Question: What country were both the Traffickers living in?

Nine of the Turkish citizens arrested in Shanghai had come to China to hand over their passports to traffickers who were trying to smuggle out the Uighurs, Global Times reported, adding that the Turks were paid $2,000 a passport. Each of the Uighurs had paid the traffickers 60,000 renminbi, or about $9,700, for a passport, according to the report. It said the Uighurs were trying to leave China on flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The report identified the main two traffickers as Lamazan, a Turkish citizen, and Dawuti, a Chinese citizen living in Turkey. Dawuti is a Mandarin Chinese transliteration of a Uighur name. The report said Dawuti was a native of Kashgar, a Silk Road oasis city in the Uighur heartland near the border with Pakistan. The two men had a Turkish citizen, identified as Kaluke, alter the passports, the report said.

Answer: Turkey

Nine of the Turkish citizens arrested in Shanghai had come to China to hand over their passports to traffickers who were trying to smuggle out the Uighurs, Global Times reported, adding that the Turks were paid $2,000 a passport. Each of the Uighurs had paid the traffickers 60,000 renminbi, or about $9,700, for a passport, according to the report. It said the Uighurs were trying to leave China on flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. <hl> The report identified the main two traffickers as Lamazan, a Turkish citizen, and Dawuti, a Chinese citizen living in Turkey . <hl> Dawuti is a Mandarin Chinese transliteration of a Uighur name. The report said Dawuti was a native of Kashgar, a Silk Road oasis city in the Uighur heartland near the border with Pakistan. The two men had a Turkish citizen, identified as Kaluke, alter the passports, the report said.

Nine of the Turkish citizens arrested in Shanghai had come to China to hand over their passports to traffickers who were trying to smuggle out the Uighurs, Global Times reported, adding that the Turks were paid $2,000 a passport. Each of the Uighurs had paid the traffickers 60,000 renminbi, or about $9,700, for a passport, according to the report. It said the Uighurs were trying to leave China on flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The report identified the main two traffickers as Lamazan, a Turkish citizen, and Dawuti, a Chinese citizen living in <hl> Turkey <hl>. Dawuti is a Mandarin Chinese transliteration of a Uighur name. The report said Dawuti was a native of Kashgar, a Silk Road oasis city in the Uighur heartland near the border with Pakistan. The two men had a Turkish citizen, identified as Kaluke, alter the passports, the report said.

The report identified the main two traffickers as Lamazan, a Turkish citizen, and Dawuti, a Chinese citizen living in <hl> Turkey <hl> .


Question: What had Mr. Putin full attention?

“There is no doubt that he is a very bright and talented man,” the Russian leader said. “It is not our business to assess his merits; that is up to the U.S. voters. But he is an absolute leader of the presidential race.” In Russian, the word for “bright” has several meanings, including outstanding, brilliant and even gaudy. Beneath the pyrotechnics, Mr. Putin seemed most concerned with driving home the point to his domestic audience that Russia’s battered economy had bottomed out, an indication that Russia’s recession had his full attention. Peppered with dozens of questions, Mr. Putin lingered, as he did at last year’s session, on those that allowed him to reassure Russians that their living standards were not imperiled.

Answer: Russia’s recession

“There is no doubt that he is a very bright and talented man,” the Russian leader said. “It is not our business to assess his merits; that is up to the U.S. voters. But he is an absolute leader of the presidential race.” In Russian, the word for “bright” has several meanings, including outstanding, brilliant and even gaudy. <hl> Beneath the pyrotechnics, Mr. Putin seemed most concerned with driving home the point to his domestic audience that Russia’s battered economy had bottomed out, an indication that Russia’s recession had his full attention. <hl> Peppered with dozens of questions, Mr. Putin lingered, as he did at last year’s session, on those that allowed him to reassure Russians that their living standards were not imperiled.

“There is no doubt that he is a very bright and talented man,” the Russian leader said. “It is not our business to assess his merits; that is up to the U.S. voters. But he is an absolute leader of the presidential race.” In Russian, the word for “bright” has several meanings, including outstanding, brilliant and even gaudy. Beneath the pyrotechnics, Mr. Putin seemed most concerned with driving home the point to his domestic audience that Russia’s battered economy had bottomed out, an indication that <hl> Russia’s recession <hl> had his full attention. Peppered with dozens of questions, Mr. Putin lingered, as he did at last year’s session, on those that allowed him to reassure Russians that their living standards were not imperiled.


Question: What player has been out of the lineup since May 20th?

Ellsbury has been out since May 20 with a sprained knee, and Gardner has shifted over to replace him in center field and at the top of the batting order. Besides Gardner, who is batting .296 with 61 runs and 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts, the other candidates are Detroit outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas, Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier. Fans can vote until Friday. “I’m more of a low-key guy,” Gardner said. “I know the team is going to do their part and hopefully some of my teammates step up. I know they’re going to try and get me some votes. I’m just going to focus on getting my work in and helping us win games and see how it turns out on Friday.”

Answer: Ellsbury

<hl> Ellsbury has been out since May 20 with a sprained knee, and Gardner has shifted over to replace him in center field and at the top of the batting order. <hl> Besides Gardner, who is batting .296 with 61 runs and 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts, the other candidates are Detroit outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas, Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier. Fans can vote until Friday. “I’m more of a low-key guy,” Gardner said. “I know the team is going to do their part and hopefully some of my teammates step up. I know they’re going to try and get me some votes. I’m just going to focus on getting my work in and helping us win games and see how it turns out on Friday.”

<hl> Ellsbury <hl> has been out since May 20 with a sprained knee, and Gardner has shifted over to replace him in center field and at the top of the batting order. Besides Gardner, who is batting .296 with 61 runs and 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts, the other candidates are Detroit outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas, Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier. Fans can vote until Friday. “I’m more of a low-key guy,” Gardner said. “I know the team is going to do their part and hopefully some of my teammates step up. I know they’re going to try and get me some votes. I’m just going to focus on getting my work in and helping us win games and see how it turns out on Friday.”


Question: What person was often miserable?

The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, Eleanor. Besotted throughout her time with him, she was yet often miserable. Aveling was selfish, nasty, petty, and three times out of five not there when she needed him; a hypochondriac of some dimension, he was forever going off to take “the cure” somewhere (really to rendezvous with other women), leaving Eleanor alone for weeks on end. As the years went on, the discrepancy between a crowded public life and a lonely personal one weighed ever more heavily on her.

Answer: Eleanor

<hl> The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, Eleanor . <hl> Besotted throughout her time with him, she was yet often miserable. Aveling was selfish, nasty, petty, and three times out of five not there when she needed him; a hypochondriac of some dimension, he was forever going off to take “the cure” somewhere (really to rendezvous with other women), leaving Eleanor alone for weeks on end. As the years went on, the discrepancy between a crowded public life and a lonely personal one weighed ever more heavily on her.

The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, <hl> Eleanor <hl>. Besotted throughout her time with him, she was yet often miserable. Aveling was selfish, nasty, petty, and three times out of five not there when she needed him; a hypochondriac of some dimension, he was forever going off to take “the cure” somewhere (really to rendezvous with other women), leaving Eleanor alone for weeks on end. As the years went on, the discrepancy between a crowded public life and a lonely personal one weighed ever more heavily on her.

The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, <hl> Eleanor <hl> .


Question: Before the 401(k) and IRAs, who took on the risk of saving for an employees retirement?

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

Answer: Employers

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

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


Question: Which actress plays an analyst on her first undercover operation?

BUDAPEST —  Melissa McCarthy was standing in an ersatz C.I.A. office here, on a soundstage a few miles outside the city. With a curly wig and a fake case of pink eye, she was shooting a scene opposite Jude Law for their new movie, “Spy,” as the director and screenwriter, Paul Feig, looked on. Mr. Feig, lanky and preternaturally dapper in his customary bespoke three-piece suit, pocket square and flower lapel pin, traversed the set with an ornate walking stick. Mr. Law, playing a James Bond-esque agent, was similarly kitted out in sleek designer garb. The costume for Ms. McCarthy, as an analyst in the field for her first undercover operation, included a lot of beige; a brown crocheted vest, a ruffled denim skirt, athletic sandals. The wig, she said, is “not human hair,” maybe “recycled water bottles.” As a few producers watched and Mr. Feig adjusted the blocking, the actors filmed a scene in which Mr. Law’s character jokes about running away together and Ms. McCarthy, as his besotted colleague, takes him seriously.

Answer: Melissa McCarthy

<hl> BUDAPEST — Melissa McCarthy was standing in an ersatz C.I.A. office here, on a soundstage a few miles outside the city. <hl> With a curly wig and a fake case of pink eye, she was shooting a scene opposite Jude Law for their new movie, “Spy,” as the director and screenwriter, Paul Feig, looked on. Mr. Feig, lanky and preternaturally dapper in his customary bespoke three-piece suit, pocket square and flower lapel pin, traversed the set with an ornate walking stick. Mr. Law, playing a James Bond-esque agent, was similarly kitted out in sleek designer garb. The costume for Ms. McCarthy, as an analyst in the field for her first undercover operation, included a lot of beige; a brown crocheted vest, a ruffled denim skirt, athletic sandals. The wig, she said, is “not human hair,” maybe “recycled water bottles.” As a few producers watched and Mr. Feig adjusted the blocking, the actors filmed a scene in which Mr. Law’s character jokes about running away together and Ms. McCarthy, as his besotted colleague, takes him seriously.

BUDAPEST — <hl> Melissa McCarthy <hl> was standing in an ersatz C.I.A. office here, on a soundstage a few miles outside the city. With a curly wig and a fake case of pink eye, she was shooting a scene opposite Jude Law for their new movie, “Spy,” as the director and screenwriter, Paul Feig, looked on. Mr. Feig, lanky and preternaturally dapper in his customary bespoke three-piece suit, pocket square and flower lapel pin, traversed the set with an ornate walking stick. Mr. Law, playing a James Bond-esque agent, was similarly kitted out in sleek designer garb. The costume for Ms. McCarthy, as an analyst in the field for her first undercover operation, included a lot of beige; a brown crocheted vest, a ruffled denim skirt, athletic sandals. The wig, she said, is “not human hair,” maybe “recycled water bottles.” As a few producers watched and Mr. Feig adjusted the blocking, the actors filmed a scene in which Mr. Law’s character jokes about running away together and Ms. McCarthy, as his besotted colleague, takes him seriously.


Question: What did Gus Wenner say was key to doing anything right?

“I think first of all that making mistakes is key to doing anything right,” Gus Wenner said in response. Bringing on great people, he said, is paramount. “Given my youth or inexperience, that is probably more important than it would be otherwise.” Those he seeks advice from, he said, include Tom Freston, the former chief executive of Viacom who many credit with helping make Vice into a rising media powerhouse. Gus Wenner has been hiring coders and designers, working on Wenner Media’s digital infrastructure, seeking out partnerships and pushing more deeply into video. (One of the videos on the site features Mr. Wenner, in 2013, playing guitar and singing in a band he formed with Scout Willis, a daughter of the actor Bruce Willis.) He feels his father’s focus is easily adaptable to a more current vision. “Our mission is to tell great stories, and the lens of what we do just becomes much broader,” he said.

Answer: making mistakes

<hl> “I think first of all that making mistakes is key to doing anything right,” Gus Wenner said in response. <hl> Bringing on great people, he said, is paramount. “Given my youth or inexperience, that is probably more important than it would be otherwise.” Those he seeks advice from, he said, include Tom Freston, the former chief executive of Viacom who many credit with helping make Vice into a rising media powerhouse. Gus Wenner has been hiring coders and designers, working on Wenner Media’s digital infrastructure, seeking out partnerships and pushing more deeply into video. (One of the videos on the site features Mr. Wenner, in 2013, playing guitar and singing in a band he formed with Scout Willis, a daughter of the actor Bruce Willis.) He feels his father’s focus is easily adaptable to a more current vision. “Our mission is to tell great stories, and the lens of what we do just becomes much broader,” he said.

“I think first of all that <hl> making mistakes <hl> is key to doing anything right,” Gus Wenner said in response. Bringing on great people, he said, is paramount. “Given my youth or inexperience, that is probably more important than it would be otherwise.” Those he seeks advice from, he said, include Tom Freston, the former chief executive of Viacom who many credit with helping make Vice into a rising media powerhouse. Gus Wenner has been hiring coders and designers, working on Wenner Media’s digital infrastructure, seeking out partnerships and pushing more deeply into video. (One of the videos on the site features Mr. Wenner, in 2013, playing guitar and singing in a band he formed with Scout Willis, a daughter of the actor Bruce Willis.) He feels his father’s focus is easily adaptable to a more current vision. “Our mission is to tell great stories, and the lens of what we do just becomes much broader,” he said.


Question: what percent of goods travel through Ukraine

Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about 5 percent of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine. “The trade blockade of Crimea begun by Ukrainian activists with the support of a number of Kiev politicians will not affect food supplies in the region,” he told the Russian state-run Rossiya 24 satellite television channel. “Crimea will not notice this.” Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait, but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year. Russian television focused much of its attention on the fact that roadblocks were being manned with the help of members of Right Sector, a Ukrainian nationalist organization banned in Russia, where the news media frequently portray it as neo-fascist.

Answer: 5 percent

<hl> Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about 5 percent of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine. <hl> “The trade blockade of Crimea begun by Ukrainian activists with the support of a number of Kiev politicians will not affect food supplies in the region,” he told the Russian state-run Rossiya 24 satellite television channel. “Crimea will not notice this.” Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait, but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year. Russian television focused much of its attention on the fact that roadblocks were being manned with the help of members of Right Sector, a Ukrainian nationalist organization banned in Russia, where the news media frequently portray it as neo-fascist.

Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about <hl> 5 percent <hl> of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine. “The trade blockade of Crimea begun by Ukrainian activists with the support of a number of Kiev politicians will not affect food supplies in the region,” he told the Russian state-run Rossiya 24 satellite television channel. “Crimea will not notice this.” Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait, but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year. Russian television focused much of its attention on the fact that roadblocks were being manned with the help of members of Right Sector, a Ukrainian nationalist organization banned in Russia, where the news media frequently portray it as neo-fascist.


Question: Which prison location has the leadership been removed?

Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in Dannemora, has been removed. More than 60 inmates have filed complaints with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, an organization that assists indigent prisoners. And 10 members of an inmate council at Clinton signed a letter last month to state corrections officials making similar allegations. “We have been daily getting complaints along these lines from around the state,” said Michael Cassidy, a lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services.

Answer: Dannemora

<hl> Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in Dannemora , has been removed. <hl> More than 60 inmates have filed complaints with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, an organization that assists indigent prisoners. And 10 members of an inmate council at Clinton signed a letter last month to state corrections officials making similar allegations. “We have been daily getting complaints along these lines from around the state,” said Michael Cassidy, a lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services.

Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in <hl> Dannemora <hl>, has been removed. More than 60 inmates have filed complaints with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, an organization that assists indigent prisoners. And 10 members of an inmate council at Clinton signed a letter last month to state corrections officials making similar allegations. “We have been daily getting complaints along these lines from around the state,” said Michael Cassidy, a lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services.

Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in <hl> Dannemora <hl> , has been removed.


Question: What are modern efforts to reform Davis's legacy?

Barnum surely would have admired the puffing necessary to transform an archtraitor into an American hero. The commanding poses struck by Davis in statues across the country are anxious correctives to depictions that troubled his followers long after the war’s end. Recent debates over relics of the Confederacy — in South Carolina, the United States Capitol, and elsewhere — only underscore how successful 150 years of revisionism can be. If Jefferson Davis manages to survive current efforts to remove him from several of his pedestals, his old antagonist would likely know why. “The American people,” Barnum famously said, “like to be fooled.”

Answer: current efforts to remove him from several of his pedestals

Barnum surely would have admired the puffing necessary to transform an archtraitor into an American hero. The commanding poses struck by Davis in statues across the country are anxious correctives to depictions that troubled his followers long after the war’s end. Recent debates over relics of the Confederacy — in South Carolina, the United States Capitol, and elsewhere — only underscore how successful 150 years of revisionism can be. <hl> If Jefferson Davis manages to survive current efforts to remove him from several of his pedestals , his old antagonist would likely know why. <hl> “The American people,” Barnum famously said, “like to be fooled.”

Barnum surely would have admired the puffing necessary to transform an archtraitor into an American hero. The commanding poses struck by Davis in statues across the country are anxious correctives to depictions that troubled his followers long after the war’s end. Recent debates over relics of the Confederacy — in South Carolina, the United States Capitol, and elsewhere — only underscore how successful 150 years of revisionism can be. If Jefferson Davis manages to survive <hl> current efforts to remove him from several of his pedestals <hl>, his old antagonist would likely know why. “The American people,” Barnum famously said, “like to be fooled.”

If Jefferson Davis manages to survive <hl> current efforts to remove him from several of his pedestals <hl> , his old antagonist would likely know why.


Question: What did Mr. Brezner say Mr. Williams comedic energy rebound through?

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Answer: the room

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. <hl> “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room ,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. <hl> “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through <hl> the room <hl>,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

“He had comedic energy that rebounded through <hl> the room <hl> ,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985.


Question: Contact with who was stated to have brought about the plague?

The Pilgrims and their fellow travelers weren’t terrorists, of course (despite an instance of putting the severed head of a perceived enemy on a pole), but they and those who followed certainly did effect a cultural conquest. Some versions of their story play that down, partly because a plague resulting from earlier contact with Westerners brought widespread death to coastal Indians in the Northeast just before the Mayflower arrived. God, it seemed to some, killed off the Indians to make way for the whites, a view this program corrects.

Answer: Westerners

The Pilgrims and their fellow travelers weren’t terrorists, of course (despite an instance of putting the severed head of a perceived enemy on a pole), but they and those who followed certainly did effect a cultural conquest. <hl> Some versions of their story play that down, partly because a plague resulting from earlier contact with Westerners brought widespread death to coastal Indians in the Northeast just before the Mayflower arrived. <hl> God, it seemed to some, killed off the Indians to make way for the whites, a view this program corrects.

The Pilgrims and their fellow travelers weren’t terrorists, of course (despite an instance of putting the severed head of a perceived enemy on a pole), but they and those who followed certainly did effect a cultural conquest. Some versions of their story play that down, partly because a plague resulting from earlier contact with <hl> Westerners <hl> brought widespread death to coastal Indians in the Northeast just before the Mayflower arrived. God, it seemed to some, killed off the Indians to make way for the whites, a view this program corrects.


Question: What eliminated the five year minimum sentence for first time possession crack charges?

A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing crack with a prior criminal record. The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and health exams at the Wellmobile, a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland. Applying for food stamps meant his first attempt at a technology forbidden in prison: the Internet. “I feel like a 5-year-old trying to learn this stuff,” he said, poking hesitantly at a keyboard.

Answer: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners. <hl> The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing crack with a prior criminal record. <hl> The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and health exams at the Wellmobile, a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland. Applying for food stamps meant his first attempt at a technology forbidden in prison: the Internet. “I feel like a 5-year-old trying to learn this stuff,” he said, poking hesitantly at a keyboard.

A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners. The <hl> Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 <hl> eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing crack with a prior criminal record. The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and health exams at the Wellmobile, a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland. Applying for food stamps meant his first attempt at a technology forbidden in prison: the Internet. “I feel like a 5-year-old trying to learn this stuff,” he said, poking hesitantly at a keyboard.


Question: Who was the self-proclaimed "bad boy" of American politics?

Ron Kaufman, who served in the first President Bush’s administration and is a longtime friend of the family, said Jeb Bush in particular was more of a serious-minded policy aficionado than a political fighter. “He’d much rather talk policy, and he’s just not a guy who’s ever been one who likes to be on the attack,” Mr. Kaufman said. In addition to his ill-fated assault on Mr. Rubio, Mr. Bush failed to fully deliver a debate salvo against Donald J. Trump that his campaign had similarly ordered up. Standing onstage in Simi Valley, Calif., Mr. Bush called on Mr. Trump to apologize for inserting Mr. Bush’s wife, Columba, who was born in Mexico, in the immigration debate. Mr. Trump called her “a lovely woman,” but refused to apologize. Nonetheless, the Bushes — a clan as competitive as it is genteel — have also proved willing to go negative when necessary, if not directly then at least by letting those in their orbit play rough. Mr. Bush’s father relied on Lee Atwater, who in a memoir nicknamed himself the “bad boy” of American politics, and his brother often delegated his unsavory tasks to Karl Rove.

Answer: Lee Atwater

Ron Kaufman, who served in the first President Bush’s administration and is a longtime friend of the family, said Jeb Bush in particular was more of a serious-minded policy aficionado than a political fighter. “He’d much rather talk policy, and he’s just not a guy who’s ever been one who likes to be on the attack,” Mr. Kaufman said. In addition to his ill-fated assault on Mr. Rubio, Mr. Bush failed to fully deliver a debate salvo against Donald J. Trump that his campaign had similarly ordered up. Standing onstage in Simi Valley, Calif., Mr. Bush called on Mr. Trump to apologize for inserting Mr. Bush’s wife, Columba, who was born in Mexico, in the immigration debate. Mr. Trump called her “a lovely woman,” but refused to apologize. Nonetheless, the Bushes — a clan as competitive as it is genteel — have also proved willing to go negative when necessary, if not directly then at least by letting those in their orbit play rough. <hl> Mr. Bush’s father relied on Lee Atwater , who in a memoir nicknamed himself the “bad boy” of American politics, and his brother often delegated his unsavory tasks to Karl Rove. <hl>

Ron Kaufman, who served in the first President Bush’s administration and is a longtime friend of the family, said Jeb Bush in particular was more of a serious-minded policy aficionado than a political fighter. “He’d much rather talk policy, and he’s just not a guy who’s ever been one who likes to be on the attack,” Mr. Kaufman said. In addition to his ill-fated assault on Mr. Rubio, Mr. Bush failed to fully deliver a debate salvo against Donald J. Trump that his campaign had similarly ordered up. Standing onstage in Simi Valley, Calif., Mr. Bush called on Mr. Trump to apologize for inserting Mr. Bush’s wife, Columba, who was born in Mexico, in the immigration debate. Mr. Trump called her “a lovely woman,” but refused to apologize. Nonetheless, the Bushes — a clan as competitive as it is genteel — have also proved willing to go negative when necessary, if not directly then at least by letting those in their orbit play rough. Mr. Bush’s father relied on <hl> Lee Atwater <hl>, who in a memoir nicknamed himself the “bad boy” of American politics, and his brother often delegated his unsavory tasks to Karl Rove.

Mr. Bush’s father relied on <hl> Lee Atwater <hl> , who in a memoir nicknamed himself the “bad boy” of American politics, and his brother often delegated his unsavory tasks to Karl Rove.


Question: Who suffered a career-ending concussion in November of 2013?

Paige Decker sustained a career-ending concussion in November 2013 when she was playing for Yale and was blindsided by a check that sent her head crashing to the ice. Decker has visited more than 40 physicians throughout North America, searching to alleviate the daily pains that saturate her nerves and muscles. She often leaves only with misdiagnoses and thousands of dollars in bills that her insurance does not cover. She compared her constant headaches to barbed wire constricting her brain. Decker, 23, left a consulting job in Boston a year ago because of her health. She is largely confined to her parents’ house in Connecticut.

Answer: Paige Decker

<hl> Paige Decker sustained a career-ending concussion in November 2013 when she was playing for Yale and was blindsided by a check that sent her head crashing to the ice. <hl> Decker has visited more than 40 physicians throughout North America, searching to alleviate the daily pains that saturate her nerves and muscles. She often leaves only with misdiagnoses and thousands of dollars in bills that her insurance does not cover. She compared her constant headaches to barbed wire constricting her brain. Decker, 23, left a consulting job in Boston a year ago because of her health. She is largely confined to her parents’ house in Connecticut.

<hl> Paige Decker <hl> sustained a career-ending concussion in November 2013 when she was playing for Yale and was blindsided by a check that sent her head crashing to the ice. Decker has visited more than 40 physicians throughout North America, searching to alleviate the daily pains that saturate her nerves and muscles. She often leaves only with misdiagnoses and thousands of dollars in bills that her insurance does not cover. She compared her constant headaches to barbed wire constricting her brain. Decker, 23, left a consulting job in Boston a year ago because of her health. She is largely confined to her parents’ house in Connecticut.


Question: What do murder mysteries have?

Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens. Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008, has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country. It is especially popular among women, ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.

Answer: a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong

<hl> Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens. <hl> Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008, has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country. It is especially popular among women, ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.

Filled with <hl> a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong <hl> murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens. Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008, has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country. It is especially popular among women, ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.


Question: How many opponents did Mr. Corbyn defeat on Saturday?

His success underlines the extent to which European political structures have been destabilized by the aftershocks of the financial crisis in 2008, with voters increasingly attracted away from the political center ground, either to the socialist left or the nationalist right. However, Mr. Corbyn’s program, which includes nationalizing energy and rail companies, has shallow support among fellow Labour lawmakers, a fact that suggests he may struggle to unite his party. Several senior party figures, including Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, have already announced that they will not be serving on Mr. Corbyn’s team, though another, Hilary Benn, promised to support him. On Saturday there were jubilant scenes after the release of results showing that Mr. Corbyn had won almost 60 percent of the vote, crushing his three opponents, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall. “We don’t have to be unequal, it doesn’t have to be unfair, poverty isn’t inevitable,” Mr. Corbyn told a cheering audience in a short acceptance speech.

Answer: three

His success underlines the extent to which European political structures have been destabilized by the aftershocks of the financial crisis in 2008, with voters increasingly attracted away from the political center ground, either to the socialist left or the nationalist right. However, Mr. Corbyn’s program, which includes nationalizing energy and rail companies, has shallow support among fellow Labour lawmakers, a fact that suggests he may struggle to unite his party. Several senior party figures, including Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, have already announced that they will not be serving on Mr. Corbyn’s team, though another, Hilary Benn, promised to support him. <hl> On Saturday there were jubilant scenes after the release of results showing that Mr. Corbyn had won almost 60 percent of the vote, crushing his three opponents, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall. <hl> “We don’t have to be unequal, it doesn’t have to be unfair, poverty isn’t inevitable,” Mr. Corbyn told a cheering audience in a short acceptance speech.

His success underlines the extent to which European political structures have been destabilized by the aftershocks of the financial crisis in 2008, with voters increasingly attracted away from the political center ground, either to the socialist left or the nationalist right. However, Mr. Corbyn’s program, which includes nationalizing energy and rail companies, has shallow support among fellow Labour lawmakers, a fact that suggests he may struggle to unite his party. Several senior party figures, including Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, have already announced that they will not be serving on Mr. Corbyn’s team, though another, Hilary Benn, promised to support him. On Saturday there were jubilant scenes after the release of results showing that Mr. Corbyn had won almost 60 percent of the vote, crushing his <hl> three <hl> opponents, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall. “We don’t have to be unequal, it doesn’t have to be unfair, poverty isn’t inevitable,” Mr. Corbyn told a cheering audience in a short acceptance speech.


Question: Whta is the banner of the opposition in Venezuela?

CARACAS, Venezuela —  Now comes the hard part. The political opposition here rode discontent over a failing economy to an overwhelming majority in legislative elections on Sunday, but after years of sniping from the sidelines, members have to get down to the difficult task of delivering on promises to fix the country’s many ills. The opposition, under the banner of the Democratic Unity coalition, won 112 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, which will be sworn in Jan. 5, according to electoral authorities. The government’s United Socialist Party will now have 55 seats.

Answer: Democratic Unity coalition

CARACAS, Venezuela — Now comes the hard part. The political opposition here rode discontent over a failing economy to an overwhelming majority in legislative elections on Sunday, but after years of sniping from the sidelines, members have to get down to the difficult task of delivering on promises to fix the country’s many ills. <hl> The opposition, under the banner of the Democratic Unity coalition , won 112 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, which will be sworn in Jan. 5, according to electoral authorities. <hl> The government’s United Socialist Party will now have 55 seats.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Now comes the hard part. The political opposition here rode discontent over a failing economy to an overwhelming majority in legislative elections on Sunday, but after years of sniping from the sidelines, members have to get down to the difficult task of delivering on promises to fix the country’s many ills. The opposition, under the banner of the <hl> Democratic Unity coalition <hl>, won 112 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, which will be sworn in Jan. 5, according to electoral authorities. The government’s United Socialist Party will now have 55 seats.

The opposition, under the banner of the <hl> Democratic Unity coalition <hl> , won 112 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, which will be sworn in Jan. 5, according to electoral authorities.


Question: When was Hamada Ben-Amor arrested?

The exhibition looks at this evolution, and then the vital role that music played in the Arab Spring. On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on Jan. 6. But despite the government’s attempt to make his music disappear, El Général’s song quickly became the anthem of the Arab Spring. Toward the end of “Hip-Hop, From the Bronx to the Arab Street,” visitors get a chance to view an exclusive sampling of art works made by international graffiti artists. The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines Arabic calligraphy and graffiti, finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one. It’s another reminder of hip-hop as a cultural form and its role as a platform for artists to spread political and social messages.

Answer: Jan. 6

The exhibition looks at this evolution, and then the vital role that music played in the Arab Spring. On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. <hl> The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on Jan. 6 . <hl> But despite the government’s attempt to make his music disappear, El Général’s song quickly became the anthem of the Arab Spring. Toward the end of “Hip-Hop, From the Bronx to the Arab Street,” visitors get a chance to view an exclusive sampling of art works made by international graffiti artists. The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines Arabic calligraphy and graffiti, finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one. It’s another reminder of hip-hop as a cultural form and its role as a platform for artists to spread political and social messages.

The exhibition looks at this evolution, and then the vital role that music played in the Arab Spring. On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on <hl> Jan. 6 <hl>. But despite the government’s attempt to make his music disappear, El Général’s song quickly became the anthem of the Arab Spring. Toward the end of “Hip-Hop, From the Bronx to the Arab Street,” visitors get a chance to view an exclusive sampling of art works made by international graffiti artists. The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines Arabic calligraphy and graffiti, finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one. It’s another reminder of hip-hop as a cultural form and its role as a platform for artists to spread political and social messages.

The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on <hl> Jan. 6 <hl> .


Question: Who is the Senator of Texas?

WASHINGTON —  Emerging from an all-night session that was more exhausting than dramatic, Senate Republicans on Friday squeaked through a budget blueprint that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, fundamentally remake federal health care for the poor and elderly, and push the federal deficit toward zero over the next decade. The 52-to-46 vote came at 3:28 a.m. after the Senate considered hundreds of amendments and voted on dozens — many of them politically freighted, some of them contradictory, but none of them binding. No Democrats voted for the budget. Among Republicans, only Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who is likely to seek the White House, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has announced his intention to do so, voted no. Senator Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, the chairman of the Budget Committee, hailed a plan that he said would “protect the nation’s most vulnerable citizens, strengthen national defense and bring robust economic growth.”

Answer: Ted Cruz

WASHINGTON — Emerging from an all-night session that was more exhausting than dramatic, Senate Republicans on Friday squeaked through a budget blueprint that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, fundamentally remake federal health care for the poor and elderly, and push the federal deficit toward zero over the next decade. The 52-to-46 vote came at 3:28 a.m. after the Senate considered hundreds of amendments and voted on dozens — many of them politically freighted, some of them contradictory, but none of them binding. No Democrats voted for the budget. <hl> Among Republicans, only Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who is likely to seek the White House, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has announced his intention to do so, voted no. <hl> Senator Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, the chairman of the Budget Committee, hailed a plan that he said would “protect the nation’s most vulnerable citizens, strengthen national defense and bring robust economic growth.”

WASHINGTON — Emerging from an all-night session that was more exhausting than dramatic, Senate Republicans on Friday squeaked through a budget blueprint that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, fundamentally remake federal health care for the poor and elderly, and push the federal deficit toward zero over the next decade. The 52-to-46 vote came at 3:28 a.m. after the Senate considered hundreds of amendments and voted on dozens — many of them politically freighted, some of them contradictory, but none of them binding. No Democrats voted for the budget. Among Republicans, only Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who is likely to seek the White House, and Senator <hl> Ted Cruz <hl> of Texas, who has announced his intention to do so, voted no. Senator Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, the chairman of the Budget Committee, hailed a plan that he said would “protect the nation’s most vulnerable citizens, strengthen national defense and bring robust economic growth.”


Question: What separated Mr. Kohlberg and his protégés?

Yet Mr. Kohlberg and his protégés grew apart, separated by philosophies over corporate strategy and lifestyle. Where Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts were willing to pursue large-scale, hostile takeovers, Mr. Kohlberg instead chose to focus on smaller deals, always on friendly terms. By the time Mr. Kohlberg retired from the sector altogether in 1994, the leveraged-buyout business — since renamed “private equity” — was on its path to becoming immense, eventually making billionaires of Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, as well as rivals like Stephen A. Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group and David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group. Mr. Kohlberg maintained a less ostentatious life, shunning the high-roller social soirees for tennis, reading and later yoga.

Answer: corporate strategy and lifestyle

<hl> Yet Mr. Kohlberg and his protégés grew apart, separated by philosophies over corporate strategy and lifestyle . <hl> Where Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts were willing to pursue large-scale, hostile takeovers, Mr. Kohlberg instead chose to focus on smaller deals, always on friendly terms. By the time Mr. Kohlberg retired from the sector altogether in 1994, the leveraged-buyout business — since renamed “private equity” — was on its path to becoming immense, eventually making billionaires of Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, as well as rivals like Stephen A. Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group and David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group. Mr. Kohlberg maintained a less ostentatious life, shunning the high-roller social soirees for tennis, reading and later yoga.

Yet Mr. Kohlberg and his protégés grew apart, separated by philosophies over <hl> corporate strategy and lifestyle <hl>. Where Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts were willing to pursue large-scale, hostile takeovers, Mr. Kohlberg instead chose to focus on smaller deals, always on friendly terms. By the time Mr. Kohlberg retired from the sector altogether in 1994, the leveraged-buyout business — since renamed “private equity” — was on its path to becoming immense, eventually making billionaires of Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, as well as rivals like Stephen A. Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group and David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group. Mr. Kohlberg maintained a less ostentatious life, shunning the high-roller social soirees for tennis, reading and later yoga.

Yet Mr. Kohlberg and his protégés grew apart, separated by philosophies over <hl> corporate strategy and lifestyle <hl> .


Question: At this writing, how long has Pixar been in existence?

A cave toddler and his pal, Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, will bring a test for Pixar over the Thanksgiving holiday. For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year: “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide. Dinosaurs are a safe box office bet — just look at “Jurassic World” — and every movie Pixar has ever released has been a blockbuster. But whether “The Good Dinosaur” continues that streak will depend on how audiences (and critics) respond to an expensive reworking of the film. As it grappled with creative troubles, Pixar fired a director, replaced most of the voice cast and repeatedly pushed back the movie’s release date. —Brooks Barnes

Answer: 29-year

A cave toddler and his pal, Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, will bring a test for Pixar over the Thanksgiving holiday. <hl> For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year: “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide. <hl> Dinosaurs are a safe box office bet — just look at “Jurassic World” — and every movie Pixar has ever released has been a blockbuster. But whether “The Good Dinosaur” continues that streak will depend on how audiences (and critics) respond to an expensive reworking of the film. As it grappled with creative troubles, Pixar fired a director, replaced most of the voice cast and repeatedly pushed back the movie’s release date. —Brooks Barnes

A cave toddler and his pal, Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, will bring a test for Pixar over the Thanksgiving holiday. For the first time in its <hl> 29-year <hl> history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year: “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide. Dinosaurs are a safe box office bet — just look at “Jurassic World” — and every movie Pixar has ever released has been a blockbuster. But whether “The Good Dinosaur” continues that streak will depend on how audiences (and critics) respond to an expensive reworking of the film. As it grappled with creative troubles, Pixar fired a director, replaced most of the voice cast and repeatedly pushed back the movie’s release date. —Brooks Barnes


Question: The waitress asked Steve Jobs and his friend what they wanted for what?

A couple of months ago, right after my first son was born, I thought about the lessons I wanted to pass along to him that I had learned a little late in life. Among the morals I scribbled down in my mind one that stood out began with a story involving Steve Jobs and ended with the serving of my mother’s last meal. The Jobs portion of the story occurred on a late-October morning in 2010, when he was sitting with a mutual friend in the restaurant of the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco. The waitress, a shy woman who looked to be in her mid-30s, according to the friend, approached them and asked what they wanted for breakfast. Mr. Jobs said he wanted freshly squeezed orange juice. After a few minutes, the waitress returned with a large glass of juice. Mr. Jobs took a tiny sip and told her tersely that the drink was not freshly squeezed. He sent the beverage back, demanding another.

Answer: breakfast

A couple of months ago, right after my first son was born, I thought about the lessons I wanted to pass along to him that I had learned a little late in life. Among the morals I scribbled down in my mind one that stood out began with a story involving Steve Jobs and ended with the serving of my mother’s last meal. The Jobs portion of the story occurred on a late-October morning in 2010, when he was sitting with a mutual friend in the restaurant of the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco. <hl> The waitress, a shy woman who looked to be in her mid-30s, according to the friend, approached them and asked what they wanted for breakfast . <hl> Mr. Jobs said he wanted freshly squeezed orange juice. After a few minutes, the waitress returned with a large glass of juice. Mr. Jobs took a tiny sip and told her tersely that the drink was not freshly squeezed. He sent the beverage back, demanding another.

A couple of months ago, right after my first son was born, I thought about the lessons I wanted to pass along to him that I had learned a little late in life. Among the morals I scribbled down in my mind one that stood out began with a story involving Steve Jobs and ended with the serving of my mother’s last meal. The Jobs portion of the story occurred on a late-October morning in 2010, when he was sitting with a mutual friend in the restaurant of the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco. The waitress, a shy woman who looked to be in her mid-30s, according to the friend, approached them and asked what they wanted for <hl> breakfast <hl>. Mr. Jobs said he wanted freshly squeezed orange juice. After a few minutes, the waitress returned with a large glass of juice. Mr. Jobs took a tiny sip and told her tersely that the drink was not freshly squeezed. He sent the beverage back, demanding another.

The waitress, a shy woman who looked to be in her mid-30s, according to the friend, approached them and asked what they wanted for <hl> breakfast <hl> .


Question: At the end of the fiscal year, what was Aruba's revenue?

Hewlett-Packard agreed on Monday to buy Aruba Networks, a maker of Wi-Fi access equipment for businesses, for about $3 billion in HP’s biggest deal in more than three years. The deal would also be the first major transaction by the technology company since it announced plans to split itself in two last year. Under the terms of the agreement, HP will pay $24.67 a share in cash. That represents a roughly 34 percent premium to Aruba’s closing price on Feb. 24, the day before Bloomberg News reported the merger discussions between the two. Buying Aruba would bolster HP’s networking business as smartphones, tablets and other connected devices continue to proliferate. Aruba, a 13-year-old networking equipment maker, specializes in wireless networking access point hardware and software, which are used by hotels, universities and shopping malls. The company reported $728.9 million in revenue in its fiscal year that ended July 31, up nearly 22 percent from the prior year. Its net loss narrowed during the same time, to $29 million.

Answer: $728.9 million

Hewlett-Packard agreed on Monday to buy Aruba Networks, a maker of Wi-Fi access equipment for businesses, for about $3 billion in HP’s biggest deal in more than three years. The deal would also be the first major transaction by the technology company since it announced plans to split itself in two last year. Under the terms of the agreement, HP will pay $24.67 a share in cash. That represents a roughly 34 percent premium to Aruba’s closing price on Feb. 24, the day before Bloomberg News reported the merger discussions between the two. Buying Aruba would bolster HP’s networking business as smartphones, tablets and other connected devices continue to proliferate. Aruba, a 13-year-old networking equipment maker, specializes in wireless networking access point hardware and software, which are used by hotels, universities and shopping malls. <hl> The company reported $728.9 million in revenue in its fiscal year that ended July 31, up nearly 22 percent from the prior year. <hl> Its net loss narrowed during the same time, to $29 million.

Hewlett-Packard agreed on Monday to buy Aruba Networks, a maker of Wi-Fi access equipment for businesses, for about $3 billion in HP’s biggest deal in more than three years. The deal would also be the first major transaction by the technology company since it announced plans to split itself in two last year. Under the terms of the agreement, HP will pay $24.67 a share in cash. That represents a roughly 34 percent premium to Aruba’s closing price on Feb. 24, the day before Bloomberg News reported the merger discussions between the two. Buying Aruba would bolster HP’s networking business as smartphones, tablets and other connected devices continue to proliferate. Aruba, a 13-year-old networking equipment maker, specializes in wireless networking access point hardware and software, which are used by hotels, universities and shopping malls. The company reported <hl> $728.9 million <hl> in revenue in its fiscal year that ended July 31, up nearly 22 percent from the prior year. Its net loss narrowed during the same time, to $29 million.


Question: Who expected them to know much of the basics?

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

Answer: Sgt. Michael Faranda

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. <hl> “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers. <hl> He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction. “I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said <hl> Sgt. Michael Faranda <hl>, who is teaching maneuvers. He was correct. Things “every soldier should know,” he said, they did not. Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises. Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.

“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said <hl> Sgt. Michael Faranda <hl> , who is teaching maneuvers.


Question: How old is Maher Bawady?

For some New Yorkers, the subzero wind chill was the occupational hazard of making a living outdoors. Maher Bawady, 43, of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan. By 6:30 a.m., he had had two cups of coffee and was nursing a hot tea on what looked like his worst day on the street in more than 14 years as a vendor. He had to hold each latex glove by a heater so it would stretch over his hand. At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of 3 degrees in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service. As Mr. Morrin explained the meteorological reasons for the cold spell, he evoked a vast snow-covered landscape swept by arctic winds and a jet stream that had shifted south of the metropolitan region in January, opening the door to the coldest blasts in a decade. More snow is expected after midnight, he said, enough to affect the commute on Tuesday morning.

Answer: 43

For some New Yorkers, the subzero wind chill was the occupational hazard of making a living outdoors. <hl> Maher Bawady, 43 , of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan. <hl> By 6:30 a.m., he had had two cups of coffee and was nursing a hot tea on what looked like his worst day on the street in more than 14 years as a vendor. He had to hold each latex glove by a heater so it would stretch over his hand. At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of 3 degrees in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service. As Mr. Morrin explained the meteorological reasons for the cold spell, he evoked a vast snow-covered landscape swept by arctic winds and a jet stream that had shifted south of the metropolitan region in January, opening the door to the coldest blasts in a decade. More snow is expected after midnight, he said, enough to affect the commute on Tuesday morning.

For some New Yorkers, the subzero wind chill was the occupational hazard of making a living outdoors. Maher Bawady, <hl> 43 <hl>, of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan. By 6:30 a.m., he had had two cups of coffee and was nursing a hot tea on what looked like his worst day on the street in more than 14 years as a vendor. He had to hold each latex glove by a heater so it would stretch over his hand. At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of 3 degrees in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service. As Mr. Morrin explained the meteorological reasons for the cold spell, he evoked a vast snow-covered landscape swept by arctic winds and a jet stream that had shifted south of the metropolitan region in January, opening the door to the coldest blasts in a decade. More snow is expected after midnight, he said, enough to affect the commute on Tuesday morning.

Maher Bawady, <hl> 43 <hl> , of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan.


Question: What time does the discussion and film screening, "A Special Night with Treat Williams and Rex Reed", occur on June 26th?

GREENWICH Bruce Museum “Hans Hofmann and Jose Luis Sert: An Experiment in Artistic Collaboration,” lecture. June 25 at 6:30 p.m. $5 and $10. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive. 203-869-0376; brucemuseum.org. HARTFORD The Mark Twain House and Museum Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours. June 26 at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. $15 to $22. The Mark Twain House and Museum, 351 Farmington Avenue. 860-280-3130; marktwainhouse.org. HARTFORD Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art “A Special Night with Treat Williams and Rex Reed,” discussion and film screening. June 26 at 6 p.m. $5 to $25. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street. thewadsworth.org; 860-278-2670.

Answer: 6 p.m

June 26 at 6 p.m .

GREENWICH Bruce Museum “Hans Hofmann and Jose Luis Sert: An Experiment in Artistic Collaboration,” lecture. June 25 at 6:30 p.m. $5 and $10. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive. 203-869-0376; brucemuseum.org. HARTFORD The Mark Twain House and Museum Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours. June 26 at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. $15 to $22. The Mark Twain House and Museum, 351 Farmington Avenue. 860-280-3130; marktwainhouse.org. HARTFORD Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art “A Special Night with Treat Williams and Rex Reed,” discussion and film screening. <hl> June 26 at 6 p.m . <hl> $5 to $25. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street. thewadsworth.org; 860-278-2670.

GREENWICH Bruce Museum “Hans Hofmann and Jose Luis Sert: An Experiment in Artistic Collaboration,” lecture. June 25 at 6:30 p.m. $5 and $10. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive. 203-869-0376; brucemuseum.org. HARTFORD The Mark Twain House and Museum Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours. June 26 at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. $15 to $22. The Mark Twain House and Museum, 351 Farmington Avenue. 860-280-3130; marktwainhouse.org. HARTFORD Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art “A Special Night with Treat Williams and Rex Reed,” discussion and film screening. June 26 at <hl> 6 p.m <hl>. $5 to $25. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street. thewadsworth.org; 860-278-2670.


Question: Where is the hajj pilgrimage located?

It’s also the main day of the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where more than 2 million Muslims are sharing in rituals and prayers to erase their sins. • Print — yes, print — springs back. Readers are on a reverse migration to print, and one bookstore owner says that the “e-book terror has kind of subsided.” Digital sales have slowed sharply, though analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by 2015. • New to watch. “Rosewood,” a medical procedural series that debuts today, stars Morris Chestnut as Miami’s top private pathologist, ready to help the police solve the most challenging cases (8 p.m. Eastern, Fox). And the stars are coming out for the second season of the hip-hop soap opera “Empire.” The cast of today’s premiere includes Marisa Tomei, Chris Rock, Kelly Rowland, Don Lemon, Al Sharpton and Swizz Beatz (9 p.m., Fox).

Answer: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

<hl> It’s also the main day of the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia , where more than 2 million Muslims are sharing in rituals and prayers to erase their sins. <hl> • Print — yes, print — springs back. Readers are on a reverse migration to print, and one bookstore owner says that the “e-book terror has kind of subsided.” Digital sales have slowed sharply, though analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by 2015. • New to watch. “Rosewood,” a medical procedural series that debuts today, stars Morris Chestnut as Miami’s top private pathologist, ready to help the police solve the most challenging cases (8 p.m. Eastern, Fox). And the stars are coming out for the second season of the hip-hop soap opera “Empire.” The cast of today’s premiere includes Marisa Tomei, Chris Rock, Kelly Rowland, Don Lemon, Al Sharpton and Swizz Beatz (9 p.m., Fox).

It’s also the main day of the hajj pilgrimage in <hl> Mecca, Saudi Arabia <hl>, where more than 2 million Muslims are sharing in rituals and prayers to erase their sins. • Print — yes, print — springs back. Readers are on a reverse migration to print, and one bookstore owner says that the “e-book terror has kind of subsided.” Digital sales have slowed sharply, though analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by 2015. • New to watch. “Rosewood,” a medical procedural series that debuts today, stars Morris Chestnut as Miami’s top private pathologist, ready to help the police solve the most challenging cases (8 p.m. Eastern, Fox). And the stars are coming out for the second season of the hip-hop soap opera “Empire.” The cast of today’s premiere includes Marisa Tomei, Chris Rock, Kelly Rowland, Don Lemon, Al Sharpton and Swizz Beatz (9 p.m., Fox).

It’s also the main day of the hajj pilgrimage in <hl> Mecca, Saudi Arabia <hl> , where more than 2 million Muslims are sharing in rituals and prayers to erase their sins.


Question: What is the unfolding of the characters compared to by the reviewer?

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

Answer: slow-motion car accident

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

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

Having gotten to know these people and watched their undoing as if it were a <hl> slow-motion car accident <hl> , we long for a happy ending.


Question: What is Joe Swanberg's new movie, "Digging for Fire", a case study of?

“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics. Its scope is narrow and, the title notwithstanding, it plumbs no great depths. But like Mr. Swanberg’s “Drinking Buddies” and “Happy Christmas,” the film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style. The opening titles promise a big ensemble, and a good deal of suspense comes from wondering just when some of those intriguing names will show up. It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does). Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.

Answer: heterosexual ethics

<hl> “Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics . <hl> Its scope is narrow and, the title notwithstanding, it plumbs no great depths. But like Mr. Swanberg’s “Drinking Buddies” and “Happy Christmas,” the film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style. The opening titles promise a big ensemble, and a good deal of suspense comes from wondering just when some of those intriguing names will show up. It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does). Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.

“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in <hl> heterosexual ethics <hl>. Its scope is narrow and, the title notwithstanding, it plumbs no great depths. But like Mr. Swanberg’s “Drinking Buddies” and “Happy Christmas,” the film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style. The opening titles promise a big ensemble, and a good deal of suspense comes from wondering just when some of those intriguing names will show up. It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does). Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.

“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in <hl> heterosexual ethics <hl> .


Question: What is a long game?

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Answer: Painting

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. <hl> Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. <hl> I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. <hl> Painting <hl> is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”


Question: What hospital board tried to prevent Dr. Thackery from returning?

9 P.M. (NBC) DATELINE NBC: TIPPING POINT It was the case that pushed the public over the edge. In 1990 — the most violent year in New York City history, with 2,245 homicides — Brian Watkins, a tourist, was stabbed on a subway platform while trying to protect his family from muggers. This month, Johnny Hincapie, one of seven men convicted of felony murder in Mr. Watkins’s death, was released after 25 years in prison, his conviction overturned by new evidence and his contention that his confession was coerced. Lester Holt interviews Mr. Hincapie, his family and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton. 9 P.M. (CUNY) TIMESTALKS Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett discuss “Truth,” their film about the controversy over a CBS report that President George W. Bush received preferential treatment from the Air National Guard. When Mary Mapes, the producer, could not authenticate documents that supported the charges, she was fired, and Dan Rather later stepped down as anchorman. Also appearing: Ms. Mapes and Mr. Rather. (Image: Mr. Redford) 10 P.M. (Discovery) PACIFIC WARRIORS Some brave souls use ancient techniques and modern sea kayaks to chase monster fish in Hawaii. The high point: “Hawaiian sleigh rides,” when they hook a behemoth that drags them out to sea 10 miles or more. 10 P.M. (Cinemax) THE KNICK Would you want a heroin addict operating on you? The board of the Knickerbocker Hospital doesn’t think so and tries to prevent Dr. Thackery from returning.

Answer: The board of the Knickerbocker Hospital

9 P.M. (NBC) DATELINE NBC: TIPPING POINT It was the case that pushed the public over the edge. In 1990 — the most violent year in New York City history, with 2,245 homicides — Brian Watkins, a tourist, was stabbed on a subway platform while trying to protect his family from muggers. This month, Johnny Hincapie, one of seven men convicted of felony murder in Mr. Watkins’s death, was released after 25 years in prison, his conviction overturned by new evidence and his contention that his confession was coerced. Lester Holt interviews Mr. Hincapie, his family and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton. 9 P.M. (CUNY) TIMESTALKS Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett discuss “Truth,” their film about the controversy over a CBS report that President George W. Bush received preferential treatment from the Air National Guard. When Mary Mapes, the producer, could not authenticate documents that supported the charges, she was fired, and Dan Rather later stepped down as anchorman. Also appearing: Ms. Mapes and Mr. Rather. (Image: Mr. Redford) 10 P.M. (Discovery) PACIFIC WARRIORS Some brave souls use ancient techniques and modern sea kayaks to chase monster fish in Hawaii. The high point: “Hawaiian sleigh rides,” when they hook a behemoth that drags them out to sea 10 miles or more. 10 P.M. (Cinemax) <hl> THE KNICK Would you want a heroin addict operating on you? The board of the Knickerbocker Hospital doesn’t think so and tries to prevent Dr. Thackery from returning. <hl>

9 P.M. (NBC) DATELINE NBC: TIPPING POINT It was the case that pushed the public over the edge. In 1990 — the most violent year in New York City history, with 2,245 homicides — Brian Watkins, a tourist, was stabbed on a subway platform while trying to protect his family from muggers. This month, Johnny Hincapie, one of seven men convicted of felony murder in Mr. Watkins’s death, was released after 25 years in prison, his conviction overturned by new evidence and his contention that his confession was coerced. Lester Holt interviews Mr. Hincapie, his family and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton. 9 P.M. (CUNY) TIMESTALKS Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett discuss “Truth,” their film about the controversy over a CBS report that President George W. Bush received preferential treatment from the Air National Guard. When Mary Mapes, the producer, could not authenticate documents that supported the charges, she was fired, and Dan Rather later stepped down as anchorman. Also appearing: Ms. Mapes and Mr. Rather. (Image: Mr. Redford) 10 P.M. (Discovery) PACIFIC WARRIORS Some brave souls use ancient techniques and modern sea kayaks to chase monster fish in Hawaii. The high point: “Hawaiian sleigh rides,” when they hook a behemoth that drags them out to sea 10 miles or more. 10 P.M. (Cinemax) THE KNICK Would you want a heroin addict operating on you? <hl> The board of the Knickerbocker Hospital <hl> doesn’t think so and tries to prevent Dr. Thackery from returning.


Question: Is the plan to change things firmly in place?

Some details still need to be worked out. In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again. The best option is to raise it in line with wages or prices, whichever is greater in a given year. There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.

Answer: Some details still need to be worked out.

<hl> Some details still need to be worked out. In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again. <hl> The best option is to raise it in line with wages or prices, whichever is greater in a given year. There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.

<hl> Some details still need to be worked out. <hl> In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again. The best option is to raise it in line with wages or prices, whichever is greater in a given year. There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.


Question: What did activists Tingting and Tingting do to publicize domestic violence?

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.

Answer: put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. <hl> To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” <hl> Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, <hl> put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts <hl> chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.


Question: Who was assigned to informally tutor Towns as a mentor?

His education has continued with the Timberwolves, who commissioned Kevin Garnett to act as Towns’s mentor. It was viewed as a gamble — Garnett can be abrasive — but he has embraced Towns and the team’s young core. After a recent practice, Garnett remained behind to counsel Andrew Wiggins on post moves for at least a half-hour. Towns has attached himself to Garnett as much as possible. “Talking, watching, learning,” Towns said. “It’s an all-day thing.” He has mimicked Garnett’s preparation, going so far as to shoot additional baskets after he lifts weights in hope of building his muscle memory. Garnett also advised Towns to keep their tutorials private. Pressed to offer a couple of morsels, Towns shook his head.

Answer: Kevin Garnett

<hl> His education has continued with the Timberwolves, who commissioned Kevin Garnett to act as Towns’s mentor. <hl> It was viewed as a gamble — Garnett can be abrasive — but he has embraced Towns and the team’s young core. After a recent practice, Garnett remained behind to counsel Andrew Wiggins on post moves for at least a half-hour. Towns has attached himself to Garnett as much as possible. “Talking, watching, learning,” Towns said. “It’s an all-day thing.” He has mimicked Garnett’s preparation, going so far as to shoot additional baskets after he lifts weights in hope of building his muscle memory. Garnett also advised Towns to keep their tutorials private. Pressed to offer a couple of morsels, Towns shook his head.

His education has continued with the Timberwolves, who commissioned <hl> Kevin Garnett <hl> to act as Towns’s mentor. It was viewed as a gamble — Garnett can be abrasive — but he has embraced Towns and the team’s young core. After a recent practice, Garnett remained behind to counsel Andrew Wiggins on post moves for at least a half-hour. Towns has attached himself to Garnett as much as possible. “Talking, watching, learning,” Towns said. “It’s an all-day thing.” He has mimicked Garnett’s preparation, going so far as to shoot additional baskets after he lifts weights in hope of building his muscle memory. Garnett also advised Towns to keep their tutorials private. Pressed to offer a couple of morsels, Towns shook his head.


Question: What does the fire department's marine Battalion responds to more frequently?

Indeed, the sight of smoke billowing from an industrial zone as water arches in from bobbing watercraft is an increasingly rare one for the Fire Department’s Marine Battalion, which counts about 20 boats in its fleet but more frequently responds to medical emergencies and boats in distress. This weekend’s fire, however, marked the second time in two weeks that fireboats rushed toward plumes of smoke from out-of-control fires on the banks of the city’s rivers. On Jan. 21, several New York City fireboats helped fight a fire in a New Jersey apartment complex in Edgewater, a community along the Hudson.

Answer: medical emergencies and boats in distress

<hl> Indeed, the sight of smoke billowing from an industrial zone as water arches in from bobbing watercraft is an increasingly rare one for the Fire Department’s Marine Battalion, which counts about 20 boats in its fleet but more frequently responds to medical emergencies and boats in distress . <hl> This weekend’s fire, however, marked the second time in two weeks that fireboats rushed toward plumes of smoke from out-of-control fires on the banks of the city’s rivers. On Jan. 21, several New York City fireboats helped fight a fire in a New Jersey apartment complex in Edgewater, a community along the Hudson.

Indeed, the sight of smoke billowing from an industrial zone as water arches in from bobbing watercraft is an increasingly rare one for the Fire Department’s Marine Battalion, which counts about 20 boats in its fleet but more frequently responds to <hl> medical emergencies and boats in distress <hl>. This weekend’s fire, however, marked the second time in two weeks that fireboats rushed toward plumes of smoke from out-of-control fires on the banks of the city’s rivers. On Jan. 21, several New York City fireboats helped fight a fire in a New Jersey apartment complex in Edgewater, a community along the Hudson.

Indeed, the sight of smoke billowing from an industrial zone as water arches in from bobbing watercraft is an increasingly rare one for the Fire Department’s Marine Battalion, which counts about 20 boats in its fleet but more frequently responds to <hl> medical emergencies and boats in distress <hl> .


Question: The Senate declined to ban the sale of what?

Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list? Nah. Let’s go for it.

Answer: guns

<hl> Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list? <hl> Nah. Let’s go for it.

Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of <hl> guns <hl> to people on the terrorist watch list? Nah. Let’s go for it.


Question: Which work was about working in hotels?

Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “An American Tragedy,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann. Another through-line, of work that is miserable to do, can be traced from Émile Zola to Upton Sinclair to Barbara Ehrenreich. But then there are books that are about work not by having some kind of work as their subject matter, but instead by being incarnations of an extraordinary amount of work: a luxurious, wonderful kind of work, the elective work of learning. In order to finish his vast projects, amid his other state responsibilities, Pliny barely slept, never married and had someone read to him or take dictation even as he prepared for his bath. His nephew tells the story of how once after a dinner, when a book was being read aloud and another diner interrupted to correct the reader’s pronunciation of a word, Pliny the Elder scolded him: “We have lost more than 10 lines through your interruption.”

Answer: An American Tragedy

<hl> Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “ An American Tragedy ,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann. <hl> Another through-line, of work that is miserable to do, can be traced from Émile Zola to Upton Sinclair to Barbara Ehrenreich. But then there are books that are about work not by having some kind of work as their subject matter, but instead by being incarnations of an extraordinary amount of work: a luxurious, wonderful kind of work, the elective work of learning. In order to finish his vast projects, amid his other state responsibilities, Pliny barely slept, never married and had someone read to him or take dictation even as he prepared for his bath. His nephew tells the story of how once after a dinner, when a book was being read aloud and another diner interrupted to correct the reader’s pronunciation of a word, Pliny the Elder scolded him: “We have lost more than 10 lines through your interruption.”

Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “<hl> An American Tragedy <hl>,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann. Another through-line, of work that is miserable to do, can be traced from Émile Zola to Upton Sinclair to Barbara Ehrenreich. But then there are books that are about work not by having some kind of work as their subject matter, but instead by being incarnations of an extraordinary amount of work: a luxurious, wonderful kind of work, the elective work of learning. In order to finish his vast projects, amid his other state responsibilities, Pliny barely slept, never married and had someone read to him or take dictation even as he prepared for his bath. His nephew tells the story of how once after a dinner, when a book was being read aloud and another diner interrupted to correct the reader’s pronunciation of a word, Pliny the Elder scolded him: “We have lost more than 10 lines through your interruption.”

Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “ <hl> An American Tragedy <hl> ,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann.