Question: What employers need to do when employees take paid leave?

Corporate America, as a whole, has long fought paid leave. Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to temporarily replace employees. Some studies have found that when governments require paid leave, employers pay for it by decreasing employees’ wages. “I certainly think there’s a lot of people who benefit from paid leave,” said James Sherk, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group in Washington. “But given it’s not a free lunch and employees are paying for it, I’d prefer it was a decision the employee was making and not being forced on them.” Some small businesses are offering their own paid leave policies. Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle chain, recently began offering employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. “It was not just the right thing to do but also a really important retention policy,” said Molly Moon Neitzel, the owner. In the prelude to the 2016 election, Democrats have signaled that they see paid leave as a political winner — a broadly popular policy change that addresses economic anxiety. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, has called for legislation to guarantee paid sick, vacation and family leave.

Answer: temporarily replace employees

Corporate America, as a whole, has long fought paid leave. <hl> Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to temporarily replace employees . <hl> Some studies have found that when governments require paid leave, employers pay for it by decreasing employees’ wages. “I certainly think there’s a lot of people who benefit from paid leave,” said James Sherk, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group in Washington. “But given it’s not a free lunch and employees are paying for it, I’d prefer it was a decision the employee was making and not being forced on them.” Some small businesses are offering their own paid leave policies. Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle chain, recently began offering employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. “It was not just the right thing to do but also a really important retention policy,” said Molly Moon Neitzel, the owner. In the prelude to the 2016 election, Democrats have signaled that they see paid leave as a political winner — a broadly popular policy change that addresses economic anxiety. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, has called for legislation to guarantee paid sick, vacation and family leave.

Corporate America, as a whole, has long fought paid leave. Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to <hl> temporarily replace employees <hl>. Some studies have found that when governments require paid leave, employers pay for it by decreasing employees’ wages. “I certainly think there’s a lot of people who benefit from paid leave,” said James Sherk, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group in Washington. “But given it’s not a free lunch and employees are paying for it, I’d prefer it was a decision the employee was making and not being forced on them.” Some small businesses are offering their own paid leave policies. Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle chain, recently began offering employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. “It was not just the right thing to do but also a really important retention policy,” said Molly Moon Neitzel, the owner. In the prelude to the 2016 election, Democrats have signaled that they see paid leave as a political winner — a broadly popular policy change that addresses economic anxiety. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, has called for legislation to guarantee paid sick, vacation and family leave.

Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to <hl> temporarily replace employees <hl> .


Question: When did San Antonio last lose at home?

Ricky Rubio tied a career high with 17 assists for the Timberwolves, who held off a late charge from the Jazz that cut a 15-point deficit to 6 even as Utah was playing without Derrick Favors. Trey Burke scored all 23 of his points in the second half for Utah. The Jazz have been gutted by injuries to much of their foundation, including Rudy Gobert, Dante Exum and Alec Burks. Relying on replacements for them and for Favors has left the team playing sloppy basketball of late. SPURS 112, SUNS 79 LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and San Antonio easily won its 19th straight home game to start the season. The Spurs also extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 28 straight games dating to last season.

Answer: last season

Ricky Rubio tied a career high with 17 assists for the Timberwolves, who held off a late charge from the Jazz that cut a 15-point deficit to 6 even as Utah was playing without Derrick Favors. Trey Burke scored all 23 of his points in the second half for Utah. The Jazz have been gutted by injuries to much of their foundation, including Rudy Gobert, Dante Exum and Alec Burks. Relying on replacements for them and for Favors has left the team playing sloppy basketball of late. SPURS 112, SUNS 79 LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and San Antonio easily won its 19th straight home game to start the season. <hl> The Spurs also extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 28 straight games dating to last season . <hl>

Ricky Rubio tied a career high with 17 assists for the Timberwolves, who held off a late charge from the Jazz that cut a 15-point deficit to 6 even as Utah was playing without Derrick Favors. Trey Burke scored all 23 of his points in the second half for Utah. The Jazz have been gutted by injuries to much of their foundation, including Rudy Gobert, Dante Exum and Alec Burks. Relying on replacements for them and for Favors has left the team playing sloppy basketball of late. SPURS 112, SUNS 79 LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and San Antonio easily won its 19th straight home game to start the season. The Spurs also extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 28 straight games dating to <hl> last season <hl>.

The Spurs also extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 28 straight games dating to <hl> last season <hl> .


Question: At this writing, how much has the film "Inside Out" grossed worldwide?

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: $851.3 million worldwide

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 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 <hl> $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

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 <hl> $851.3 million worldwide <hl> .


Question: What kind of talking device for communication was the unschool troops learned?

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

Answer: encrypted walkie-talkie

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. <hl> The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. <hl> When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl>; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl> ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.


Question: What do the teachers want the dancers to do?

“Maybe she wanted me to follow in her footsteps,” Ms. Bradley said. And now Ms. Bradley has a chance to get into City Ballet, which rarely accepts dancers who have not trained at its school. Still, she said that she has had friends tell her that the school “probably needs a black girl to make it look more diverse.” She disagrees. “The teachers don’t care about that,” she said. “They just want you to do your tendu. I’m glad S.A.B. is like that. Lately, with this whole Misty Copeland thing — she’s black. It just shouldn’t have anything to do with that. It should just be like, she’s so good at ballet, she should be a principal. Now she is a principal, but it shouldn’t have taken all of that.” Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white. In the main company, Mr. Farley, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, Taylor Stanley and Lara Tong have become familiar dancers. Is the company ready for a black female principal, too? “We’ve always been ready!” Mr. Martins exclaimed. “But where is she? Show me her. I’ll take her in a minute.”

Answer: your tendu

“They just want you to do your tendu .

“Maybe she wanted me to follow in her footsteps,” Ms. Bradley said. And now Ms. Bradley has a chance to get into City Ballet, which rarely accepts dancers who have not trained at its school. Still, she said that she has had friends tell her that the school “probably needs a black girl to make it look more diverse.” She disagrees. “The teachers don’t care about that,” she said. <hl> “They just want you to do your tendu . <hl> I’m glad S.A.B. is like that. Lately, with this whole Misty Copeland thing — she’s black. It just shouldn’t have anything to do with that. It should just be like, she’s so good at ballet, she should be a principal. Now she is a principal, but it shouldn’t have taken all of that.” Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white. In the main company, Mr. Farley, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, Taylor Stanley and Lara Tong have become familiar dancers. Is the company ready for a black female principal, too? “We’ve always been ready!” Mr. Martins exclaimed. “But where is she? Show me her. I’ll take her in a minute.”

“Maybe she wanted me to follow in her footsteps,” Ms. Bradley said. And now Ms. Bradley has a chance to get into City Ballet, which rarely accepts dancers who have not trained at its school. Still, she said that she has had friends tell her that the school “probably needs a black girl to make it look more diverse.” She disagrees. “The teachers don’t care about that,” she said. “They just want you to do <hl> your tendu <hl>. I’m glad S.A.B. is like that. Lately, with this whole Misty Copeland thing — she’s black. It just shouldn’t have anything to do with that. It should just be like, she’s so good at ballet, she should be a principal. Now she is a principal, but it shouldn’t have taken all of that.” Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white. In the main company, Mr. Farley, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, Taylor Stanley and Lara Tong have become familiar dancers. Is the company ready for a black female principal, too? “We’ve always been ready!” Mr. Martins exclaimed. “But where is she? Show me her. I’ll take her in a minute.”

“They just want you to do <hl> your tendu <hl> .


Question: What happened to the gender researcher member while in custody?

Now five of them — core members of China’s new feminist movement — sit in jail, accused of provoking social instability. One of the women, Wu Rongrong, 30, an AIDS activist, is said to be ailing after the police withheld the medication she takes for hepatitis. Another, Wang Man, 33, a gender researcher, was said to have had a mild heart attack while in custody. Lawyers for the detainees, who include Zheng Churan, 25, affectionately known as Big Rabbit, say the women have been subjected to near-constant interrogation.

Answer: had a mild heart attack

Now five of them — core members of China’s new feminist movement — sit in jail, accused of provoking social instability. One of the women, Wu Rongrong, 30, an AIDS activist, is said to be ailing after the police withheld the medication she takes for hepatitis. <hl> Another, Wang Man, 33, a gender researcher, was said to have had a mild heart attack while in custody. <hl> Lawyers for the detainees, who include Zheng Churan, 25, affectionately known as Big Rabbit, say the women have been subjected to near-constant interrogation.

Now five of them — core members of China’s new feminist movement — sit in jail, accused of provoking social instability. One of the women, Wu Rongrong, 30, an AIDS activist, is said to be ailing after the police withheld the medication she takes for hepatitis. Another, Wang Man, 33, a gender researcher, was said to have <hl> had a mild heart attack <hl> while in custody. Lawyers for the detainees, who include Zheng Churan, 25, affectionately known as Big Rabbit, say the women have been subjected to near-constant interrogation.


Question: Where did Geoffrey Holder immigrate from?

That night Garth Fagan Dance performs outside. The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who emigrated from Trinidad. The dancers will perform a new piece that honors Mr. Holder as well as three other short works. Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble). Tickets are not required, but you may want to grab a seat at least an hour in advance.

Answer: emigrated from Trinidad

That night Garth Fagan Dance performs outside. <hl> The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who emigrated from Trinidad . <hl> The dancers will perform a new piece that honors Mr. Holder as well as three other short works. Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble). Tickets are not required, but you may want to grab a seat at least an hour in advance.

That night Garth Fagan Dance performs outside. The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who <hl> emigrated from Trinidad <hl>. The dancers will perform a new piece that honors Mr. Holder as well as three other short works. Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble). Tickets are not required, but you may want to grab a seat at least an hour in advance.

The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who <hl> emigrated from Trinidad <hl> .


Question: Who were the last pitchers to get 300 stirkouts before Kershaw?

The last pitchers to get to 300 strikeouts in a season were Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, who did it in 2002 as teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks. The last Dodger to get to 300 was, not surprisingly, Sandy Koufax, who did it in 1963, 1965 and 1966. Like Koufax, Kershaw is a left-hander, and like Koufax, he seems to be carving out a Hall of Fame career. Kershaw also considers Koufax a friend. His accomplishment created another link with his Dodger predecessor, and when Kershaw spoke to reporters after Sunday’s game he did not try to diminish what he had achieved by getting to 300.

Answer: Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling

<hl> The last pitchers to get to 300 strikeouts in a season were Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling , who did it in 2002 as teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks. <hl> The last Dodger to get to 300 was, not surprisingly, Sandy Koufax, who did it in 1963, 1965 and 1966. Like Koufax, Kershaw is a left-hander, and like Koufax, he seems to be carving out a Hall of Fame career. Kershaw also considers Koufax a friend. His accomplishment created another link with his Dodger predecessor, and when Kershaw spoke to reporters after Sunday’s game he did not try to diminish what he had achieved by getting to 300.

The last pitchers to get to 300 strikeouts in a season were <hl> Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling <hl>, who did it in 2002 as teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks. The last Dodger to get to 300 was, not surprisingly, Sandy Koufax, who did it in 1963, 1965 and 1966. Like Koufax, Kershaw is a left-hander, and like Koufax, he seems to be carving out a Hall of Fame career. Kershaw also considers Koufax a friend. His accomplishment created another link with his Dodger predecessor, and when Kershaw spoke to reporters after Sunday’s game he did not try to diminish what he had achieved by getting to 300.

The last pitchers to get to 300 strikeouts in a season were <hl> Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling <hl> , who did it in 2002 as teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks.


Question: What percentage of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade?

Answer: 1 percent

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. <hl> About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade. <hl>

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About <hl> 1 percent <hl> of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.


Question: When did the Great West Conference disband?

N.J.I.T. will not quibble about its future home. After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of colleges mostly from the Midwest and the West. But the conference was never granted an automatic bid to the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, and in 2013 it disbanded after five of its six remaining members left for other conferences. From that point, the clock has been ticking for N.J.I.T. to upgrade its facilities to make itself more marketable. “This has been in the works for a while now,” Engles said. “When I would meet with recruits, I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’ but it was just pictures. It was never guaranteed until now.”

Answer: 2013

N.J.I.T. will not quibble about its future home. After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of colleges mostly from the Midwest and the West. <hl> But the conference was never granted an automatic bid to the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, and in 2013 it disbanded after five of its six remaining members left for other conferences. <hl> From that point, the clock has been ticking for N.J.I.T. to upgrade its facilities to make itself more marketable. “This has been in the works for a while now,” Engles said. “When I would meet with recruits, I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’ but it was just pictures. It was never guaranteed until now.”

N.J.I.T. will not quibble about its future home. After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of colleges mostly from the Midwest and the West. But the conference was never granted an automatic bid to the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, and in <hl> 2013 <hl> it disbanded after five of its six remaining members left for other conferences. From that point, the clock has been ticking for N.J.I.T. to upgrade its facilities to make itself more marketable. “This has been in the works for a while now,” Engles said. “When I would meet with recruits, I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’ but it was just pictures. It was never guaranteed until now.”


Question: What is the name of the Law firm that filed the affirmative action case?

WASHINGTON —  The most influential friend-of-the-court brief in living memory was filed by a group of retired military officers in a 2003 affirmative action case. When the case was argued, the justices echoed the brief’s argument that military preparedness would be threatened if service academies could not ensure a diverse officer corps. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s majority opinion, allowing race-conscious admissions at public universities, quoted at length from the brief. The law firm that filed the brief, now called Sidley Austin, has filed a new one by former military officials in the same-sex marriage cases to be heard next week. Their message this time is that the patchwork of marriage laws around the country hurts military families and threatens national security.

Answer: Sidley Austin

WASHINGTON — The most influential friend-of-the-court brief in living memory was filed by a group of retired military officers in a 2003 affirmative action case. When the case was argued, the justices echoed the brief’s argument that military preparedness would be threatened if service academies could not ensure a diverse officer corps. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s majority opinion, allowing race-conscious admissions at public universities, quoted at length from the brief. <hl> The law firm that filed the brief, now called Sidley Austin , has filed a new one by former military officials in the same-sex marriage cases to be heard next week. <hl> Their message this time is that the patchwork of marriage laws around the country hurts military families and threatens national security.

WASHINGTON — The most influential friend-of-the-court brief in living memory was filed by a group of retired military officers in a 2003 affirmative action case. When the case was argued, the justices echoed the brief’s argument that military preparedness would be threatened if service academies could not ensure a diverse officer corps. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s majority opinion, allowing race-conscious admissions at public universities, quoted at length from the brief. The law firm that filed the brief, now called <hl> Sidley Austin <hl>, has filed a new one by former military officials in the same-sex marriage cases to be heard next week. Their message this time is that the patchwork of marriage laws around the country hurts military families and threatens national security.

The law firm that filed the brief, now called <hl> Sidley Austin <hl> , has filed a new one by former military officials in the same-sex marriage cases to be heard next week.


Question: What was the Ukrainian Choice ad about?

In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine, including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.” Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign warning against decayed values in the West. In a precursor to Russia’s now frequent charges of fascism against Kiev and the West, Mr. Medvedchuk described the European Union as the modern heir to Germany’s Third Reich. A co-founder of a major law firm in Kiev, he was not always so virulently anti-Western, according to analysts who have followed his career. As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express pro-European views, and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland. Yet, he became so powerful and influential as Mr. Kuchma’s chief of staff, from 2002 to 2005, that there was a joke in Kiev political circles: Mr. Kuchma was serving as president in the Medvedchuk administration. Some Ukrainian analysts believe there is more than a grain of truth in the gag, and that Mr. Putin’s goal is to create a Medvedchuk administration, if not in Kiev, then in Donetsk, where the Kremlin has made clear it would like to see the region granted autonomy similar to that of Chechnya in Russia. In May, with the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepening, Mr. Putin publicly urged that Mr. Medvedchuk be given an important role as a peace negotiator. As soon as Mr. Medvedchuk got involved, the Kremlin issued a statement expressing Mr. Putin’s praise.

Answer: warning against decayed values in the West

In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine, including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.” <hl> Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign warning against decayed values in the West . <hl> In a precursor to Russia’s now frequent charges of fascism against Kiev and the West, Mr. Medvedchuk described the European Union as the modern heir to Germany’s Third Reich. A co-founder of a major law firm in Kiev, he was not always so virulently anti-Western, according to analysts who have followed his career. As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express pro-European views, and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland. Yet, he became so powerful and influential as Mr. Kuchma’s chief of staff, from 2002 to 2005, that there was a joke in Kiev political circles: Mr. Kuchma was serving as president in the Medvedchuk administration. Some Ukrainian analysts believe there is more than a grain of truth in the gag, and that Mr. Putin’s goal is to create a Medvedchuk administration, if not in Kiev, then in Donetsk, where the Kremlin has made clear it would like to see the region granted autonomy similar to that of Chechnya in Russia. In May, with the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepening, Mr. Putin publicly urged that Mr. Medvedchuk be given an important role as a peace negotiator. As soon as Mr. Medvedchuk got involved, the Kremlin issued a statement expressing Mr. Putin’s praise.

In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine, including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.” Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign <hl> warning against decayed values in the West <hl>. In a precursor to Russia’s now frequent charges of fascism against Kiev and the West, Mr. Medvedchuk described the European Union as the modern heir to Germany’s Third Reich. A co-founder of a major law firm in Kiev, he was not always so virulently anti-Western, according to analysts who have followed his career. As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express pro-European views, and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland. Yet, he became so powerful and influential as Mr. Kuchma’s chief of staff, from 2002 to 2005, that there was a joke in Kiev political circles: Mr. Kuchma was serving as president in the Medvedchuk administration. Some Ukrainian analysts believe there is more than a grain of truth in the gag, and that Mr. Putin’s goal is to create a Medvedchuk administration, if not in Kiev, then in Donetsk, where the Kremlin has made clear it would like to see the region granted autonomy similar to that of Chechnya in Russia. In May, with the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepening, Mr. Putin publicly urged that Mr. Medvedchuk be given an important role as a peace negotiator. As soon as Mr. Medvedchuk got involved, the Kremlin issued a statement expressing Mr. Putin’s praise.

Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign <hl> warning against decayed values in the West <hl> .


Question: On what day did the mentioned news article come out?

Cuts in food aid are leading Syrian refugees to take desperate measures (“Child Labor Rises Sharply in Syria Unrest,” news article, July 2). This is a terrible situation for Syrian children to be forced to beg and work just to get a meal. But we can do something about it. After World War II, Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Lucius Clay set up school feeding for millions of children in Japan and Germany, respectively. These meals saved a whole generation of children. The school feeding gives children nutrition, but it also gets them in school and learning. It gets them away from child labor. The United Nations World Food Program has some limited school feeding for Syrian refugee children, but it needs a big expansion in funding and support.

Answer: July 2

<hl> Cuts in food aid are leading Syrian refugees to take desperate measures (“Child Labor Rises Sharply in Syria Unrest,” news article, July 2 ). <hl> This is a terrible situation for Syrian children to be forced to beg and work just to get a meal. But we can do something about it. After World War II, Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Lucius Clay set up school feeding for millions of children in Japan and Germany, respectively. These meals saved a whole generation of children. The school feeding gives children nutrition, but it also gets them in school and learning. It gets them away from child labor. The United Nations World Food Program has some limited school feeding for Syrian refugee children, but it needs a big expansion in funding and support.

Cuts in food aid are leading Syrian refugees to take desperate measures (“Child Labor Rises Sharply in Syria Unrest,” news article, <hl> July 2 <hl>). This is a terrible situation for Syrian children to be forced to beg and work just to get a meal. But we can do something about it. After World War II, Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Lucius Clay set up school feeding for millions of children in Japan and Germany, respectively. These meals saved a whole generation of children. The school feeding gives children nutrition, but it also gets them in school and learning. It gets them away from child labor. The United Nations World Food Program has some limited school feeding for Syrian refugee children, but it needs a big expansion in funding and support.

Cuts in food aid are leading Syrian refugees to take desperate measures (“Child Labor Rises Sharply in Syria Unrest,” news article, <hl> July 2 <hl> ).


Question: Who provides 30 percent of the state's water supply?

And now, as the end of the official rainy season approaches — this state gets 90 percent of its water from December through April, most of it in December and January — California is facing a punishing fourth year of drought. Temperatures in Southern California soared to record-high levels over the weekend, approaching 100 degrees in some places. Reservoirs are low. Landscapes are parched and blighted with fields of dead or dormant orange trees. And the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is counted on to provide 30 percent of the state’s water supply as it melts through early summer, is at its second-lowest level on record.

Answer: Sierra Nevada

And now, as the end of the official rainy season approaches — this state gets 90 percent of its water from December through April, most of it in December and January — California is facing a punishing fourth year of drought. Temperatures in Southern California soared to record-high levels over the weekend, approaching 100 degrees in some places. Reservoirs are low. Landscapes are parched and blighted with fields of dead or dormant orange trees. <hl> And the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is counted on to provide 30 percent of the state’s water supply as it melts through early summer, is at its second-lowest level on record. <hl>

And now, as the end of the official rainy season approaches — this state gets 90 percent of its water from December through April, most of it in December and January — California is facing a punishing fourth year of drought. Temperatures in Southern California soared to record-high levels over the weekend, approaching 100 degrees in some places. Reservoirs are low. Landscapes are parched and blighted with fields of dead or dormant orange trees. And the <hl> Sierra Nevada <hl> snowpack, which is counted on to provide 30 percent of the state’s water supply as it melts through early summer, is at its second-lowest level on record.


Question: What was the only type of condo at Marquand that remained to be sold?

Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of $4,400 per square foot, according to a spokeswoman for the project. Closings began in 2014, and only a $46.5 million penthouse remains to be sold. That the area might be starting to resemble other parts of Manhattan does not surprise Mr. Wolf, the architect, who believes neighborhood and status are a lot less important than before. Noting that clients in their 60s are moving downtown for the energy and clients in their 40s are moving uptown for the quiet, he said, “The boundaries have just broken down.”

Answer: penthouse

Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of $4,400 per square foot, according to a spokeswoman for the project. <hl> Closings began in 2014, and only a $46.5 million penthouse remains to be sold. <hl> That the area might be starting to resemble other parts of Manhattan does not surprise Mr. Wolf, the architect, who believes neighborhood and status are a lot less important than before. Noting that clients in their 60s are moving downtown for the energy and clients in their 40s are moving uptown for the quiet, he said, “The boundaries have just broken down.”

Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of $4,400 per square foot, according to a spokeswoman for the project. Closings began in 2014, and only a $46.5 million <hl> penthouse <hl> remains to be sold. That the area might be starting to resemble other parts of Manhattan does not surprise Mr. Wolf, the architect, who believes neighborhood and status are a lot less important than before. Noting that clients in their 60s are moving downtown for the energy and clients in their 40s are moving uptown for the quiet, he said, “The boundaries have just broken down.”


Question: What show was Clinton on?

“I’ve heard that,” Clinton said. “Who knows? Life is so unpredictable.” (On the Jimmy Kimmel show, Clinton confided that if her husband had not been barred from seeking a third term, he’d have gone for it. And if she ran against him, “would I win? Yeah.”) Thinking about the spouse question a little bit more, Clinton told a joke about a successful businessman and his wife who drive into a gas station where her old boyfriend is working. The husband notes with satisfaction that if she’d married him, she’d be the wife of a gas station attendant. “And then,” Clinton concluded, “the wife says: ‘No, if I’d married him he’d be a big success like you.’”

Answer: Jimmy Kimmel show

“I’ve heard that,” Clinton said. “Who knows? Life is so unpredictable.” <hl> (On the Jimmy Kimmel show , Clinton confided that if her husband had not been barred from seeking a third term, he’d have gone for it. <hl> And if she ran against him, “would I win? Yeah.”) Thinking about the spouse question a little bit more, Clinton told a joke about a successful businessman and his wife who drive into a gas station where her old boyfriend is working. The husband notes with satisfaction that if she’d married him, she’d be the wife of a gas station attendant. “And then,” Clinton concluded, “the wife says: ‘No, if I’d married him he’d be a big success like you.’”

“I’ve heard that,” Clinton said. “Who knows? Life is so unpredictable.” (On the <hl> Jimmy Kimmel show <hl>, Clinton confided that if her husband had not been barred from seeking a third term, he’d have gone for it. And if she ran against him, “would I win? Yeah.”) Thinking about the spouse question a little bit more, Clinton told a joke about a successful businessman and his wife who drive into a gas station where her old boyfriend is working. The husband notes with satisfaction that if she’d married him, she’d be the wife of a gas station attendant. “And then,” Clinton concluded, “the wife says: ‘No, if I’d married him he’d be a big success like you.’”

(On the <hl> Jimmy Kimmel show <hl> , Clinton confided that if her husband had not been barred from seeking a third term, he’d have gone for it.


Question: How many people did Mr. Obama address during his speech at American University?

“Let’s not mince words: The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy and some form of war — maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon,” Mr. Obama told about 200 people in a speech at American University. “How can we in good conscience justify war before we’ve tested a diplomatic agreement that achieves our objectives?” Mr. Obama, opening a new, more overtly political phase of his public campaign for the accord, portrayed the coming vote in Congress to approve or reject the deal as the most consequential foreign policy decision for lawmakers since Congress voted in 2003 to authorize the invasion of Iraq. He implored them to “shut out the noise” and back the deal.

Answer: 200

<hl> “Let’s not mince words: The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy and some form of war — maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon,” Mr. Obama told about 200 people in a speech at American University. <hl> “How can we in good conscience justify war before we’ve tested a diplomatic agreement that achieves our objectives?” Mr. Obama, opening a new, more overtly political phase of his public campaign for the accord, portrayed the coming vote in Congress to approve or reject the deal as the most consequential foreign policy decision for lawmakers since Congress voted in 2003 to authorize the invasion of Iraq. He implored them to “shut out the noise” and back the deal.

“Let’s not mince words: The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy and some form of war — maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon,” Mr. Obama told about <hl> 200 <hl> people in a speech at American University. “How can we in good conscience justify war before we’ve tested a diplomatic agreement that achieves our objectives?” Mr. Obama, opening a new, more overtly political phase of his public campaign for the accord, portrayed the coming vote in Congress to approve or reject the deal as the most consequential foreign policy decision for lawmakers since Congress voted in 2003 to authorize the invasion of Iraq. He implored them to “shut out the noise” and back the deal.


Question: What did Sgt Michael Faranda admire about Ukrainians willingness despite lack of prepartion??

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: go into combat

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. <hl> Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it. <hl>

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 <hl> go into combat <hl> was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.


Question: What are the prices for the Lasermania laser show?

For Children GALLOWAY Stockton University Performing Art’s Center “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale. July 8 at 10:30 a.m. $10. Stockton University Performing Art’s Center, 101 Vera King Farris Drive. 609-652-9000; stockton.edu/pac. MORRISTOWN Morris Museum “Lasermania,” laser show set to popular music. July 9 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. $10 and $12. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road. morrismuseum.org; 973-971-3701. NEWARK Newark Public Library The Newark Black Film Festival Youth Cinema. July 6 through Aug. 12. Free. Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. 973-733-7784; npl.org. Music and Dance ASBURY PARK The Stone Pony Marianas Trench, punk band. July 5 at 6 p.m. $25 and $28. Corey Taylor, solo acoustic rock. July 8 at 7 p.m. $25 and $30. Cake, alternative rock. July 10 at 5 p.m. $35 and $40. The Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Avenue. stoneponyonline.com; 732-502-0600. ASBURY PARK Tim McLoone’s Supper Club Donny Most, swing music, performs music by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and others. July 12 at 7 p.m. $20 to $25. Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, 1200 Ocean Avenue. timmcloonessupperclub.com; 732-744-1155. ASBURY PARK Wonder Bar Ximena Sariñana, pop, with Alex Ferreira and the Kava Daphne. July 10 at 7 p.m. $12. Wonder Bar, Ocean and Fifth Avenues. wonderbarasburypark.com; 732-502-8886.

Answer: $10 and $12

$10 and $12 .

For Children GALLOWAY Stockton University Performing Art’s Center “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale. July 8 at 10:30 a.m. $10. Stockton University Performing Art’s Center, 101 Vera King Farris Drive. 609-652-9000; stockton.edu/pac. MORRISTOWN Morris Museum “Lasermania,” laser show set to popular music. July 9 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. <hl> $10 and $12 . <hl> Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road. morrismuseum.org; 973-971-3701. NEWARK Newark Public Library The Newark Black Film Festival Youth Cinema. July 6 through Aug. 12. Free. Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. 973-733-7784; npl.org. Music and Dance ASBURY PARK The Stone Pony Marianas Trench, punk band. July 5 at 6 p.m. $25 and $28. Corey Taylor, solo acoustic rock. July 8 at 7 p.m. $25 and $30. Cake, alternative rock. July 10 at 5 p.m. $35 and $40. The Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Avenue. stoneponyonline.com; 732-502-0600. ASBURY PARK Tim McLoone’s Supper Club Donny Most, swing music, performs music by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and others. July 12 at 7 p.m. $20 to $25. Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, 1200 Ocean Avenue. timmcloonessupperclub.com; 732-744-1155. ASBURY PARK Wonder Bar Ximena Sariñana, pop, with Alex Ferreira and the Kava Daphne. July 10 at 7 p.m. $12. Wonder Bar, Ocean and Fifth Avenues. wonderbarasburypark.com; 732-502-8886.

For Children GALLOWAY Stockton University Performing Art’s Center “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale. July 8 at 10:30 a.m. $10. Stockton University Performing Art’s Center, 101 Vera King Farris Drive. 609-652-9000; stockton.edu/pac. MORRISTOWN Morris Museum “Lasermania,” laser show set to popular music. July 9 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. <hl> $10 and $12 <hl>. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road. morrismuseum.org; 973-971-3701. NEWARK Newark Public Library The Newark Black Film Festival Youth Cinema. July 6 through Aug. 12. Free. Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. 973-733-7784; npl.org. Music and Dance ASBURY PARK The Stone Pony Marianas Trench, punk band. July 5 at 6 p.m. $25 and $28. Corey Taylor, solo acoustic rock. July 8 at 7 p.m. $25 and $30. Cake, alternative rock. July 10 at 5 p.m. $35 and $40. The Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Avenue. stoneponyonline.com; 732-502-0600. ASBURY PARK Tim McLoone’s Supper Club Donny Most, swing music, performs music by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and others. July 12 at 7 p.m. $20 to $25. Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, 1200 Ocean Avenue. timmcloonessupperclub.com; 732-744-1155. ASBURY PARK Wonder Bar Ximena Sariñana, pop, with Alex Ferreira and the Kava Daphne. July 10 at 7 p.m. $12. Wonder Bar, Ocean and Fifth Avenues. wonderbarasburypark.com; 732-502-8886.


Question: Is "anchor babies" a positive term?

1. He should never let himself say the words “anchor babies” ever again. He got in trouble for using that derogatory reference to the children of unauthorized immigrants in passing, in an interview, then dug himself a hole by defending his use of it. On Monday, he dug deeper. He tried to explain that he had been talking about “Asian people” who arrive on tourist visas through organized schemes to give birth to American babies on American soil.

Answer: derogatory reference

1. He should never let himself say the words “anchor babies” ever again. <hl> He got in trouble for using that derogatory reference to the children of unauthorized immigrants in passing, in an interview, then dug himself a hole by defending his use of it. <hl> On Monday, he dug deeper. He tried to explain that he had been talking about “Asian people” who arrive on tourist visas through organized schemes to give birth to American babies on American soil.

1. He should never let himself say the words “anchor babies” ever again. He got in trouble for using that <hl> derogatory reference <hl> to the children of unauthorized immigrants in passing, in an interview, then dug himself a hole by defending his use of it. On Monday, he dug deeper. He tried to explain that he had been talking about “Asian people” who arrive on tourist visas through organized schemes to give birth to American babies on American soil.


Question: What is the nationality of Stephane Heuet?

Proust For The People: Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list. Sort of. The French artist Stéphane Heuet’s illustrated interpretation of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of Proust’s sprawling semiautobiographical novel “In Search of Lost Time,” is at No. 5 in its seventh week on the graphic novel hardcover list. Heuet has been adapting the book since 1988, when the first installment was published in France — to violent dismay. Le Figaro called the project “blasphemous” and “catastrophic,” with the critic Hervé de Saint-Hilaire taking special exception to the depiction of the young Marcel (“a formless little boy with idiotic eyes’’). Heuet defended himself, telling The New York Times: “Proust has been kept in a ghetto of snobs as a sort of precious gold and diamond object. For me, any effort to democratize Proust is valid.” And, as it happens, lucrative. Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in three weeks. Of course, comics play a surprisingly large and vital role in French publishing. According to Publishers Weekly, graphic novel sales in France have been put at about $458 million, and they make up about 12.5 percent of all books published, compared with about 3 percent in America. And critics should have no cause for concern; Heuet and Arthur Goldhammer, the book’s translator, envision it as a tantalizing introduction to “In Search of Lost Time” — not a substitute for the real thing. “Stéphane Heuet and I have tried to preserve the ‘flavor’ of Proust . . . his ‘fragrance’ — as un menu de dégustation, or tasting menu, tries to give a full sampling of the dishes in the repertoire of a great chef,” Goldhammer writes in the preface. “Those who find the taste to their liking will want to return often to savor fuller portions.”

Answer: French

Proust For The People: Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list. Sort of. <hl> The French artist Stéphane Heuet’s illustrated interpretation of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of Proust’s sprawling semiautobiographical novel “In Search of Lost Time,” is at No. 5 in its seventh week on the graphic novel hardcover list. <hl> Heuet has been adapting the book since 1988, when the first installment was published in France — to violent dismay. Le Figaro called the project “blasphemous” and “catastrophic,” with the critic Hervé de Saint-Hilaire taking special exception to the depiction of the young Marcel (“a formless little boy with idiotic eyes’’). Heuet defended himself, telling The New York Times: “Proust has been kept in a ghetto of snobs as a sort of precious gold and diamond object. For me, any effort to democratize Proust is valid.” And, as it happens, lucrative. Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in three weeks. Of course, comics play a surprisingly large and vital role in French publishing. According to Publishers Weekly, graphic novel sales in France have been put at about $458 million, and they make up about 12.5 percent of all books published, compared with about 3 percent in America. And critics should have no cause for concern; Heuet and Arthur Goldhammer, the book’s translator, envision it as a tantalizing introduction to “In Search of Lost Time” — not a substitute for the real thing. “Stéphane Heuet and I have tried to preserve the ‘flavor’ of Proust . . . his ‘fragrance’ — as un menu de dégustation, or tasting menu, tries to give a full sampling of the dishes in the repertoire of a great chef,” Goldhammer writes in the preface. “Those who find the taste to their liking will want to return often to savor fuller portions.”

Proust For The People: Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list. Sort of. The <hl> French <hl> artist Stéphane Heuet’s illustrated interpretation of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of Proust’s sprawling semiautobiographical novel “In Search of Lost Time,” is at No. 5 in its seventh week on the graphic novel hardcover list. Heuet has been adapting the book since 1988, when the first installment was published in France — to violent dismay. Le Figaro called the project “blasphemous” and “catastrophic,” with the critic Hervé de Saint-Hilaire taking special exception to the depiction of the young Marcel (“a formless little boy with idiotic eyes’’). Heuet defended himself, telling The New York Times: “Proust has been kept in a ghetto of snobs as a sort of precious gold and diamond object. For me, any effort to democratize Proust is valid.” And, as it happens, lucrative. Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in three weeks. Of course, comics play a surprisingly large and vital role in French publishing. According to Publishers Weekly, graphic novel sales in France have been put at about $458 million, and they make up about 12.5 percent of all books published, compared with about 3 percent in America. And critics should have no cause for concern; Heuet and Arthur Goldhammer, the book’s translator, envision it as a tantalizing introduction to “In Search of Lost Time” — not a substitute for the real thing. “Stéphane Heuet and I have tried to preserve the ‘flavor’ of Proust . . . his ‘fragrance’ — as un menu de dégustation, or tasting menu, tries to give a full sampling of the dishes in the repertoire of a great chef,” Goldhammer writes in the preface. “Those who find the taste to their liking will want to return often to savor fuller portions.”


Question: Who died at the downtown jail?

Six Denver sheriff’s deputies are on restricted duty while the authorities investigate an episode at the downtown jail involving an inmate who later died. The authorities have refused to provide details about what led up to the death of the inmate, Michael Marshall, 50, who was removed from life support on Friday. The Nov. 11 episode happened in an entryway outside the jail pod where Mr. Marshall was held. He had been arrested Nov. 7 on allegations of trespassing and disturbing the peace. His relatives say they are frustrated that the authorities will not let them view video of what happened. The case comes a year after jurors awarded $4.65 million to the family of a homeless man who died in the jail in 2010.

Answer: an inmate

<hl> Six Denver sheriff’s deputies are on restricted duty while the authorities investigate an episode at the downtown jail involving an inmate who later died. <hl> The authorities have refused to provide details about what led up to the death of the inmate, Michael Marshall, 50, who was removed from life support on Friday. The Nov. 11 episode happened in an entryway outside the jail pod where Mr. Marshall was held. He had been arrested Nov. 7 on allegations of trespassing and disturbing the peace. His relatives say they are frustrated that the authorities will not let them view video of what happened. The case comes a year after jurors awarded $4.65 million to the family of a homeless man who died in the jail in 2010.

Six Denver sheriff’s deputies are on restricted duty while the authorities investigate an episode at the downtown jail involving <hl> an inmate <hl> who later died. The authorities have refused to provide details about what led up to the death of the inmate, Michael Marshall, 50, who was removed from life support on Friday. The Nov. 11 episode happened in an entryway outside the jail pod where Mr. Marshall was held. He had been arrested Nov. 7 on allegations of trespassing and disturbing the peace. His relatives say they are frustrated that the authorities will not let them view video of what happened. The case comes a year after jurors awarded $4.65 million to the family of a homeless man who died in the jail in 2010.


Question: What does Begley make no mention of?

Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility, which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Answer: the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility

<hl> Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility , which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. <hl> There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Third, Begley makes no mention of <hl> the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility <hl>, which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska. There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English. Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s. Poles are now “working through the past” — as Theodor Adorno put it — in a way comparable to the collective memory work of Germans since the 1960s. Last year’s opening of a Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is only the most visible sign of this.

Third, Begley makes no mention of <hl> the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility <hl> , which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska.


Question: What figure had previously conversed multiple times with Mr. Heastie?

Ms. Miner noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker. But in many cases Tuesday, Mr. Heastie, now one of the most powerful men in Albany, seemed to be introducing himself to members of the public. In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.

Answer: Ms. Miner

<hl> Ms. Miner noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker. <hl> But in many cases Tuesday, Mr. Heastie, now one of the most powerful men in Albany, seemed to be introducing himself to members of the public. In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.

<hl> Ms. Miner <hl> noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker. But in many cases Tuesday, Mr. Heastie, now one of the most powerful men in Albany, seemed to be introducing himself to members of the public. In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.


Question: How many people gathered at a nightclub to see Cruz?

“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South. “When they do engage with a presidential campaign, I want it to be a meaningful engagement that lasts for hopefully their whole life and our whole life.” Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall. They got on a bus, were taken to the airplane hangar and waited in an unseasonable chill to cheer the senator when he arrived with his family by chartered plane.

Answer: 1,000

“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South. “When they do engage with a presidential campaign, I want it to be a meaningful engagement that lasts for hopefully their whole life and our whole life.” <hl> Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall. <hl> They got on a bus, were taken to the airplane hangar and waited in an unseasonable chill to cheer the senator when he arrived with his family by chartered plane.

“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South. “When they do engage with a presidential campaign, I want it to be a meaningful engagement that lasts for hopefully their whole life and our whole life.” Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than <hl> 1,000 <hl> people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall. They got on a bus, were taken to the airplane hangar and waited in an unseasonable chill to cheer the senator when he arrived with his family by chartered plane.


Question: Where can one view embroidery?

PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Theological Explorations of Love and Lust,” lecture by Deanne Mincer. April 8 at 6 p.m. $15 to $25. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street. 914-788-0100; hvcca.org. PURCHASE Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College An artist talk by Artie Vierkant. April 8 at 6:30 p.m. Free. “Prestige, Identity and Power in Early Kuba Garments,” gallery talk and participatory embroidery. April 12 at 2 p.m. $3 to $5. Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road. 914-251-6100; www.neuberger.org. SCARSDALE Greenburgh Nature Center “Free Energy: A Local Family Saves by Going Solar,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. Free. Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road. greenburghnaturecenter.org; 914-723-3470.

Answer: Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College

PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Theological Explorations of Love and Lust,” lecture by Deanne Mincer. April 8 at 6 p.m. $15 to $25. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street. 914-788-0100; hvcca.org. <hl> PURCHASE Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College An artist talk by Artie Vierkant. <hl> April 8 at 6:30 p.m. Free. “Prestige, Identity and Power in Early Kuba Garments,” gallery talk and participatory embroidery. April 12 at 2 p.m. $3 to $5. Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road. 914-251-6100; www.neuberger.org. SCARSDALE Greenburgh Nature Center “Free Energy: A Local Family Saves by Going Solar,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. Free. Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road. greenburghnaturecenter.org; 914-723-3470.

PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Theological Explorations of Love and Lust,” lecture by Deanne Mincer. April 8 at 6 p.m. $15 to $25. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street. 914-788-0100; hvcca.org. PURCHASE <hl> Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College <hl> An artist talk by Artie Vierkant. April 8 at 6:30 p.m. Free. “Prestige, Identity and Power in Early Kuba Garments,” gallery talk and participatory embroidery. April 12 at 2 p.m. $3 to $5. Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road. 914-251-6100; www.neuberger.org. SCARSDALE Greenburgh Nature Center “Free Energy: A Local Family Saves by Going Solar,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. Free. Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road. greenburghnaturecenter.org; 914-723-3470.


Question: Where will the 5K take place?

A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30. (Registration is at publicprep.org/ultimatepiday.) And at 8:30 p.m., the museum will repeat the morning’s free demonstration of pi (location to be announced), with visitors standing in huge circles and holding glow sticks as measuring tools. After a countdown to 9:26:53, the event will conclude with hot chocolate and something even the math-averse can usually digest: pie.

Answer: Roosevelt Island

<hl> A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island , with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30. <hl> (Registration is at publicprep.org/ultimatepiday.) And at 8:30 p.m., the museum will repeat the morning’s free demonstration of pi (location to be announced), with visitors standing in huge circles and holding glow sticks as measuring tools. After a countdown to 9:26:53, the event will conclude with hot chocolate and something even the math-averse can usually digest: pie.

A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on <hl> Roosevelt Island <hl>, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30. (Registration is at publicprep.org/ultimatepiday.) And at 8:30 p.m., the museum will repeat the morning’s free demonstration of pi (location to be announced), with visitors standing in huge circles and holding glow sticks as measuring tools. After a countdown to 9:26:53, the event will conclude with hot chocolate and something even the math-averse can usually digest: pie.

A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on <hl> Roosevelt Island <hl> , with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30.


Question: Who briefed the reporters?

At the briefing, Mr. Sumwalt said that investigators reviewing the workings of the rail crossing found that the warning lights, the alarm and the gate arms were all functioning at the time of the crash. In an interview with investigators on Thursday, the engineer operating the train said he saw the S.U.V. moving onto the tracks as the northbound train approached the crossing at Commerce Street. The engineer’s account of the car’s moving into the path of the train was consistent with the account of a man who said he was in the car behind Ms. Brody’s, and who was interviewed by reporters after the crash and by investigators for the federal safety board on Thursday.

Answer: Mr. Sumwalt

<hl> At the briefing, Mr. Sumwalt said that investigators reviewing the workings of the rail crossing found that the warning lights, the alarm and the gate arms were all functioning at the time of the crash. <hl> In an interview with investigators on Thursday, the engineer operating the train said he saw the S.U.V. moving onto the tracks as the northbound train approached the crossing at Commerce Street. The engineer’s account of the car’s moving into the path of the train was consistent with the account of a man who said he was in the car behind Ms. Brody’s, and who was interviewed by reporters after the crash and by investigators for the federal safety board on Thursday.

At the briefing, <hl> Mr. Sumwalt <hl> said that investigators reviewing the workings of the rail crossing found that the warning lights, the alarm and the gate arms were all functioning at the time of the crash. In an interview with investigators on Thursday, the engineer operating the train said he saw the S.U.V. moving onto the tracks as the northbound train approached the crossing at Commerce Street. The engineer’s account of the car’s moving into the path of the train was consistent with the account of a man who said he was in the car behind Ms. Brody’s, and who was interviewed by reporters after the crash and by investigators for the federal safety board on Thursday.


Question: What did Picasso try to establish himself as when arriving in Barcelona?

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

Answer: an artist

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

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

“When Picasso came to Barcelona after studying in Madrid, he tried to establish himself here as <hl> an artist <hl> ,” said Malén Gual, curator of the exhibition, during a recent tour.


Question: Which player for the Chiefs is out with an injury?

The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to Cincinnati to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing. Last week, Bengals wide receiver A. J. Green humiliated Baltimore with 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Sean Smith will be back from a suspension and will do his best against Green, but with Phillip Gaines out with a knee injury, Cincinnati’s offense may be off to the races. PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m. Line: Even The Saints’ offense performed reasonably well with Drew Brees sidelined last week, but frustration continued as the team remained winless and finished the week three games behind two teams in its division. Brees has expressed optimism that he will be back this week, but how his shoulder woes could affect his ability to stretch the field is unknown.

Answer: Phillip Gaines

The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to Cincinnati to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing. Last week, Bengals wide receiver A. J. Green humiliated Baltimore with 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns. <hl> Sean Smith will be back from a suspension and will do his best against Green, but with Phillip Gaines out with a knee injury, Cincinnati’s offense may be off to the races. <hl> PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m. Line: Even The Saints’ offense performed reasonably well with Drew Brees sidelined last week, but frustration continued as the team remained winless and finished the week three games behind two teams in its division. Brees has expressed optimism that he will be back this week, but how his shoulder woes could affect his ability to stretch the field is unknown.

The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to Cincinnati to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing. Last week, Bengals wide receiver A. J. Green humiliated Baltimore with 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Sean Smith will be back from a suspension and will do his best against Green, but with <hl> Phillip Gaines <hl> out with a knee injury, Cincinnati’s offense may be off to the races. PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m. Line: Even The Saints’ offense performed reasonably well with Drew Brees sidelined last week, but frustration continued as the team remained winless and finished the week three games behind two teams in its division. Brees has expressed optimism that he will be back this week, but how his shoulder woes could affect his ability to stretch the field is unknown.


Question: How many US military trained the Ukrainian in remedial military instructions?

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

Answer: 300

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” <hl> The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. <hl> Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by <hl> 300 <hl> United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.


Question: To avoid this error you should move what files instead?

If you want to sling between computers files that you did not purchase in iTunes — like audio tracks ripped from your own CDs — using your Dropbox folder as a transfer station can work. However, to avoid seeing exclamation marks or other errors because of original files gone missing from the first iTunes library, drag copies of the tracks out of the iTunes window to the desktop Dropbox folder, or copy over duplicates from your iTunes Media folder to Dropbox. Once you get to your second computer and open your synced Dropbox folder there, import the tracks into that system’s iTunes’s library. You can delete them out of your Dropbox folder at that point, but if you leave them there, you can play and view many types of unrestricted files on a smartphone or tablet by opening and streaming them through the Dropbox mobile app.

Answer: copies of the tracks

If you want to sling between computers files that you did not purchase in iTunes — like audio tracks ripped from your own CDs — using your Dropbox folder as a transfer station can work. <hl> However, to avoid seeing exclamation marks or other errors because of original files gone missing from the first iTunes library, drag copies of the tracks out of the iTunes window to the desktop Dropbox folder, or copy over duplicates from your iTunes Media folder to Dropbox. <hl> Once you get to your second computer and open your synced Dropbox folder there, import the tracks into that system’s iTunes’s library. You can delete them out of your Dropbox folder at that point, but if you leave them there, you can play and view many types of unrestricted files on a smartphone or tablet by opening and streaming them through the Dropbox mobile app.

If you want to sling between computers files that you did not purchase in iTunes — like audio tracks ripped from your own CDs — using your Dropbox folder as a transfer station can work. However, to avoid seeing exclamation marks or other errors because of original files gone missing from the first iTunes library, drag <hl> copies of the tracks <hl> out of the iTunes window to the desktop Dropbox folder, or copy over duplicates from your iTunes Media folder to Dropbox. Once you get to your second computer and open your synced Dropbox folder there, import the tracks into that system’s iTunes’s library. You can delete them out of your Dropbox folder at that point, but if you leave them there, you can play and view many types of unrestricted files on a smartphone or tablet by opening and streaming them through the Dropbox mobile app.


Question: Which street was the alligator sighted?

A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC.  Officers from the Police Department’s 34th Precinct found the animal crossing Ninth Avenue at 205th Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Thursday night and, after posting the photo and a series of jokes on Twitter, took it to the agency’s Manhattan Animal Care Center, said Alexandra Silver, the spokeswoman.

Answer: Ninth Avenue at 205th Street

A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC. <hl> Officers from the Police Department’s 34th Precinct found the animal crossing Ninth Avenue at 205th Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Thursday night and, after posting the photo and a series of jokes on Twitter, took it to the agency’s Manhattan Animal Care Center, said Alexandra Silver, the spokeswoman. <hl>

A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC. Officers from the Police Department’s 34th Precinct found the animal crossing <hl> Ninth Avenue at 205th Street <hl> in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Thursday night and, after posting the photo and a series of jokes on Twitter, took it to the agency’s Manhattan Animal Care Center, said Alexandra Silver, the spokeswoman.


Question: Who went to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to see Sita Shrestha's body?

The daily rhythm of search and disappointment continued until last Friday. That afternoon Mr. Shrestha received a call from the police confirming what he and his family had feared. Search and rescue teams had found a woman’s body in the rubble, bruised and bloated, lying next to a handbag. Inside was a cellphone, and the police were able to download the call history and identify a phone number that it had called the most. The number was her brother’s. Summoned to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, he and his brother-in-law were led crying into a room and shown the body. It was hers. Sita Shrestha was gone, but no longer missing.

Answer: he and his brother-in-law

The daily rhythm of search and disappointment continued until last Friday. That afternoon Mr. Shrestha received a call from the police confirming what he and his family had feared. Search and rescue teams had found a woman’s body in the rubble, bruised and bloated, lying next to a handbag. Inside was a cellphone, and the police were able to download the call history and identify a phone number that it had called the most. The number was her brother’s. <hl> Summoned to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, he and his brother-in-law were led crying into a room and shown the body. <hl> It was hers. Sita Shrestha was gone, but no longer missing.

The daily rhythm of search and disappointment continued until last Friday. That afternoon Mr. Shrestha received a call from the police confirming what he and his family had feared. Search and rescue teams had found a woman’s body in the rubble, bruised and bloated, lying next to a handbag. Inside was a cellphone, and the police were able to download the call history and identify a phone number that it had called the most. The number was her brother’s. Summoned to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, <hl> he and his brother-in-law <hl> were led crying into a room and shown the body. It was hers. Sita Shrestha was gone, but no longer missing.


Question: What was considered to be the bread-and-butter business of Bear Stearns?

That model has underpinned the basic private equity deal ever since. While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Kohlberg became the mentor of two promising Wall Street types, the cousins Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, who quickly took to this form of deal-making. But others at the firm began to grumble about the three spending too much time away from bread-and-butter business of the firm, investment banking. After an attempt to form a leveraged-buyout group within Bear Stearns was rejected, the three men struck out on their own. With the help of eight investors, including Mr. Kravis’s father and Mr. Kohlberg’s $5 million nest egg, they set up Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company in Midtown Manhattan. Though the early years of the firm were sometimes lean, K.K.R.’s business model proved alluring, prompting a growing stream of competitors eager to reap huge profits from deals made with borrowed money.

Answer: investment banking

That model has underpinned the basic private equity deal ever since. While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Kohlberg became the mentor of two promising Wall Street types, the cousins Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, who quickly took to this form of deal-making. <hl> But others at the firm began to grumble about the three spending too much time away from bread-and-butter business of the firm, investment banking . <hl> After an attempt to form a leveraged-buyout group within Bear Stearns was rejected, the three men struck out on their own. With the help of eight investors, including Mr. Kravis’s father and Mr. Kohlberg’s $5 million nest egg, they set up Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company in Midtown Manhattan. Though the early years of the firm were sometimes lean, K.K.R.’s business model proved alluring, prompting a growing stream of competitors eager to reap huge profits from deals made with borrowed money.

That model has underpinned the basic private equity deal ever since. While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Kohlberg became the mentor of two promising Wall Street types, the cousins Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, who quickly took to this form of deal-making. But others at the firm began to grumble about the three spending too much time away from bread-and-butter business of the firm, <hl> investment banking <hl>. After an attempt to form a leveraged-buyout group within Bear Stearns was rejected, the three men struck out on their own. With the help of eight investors, including Mr. Kravis’s father and Mr. Kohlberg’s $5 million nest egg, they set up Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company in Midtown Manhattan. Though the early years of the firm were sometimes lean, K.K.R.’s business model proved alluring, prompting a growing stream of competitors eager to reap huge profits from deals made with borrowed money.

But others at the firm began to grumble about the three spending too much time away from bread-and-butter business of the firm, <hl> investment banking <hl> .