were elderly.

Answer: Barcelona

<hl> BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work. <hl> One prominent Catalonian family, the Reventós, helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager. Two brothers, Jacint (“Cinto”) and Ramón (“Moni”) Reventós, became crucial friends for the young Picasso, influencing him both politically and artistically: Their household was frequented by pillars of the Catalan Modernisme movement, such as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramón Casas. Jacint Reventós remained a friend until he and Picasso were elderly.

BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left <hl> Barcelona <hl> for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work. One prominent Catalonian family, the Reventós, helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager. Two brothers, Jacint (“Cinto”) and Ramón (“Moni”) Reventós, became crucial friends for the young Picasso, influencing him both politically and artistically: Their household was frequented by pillars of the Catalan Modernisme movement, such as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramón Casas. Jacint Reventós remained a friend until he and Picasso were elderly.


Question: What was the price of the apple watch?

NEW YORK Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood. As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum $80 million. BUSINESS DAY The  State of the Art column on Tuesday, about the coming Apple Watch, misstated the price of one model in some copies. The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, starts at $650; it does not cost about $1,000. SPORTS

Answer: starts at $650

NEW YORK Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood. As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum $80 million. BUSINESS DAY The State of the Art column on Tuesday, about the coming Apple Watch, misstated the price of one model in some copies. <hl> The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, starts at $650 ; it does not cost about $1,000. <hl> SPORTS

NEW YORK Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood. As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum $80 million. BUSINESS DAY The State of the Art column on Tuesday, about the coming Apple Watch, misstated the price of one model in some copies. The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, <hl> starts at $650 <hl>; it does not cost about $1,000. SPORTS

The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, <hl> starts at $650 <hl> ; it does not cost about $1,000.


Question: Who made 19 saves for the Predators?

Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for the Predators, who fell to 11-6-3 with their third straight shutout loss. Nashville has not scored in a franchise-record 213 minutes 47 seconds, since Miikka Salmomaki’s goal at 6:13 of the second period in a 3-2 win over Anaheim last Tuesday. Nashville outshot the Rangers by 14-3 in a scoreless first period. The Predators spent 7:21 on the power play, as Dan Girardi (interference), Keith Yandle (holding) and Stepan (double-minor for high-sticking) committed penalties. Still, the Predators were stymied by an aggressive Lundqvist, who challenged Nashville’s shooters throughout. Lundqvist’s play kept the Rangers in the game, and Nash’s sixth goal of the season at 4:32 of the second period gave them the lead. The goal was Nash’s fourth in the Rangers’ past two games. BRUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 David Krejci scored the only goal in a shootout and Patrice Bergeron extended his point streak to eight games as Boston won in Toronto to sweep a home-and-home series.

Answer: Pekka Rinne

<hl> Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for the Predators, who fell to 11-6-3 with their third straight shutout loss. <hl> Nashville has not scored in a franchise-record 213 minutes 47 seconds, since Miikka Salmomaki’s goal at 6:13 of the second period in a 3-2 win over Anaheim last Tuesday. Nashville outshot the Rangers by 14-3 in a scoreless first period. The Predators spent 7:21 on the power play, as Dan Girardi (interference), Keith Yandle (holding) and Stepan (double-minor for high-sticking) committed penalties. Still, the Predators were stymied by an aggressive Lundqvist, who challenged Nashville’s shooters throughout. Lundqvist’s play kept the Rangers in the game, and Nash’s sixth goal of the season at 4:32 of the second period gave them the lead. The goal was Nash’s fourth in the Rangers’ past two games. BRUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 David Krejci scored the only goal in a shootout and Patrice Bergeron extended his point streak to eight games as Boston won in Toronto to sweep a home-and-home series.

<hl> Pekka Rinne <hl> made 19 saves for the Predators, who fell to 11-6-3 with their third straight shutout loss. Nashville has not scored in a franchise-record 213 minutes 47 seconds, since Miikka Salmomaki’s goal at 6:13 of the second period in a 3-2 win over Anaheim last Tuesday. Nashville outshot the Rangers by 14-3 in a scoreless first period. The Predators spent 7:21 on the power play, as Dan Girardi (interference), Keith Yandle (holding) and Stepan (double-minor for high-sticking) committed penalties. Still, the Predators were stymied by an aggressive Lundqvist, who challenged Nashville’s shooters throughout. Lundqvist’s play kept the Rangers in the game, and Nash’s sixth goal of the season at 4:32 of the second period gave them the lead. The goal was Nash’s fourth in the Rangers’ past two games. BRUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 David Krejci scored the only goal in a shootout and Patrice Bergeron extended his point streak to eight games as Boston won in Toronto to sweep a home-and-home series.


Question: How many games in a row have the Rangers lost?

For the second straight afternoon, McIlrath got into a fight that he won decisively, knocking off Schenn’s helmet and pounding him with uppercuts. The fight stirred the Madison Square Garden crowd and might have launched the Rangers to a victory. But they suddenly have other problems. After the fight, which unfolded 11 minutes into the game, the Rangers were outshot, 31-21, and the Flyers, who remain the league’s lowest-scoring team, rolled to a 3-0 victory. The Rangers (16-6-2) have lost three games in a row in regulation for the first time this season.

Answer: three

For the second straight afternoon, McIlrath got into a fight that he won decisively, knocking off Schenn’s helmet and pounding him with uppercuts. The fight stirred the Madison Square Garden crowd and might have launched the Rangers to a victory. But they suddenly have other problems. After the fight, which unfolded 11 minutes into the game, the Rangers were outshot, 31-21, and the Flyers, who remain the league’s lowest-scoring team, rolled to a 3-0 victory. <hl> The Rangers (16-6-2) have lost three games in a row in regulation for the first time this season. <hl>

For the second straight afternoon, McIlrath got into a fight that he won decisively, knocking off Schenn’s helmet and pounding him with uppercuts. The fight stirred the Madison Square Garden crowd and might have launched the Rangers to a victory. But they suddenly have other problems. After the fight, which unfolded 11 minutes into the game, the Rangers were outshot, 31-21, and the Flyers, who remain the league’s lowest-scoring team, rolled to a 3-0 victory. The Rangers (16-6-2) have lost <hl> three <hl> games in a row in regulation for the first time this season.


Question: What is AMC reluctant to switch?

AMC, however, is more reluctant to switch game plans. “With all the changes of the world today — whether it’s technology, volume of programming, fewer and fewer shows breaking through — what we remain focused on are many of the things that got us to the dance in the first place,” Mr. Collier said. That strategy, he said, is matching the quality of premium cable on basic cable, and becoming a home for the industry’s best writers and showrunners. AMC had a small setback in the last few years when it was forced to adjust a development process that was described by some in the industry as onerous. The system, dismissively referred to as the “bake-off,” required producers to sketch out in extensive detail what their prospective show would look like after the pilot — forecasting what would happen several seasons down the line. Even then, AMC was not guaranteed to put the show on the air.

Answer: game plans

<hl> AMC, however, is more reluctant to switch game plans . <hl> “With all the changes of the world today — whether it’s technology, volume of programming, fewer and fewer shows breaking through — what we remain focused on are many of the things that got us to the dance in the first place,” Mr. Collier said. That strategy, he said, is matching the quality of premium cable on basic cable, and becoming a home for the industry’s best writers and showrunners. AMC had a small setback in the last few years when it was forced to adjust a development process that was described by some in the industry as onerous. The system, dismissively referred to as the “bake-off,” required producers to sketch out in extensive detail what their prospective show would look like after the pilot — forecasting what would happen several seasons down the line. Even then, AMC was not guaranteed to put the show on the air.

AMC, however, is more reluctant to switch <hl> game plans <hl>. “With all the changes of the world today — whether it’s technology, volume of programming, fewer and fewer shows breaking through — what we remain focused on are many of the things that got us to the dance in the first place,” Mr. Collier said. That strategy, he said, is matching the quality of premium cable on basic cable, and becoming a home for the industry’s best writers and showrunners. AMC had a small setback in the last few years when it was forced to adjust a development process that was described by some in the industry as onerous. The system, dismissively referred to as the “bake-off,” required producers to sketch out in extensive detail what their prospective show would look like after the pilot — forecasting what would happen several seasons down the line. Even then, AMC was not guaranteed to put the show on the air.

AMC, however, is more reluctant to switch <hl> game plans <hl> .


Question: What were her comments unlikely to do for proponents of gun laws?

In the wake of Thursday’s attack, Mrs. Clinton made sure to acknowledge that “gun ownership is part of the fabric of many American communities,” before urging broad policies to address gun violence. “We must come together for common sense gun violence prevention reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable, while respecting responsible gun owners,” she said in a statement that was unlikely to offer encouragement to proponents of stricter gun laws.

Answer: offer encouragement

In the wake of Thursday’s attack, Mrs. Clinton made sure to acknowledge that “gun ownership is part of the fabric of many American communities,” before urging broad policies to address gun violence. <hl> “We must come together for common sense gun violence prevention reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable, while respecting responsible gun owners,” she said in a statement that was unlikely to offer encouragement to proponents of stricter gun laws. <hl>

In the wake of Thursday’s attack, Mrs. Clinton made sure to acknowledge that “gun ownership is part of the fabric of many American communities,” before urging broad policies to address gun violence. “We must come together for common sense gun violence prevention reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable, while respecting responsible gun owners,” she said in a statement that was unlikely to <hl> offer encouragement <hl> to proponents of stricter gun laws.


Question: Who is the music by?

As I said, potentially awful stuff. But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis. (The music, by Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly, is also wielded gently and judiciously). “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage, but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion. And it provides three young people in whose company it is a pleasure to drift and wonder and loaf.

Answer: Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly

As I said, potentially awful stuff. But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis. <hl> (The music, by Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly , is also wielded gently and judiciously). <hl> “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage, but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion. And it provides three young people in whose company it is a pleasure to drift and wonder and loaf.

As I said, potentially awful stuff. But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis. (The music, by <hl> Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly <hl>, is also wielded gently and judiciously). “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage, but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion. And it provides three young people in whose company it is a pleasure to drift and wonder and loaf.

(The music, by <hl> Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly <hl> , is also wielded gently and judiciously).


Question: Where is from Simon Magakwe?

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

Answer: South African

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

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


Question: What Christian movement was Rev. Brian Sauder part of when growing up in Illinois?

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois, the moment came in a college classroom. Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.

Answer: Anabaptist

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. <hl> For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois, the moment came in a college classroom. <hl> Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small <hl> Anabaptist <hl> church in rural Illinois, the moment came in a college classroom. Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.


Question: What apps have similar features?

Apple’s iMessage has an audio-chat feature that allows you to send voice messages to friends on the same platform as text messages. Many apps have similar features, including WhatsApp and WeChat. Then there is the actual phone, which I’m told is the basis of these app-filled devices we all have. If you really want to hear someone’s voice, you can simply call her.

Answer: WhatsApp and WeChat

Apple’s iMessage has an audio-chat feature that allows you to send voice messages to friends on the same platform as text messages. <hl> Many apps have similar features, including WhatsApp and WeChat . <hl> Then there is the actual phone, which I’m told is the basis of these app-filled devices we all have. If you really want to hear someone’s voice, you can simply call her.

Apple’s iMessage has an audio-chat feature that allows you to send voice messages to friends on the same platform as text messages. Many apps have similar features, including <hl> WhatsApp and WeChat <hl>. Then there is the actual phone, which I’m told is the basis of these app-filled devices we all have. If you really want to hear someone’s voice, you can simply call her.

Many apps have similar features, including <hl> WhatsApp and WeChat <hl> .


Question: What is Kelly McGonigal's profession?

In an experiment led by the Stanford psychologist Alia Crum, when people had only 10 minutes to prepare a charismatic speech, simply reframing the stress response as healthy was enough to relax them and reduce their physiological responses, if they tended to be highly reactive. In a nationally representative eight-year study, adults who reported a lot of stress in their lives were more likely to die, but only if they thought stress was harmful. Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the health psychologist Kelly McGonigal notes. O.K., so meditation is just one of many ways to fight stress. But there’s another major benefit of meditating: It makes you mindful. After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in the present. But as the neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the psychologist Alfred Kaszniak recently lamented, “There are still very few methodologically rigorous studies that demonstrate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in either the treatment of specific diseases or in the promotion of well-being.”

Answer: health psychologist

In an experiment led by the Stanford psychologist Alia Crum, when people had only 10 minutes to prepare a charismatic speech, simply reframing the stress response as healthy was enough to relax them and reduce their physiological responses, if they tended to be highly reactive. In a nationally representative eight-year study, adults who reported a lot of stress in their lives were more likely to die, but only if they thought stress was harmful. <hl> Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the health psychologist Kelly McGonigal notes. <hl> O.K., so meditation is just one of many ways to fight stress. But there’s another major benefit of meditating: It makes you mindful. After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in the present. But as the neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the psychologist Alfred Kaszniak recently lamented, “There are still very few methodologically rigorous studies that demonstrate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in either the treatment of specific diseases or in the promotion of well-being.”

In an experiment led by the Stanford psychologist Alia Crum, when people had only 10 minutes to prepare a charismatic speech, simply reframing the stress response as healthy was enough to relax them and reduce their physiological responses, if they tended to be highly reactive. In a nationally representative eight-year study, adults who reported a lot of stress in their lives were more likely to die, but only if they thought stress was harmful. Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the <hl> health psychologist <hl> Kelly McGonigal notes. O.K., so meditation is just one of many ways to fight stress. But there’s another major benefit of meditating: It makes you mindful. After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in the present. But as the neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the psychologist Alfred Kaszniak recently lamented, “There are still very few methodologically rigorous studies that demonstrate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in either the treatment of specific diseases or in the promotion of well-being.”


Question: Who wrote 'Dept of Speculation?

Having gotten to know these people and watched their undoing as if it were a slow-motion car accident, we long for a happy ending. There can be second acts in seemingly broken marriages. (Read Jenny Offill’s “Dept. of Speculation” for a recent literary example.) But in a daring interim chapter called “That Year and Those That Followed,” Ms. Pierpont widens her lens, temporarily abandoning her pointillistic moment-by-moment descriptions for a panoramic shot that sweeps years into paragraphs, projecting far out into the Shanleys’ future. It has the leaden sting of inevitability and cannot help dampening what is still to come. The die is cast, she seems to be saying. There is no going back.

Answer: Jenny Offill

Having gotten to know these people and watched their undoing as if it were a slow-motion car accident, we long for a happy ending. There can be second acts in seemingly broken marriages. <hl> (Read Jenny Offill ’s “Dept. of Speculation” for a recent literary example.) <hl> But in a daring interim chapter called “That Year and Those That Followed,” Ms. Pierpont widens her lens, temporarily abandoning her pointillistic moment-by-moment descriptions for a panoramic shot that sweeps years into paragraphs, projecting far out into the Shanleys’ future. It has the leaden sting of inevitability and cannot help dampening what is still to come. The die is cast, she seems to be saying. There is no going back.

Having gotten to know these people and watched their undoing as if it were a slow-motion car accident, we long for a happy ending. There can be second acts in seemingly broken marriages. (Read <hl> Jenny Offill <hl>’s “Dept. of Speculation” for a recent literary example.) But in a daring interim chapter called “That Year and Those That Followed,” Ms. Pierpont widens her lens, temporarily abandoning her pointillistic moment-by-moment descriptions for a panoramic shot that sweeps years into paragraphs, projecting far out into the Shanleys’ future. It has the leaden sting of inevitability and cannot help dampening what is still to come. The die is cast, she seems to be saying. There is no going back.

(Read <hl> Jenny Offill <hl> ’s “Dept. of Speculation” for a recent literary example.)


Question: How much money was allotted towards the project in 2010?

“When we are unable to get a successful bid on a contract, that can delay a project six months to a year,” Mr. Silver said. Such was the case in Councilman Brad Lander’s district, in Brooklyn, where a dog run near DiMattina Playground limped along for years. Mr. Lander allotted $225,000 toward the project in 2010. When it went out to bid, however, there were no takers the first time around. The dog run, in Carroll Gardens, finally opened last summer, with new benches, fountains with spouts and a bone-shape dog pool. “It’s beautiful,” Mr. Lander said. Now he has his eye on another park project: the $2.75 million renovation of Dome Playground, on the border of Kensington and Borough Park. The parks department held a meeting to solicit ideas in early 2011; construction began last week — four years later. “This is another long saga,” said Mr. Lander, who allocated money from his discretionary fund toward the renovation. “But it has picked up pace as of late.”

Answer: 225,000

“When we are unable to get a successful bid on a contract, that can delay a project six months to a year,” Mr. Silver said. Such was the case in Councilman Brad Lander’s district, in Brooklyn, where a dog run near DiMattina Playground limped along for years. <hl> Mr. Lander allotted $ 225,000 toward the project in 2010. <hl> When it went out to bid, however, there were no takers the first time around. The dog run, in Carroll Gardens, finally opened last summer, with new benches, fountains with spouts and a bone-shape dog pool. “It’s beautiful,” Mr. Lander said. Now he has his eye on another park project: the $2.75 million renovation of Dome Playground, on the border of Kensington and Borough Park. The parks department held a meeting to solicit ideas in early 2011; construction began last week — four years later. “This is another long saga,” said Mr. Lander, who allocated money from his discretionary fund toward the renovation. “But it has picked up pace as of late.”

“When we are unable to get a successful bid on a contract, that can delay a project six months to a year,” Mr. Silver said. Such was the case in Councilman Brad Lander’s district, in Brooklyn, where a dog run near DiMattina Playground limped along for years. Mr. Lander allotted $<hl> 225,000 <hl> toward the project in 2010. When it went out to bid, however, there were no takers the first time around. The dog run, in Carroll Gardens, finally opened last summer, with new benches, fountains with spouts and a bone-shape dog pool. “It’s beautiful,” Mr. Lander said. Now he has his eye on another park project: the $2.75 million renovation of Dome Playground, on the border of Kensington and Borough Park. The parks department held a meeting to solicit ideas in early 2011; construction began last week — four years later. “This is another long saga,” said Mr. Lander, who allocated money from his discretionary fund toward the renovation. “But it has picked up pace as of late.”

Mr. Lander allotted $ <hl> 225,000 <hl> toward the project in 2010.


Question: What sort of demons exist in Buddhism?

Technically, they’re demons, but they’re also fantastical fun, as are many of Buddhism’s supporting players, with their folk-art additives. These include guardian ogres with faces like pugs with tusks and nymphs with half-bird, half human bodies who, with a pretty dance and a flutter of stained-glass wings, bid you goodbye at the end of the show. But before you leave, there are a couple of things worth an extra look. One, in a case between the two nymphs, is a 17th-century gilded bronze image of the seated Buddha. With his short neck, cool shape-up haircut, plain off-the-shoulder robe, and round face bent forward and down, he’s as close as any Myanmar work here comes to embodying a Buddhist physical ideal.

Answer: guardian ogres with faces like pugs with tusks and nymphs with half-bird, half human bodies

Technically, they’re demons, but they’re also fantastical fun, as are many of Buddhism’s supporting players, with their folk-art additives. <hl> These include guardian ogres with faces like pugs with tusks and nymphs with half-bird, half human bodies who, with a pretty dance and a flutter of stained-glass wings, bid you goodbye at the end of the show. <hl> But before you leave, there are a couple of things worth an extra look. One, in a case between the two nymphs, is a 17th-century gilded bronze image of the seated Buddha. With his short neck, cool shape-up haircut, plain off-the-shoulder robe, and round face bent forward and down, he’s as close as any Myanmar work here comes to embodying a Buddhist physical ideal.

Technically, they’re demons, but they’re also fantastical fun, as are many of Buddhism’s supporting players, with their folk-art additives. These include <hl> guardian ogres with faces like pugs with tusks and nymphs with half-bird, half human bodies <hl> who, with a pretty dance and a flutter of stained-glass wings, bid you goodbye at the end of the show. But before you leave, there are a couple of things worth an extra look. One, in a case between the two nymphs, is a 17th-century gilded bronze image of the seated Buddha. With his short neck, cool shape-up haircut, plain off-the-shoulder robe, and round face bent forward and down, he’s as close as any Myanmar work here comes to embodying a Buddhist physical ideal.


Question: Where was Rudolf Hoss a commander?

It explicitly dismissed statements by Rudolf Höss, one of the commanders at Auschwitz, that a cyanide gas, Zyklon B, had been used to commit mass murder. It said those confessions were made “under duress.” Most historians estimate that 1.1 million died at the camp. Mel Mermelstein, a businessman from Long Beach, Calif., who survived Auschwitz, provided documents, eyewitness testimonies, histories, photographs and even a can that had contained Zyklon B to the institute. He told of seeing his mother and sister driven into the gas chambers in 1944.

Answer: Auschwitz

<hl> It explicitly dismissed statements by Rudolf Höss, one of the commanders at Auschwitz , that a cyanide gas, Zyklon B, had been used to commit mass murder. <hl> It said those confessions were made “under duress.” Most historians estimate that 1.1 million died at the camp. Mel Mermelstein, a businessman from Long Beach, Calif., who survived Auschwitz, provided documents, eyewitness testimonies, histories, photographs and even a can that had contained Zyklon B to the institute. He told of seeing his mother and sister driven into the gas chambers in 1944.

It explicitly dismissed statements by Rudolf Höss, one of the commanders at <hl> Auschwitz <hl>, that a cyanide gas, Zyklon B, had been used to commit mass murder. It said those confessions were made “under duress.” Most historians estimate that 1.1 million died at the camp. Mel Mermelstein, a businessman from Long Beach, Calif., who survived Auschwitz, provided documents, eyewitness testimonies, histories, photographs and even a can that had contained Zyklon B to the institute. He told of seeing his mother and sister driven into the gas chambers in 1944.

It explicitly dismissed statements by Rudolf Höss, one of the commanders at <hl> Auschwitz <hl> , that a cyanide gas, Zyklon B, had been used to commit mass murder.