Question: What government 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: Kiev

<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 earliest days of the war, the government in <hl> Kiev <hl> 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.


Question: How did Brian McKenzie write about the less than admirable work locations for ride-sharing?

Whether car-pooling will expand to other cities is unclear. “There are only a handful of cities where people live and work along densely populated corridors,” Mr. Schwieterman said. Bridj, however, said it had plans to enter Kansas City early next year in a partnership with the city. Others have doubts about an expansion as well. “Employment clusters are less geographically concentrated than they once were, so people who live near one another are less likely to be headed in the same direction,” Brian McKenzie, the author of the Census Bureau report, wrote in an email. Still, smartphones have presented a more efficient way to organize commuters based on where they live and work.

Answer: email

Whether car-pooling will expand to other cities is unclear. “There are only a handful of cities where people live and work along densely populated corridors,” Mr. Schwieterman said. Bridj, however, said it had plans to enter Kansas City early next year in a partnership with the city. Others have doubts about an expansion as well. <hl> “Employment clusters are less geographically concentrated than they once were, so people who live near one another are less likely to be headed in the same direction,” Brian McKenzie, the author of the Census Bureau report, wrote in an email . <hl> Still, smartphones have presented a more efficient way to organize commuters based on where they live and work.

Whether car-pooling will expand to other cities is unclear. “There are only a handful of cities where people live and work along densely populated corridors,” Mr. Schwieterman said. Bridj, however, said it had plans to enter Kansas City early next year in a partnership with the city. Others have doubts about an expansion as well. “Employment clusters are less geographically concentrated than they once were, so people who live near one another are less likely to be headed in the same direction,” Brian McKenzie, the author of the Census Bureau report, wrote in an <hl> email <hl>. Still, smartphones have presented a more efficient way to organize commuters based on where they live and work.

“Employment clusters are less geographically concentrated than they once were, so people who live near one another are less likely to be headed in the same direction,” Brian McKenzie, the author of the Census Bureau report, wrote in an <hl> email <hl> .


Question: what used to be done with searches 5 years ago?

“On a phone, the biggest intellectual difference is you don’t go to your search box as your first resort,” said Keith Rabois, a partner at the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, who has invested in a search start-up called Relcy. “On a watch, it’s inconceivable that you would go to a search box perhaps at all.” John Lilly, a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, said the real prize in mobile search was “whoever figures out what questions people really want to ask their phones while they are walking around, and how they will ask those questions.” That is “very unlikely to look like it did five years ago, when you typed it into a box,” he said.

Answer: typed it into a box

“On a phone, the biggest intellectual difference is you don’t go to your search box as your first resort,” said Keith Rabois, a partner at the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, who has invested in a search start-up called Relcy. “On a watch, it’s inconceivable that you would go to a search box perhaps at all.” John Lilly, a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, said the real prize in mobile search was “whoever figures out what questions people really want to ask their phones while they are walking around, and how they will ask those questions.” <hl> That is “very unlikely to look like it did five years ago, when you typed it into a box ,” he said. <hl>

“On a phone, the biggest intellectual difference is you don’t go to your search box as your first resort,” said Keith Rabois, a partner at the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, who has invested in a search start-up called Relcy. “On a watch, it’s inconceivable that you would go to a search box perhaps at all.” John Lilly, a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, said the real prize in mobile search was “whoever figures out what questions people really want to ask their phones while they are walking around, and how they will ask those questions.” That is “very unlikely to look like it did five years ago, when you <hl> typed it into a box <hl>,” he said.

That is “very unlikely to look like it did five years ago, when you <hl> typed it into a box <hl> ,” he said.


Question: What does the patent system allow people to do?

Prior disclosure can come in the form of an obscure research article; an old, expired patent; or inclusion of a chemical structure in a giant online database, for example. (When it comes to obviousness, there’s a tension. We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do not benefit patients, like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones. But some things that are obvious also might be beneficial, and for those we’d want to encourage development.) The crux of the problem is this: For pharmaceuticals, patent protection is used as a means for innovators to recoup the costly investments that drug development requires. But the patent system was not devised to solve this specific problem. It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to exploit obvious and old ideas freely, which is generally a valuable protection.

Answer: exploit obvious and old ideas freely

Prior disclosure can come in the form of an obscure research article; an old, expired patent; or inclusion of a chemical structure in a giant online database, for example. (When it comes to obviousness, there’s a tension. We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do not benefit patients, like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones. But some things that are obvious also might be beneficial, and for those we’d want to encourage development.) The crux of the problem is this: For pharmaceuticals, patent protection is used as a means for innovators to recoup the costly investments that drug development requires. But the patent system was not devised to solve this specific problem. <hl> It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to exploit obvious and old ideas freely , which is generally a valuable protection. <hl>

Prior disclosure can come in the form of an obscure research article; an old, expired patent; or inclusion of a chemical structure in a giant online database, for example. (When it comes to obviousness, there’s a tension. We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do not benefit patients, like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones. But some things that are obvious also might be beneficial, and for those we’d want to encourage development.) The crux of the problem is this: For pharmaceuticals, patent protection is used as a means for innovators to recoup the costly investments that drug development requires. But the patent system was not devised to solve this specific problem. It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to <hl> exploit obvious and old ideas freely <hl>, which is generally a valuable protection.

It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to <hl> exploit obvious and old ideas freely <hl> , which is generally a valuable protection.


Question: Nyonya chap chye is what type of dish?

Noodles stir-fried with shrimp and soy sauce, called char kway teow, produce far more happiness than you’d expect from something that looks like shrimp lo mein. The appearance of another stir-fry, nyonya chap chye, is deceptive, too. Clear rice noodles jostled together with tofu and mushrooms, the dish has almost no color and a mild flavor, but the more you eat the better it gets. The Hainanese chicken rice is another sleeper; it tastes like much more than slices of soy-lacquered chicken over rice cooked in chicken broth.

Answer: stir-fry

Noodles stir-fried with shrimp and soy sauce, called char kway teow, produce far more happiness than you’d expect from something that looks like shrimp lo mein. <hl> The appearance of another stir-fry , nyonya chap chye, is deceptive, too. <hl> Clear rice noodles jostled together with tofu and mushrooms, the dish has almost no color and a mild flavor, but the more you eat the better it gets. The Hainanese chicken rice is another sleeper; it tastes like much more than slices of soy-lacquered chicken over rice cooked in chicken broth.

Noodles stir-fried with shrimp and soy sauce, called char kway teow, produce far more happiness than you’d expect from something that looks like shrimp lo mein. The appearance of another <hl> stir-fry <hl>, nyonya chap chye, is deceptive, too. Clear rice noodles jostled together with tofu and mushrooms, the dish has almost no color and a mild flavor, but the more you eat the better it gets. The Hainanese chicken rice is another sleeper; it tastes like much more than slices of soy-lacquered chicken over rice cooked in chicken broth.

The appearance of another <hl> stir-fry <hl> , nyonya chap chye, is deceptive, too.


Question: How long was the news conference?

The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long. In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria. Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army. “Get a sense of that distinction,” he said.

Answer: more than three hours long

<hl> The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long . <hl> In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria. Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army. “Get a sense of that distinction,” he said.

The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was <hl> more than three hours long <hl>. In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria. Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army. “Get a sense of that distinction,” he said.

The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was <hl> more than three hours long <hl> .


Question: What is the most segregated place in the country?

5. New York officials said they had contained the city’s worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which sickened 101 people and killed 10. But city and state officials sometimes tripped over each other to claim credit for responding. 6. Two Army women have made it through most of the arduous course of the elite Ranger School and stand a strong chance of being the first females to graduate. But if so, they will still be barred from the combat roles their male counterparts qualify for. 7. It’s been a year since the unarmed black youth Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer, at the spot marked by this repaved patch of street. A Times analysis finds that, despite the intervening intense debates and promises of change, Ferguson, Mo., remains one of the most segregated places in the country.

Answer: Ferguson, Mo.

5. New York officials said they had contained the city’s worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which sickened 101 people and killed 10. But city and state officials sometimes tripped over each other to claim credit for responding. 6. Two Army women have made it through most of the arduous course of the elite Ranger School and stand a strong chance of being the first females to graduate. But if so, they will still be barred from the combat roles their male counterparts qualify for. 7. It’s been a year since the unarmed black youth Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer, at the spot marked by this repaved patch of street. <hl> A Times analysis finds that, despite the intervening intense debates and promises of change, Ferguson, Mo. , remains one of the most segregated places in the country. <hl>

5. New York officials said they had contained the city’s worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which sickened 101 people and killed 10. But city and state officials sometimes tripped over each other to claim credit for responding. 6. Two Army women have made it through most of the arduous course of the elite Ranger School and stand a strong chance of being the first females to graduate. But if so, they will still be barred from the combat roles their male counterparts qualify for. 7. It’s been a year since the unarmed black youth Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer, at the spot marked by this repaved patch of street. A Times analysis finds that, despite the intervening intense debates and promises of change, <hl> Ferguson, Mo. <hl>, remains one of the most segregated places in the country.

A Times analysis finds that, despite the intervening intense debates and promises of change, <hl> Ferguson, Mo. <hl> , remains one of the most segregated places in the country.


Question: Where are cannabinoids chemicals imported from?

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.

Answer: China

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. <hl> Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. <hl> Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. Those chemicals, typically imported from <hl> China <hl> by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.


Question: Who was sentenced for incitement by an Israeli court?

TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian for incitement and for supporting a terrorist organization based on Facebook posts that applauded militant attacks, his lawyer said. It was a rare case in which statements on social media were regarded as a crime. The defendant, Omar Shalabi, 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment. Legal rights groups said it was unusual for an Israeli court to accept speech on social media as a basis for conviction. But they said that in recent months the Israeli police had detained several Palestinians from East Jerusalem and Arab citizens of Israel for incitement over comments made on their social media networks.

Answer: Omar Shalabi

TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian for incitement and for supporting a terrorist organization based on Facebook posts that applauded militant attacks, his lawyer said. It was a rare case in which statements on social media were regarded as a crime. <hl> The defendant, Omar Shalabi , 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment. <hl> Legal rights groups said it was unusual for an Israeli court to accept speech on social media as a basis for conviction. But they said that in recent months the Israeli police had detained several Palestinians from East Jerusalem and Arab citizens of Israel for incitement over comments made on their social media networks.

TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian for incitement and for supporting a terrorist organization based on Facebook posts that applauded militant attacks, his lawyer said. It was a rare case in which statements on social media were regarded as a crime. The defendant, <hl> Omar Shalabi <hl>, 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment. Legal rights groups said it was unusual for an Israeli court to accept speech on social media as a basis for conviction. But they said that in recent months the Israeli police had detained several Palestinians from East Jerusalem and Arab citizens of Israel for incitement over comments made on their social media networks.

The defendant, <hl> Omar Shalabi <hl> , 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment.


Question: What should the United States not use to find a solution to gun control?

The origins of the Nazi dictatorship are to be found in the authoritarian legacy of the German Empire, the inability to cope with the defeat in World War I and the failure to achieve political compromise during the Weimar Republic. When it comes to explaining the Holocaust, Germans inquire about the place of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in their society and about the psychological and cultural factors that led ordinary citizens to participate in, or to accept, horrific atrocities. They understand their own history well enough to avoid being distracted by demagogy about gun control. If the United States is going to arrive at a workable compromise solution to its gun problem, it will not be accomplished through the use of historical analogies that are false, silly and insulting. Similarly, coming to terms with a civilizational breach of the magnitude of the Holocaust requires a serious encounter with history, rather than political sloganeering that exploits history as a prop for mobilizing one’s base.

Answer: historical analogies

The origins of the Nazi dictatorship are to be found in the authoritarian legacy of the German Empire, the inability to cope with the defeat in World War I and the failure to achieve political compromise during the Weimar Republic. When it comes to explaining the Holocaust, Germans inquire about the place of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in their society and about the psychological and cultural factors that led ordinary citizens to participate in, or to accept, horrific atrocities. They understand their own history well enough to avoid being distracted by demagogy about gun control. <hl> If the United States is going to arrive at a workable compromise solution to its gun problem, it will not be accomplished through the use of historical analogies that are false, silly and insulting. <hl> Similarly, coming to terms with a civilizational breach of the magnitude of the Holocaust requires a serious encounter with history, rather than political sloganeering that exploits history as a prop for mobilizing one’s base.

The origins of the Nazi dictatorship are to be found in the authoritarian legacy of the German Empire, the inability to cope with the defeat in World War I and the failure to achieve political compromise during the Weimar Republic. When it comes to explaining the Holocaust, Germans inquire about the place of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in their society and about the psychological and cultural factors that led ordinary citizens to participate in, or to accept, horrific atrocities. They understand their own history well enough to avoid being distracted by demagogy about gun control. If the United States is going to arrive at a workable compromise solution to its gun problem, it will not be accomplished through the use of <hl> historical analogies <hl> that are false, silly and insulting. Similarly, coming to terms with a civilizational breach of the magnitude of the Holocaust requires a serious encounter with history, rather than political sloganeering that exploits history as a prop for mobilizing one’s base.


Question: What is showing on June 21st at 3 p.m.?

FALLS VILLAGE Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical. June 21 at 3 p.m. $30. Kim Kashkashian, viola. June 26 at 7:30 p.m. $30. Cantata Profana, classical. June 27 at 6:30 p.m. $27. Juilliard String Quartet, classical. June 28 at 3 p.m. $60. Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. HARTFORD Infinity Hall Hartford The Seldom Scene, bluegrass. June 25 at 8 p.m. $35 to $50. Jeff Pevar and Mo’ Pleasure Allstars, blues and pop. June 27 at 8 p.m. $24 to $39. Tom Rush, folk. June 28 at 7:30 p.m. $39 to $59. Infinity Hall Hartford, 32 Front Street. infinityhall.com; 860-560-7757.

Answer: Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical

<hl> FALLS VILLAGE Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical . <hl> June 21 at 3 p.m. $30. Kim Kashkashian, viola. June 26 at 7:30 p.m. $30. Cantata Profana, classical. June 27 at 6:30 p.m. $27. Juilliard String Quartet, classical. June 28 at 3 p.m. $60. Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. HARTFORD Infinity Hall Hartford The Seldom Scene, bluegrass. June 25 at 8 p.m. $35 to $50. Jeff Pevar and Mo’ Pleasure Allstars, blues and pop. June 27 at 8 p.m. $24 to $39. Tom Rush, folk. June 28 at 7:30 p.m. $39 to $59. Infinity Hall Hartford, 32 Front Street. infinityhall.com; 860-560-7757.

FALLS VILLAGE <hl> Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical <hl>. June 21 at 3 p.m. $30. Kim Kashkashian, viola. June 26 at 7:30 p.m. $30. Cantata Profana, classical. June 27 at 6:30 p.m. $27. Juilliard String Quartet, classical. June 28 at 3 p.m. $60. Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. HARTFORD Infinity Hall Hartford The Seldom Scene, bluegrass. June 25 at 8 p.m. $35 to $50. Jeff Pevar and Mo’ Pleasure Allstars, blues and pop. June 27 at 8 p.m. $24 to $39. Tom Rush, folk. June 28 at 7:30 p.m. $39 to $59. Infinity Hall Hartford, 32 Front Street. infinityhall.com; 860-560-7757.

FALLS VILLAGE <hl> Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical <hl> .


Question: Who's work is on exhibit at The White Gallery through July 12?

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras.” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. thewhitegalleryart.com; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

Answer: Robert Baras.

<hl> LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras. ” Through July 12. <hl> Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. thewhitegalleryart.com; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of <hl> Robert Baras. <hl>” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. thewhitegalleryart.com; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of <hl> Robert Baras. <hl> ” Through July 12.


Question: When is the Jean Linville exhibition in Litchfield?

LITCHFIELD Wisdom House “Ephemera: Holding a Moment in Your Hand,” Jean Linville. Through Sept. 12. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wisdom House, 229 East Litchfield Road. 860-567-3163; wisdomhouse.org. MADISON Susan Powell Fine Art “Realistically Speaking,” group show. Through July 6. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and by appointment. Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road. susanpowellfineart.com; 203-318-0616. MYSTIC Maritime Art Gallery, at Mystic Seaport “Modern Marine Masters,” group show. Through July 19. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maritime Art Gallery, at Mystic Seaport, 47 Greenmanville Avenue. mysticseaport.org/gallery; 860-572-5388.

Answer: Through Sept. 12

Through Sept. 12 .

LITCHFIELD Wisdom House “Ephemera: Holding a Moment in Your Hand,” Jean Linville. <hl> Through Sept. 12 . <hl> Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wisdom House, 229 East Litchfield Road. 860-567-3163; wisdomhouse.org. MADISON Susan Powell Fine Art “Realistically Speaking,” group show. Through July 6. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and by appointment. Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road. susanpowellfineart.com; 203-318-0616. MYSTIC Maritime Art Gallery, at Mystic Seaport “Modern Marine Masters,” group show. Through July 19. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maritime Art Gallery, at Mystic Seaport, 47 Greenmanville Avenue. mysticseaport.org/gallery; 860-572-5388.

LITCHFIELD Wisdom House “Ephemera: Holding a Moment in Your Hand,” Jean Linville. <hl> Through Sept. 12 <hl>. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wisdom House, 229 East Litchfield Road. 860-567-3163; wisdomhouse.org. MADISON Susan Powell Fine Art “Realistically Speaking,” group show. Through July 6. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and by appointment. Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road. susanpowellfineart.com; 203-318-0616. MYSTIC Maritime Art Gallery, at Mystic Seaport “Modern Marine Masters,” group show. Through July 19. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maritime Art Gallery, at Mystic Seaport, 47 Greenmanville Avenue. mysticseaport.org/gallery; 860-572-5388.


Question: When do you have hope for the coming season?

Except that it’s beer, not wine, that goes so naturally with baseball, hot dogs, peanuts and conversation, especially under the ideal conditions of afternoon sunshine. I came of drinking age as the craft beer revolution was taking off in this country. I am sad to say that I’ve very rarely had a good beer in a ballpark, certainly not in Yankee Stadium, home of the team I’ve rooted for all my life. Even as great craft brews are available in many ballparks around the country, Yankee Stadium has remained in thrall to the big distributors, squeezing out all but corporate products. But spring is the season of unrealistic hopes, so I can fantasize how I’d stock my ideal concession. First, as a ballgame generally calls for multiple beers, you wouldn’t want the heavy hitters, contemplative barley wines and other high-alcohol brews.

Answer: spring

Except that it’s beer, not wine, that goes so naturally with baseball, hot dogs, peanuts and conversation, especially under the ideal conditions of afternoon sunshine. I came of drinking age as the craft beer revolution was taking off in this country. I am sad to say that I’ve very rarely had a good beer in a ballpark, certainly not in Yankee Stadium, home of the team I’ve rooted for all my life. Even as great craft brews are available in many ballparks around the country, Yankee Stadium has remained in thrall to the big distributors, squeezing out all but corporate products. <hl> But spring is the season of unrealistic hopes, so I can fantasize how I’d stock my ideal concession. <hl> First, as a ballgame generally calls for multiple beers, you wouldn’t want the heavy hitters, contemplative barley wines and other high-alcohol brews.

Except that it’s beer, not wine, that goes so naturally with baseball, hot dogs, peanuts and conversation, especially under the ideal conditions of afternoon sunshine. I came of drinking age as the craft beer revolution was taking off in this country. I am sad to say that I’ve very rarely had a good beer in a ballpark, certainly not in Yankee Stadium, home of the team I’ve rooted for all my life. Even as great craft brews are available in many ballparks around the country, Yankee Stadium has remained in thrall to the big distributors, squeezing out all but corporate products. But <hl> spring <hl> is the season of unrealistic hopes, so I can fantasize how I’d stock my ideal concession. First, as a ballgame generally calls for multiple beers, you wouldn’t want the heavy hitters, contemplative barley wines and other high-alcohol brews.


Question: When did the sun rise?

RABAT, Morocco —  A fiery head-on collision between a semitrailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local news media reports. The crash took place just before sunrise at 7 a.m. in the Chbika district, near Tan-Tan, a southern desert city, the news agency reported. A video posted by the French-language newspaper L’Economiste shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus, which caught fire after a collision with what the newspaper identified as a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons. The video shows people wandering around the burning hulk in a desert landscape.

Answer: 7 a.m.

RABAT, Morocco — A fiery head-on collision between a semitrailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local news media reports. <hl> The crash took place just before sunrise at 7 a.m. in the Chbika district, near Tan-Tan, a southern desert city, the news agency reported. <hl> A video posted by the French-language newspaper L’Economiste shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus, which caught fire after a collision with what the newspaper identified as a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons. The video shows people wandering around the burning hulk in a desert landscape.

RABAT, Morocco — A fiery head-on collision between a semitrailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local news media reports. The crash took place just before sunrise at <hl> 7 a.m. <hl> in the Chbika district, near Tan-Tan, a southern desert city, the news agency reported. A video posted by the French-language newspaper L’Economiste shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus, which caught fire after a collision with what the newspaper identified as a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons. The video shows people wandering around the burning hulk in a desert landscape.


Question: What is Marcelo studying to be?

The #nightshift hashtag is especially well populated by the armed professions and the healing ones. Sometimes they are almost one and the same, as in the case of @armedmedic3153, a.k.a. Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey. He owns an AR-15, a 9-millimeter and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera. He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor. Nights are good preparation for that: You get more serious cases. You learn on the job. A 12-hour course each night you’re on. Twenty-four hours if you take a double. After a while, the adrenaline that juices you when you’re new — when you’re still keeping a tally of the lives you’ve saved — disappears. You just do the job. “High speed and low drag,” Aguirre told me when I called. “Please ignore the siren,” he said. “We’re going to a call.” A stroke. Nothing to get excited about. Coffee sustains him. He stays clean. Some guys, he said, use Provigil, but that’s prescribed. “For shift-work disorder,” he said.

Answer: a doctor

The #nightshift hashtag is especially well populated by the armed professions and the healing ones. Sometimes they are almost one and the same, as in the case of @armedmedic3153, a.k.a. Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey. He owns an AR-15, a 9-millimeter and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera. <hl> He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor . <hl> Nights are good preparation for that: You get more serious cases. You learn on the job. A 12-hour course each night you’re on. Twenty-four hours if you take a double. After a while, the adrenaline that juices you when you’re new — when you’re still keeping a tally of the lives you’ve saved — disappears. You just do the job. “High speed and low drag,” Aguirre told me when I called. “Please ignore the siren,” he said. “We’re going to a call.” A stroke. Nothing to get excited about. Coffee sustains him. He stays clean. Some guys, he said, use Provigil, but that’s prescribed. “For shift-work disorder,” he said.

The #nightshift hashtag is especially well populated by the armed professions and the healing ones. Sometimes they are almost one and the same, as in the case of @armedmedic3153, a.k.a. Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey. He owns an AR-15, a 9-millimeter and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera. He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be <hl> a doctor <hl>. Nights are good preparation for that: You get more serious cases. You learn on the job. A 12-hour course each night you’re on. Twenty-four hours if you take a double. After a while, the adrenaline that juices you when you’re new — when you’re still keeping a tally of the lives you’ve saved — disappears. You just do the job. “High speed and low drag,” Aguirre told me when I called. “Please ignore the siren,” he said. “We’re going to a call.” A stroke. Nothing to get excited about. Coffee sustains him. He stays clean. Some guys, he said, use Provigil, but that’s prescribed. “For shift-work disorder,” he said.

He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be <hl> a doctor <hl> .


Question: What other taxes are being considered?

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance.

Answer: fuel and inheritance

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. <hl> Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance . <hl>

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on <hl> fuel and inheritance <hl>.

Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on <hl> fuel and inheritance <hl> .


Question: How would Daryl and Sandy get to Sandy's treatments in Manhattan?

Over the next months, Sandy and Daryl boarded a bus early in the morning every few weeks and rode down to Manhattan for the treatments. “I still feel as though I’m me,” she told him on one ride. “Do you agree?” He did, sort of. In fact, he was surprised by how much herself Sandy could still be, even as she became less and less the formidable thinker he had always known. He was surprised too to discover that it didn’t matter to him. “I realized how little of the fact that she was an intellectual played into my feelings for her,” he said. “They were feelings for her, not her intelligence. And they were still all there.”

Answer: bus

<hl> Over the next months, Sandy and Daryl boarded a bus early in the morning every few weeks and rode down to Manhattan for the treatments. <hl> “I still feel as though I’m me,” she told him on one ride. “Do you agree?” He did, sort of. In fact, he was surprised by how much herself Sandy could still be, even as she became less and less the formidable thinker he had always known. He was surprised too to discover that it didn’t matter to him. “I realized how little of the fact that she was an intellectual played into my feelings for her,” he said. “They were feelings for her, not her intelligence. And they were still all there.”

Over the next months, Sandy and Daryl boarded a <hl> bus <hl> early in the morning every few weeks and rode down to Manhattan for the treatments. “I still feel as though I’m me,” she told him on one ride. “Do you agree?” He did, sort of. In fact, he was surprised by how much herself Sandy could still be, even as she became less and less the formidable thinker he had always known. He was surprised too to discover that it didn’t matter to him. “I realized how little of the fact that she was an intellectual played into my feelings for her,” he said. “They were feelings for her, not her intelligence. And they were still all there.”


Question: Article to the article, the President's goal is to build what?

So, to the end game, in Idaho, Kansas and beyond. “It’s amazing what you can bounce back from when you have to,” Obama said on Tuesday. He was quoting from a Minneapolis woman, invited to the speech, but it sounded like a motto for his last two years in office. The president is playing for a legacy. He won’t get much of it this year, or even next. But eventually, if Obama’s finish matches the flourish of the last two months, the United States will resemble the country he envisioned on Tuesday night. Long odds make for better endings.

Answer: a legacy

The president is playing for a legacy .

So, to the end game, in Idaho, Kansas and beyond. “It’s amazing what you can bounce back from when you have to,” Obama said on Tuesday. He was quoting from a Minneapolis woman, invited to the speech, but it sounded like a motto for his last two years in office. <hl> The president is playing for a legacy . <hl> He won’t get much of it this year, or even next. But eventually, if Obama’s finish matches the flourish of the last two months, the United States will resemble the country he envisioned on Tuesday night. Long odds make for better endings.

So, to the end game, in Idaho, Kansas and beyond. “It’s amazing what you can bounce back from when you have to,” Obama said on Tuesday. He was quoting from a Minneapolis woman, invited to the speech, but it sounded like a motto for his last two years in office. The president is playing for <hl> a legacy <hl>. He won’t get much of it this year, or even next. But eventually, if Obama’s finish matches the flourish of the last two months, the United States will resemble the country he envisioned on Tuesday night. Long odds make for better endings.

The president is playing for <hl> a legacy <hl> .


Question: Where does Northern European artists come from?

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

Answer: Belgian

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

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


Question: What resolution is indicative by this ruling?

The ruling is one of several indications that some resolution between federal and state marijuana laws may be approaching. In 2013, the Justice Department recommended that federal officials not target dispensaries, growers and patients who complied with state marijuana laws and had no links to cartels or interstate smuggling. Moreover, the 2015 appropriations bill passed by Congress in December barred the Justice Department from spending money to interfere with any state’s efforts to carry out its medical marijuana laws. The Justice Department has countered that it can still prosecute violations of the federal marijuana ban and continue cases already in the courts.

Answer: federal and state marijuana laws

<hl> The ruling is one of several indications that some resolution between federal and state marijuana laws may be approaching. <hl> In 2013, the Justice Department recommended that federal officials not target dispensaries, growers and patients who complied with state marijuana laws and had no links to cartels or interstate smuggling. Moreover, the 2015 appropriations bill passed by Congress in December barred the Justice Department from spending money to interfere with any state’s efforts to carry out its medical marijuana laws. The Justice Department has countered that it can still prosecute violations of the federal marijuana ban and continue cases already in the courts.

The ruling is one of several indications that some resolution between <hl> federal and state marijuana laws <hl> may be approaching. In 2013, the Justice Department recommended that federal officials not target dispensaries, growers and patients who complied with state marijuana laws and had no links to cartels or interstate smuggling. Moreover, the 2015 appropriations bill passed by Congress in December barred the Justice Department from spending money to interfere with any state’s efforts to carry out its medical marijuana laws. The Justice Department has countered that it can still prosecute violations of the federal marijuana ban and continue cases already in the courts.


Question: Who directed "Macbeth"?

‘Love the Coopers’ (PG-13, 1:47) You can’t manufacture a Christmas classic by cobbling together scenes and themes from previous Christmas classics, but this dud tries. It’s the usual story of a dysfunctional family that gathers for a holiday meal, and it’s full of recognizable names — Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde — but it almost never feels genuine. (Genzlinger) ‘Macbeth’ (R, 1:52) The best reason to see this slick version of the sanguineous tragedy is Michael Fassbender’s exceptionally fine title performances, though the writing isn’t bad, either. A mushy-mouthed Marion Cotillard co-stars; Justin Kurzel directed. (Dargis)

Answer: Justin Kurzel

‘Love the Coopers’ (PG-13, 1:47) You can’t manufacture a Christmas classic by cobbling together scenes and themes from previous Christmas classics, but this dud tries. It’s the usual story of a dysfunctional family that gathers for a holiday meal, and it’s full of recognizable names — Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde — but it almost never feels genuine. (Genzlinger) ‘Macbeth’ (R, 1:52) The best reason to see this slick version of the sanguineous tragedy is Michael Fassbender’s exceptionally fine title performances, though the writing isn’t bad, either. <hl> A mushy-mouthed Marion Cotillard co-stars; Justin Kurzel directed. <hl> (Dargis)

‘Love the Coopers’ (PG-13, 1:47) You can’t manufacture a Christmas classic by cobbling together scenes and themes from previous Christmas classics, but this dud tries. It’s the usual story of a dysfunctional family that gathers for a holiday meal, and it’s full of recognizable names — Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde — but it almost never feels genuine. (Genzlinger) ‘Macbeth’ (R, 1:52) The best reason to see this slick version of the sanguineous tragedy is Michael Fassbender’s exceptionally fine title performances, though the writing isn’t bad, either. A mushy-mouthed Marion Cotillard co-stars; <hl> Justin Kurzel <hl> directed. (Dargis)


Question: What was the nation's most popular tourist destination at the time?

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. Barnum’s American Museum was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. Located on lower Broadway, it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”

Answer: Barnum’s American Museum

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. <hl> Barnum’s American Museum was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. <hl> Located on lower Broadway, it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”

“No one will attempt to make a hero of such material,” one account said. “He will appear in petticoats in history.” Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum. The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress. The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz. <hl> Barnum’s American Museum <hl> was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination. Located on lower Broadway, it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”


Question: Where does workologist work?

Send your workplace conundrums to workologist@nytimes.com, including your name and contact information (even if you want it withheld for publication). The Workologist is a guy with well-intentioned opinions, not a professional career adviser. Letters may be edited. I work at a small but rapidly growing software company that places a premium on customer service. I am the front-desk coordinator — the first person visitors see. We lack good systems for a number of things. For example, I am often not informed of expected guests, including V.I.P.s. I have to ask for a driver’s license, add their names to our visitor log and ask whom they are visiting. I’m sure they do not appreciate this cumbersome procedure, which could be minimized if I’d had advance warning.  Similar snags occur when caterers come and I don’t know who ordered the food and where it goes, or when two groups want to use a conference room at the same time.

Answer: software company

Send your workplace conundrums to workologist@nytimes.com, including your name and contact information (even if you want it withheld for publication). The Workologist is a guy with well-intentioned opinions, not a professional career adviser. Letters may be edited. <hl> I work at a small but rapidly growing software company that places a premium on customer service. <hl> I am the front-desk coordinator — the first person visitors see. We lack good systems for a number of things. For example, I am often not informed of expected guests, including V.I.P.s. I have to ask for a driver’s license, add their names to our visitor log and ask whom they are visiting. I’m sure they do not appreciate this cumbersome procedure, which could be minimized if I’d had advance warning. Similar snags occur when caterers come and I don’t know who ordered the food and where it goes, or when two groups want to use a conference room at the same time.

Send your workplace conundrums to workologist@nytimes.com, including your name and contact information (even if you want it withheld for publication). The Workologist is a guy with well-intentioned opinions, not a professional career adviser. Letters may be edited. I work at a small but rapidly growing <hl> software company <hl> that places a premium on customer service. I am the front-desk coordinator — the first person visitors see. We lack good systems for a number of things. For example, I am often not informed of expected guests, including V.I.P.s. I have to ask for a driver’s license, add their names to our visitor log and ask whom they are visiting. I’m sure they do not appreciate this cumbersome procedure, which could be minimized if I’d had advance warning. Similar snags occur when caterers come and I don’t know who ordered the food and where it goes, or when two groups want to use a conference room at the same time.


Question: What kind of show is the mini series, "Spiral?"

And it’s not yet noon in “Paris,” a six-part French mini-series that traverses 24 hours as a dozen seemingly random residents dodge, dart and finally collide. Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower. Oh — and subtitles.

Answer: crime drama

And it’s not yet noon in “Paris,” a six-part French mini-series that traverses 24 hours as a dozen seemingly random residents dodge, dart and finally collide. <hl> Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower. <hl> Oh — and subtitles.

And it’s not yet noon in “Paris,” a six-part French mini-series that traverses 24 hours as a dozen seemingly random residents dodge, dart and finally collide. Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine <hl> crime drama <hl> “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower. Oh — and subtitles.


Question: How many times US won titles out of past six world titles?

The United States defended its women’s world hockey championship with a 7-5 victory over Canada in the final in Malmo, Sweden. Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne scored for the United States in the third period after the Americans blew a 5-2 lead. The United States has won five of the last six world titles.

Answer: five

The United States defended its women’s world hockey championship with a 7-5 victory over Canada in the final in Malmo, Sweden. Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne scored for the United States in the third period after the Americans blew a 5-2 lead. <hl> The United States has won five of the last six world titles. <hl>

The United States defended its women’s world hockey championship with a 7-5 victory over Canada in the final in Malmo, Sweden. Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne scored for the United States in the third period after the Americans blew a 5-2 lead. The United States has won <hl> five <hl> of the last six world titles.


Question: What is Ball's story about?

With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing, reconstructing life from its most basic elements. These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strength as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction. In the village’s cemetery, Ball deconstructs death. Noting that gravestones are “irrational” because they prolong suffering while failing to bring back the dead, the claimant wonders: “But, if life is just that, just being reasonable, then there is nothing in it — nothing worthwhile. So, the yearning that we have to keep dead things living — or to make unreasonable things reasonable. That is why a person should live.”

Answer: starting over from nothing

<hl> With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing , reconstructing life from its most basic elements. <hl> These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strength as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction. In the village’s cemetery, Ball deconstructs death. Noting that gravestones are “irrational” because they prolong suffering while failing to bring back the dead, the claimant wonders: “But, if life is just that, just being reasonable, then there is nothing in it — nothing worthwhile. So, the yearning that we have to keep dead things living — or to make unreasonable things reasonable. That is why a person should live.”

With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about <hl> starting over from nothing <hl>, reconstructing life from its most basic elements. These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strength as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction. In the village’s cemetery, Ball deconstructs death. Noting that gravestones are “irrational” because they prolong suffering while failing to bring back the dead, the claimant wonders: “But, if life is just that, just being reasonable, then there is nothing in it — nothing worthwhile. So, the yearning that we have to keep dead things living — or to make unreasonable things reasonable. That is why a person should live.”

With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about <hl> starting over from nothing <hl> , reconstructing life from its most basic elements.


Question: Who hired the author to write a dining column?

I started writing for The Times in the mid-80s. In 1991, I wrote my first piece for the Living section, as it was known then, about how FedExing ingredients was changing the game for chefs. In 1994, Trish Hall, then the Living section’s editor, asked me if I wanted to write a column for the new Dining section. Duh — who would say no to that? Three years later (The Times doesn’t often move quickly) The Minimalist was born, thanks in large part to the editor Rick Flaste. For the next 13 years — 650 weeks, more or less, in a row — I never missed a deadline.

Answer: Trish Hall

I started writing for The Times in the mid-80s. In 1991, I wrote my first piece for the Living section, as it was known then, about how FedExing ingredients was changing the game for chefs. <hl> In 1994, Trish Hall , then the Living section’s editor, asked me if I wanted to write a column for the new Dining section. <hl> Duh — who would say no to that? Three years later (The Times doesn’t often move quickly) The Minimalist was born, thanks in large part to the editor Rick Flaste. For the next 13 years — 650 weeks, more or less, in a row — I never missed a deadline.

I started writing for The Times in the mid-80s. In 1991, I wrote my first piece for the Living section, as it was known then, about how FedExing ingredients was changing the game for chefs. In 1994, <hl> Trish Hall <hl>, then the Living section’s editor, asked me if I wanted to write a column for the new Dining section. Duh — who would say no to that? Three years later (The Times doesn’t often move quickly) The Minimalist was born, thanks in large part to the editor Rick Flaste. For the next 13 years — 650 weeks, more or less, in a row — I never missed a deadline.

In 1994, <hl> Trish Hall <hl> , then the Living section’s editor, asked me if I wanted to write a column for the new Dining section.


Question: When was Secret Garden released?

Not that it matters. Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller. Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages. It shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Harper Lee, Anthony Doerr and Paula Hawkins. Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.

Answer: spring 2013

Not that it matters. Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller. <hl> Since its release in spring 2013 , “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages. <hl> It shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Harper Lee, Anthony Doerr and Paula Hawkins. Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.

Not that it matters. Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller. Since its release in <hl> spring 2013 <hl>, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages. It shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Harper Lee, Anthony Doerr and Paula Hawkins. Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.

Since its release in <hl> spring 2013 <hl> , “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages.


Question: Where is Anthony Winston apparently from?

Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed. Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Answer: East Brunswick, N.J.

Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed. Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. <hl> ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. <hl> With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed. Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. ANTHONY WINSTON <hl> East Brunswick, N.J. <hl> To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. With friends like that, who needs enemies?


Question: What was Mr. Sweat trying to cut through?

Mr. Sweat, 35, has revealed those details and more to investigators reviewing his stunning June 6 escape with another inmate from the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., according to several people briefed on his account. He has gone into the planning and execution of his bid for freedom in extraordinarily specific terms, portraying himself as the driving force. It is a story of patience, timing, determination and physical strength — born perhaps of a life of incarceration — along with good luck, and a MacGyver-like sense of ingenuity. For example, when Mr. Sweat was trying to cut through a concrete wall and heat from steam pipes in the underground passage became unbearable, he rigged a fan taken from his cell using electricity from the tunnel’s lights.

Answer: concrete wall

Mr. Sweat, 35, has revealed those details and more to investigators reviewing his stunning June 6 escape with another inmate from the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., according to several people briefed on his account. He has gone into the planning and execution of his bid for freedom in extraordinarily specific terms, portraying himself as the driving force. It is a story of patience, timing, determination and physical strength — born perhaps of a life of incarceration — along with good luck, and a MacGyver-like sense of ingenuity. <hl> For example, when Mr. Sweat was trying to cut through a concrete wall and heat from steam pipes in the underground passage became unbearable, he rigged a fan taken from his cell using electricity from the tunnel’s lights. <hl>

Mr. Sweat, 35, has revealed those details and more to investigators reviewing his stunning June 6 escape with another inmate from the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., according to several people briefed on his account. He has gone into the planning and execution of his bid for freedom in extraordinarily specific terms, portraying himself as the driving force. It is a story of patience, timing, determination and physical strength — born perhaps of a life of incarceration — along with good luck, and a MacGyver-like sense of ingenuity. For example, when Mr. Sweat was trying to cut through a <hl> concrete wall <hl> and heat from steam pipes in the underground passage became unbearable, he rigged a fan taken from his cell using electricity from the tunnel’s lights.


Question: What time did a neighbor hear Harper-Mercer pacing?

At night, when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing until 3 or 4 in the morning, the neighbor said. She complained to her own family about the noise, but never mentioned it to Mr. Harper-Mercer or his mother.

Answer: until 3 or 4 in the morning

<hl> At night, when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing until 3 or 4 in the morning , the neighbor said. <hl> She complained to her own family about the noise, but never mentioned it to Mr. Harper-Mercer or his mother.

At night, when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing <hl> until 3 or 4 in the morning <hl>, the neighbor said. She complained to her own family about the noise, but never mentioned it to Mr. Harper-Mercer or his mother.

At night, when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing <hl> until 3 or 4 in the morning <hl> , the neighbor said.


Question: Why did the White House want to take the drone operations away from the C.I.A?

It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent. But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command.

Answer: making the program somewhat more transparent

<hl> It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent . <hl> But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command.

It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of <hl> making the program somewhat more transparent <hl>. But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command.

It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of <hl> making the program somewhat more transparent <hl> .


Question: How many people died from the Amtrak crash?

Such a system could have helped prevent the fiery crash of a high-speed train in 2013 near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, and derailed. Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed eight and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system. “We still live in the shadow of the accident in Spain,” said Christopher Carr, the director of safety at the European Railway Agency, which monitors and sets train safety standards.

Answer: eight

Such a system could have helped prevent the fiery crash of a high-speed train in 2013 near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, and derailed. <hl> Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed eight and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system. <hl> “We still live in the shadow of the accident in Spain,” said Christopher Carr, the director of safety at the European Railway Agency, which monitors and sets train safety standards.

Such a system could have helped prevent the fiery crash of a high-speed train in 2013 near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, and derailed. Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed <hl> eight <hl> and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system. “We still live in the shadow of the accident in Spain,” said Christopher Carr, the director of safety at the European Railway Agency, which monitors and sets train safety standards.


Question: How many hostages were killed in the drone strike?

That unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are embedded in American warfare and unlikely to change significantly despite President Obama’s announcement on Thursday that a drone strike accidentally killed two innocent hostages, an American and an Italian. The program is under fire like never before, but the White House continues to champion it, and C.I.A. officers who built the program more than a decade ago — some of whom also led the C.I.A. detention program that used torture in secret prisons — have ascended to the agency’s powerful senior ranks. Although lawmakers insist that there is great accountability to the program, interviews with administration and congressional officials show that Congress holds the program to less careful scrutiny than many members assert. Top C.I.A. officials, who learned the importance of cultivating Congress after the resistance they ran into on the detention program, have dug in to protect the agency’s drone operations, frustrating a pledge by Mr. Obama two years ago to overhaul the program and pull it from the shadows.

Answer: two

<hl> That unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are embedded in American warfare and unlikely to change significantly despite President Obama’s announcement on Thursday that a drone strike accidentally killed two innocent hostages, an American and an Italian. <hl> The program is under fire like never before, but the White House continues to champion it, and C.I.A. officers who built the program more than a decade ago — some of whom also led the C.I.A. detention program that used torture in secret prisons — have ascended to the agency’s powerful senior ranks. Although lawmakers insist that there is great accountability to the program, interviews with administration and congressional officials show that Congress holds the program to less careful scrutiny than many members assert. Top C.I.A. officials, who learned the importance of cultivating Congress after the resistance they ran into on the detention program, have dug in to protect the agency’s drone operations, frustrating a pledge by Mr. Obama two years ago to overhaul the program and pull it from the shadows.

That unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are embedded in American warfare and unlikely to change significantly despite President Obama’s announcement on Thursday that a drone strike accidentally killed <hl> two <hl> innocent hostages, an American and an Italian. The program is under fire like never before, but the White House continues to champion it, and C.I.A. officers who built the program more than a decade ago — some of whom also led the C.I.A. detention program that used torture in secret prisons — have ascended to the agency’s powerful senior ranks. Although lawmakers insist that there is great accountability to the program, interviews with administration and congressional officials show that Congress holds the program to less careful scrutiny than many members assert. Top C.I.A. officials, who learned the importance of cultivating Congress after the resistance they ran into on the detention program, have dug in to protect the agency’s drone operations, frustrating a pledge by Mr. Obama two years ago to overhaul the program and pull it from the shadows.


Question: What has Iran been allowed to keep a large amount of?

Answer: centrifuges

<hl> Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed. <hl> Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of <hl> centrifuges <hl> still allowed. Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless. ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck. With friends like that, who needs enemies?


Question: What happened to the Boko Haram fighters who attacked Bosso?

Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict. An army officer in Niger said the fighters were pushed back after at least three hours of combat. Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed. Other Niger government officials could not be reached on Friday afternoon, and phone lines to Bosso, on Niger’s eastern edge, were not working.

Answer: all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed

Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict. An army officer in Niger said the fighters were pushed back after at least three hours of combat. <hl> Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed . <hl> Other Niger government officials could not be reached on Friday afternoon, and phone lines to Bosso, on Niger’s eastern edge, were not working.

Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict. An army officer in Niger said the fighters were pushed back after at least three hours of combat. Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said <hl> all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed <hl>. Other Niger government officials could not be reached on Friday afternoon, and phone lines to Bosso, on Niger’s eastern edge, were not working.

Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said <hl> all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed <hl> .


Question: On what day did Obama speak to a crowd in Idaho?

Consider Idaho, arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands. After much bluster and protest, Idaho politicians caved and set up a state health care exchange under Obamacare. To the surprise of the experts, Idahoans have embraced the private coverage available under the Affordable Care Act — “one of the most successful enrollments of any state,” as Kaiser Health News reported. Obama was in Boise on Wednesday, speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour. “Now there are 10 black people in Idaho,” was one of the tweets from Boise. The president was fully energized, jocular, primed for a strong finish. A handful of protesters held up the usual hate posters, one comparing him to Hitler. But it did not escape notice that his motorcade passed a Shell station selling regular gasoline for $1.77 a gallon.

Answer: Wednesday

Consider Idaho, arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands. After much bluster and protest, Idaho politicians caved and set up a state health care exchange under Obamacare. To the surprise of the experts, Idahoans have embraced the private coverage available under the Affordable Care Act — “one of the most successful enrollments of any state,” as Kaiser Health News reported. <hl> Obama was in Boise on Wednesday , speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour. <hl> “Now there are 10 black people in Idaho,” was one of the tweets from Boise. The president was fully energized, jocular, primed for a strong finish. A handful of protesters held up the usual hate posters, one comparing him to Hitler. But it did not escape notice that his motorcade passed a Shell station selling regular gasoline for $1.77 a gallon.

Consider Idaho, arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands. After much bluster and protest, Idaho politicians caved and set up a state health care exchange under Obamacare. To the surprise of the experts, Idahoans have embraced the private coverage available under the Affordable Care Act — “one of the most successful enrollments of any state,” as Kaiser Health News reported. Obama was in Boise on <hl> Wednesday <hl>, speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour. “Now there are 10 black people in Idaho,” was one of the tweets from Boise. The president was fully energized, jocular, primed for a strong finish. A handful of protesters held up the usual hate posters, one comparing him to Hitler. But it did not escape notice that his motorcade passed a Shell station selling regular gasoline for $1.77 a gallon.

Obama was in Boise on <hl> Wednesday <hl> , speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour.


Question: What event will start as the museum open?

The museum will open early, at 9:30, with a daylong pi scavenger hunt. (It closes at 5 p.m.) “The idea is to find places where aspects of pi come up in the exhibits,” said Glen Whitney, co-founder of the museum and president of its board. Children can also do pi puzzles there and play a circular version of tick-tack-toe involving four concentric loops divided into wedges. Visitors can explore pi further by filling the spaces on a circular grid with candy, and feeding a chosen set of digits (a birthday, a phone number) into a computer and learning where that sequence appears in pi.

Answer: pi scavenger hunt

<hl> The museum will open early, at 9:30, with a daylong pi scavenger hunt . <hl> (It closes at 5 p.m.) “The idea is to find places where aspects of pi come up in the exhibits,” said Glen Whitney, co-founder of the museum and president of its board. Children can also do pi puzzles there and play a circular version of tick-tack-toe involving four concentric loops divided into wedges. Visitors can explore pi further by filling the spaces on a circular grid with candy, and feeding a chosen set of digits (a birthday, a phone number) into a computer and learning where that sequence appears in pi.

The museum will open early, at 9:30, with a daylong <hl> pi scavenger hunt <hl>. (It closes at 5 p.m.) “The idea is to find places where aspects of pi come up in the exhibits,” said Glen Whitney, co-founder of the museum and president of its board. Children can also do pi puzzles there and play a circular version of tick-tack-toe involving four concentric loops divided into wedges. Visitors can explore pi further by filling the spaces on a circular grid with candy, and feeding a chosen set of digits (a birthday, a phone number) into a computer and learning where that sequence appears in pi.

The museum will open early, at 9:30, with a daylong <hl> pi scavenger hunt <hl> .


Question: Who is the director of Human Rights Watch?

As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin. Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.

Answer: Sophie Richardson

As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin. <hl> Sophie Richardson , the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent. <hl>

As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin. <hl> Sophie Richardson <hl>, the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.

<hl> Sophie Richardson <hl> , the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.


Question: Who was assaulted?

Mr. Arlia argues that someone else made that hole and that the detective, who maintains he had no idea who was actually in the Range Rover, assumed it had been broken by a projectile from inside the car. “He actually thought it was an attack from within and he reacted,” Mr. Arlia argued. “He never had any purposeful intent to cause harm.” Mr. Steinglass pointed out in his opening that Detective Braszczok never intervened when he saw Mr. Lien assaulted, nor did he call the uniformed police. According to a witness at a pretrial hearing, the detective waited two days before telling the Police Department that he had been involved in the attack, a decision his lawyer attributed to his fear that he would be fired. Three hours after the assault, Mr. Steinglass pointed out, Detective Braszczok sent two texts to colleagues in the Police Department, one saying the biker tour was “mayhem” and another stating “it was fun.”

Answer: Mr. Lien

Mr. Arlia argues that someone else made that hole and that the detective, who maintains he had no idea who was actually in the Range Rover, assumed it had been broken by a projectile from inside the car. “He actually thought it was an attack from within and he reacted,” Mr. Arlia argued. “He never had any purposeful intent to cause harm.” <hl> Mr. Steinglass pointed out in his opening that Detective Braszczok never intervened when he saw Mr. Lien assaulted, nor did he call the uniformed police. <hl> According to a witness at a pretrial hearing, the detective waited two days before telling the Police Department that he had been involved in the attack, a decision his lawyer attributed to his fear that he would be fired. Three hours after the assault, Mr. Steinglass pointed out, Detective Braszczok sent two texts to colleagues in the Police Department, one saying the biker tour was “mayhem” and another stating “it was fun.”

Mr. Arlia argues that someone else made that hole and that the detective, who maintains he had no idea who was actually in the Range Rover, assumed it had been broken by a projectile from inside the car. “He actually thought it was an attack from within and he reacted,” Mr. Arlia argued. “He never had any purposeful intent to cause harm.” Mr. Steinglass pointed out in his opening that Detective Braszczok never intervened when he saw <hl> Mr. Lien <hl> assaulted, nor did he call the uniformed police. According to a witness at a pretrial hearing, the detective waited two days before telling the Police Department that he had been involved in the attack, a decision his lawyer attributed to his fear that he would be fired. Three hours after the assault, Mr. Steinglass pointed out, Detective Braszczok sent two texts to colleagues in the Police Department, one saying the biker tour was “mayhem” and another stating “it was fun.”


Question: Where was he living in the 1990's?

MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE, composer: I just studied conducting with Boulez, but it had an enormous influence on my writing. In the beginning it wasn’t clear, but progressively in the 1990s, I started to understand what he was teaching me. Around ’95 and ’96, I was writing my concerto for violin and I was living in Rome, so I had less contact with Pierre. The less contact I had, the more I realized his influence. If you know his piece “Mémoriale,” it revolves around this E-flat and you don’t know if it’s a tonality or a gravity center. This idea also became for me very strong. It was a sort of post-atonal moment.

Answer: Rome

MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE, composer: I just studied conducting with Boulez, but it had an enormous influence on my writing. In the beginning it wasn’t clear, but progressively in the 1990s, I started to understand what he was teaching me. <hl> Around ’95 and ’96, I was writing my concerto for violin and I was living in Rome , so I had less contact with Pierre. <hl> The less contact I had, the more I realized his influence. If you know his piece “Mémoriale,” it revolves around this E-flat and you don’t know if it’s a tonality or a gravity center. This idea also became for me very strong. It was a sort of post-atonal moment.

MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE, composer: I just studied conducting with Boulez, but it had an enormous influence on my writing. In the beginning it wasn’t clear, but progressively in the 1990s, I started to understand what he was teaching me. Around ’95 and ’96, I was writing my concerto for violin and I was living in <hl> Rome <hl>, so I had less contact with Pierre. The less contact I had, the more I realized his influence. If you know his piece “Mémoriale,” it revolves around this E-flat and you don’t know if it’s a tonality or a gravity center. This idea also became for me very strong. It was a sort of post-atonal moment.

Around ’95 and ’96, I was writing my concerto for violin and I was living in <hl> Rome <hl> , so I had less contact with Pierre.


Question: What is the Tri-State Transportation Campaign?

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

Answer: an advocacy organization

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

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

Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, <hl> an advocacy organization <hl> , said Mr. Fox had been a “strong advocate” for the state’s transportation system, but had been unable to motivate the state to act with any urgency.