Question: Which party is in control of most government offices in the state of Idaho?

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

Answer: Republicans

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

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


Question: Who wanted Mr. Neto to be ousted?

Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees, said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position. Although many Brazilian evangelicals support tough-on-crime political movements, Mr. Silva Neto’s approach puts him closer to human rights activists on the left. He criticizes incarceration policies that he says target the poor for nonviolent drug charges.

Answer: a committee of guards

<hl> Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees, said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position. <hl> Although many Brazilian evangelicals support tough-on-crime political movements, Mr. Silva Neto’s approach puts him closer to human rights activists on the left. He criticizes incarceration policies that he says target the poor for nonviolent drug charges.

Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees, said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that <hl> a committee of guards <hl> asked the union to support ousting him from his position. Although many Brazilian evangelicals support tough-on-crime political movements, Mr. Silva Neto’s approach puts him closer to human rights activists on the left. He criticizes incarceration policies that he says target the poor for nonviolent drug charges.


Question: What is the Clay Art Center's website?

PORT CHESTER Clay Art Center “Divergent Currents: The Ripple Effect of Japan on American Ceramic Artists.” Through May 9. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and by appointment. Clay Art Center, 40 Beech Street. clayartcenter.org; 914-937-2047. PORT EWEN Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library “Art Play,” group show. Through April 27. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; 845-338-5580. POUGHKEEPSIE The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge “Bridge Music,” sound installation by Joseph Bertolozzi. Through Oct. 31. Dawn to dusk. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. josephbertolozzi.com. POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center “ Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks From the Dawn of Photography.” April 10 through June 14. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Avenue. 845-437-5632; fllac.vassar.edu.

Answer: clayartcenter.org

clayartcenter.org ; 914-937-2047.

PORT CHESTER Clay Art Center “Divergent Currents: The Ripple Effect of Japan on American Ceramic Artists.” Through May 9. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and by appointment. Clay Art Center, 40 Beech Street. <hl> clayartcenter.org ; 914-937-2047. <hl> PORT EWEN Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library “Art Play,” group show. Through April 27. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; 845-338-5580. POUGHKEEPSIE The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge “Bridge Music,” sound installation by Joseph Bertolozzi. Through Oct. 31. Dawn to dusk. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. josephbertolozzi.com. POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center “ Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks From the Dawn of Photography.” April 10 through June 14. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Avenue. 845-437-5632; fllac.vassar.edu.

PORT CHESTER Clay Art Center “Divergent Currents: The Ripple Effect of Japan on American Ceramic Artists.” Through May 9. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and by appointment. Clay Art Center, 40 Beech Street. <hl> clayartcenter.org <hl>; 914-937-2047. PORT EWEN Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library “Art Play,” group show. Through April 27. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; 845-338-5580. POUGHKEEPSIE The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge “Bridge Music,” sound installation by Joseph Bertolozzi. Through Oct. 31. Dawn to dusk. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. josephbertolozzi.com. POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center “ Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks From the Dawn of Photography.” April 10 through June 14. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Avenue. 845-437-5632; fllac.vassar.edu.

<hl> clayartcenter.org <hl> ; 914-937-2047.


Question: What do people do repeatedly?

The argument on the other side boils down to a simple notion: Drivers are going to do it anyway, so why not minimize the riskiest kinds of multitasking, like looking down at the phone or handling it? People use their phones too compulsively to expect them to stop, said Nagraj Kashyap, senior vice president for ventures and innovation at Qualcomm Ventures, an investing arm of the telecom giant, which recently injected $3 million into Navdy. “To completely eliminate it is a pipe dream,” Mr. Kashyap said of motorist multitasking. “The best way to handle it is to make it as safe as you can.”

Answer: People use their phones too compulsively

<hl> The argument on the other side boils down to a simple notion: Drivers are going to do it anyway, so why not minimize the riskiest kinds of multitasking, like looking down at the phone or handling it? People use their phones too compulsively to expect them to stop, said Nagraj Kashyap, senior vice president for ventures and innovation at Qualcomm Ventures, an investing arm of the telecom giant, which recently injected $3 million into Navdy. <hl> “To completely eliminate it is a pipe dream,” Mr. Kashyap said of motorist multitasking. “The best way to handle it is to make it as safe as you can.”

The argument on the other side boils down to a simple notion: Drivers are going to do it anyway, so why not minimize the riskiest kinds of multitasking, like looking down at the phone or handling it? <hl> People use their phones too compulsively <hl> to expect them to stop, said Nagraj Kashyap, senior vice president for ventures and innovation at Qualcomm Ventures, an investing arm of the telecom giant, which recently injected $3 million into Navdy. “To completely eliminate it is a pipe dream,” Mr. Kashyap said of motorist multitasking. “The best way to handle it is to make it as safe as you can.”


Question: was rabin was assasanated?

The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination, including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.” I hope a lot of Americans see this film — for the warning it offers to those who ignore or rationalize the divisive, bigoted campaigns of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and how they’re dragging their whole party across civic redlines, with candidates saying, rationalizing or ignoring more and more crazy, ill-informed stuff each week.

Answer: before Rabin’s assassination

<hl> The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination , including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.” <hl> I hope a lot of Americans see this film — for the warning it offers to those who ignore or rationalize the divisive, bigoted campaigns of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and how they’re dragging their whole party across civic redlines, with candidates saying, rationalizing or ignoring more and more crazy, ill-informed stuff each week.

The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months <hl> before Rabin’s assassination <hl>, including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.” I hope a lot of Americans see this film — for the warning it offers to those who ignore or rationalize the divisive, bigoted campaigns of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and how they’re dragging their whole party across civic redlines, with candidates saying, rationalizing or ignoring more and more crazy, ill-informed stuff each week.

The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months <hl> before Rabin’s assassination <hl> , including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.”


Question: Who was Tziano having a familiar chat with?

We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York. Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among his guests: how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed. It was a fine thing, Tiziano said, to have accumulated all those visas and passport stamps, all those exotic datelines, all those Saddam Hussein puppets and Little Red Books of Mao’s wisdom, all those richly seasoned tales of derring-do.

Answer: his guests

We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York. <hl> Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among his guests : how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed. <hl> It was a fine thing, Tiziano said, to have accumulated all those visas and passport stamps, all those exotic datelines, all those Saddam Hussein puppets and Little Red Books of Mao’s wisdom, all those richly seasoned tales of derring-do.

We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York. Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among <hl> his guests <hl>: how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed. It was a fine thing, Tiziano said, to have accumulated all those visas and passport stamps, all those exotic datelines, all those Saddam Hussein puppets and Little Red Books of Mao’s wisdom, all those richly seasoned tales of derring-do.

Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among <hl> his guests <hl> : how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed.


Question: In what year was Pete Rose barred from baseball?

ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati, Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball. Now 74, Rose has petitioned for reinstatement, and there had been hopes locally that something might happen in time for the All-Star Game. Those hopes faded last month after ESPN said it obtained a notebook that shows Rose bet on baseball during his last season as an active player in 1986, not just afterward as manager.

Answer: 1989

<hl> ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati, Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball. <hl> Now 74, Rose has petitioned for reinstatement, and there had been hopes locally that something might happen in time for the All-Star Game. Those hopes faded last month after ESPN said it obtained a notebook that shows Rose bet on baseball during his last season as an active player in 1986, not just afterward as manager.

ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati, Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in <hl> 1989 <hl> and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball. Now 74, Rose has petitioned for reinstatement, and there had been hopes locally that something might happen in time for the All-Star Game. Those hopes faded last month after ESPN said it obtained a notebook that shows Rose bet on baseball during his last season as an active player in 1986, not just afterward as manager.


Question: Where did the great grandmother flee from?

A friend of mine inherited a Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it. That family is scattered across the globe and the way of life the coffee set embodied has vanished, but the dainty china pot and matching cups remain flawless. Porcelain is like that. We all know that the sweep of a careless elbow can shatter it into unmendable bits. But take some basic precautions and in a hundred years it will look as good as new — its colors undimmed, its whites snowy — after you and your children are dead and gone. It is fragile, and it is strong.

Answer: Europe

<hl> A friend of mine inherited a Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it. <hl> That family is scattered across the globe and the way of life the coffee set embodied has vanished, but the dainty china pot and matching cups remain flawless. Porcelain is like that. We all know that the sweep of a careless elbow can shatter it into unmendable bits. But take some basic precautions and in a hundred years it will look as good as new — its colors undimmed, its whites snowy — after you and your children are dead and gone. It is fragile, and it is strong.

A friend of mine inherited a Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-grandmother, a woman who fled <hl> Europe <hl> in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it. That family is scattered across the globe and the way of life the coffee set embodied has vanished, but the dainty china pot and matching cups remain flawless. Porcelain is like that. We all know that the sweep of a careless elbow can shatter it into unmendable bits. But take some basic precautions and in a hundred years it will look as good as new — its colors undimmed, its whites snowy — after you and your children are dead and gone. It is fragile, and it is strong.


Question: Who is it harder for to obtain weapons?

Where Congress has faltered, the states have moved to tighten safety aspects of gun ownership. For instance, 10 states have made it harder for people with domestic violence convictions to obtain weapons. Court records show that the gunman in Louisiana had a history of mental illness and had once been the subject of a protective order in Carroll County, Ga., which may have been detected with a stronger mental health reporting systems. That too is the subject of legislation languishing in Congress.

Answer: people with domestic violence convictions

Where Congress has faltered, the states have moved to tighten safety aspects of gun ownership. <hl> For instance, 10 states have made it harder for people with domestic violence convictions to obtain weapons. <hl> Court records show that the gunman in Louisiana had a history of mental illness and had once been the subject of a protective order in Carroll County, Ga., which may have been detected with a stronger mental health reporting systems. That too is the subject of legislation languishing in Congress.

Where Congress has faltered, the states have moved to tighten safety aspects of gun ownership. For instance, 10 states have made it harder for <hl> people with domestic violence convictions <hl> to obtain weapons. Court records show that the gunman in Louisiana had a history of mental illness and had once been the subject of a protective order in Carroll County, Ga., which may have been detected with a stronger mental health reporting systems. That too is the subject of legislation languishing in Congress.


Question: What government ask the US for help?

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

Answer: Kiev

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

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


Question: Which book tells the story of a boy working at his parents store?

I am especially partial to these kinds of “work” books, these generally antiquated, patient things, that instead of telling a story directly, indirectly relate the inevitably moving story of a person getting up every day, sufficiently hopeful that something will be yielded via an extravagant, chaotic gathering of data. I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state. Opening “Wild Talents” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches. Then, obliquely, he connects this to a string of unsolved murders across time and space.

Answer: Wild Talents

I am especially partial to these kinds of “work” books, these generally antiquated, patient things, that instead of telling a story directly, indirectly relate the inevitably moving story of a person getting up every day, sufficiently hopeful that something will be yielded via an extravagant, chaotic gathering of data. I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state. <hl> Opening “ Wild Talents ” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches. <hl> Then, obliquely, he connects this to a string of unsolved murders across time and space.

I am especially partial to these kinds of “work” books, these generally antiquated, patient things, that instead of telling a story directly, indirectly relate the inevitably moving story of a person getting up every day, sufficiently hopeful that something will be yielded via an extravagant, chaotic gathering of data. I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state. Opening “<hl> Wild Talents <hl>” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches. Then, obliquely, he connects this to a string of unsolved murders across time and space.

Opening “ <hl> Wild Talents <hl> ” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches.


Question: Which actor co-stars with Melissa McCarthy in the new movie "Spy?"

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

Answer: Jude Law

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

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


Question: Who is the prime minister of Belgium?

Greece’s backsliding on its pledges has stirred speculation in recent days of a possible “Grexit,” or Greek exit, from the 19-nation group that uses the euro. It also gave rise to a new piece of Brussels jargon: “Grexident,” or the prospect of Greece stumbling through the exit by accident. In a sign of how testy the mood had become, Charles Michel, the prime minister of Belgium, another country that uses the euro, complained that mediation with Greece should involve all members of the eurozone and could not be done by a few individual members.

Answer: Charles Michel

Greece’s backsliding on its pledges has stirred speculation in recent days of a possible “Grexit,” or Greek exit, from the 19-nation group that uses the euro. It also gave rise to a new piece of Brussels jargon: “Grexident,” or the prospect of Greece stumbling through the exit by accident. <hl> In a sign of how testy the mood had become, Charles Michel , the prime minister of Belgium, another country that uses the euro, complained that mediation with Greece should involve all members of the eurozone and could not be done by a few individual members. <hl>

Greece’s backsliding on its pledges has stirred speculation in recent days of a possible “Grexit,” or Greek exit, from the 19-nation group that uses the euro. It also gave rise to a new piece of Brussels jargon: “Grexident,” or the prospect of Greece stumbling through the exit by accident. In a sign of how testy the mood had become, <hl> Charles Michel <hl>, the prime minister of Belgium, another country that uses the euro, complained that mediation with Greece should involve all members of the eurozone and could not be done by a few individual members.

In a sign of how testy the mood had become, <hl> Charles Michel <hl> , the prime minister of Belgium, another country that uses the euro, complained that mediation with Greece should involve all members of the eurozone and could not be done by a few individual members.


Question: Who did the police open fire on when they tried to set fire to a government building?

The police opened fire after ethnic Madhesi protesters tried to set fire to government buildings, said Dipak Kaphle, a top functionary in the district of Mahottari, southeast of Kathmandu. A police official, Saurav Rana, said three of the deaths occurred in the town of Jaleswor after thousands of protesters with sticks and stones attacked officers, according to news agency reports. Since Aug. 10, 34 people have died in protests, including 10 police officials and a 2-year-old child, according to Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs. The Madhesis oppose the way provinces are being demarcated in the draft constitution and hope for new boundaries that will allow them to form majorities in two provinces. Another ethnic group, the Tharus, are pushing for their own province. Schools, markets and workplaces have been closed for nearly a month amid a general strike in much of the region. The country’s three major parties and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have vowed to proceed with drafting the new constitution.

Answer: after thousands of protesters with sticks and stones attacked officers,

The police opened fire after ethnic Madhesi protesters tried to set fire to government buildings, said Dipak Kaphle, a top functionary in the district of Mahottari, southeast of Kathmandu. <hl> A police official, Saurav Rana, said three of the deaths occurred in the town of Jaleswor after thousands of protesters with sticks and stones attacked officers, according to news agency reports. <hl> Since Aug. 10, 34 people have died in protests, including 10 police officials and a 2-year-old child, according to Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs. The Madhesis oppose the way provinces are being demarcated in the draft constitution and hope for new boundaries that will allow them to form majorities in two provinces. Another ethnic group, the Tharus, are pushing for their own province. Schools, markets and workplaces have been closed for nearly a month amid a general strike in much of the region. The country’s three major parties and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have vowed to proceed with drafting the new constitution.

The police opened fire after ethnic Madhesi protesters tried to set fire to government buildings, said Dipak Kaphle, a top functionary in the district of Mahottari, southeast of Kathmandu. A police official, Saurav Rana, said three of the deaths occurred in the town of Jaleswor <hl> after thousands of protesters with sticks and stones attacked officers, <hl> according to news agency reports. Since Aug. 10, 34 people have died in protests, including 10 police officials and a 2-year-old child, according to Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs. The Madhesis oppose the way provinces are being demarcated in the draft constitution and hope for new boundaries that will allow them to form majorities in two provinces. Another ethnic group, the Tharus, are pushing for their own province. Schools, markets and workplaces have been closed for nearly a month amid a general strike in much of the region. The country’s three major parties and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have vowed to proceed with drafting the new constitution.


Question: What percentage 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 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: 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: What does Mr. Saleh say about his wife?

Mr. Atassi scrutinizes Mr. Saleh’s ordinary side, filming him asleep, legs poking from under a comforter, or flinching at the sound of shelling, when he is not giving interviews over Skype to a Western journalist who tells him, “Your voice is very important.” He also Skypes with his wife, now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege. Mr. Saleh tells the camera, presciently, that if anything happens to her, “it would break me more than anything else.” Finally, realizing that he can contribute nothing in Raqqa, Mr. Saleh departs for Turkey. There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. “Like an extraterrestrial,” Mr. Atassi said in an interview.

Answer: if anything happens to her, “it would break me

Mr. Atassi scrutinizes Mr. Saleh’s ordinary side, filming him asleep, legs poking from under a comforter, or flinching at the sound of shelling, when he is not giving interviews over Skype to a Western journalist who tells him, “Your voice is very important.” He also Skypes with his wife, now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege. <hl> Mr. Saleh tells the camera, presciently, that if anything happens to her, “it would break me more than anything else.” <hl> Finally, realizing that he can contribute nothing in Raqqa, Mr. Saleh departs for Turkey. There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. “Like an extraterrestrial,” Mr. Atassi said in an interview.

Mr. Atassi scrutinizes Mr. Saleh’s ordinary side, filming him asleep, legs poking from under a comforter, or flinching at the sound of shelling, when he is not giving interviews over Skype to a Western journalist who tells him, “Your voice is very important.” He also Skypes with his wife, now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege. Mr. Saleh tells the camera, presciently, that <hl> if anything happens to her, “it would break me <hl> more than anything else.” Finally, realizing that he can contribute nothing in Raqqa, Mr. Saleh departs for Turkey. There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. “Like an extraterrestrial,” Mr. Atassi said in an interview.


Question: Who is Laudomia Pucci?

Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting. “He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him,” she said. “But at the same time, he had that niceness and then this very dry sense of humor.”

Answer: the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter

<hl> Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter , attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting. <hl> “He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him,” she said. “But at the same time, he had that niceness and then this very dry sense of humor.”

Laudomia Pucci, <hl> the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter <hl>, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting. “He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him,” she said. “But at the same time, he had that niceness and then this very dry sense of humor.”

Laudomia Pucci, <hl> the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter <hl> , attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting.


Question: What does Mr. Mattes serve as?

Mr. Mattes would serve as chief executive of the combined company, while Eckard Heidloff, the Wincor Nixdorf chief executive, would be its president. The transaction requires Wincor Nixdorf’s investors to agree to sell at least 67.6 percent of the company’s outstanding shares to Diebold and is subject to regulatory approval. Diebold would pay €39.98 in cash and 0.434 Diebold shares for each share of Wincor Nixdorf. The company would be called Diebold Nixdorf and have its registered offices in North Canton, Ohio. It would have headquarters in North Canton and in Paderborn, Germany. The company would list its shares in New York and Frankfurt.

Answer: chief executive

<hl> Mr. Mattes would serve as chief executive of the combined company, while Eckard Heidloff, the Wincor Nixdorf chief executive, would be its president. <hl> The transaction requires Wincor Nixdorf’s investors to agree to sell at least 67.6 percent of the company’s outstanding shares to Diebold and is subject to regulatory approval. Diebold would pay €39.98 in cash and 0.434 Diebold shares for each share of Wincor Nixdorf. The company would be called Diebold Nixdorf and have its registered offices in North Canton, Ohio. It would have headquarters in North Canton and in Paderborn, Germany. The company would list its shares in New York and Frankfurt.

Mr. Mattes would serve as <hl> chief executive <hl> of the combined company, while Eckard Heidloff, the Wincor Nixdorf chief executive, would be its president. The transaction requires Wincor Nixdorf’s investors to agree to sell at least 67.6 percent of the company’s outstanding shares to Diebold and is subject to regulatory approval. Diebold would pay €39.98 in cash and 0.434 Diebold shares for each share of Wincor Nixdorf. The company would be called Diebold Nixdorf and have its registered offices in North Canton, Ohio. It would have headquarters in North Canton and in Paderborn, Germany. The company would list its shares in New York and Frankfurt.


Question: What were the names of two dictators that many Tunisians suffered torture because of?

As part of its remarkable journey toward democracy, Tunisia has embarked on a painful reckoning with its past. Since last year, its Truth and Dignity Commission, created by constitutional mandate in 2013, has been collecting harrowing accounts of torture suffered by thousands of Tunisians over nearly six decades, primarily under the regimes of the dictators Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

Answer: dictators Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

As part of its remarkable journey toward democracy, Tunisia has embarked on a painful reckoning with its past. <hl> Since last year, its Truth and Dignity Commission, created by constitutional mandate in 2013, has been collecting harrowing accounts of torture suffered by thousands of Tunisians over nearly six decades, primarily under the regimes of the dictators Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. <hl>

As part of its remarkable journey toward democracy, Tunisia has embarked on a painful reckoning with its past. Since last year, its Truth and Dignity Commission, created by constitutional mandate in 2013, has been collecting harrowing accounts of torture suffered by thousands of Tunisians over nearly six decades, primarily under the regimes of the <hl> dictators Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. <hl>


Question: Where will Sophia Agranovich perform?

PATERSON Lambert Castle Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.” June 28 at 5 p.m. $15. Sophia Agranovich, pianist, presents “Carnaval and Fantasie.” July 12 at 5 p.m. $15. Lambert Castle , 3 Valley Road. 973-247-0085 ext. 201; lambertcastle.org.

Answer: Lambert Castle

<hl> PATERSON Lambert Castle Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.” <hl> June 28 at 5 p.m. $15. Sophia Agranovich, pianist, presents “Carnaval and Fantasie.” July 12 at 5 p.m. $15. Lambert Castle , 3 Valley Road. 973-247-0085 ext. 201; lambertcastle.org.

PATERSON <hl> Lambert Castle <hl> Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.” June 28 at 5 p.m. $15. Sophia Agranovich, pianist, presents “Carnaval and Fantasie.” July 12 at 5 p.m. $15. Lambert Castle , 3 Valley Road. 973-247-0085 ext. 201; lambertcastle.org.


Question: Why wasn't it very funny to see Harris running around?

One of the less predictable turn of events was the bland performance by Neil Patrick Harris, a veteran M.C. of both the Tony Awards and the Emmys, who hosted the Oscars for the first time on Sunday. His one successful stretch was a parody of a scene from “Birdman,” in which Michael Keaton runs through Times Square in his underpants. Mr. Harris ran through backstage corridors and onto the stage in white briefs and his black socks and shoes. But because Mr. Harris is in good physical shape, there wasn’t much humor or bravery to the sketch, just bravado.

Answer: Mr. Harris is in good physical shape

One of the less predictable turn of events was the bland performance by Neil Patrick Harris, a veteran M.C. of both the Tony Awards and the Emmys, who hosted the Oscars for the first time on Sunday. His one successful stretch was a parody of a scene from “Birdman,” in which Michael Keaton runs through Times Square in his underpants. Mr. Harris ran through backstage corridors and onto the stage in white briefs and his black socks and shoes. <hl> But because Mr. Harris is in good physical shape , there wasn’t much humor or bravery to the sketch, just bravado. <hl>

One of the less predictable turn of events was the bland performance by Neil Patrick Harris, a veteran M.C. of both the Tony Awards and the Emmys, who hosted the Oscars for the first time on Sunday. His one successful stretch was a parody of a scene from “Birdman,” in which Michael Keaton runs through Times Square in his underpants. Mr. Harris ran through backstage corridors and onto the stage in white briefs and his black socks and shoes. But because <hl> Mr. Harris is in good physical shape <hl>, there wasn’t much humor or bravery to the sketch, just bravado.

But because <hl> Mr. Harris is in good physical shape <hl> , there wasn’t much humor or bravery to the sketch, just bravado.


Question: What has been the authority's ad space for a long time?

“Sex does sell, but does it sell a moving service?” Mr. Crutchfield said. “I would have to question whether that is appropriate.” The state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it is trying to maintain a family-friendly environment for passengers young and old. The authority’s ad space has long been a battleground for clashes over decency. The governor’s office complained last year about the breast enhancement ad, citing a report in The Daily News that compared it to a strip club billboard, and asked the agency to review its standards.

Answer: a battleground for clashes over decency

“Sex does sell, but does it sell a moving service?” Mr. Crutchfield said. “I would have to question whether that is appropriate.” The state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it is trying to maintain a family-friendly environment for passengers young and old. <hl> The authority’s ad space has long been a battleground for clashes over decency . <hl> The governor’s office complained last year about the breast enhancement ad, citing a report in The Daily News that compared it to a strip club billboard, and asked the agency to review its standards.

“Sex does sell, but does it sell a moving service?” Mr. Crutchfield said. “I would have to question whether that is appropriate.” The state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it is trying to maintain a family-friendly environment for passengers young and old. The authority’s ad space has long been <hl> a battleground for clashes over decency <hl>. The governor’s office complained last year about the breast enhancement ad, citing a report in The Daily News that compared it to a strip club billboard, and asked the agency to review its standards.

The authority’s ad space has long been <hl> a battleground for clashes over decency <hl> .


Question: What is another alternativa for Maduro and the Assembly?

There are however, ways that the Assembly could pressure Mr. Maduro to shift course economically. It can remove cabinet ministers, like the finance minister, and it can vote to remove the directors of the central bank. An alternative would be for the Assembly and Mr. Maduro to find a way to work together, particularly on economic policy, perhaps even with the president appointing some opposition members to his cabinet. So far, Mr. Maduro has given no indication that he is open to that approach. He quickly accepted the opposition victory after results were released early Monday morning, but he also blamed what he called an economic war for his party’s defeat, a war that he said was being waged against his government and the country by shadowy capitalist forces.

Answer: find a way to work together

There are however, ways that the Assembly could pressure Mr. Maduro to shift course economically. It can remove cabinet ministers, like the finance minister, and it can vote to remove the directors of the central bank. <hl> An alternative would be for the Assembly and Mr. Maduro to find a way to work together , particularly on economic policy, perhaps even with the president appointing some opposition members to his cabinet. <hl> So far, Mr. Maduro has given no indication that he is open to that approach. He quickly accepted the opposition victory after results were released early Monday morning, but he also blamed what he called an economic war for his party’s defeat, a war that he said was being waged against his government and the country by shadowy capitalist forces.

There are however, ways that the Assembly could pressure Mr. Maduro to shift course economically. It can remove cabinet ministers, like the finance minister, and it can vote to remove the directors of the central bank. An alternative would be for the Assembly and Mr. Maduro to <hl> find a way to work together <hl>, particularly on economic policy, perhaps even with the president appointing some opposition members to his cabinet. So far, Mr. Maduro has given no indication that he is open to that approach. He quickly accepted the opposition victory after results were released early Monday morning, but he also blamed what he called an economic war for his party’s defeat, a war that he said was being waged against his government and the country by shadowy capitalist forces.

An alternative would be for the Assembly and Mr. Maduro to <hl> find a way to work together <hl> , particularly on economic policy, perhaps even with the president appointing some opposition members to his cabinet.


Question: What are the women cautiously hopeful for to quickly change their situation?

At one point, they tried to find someone who would do the home study that would be a requirement for adoption, but could not find anyone who would come to their home to do it. Both women are cautiously hopeful that the lawsuit will quickly change their situation. “It seems like it’s just the logical next step, but oftentimes, Mississippi doesn’t take the logical next step,” Ms. Smith said. Last year, 29 percent of Mississippi’s same-sex-couple households were raising children younger than 18 — the highest percentage of any state in the nation, the complaint said.

Answer: lawsuit

At one point, they tried to find someone who would do the home study that would be a requirement for adoption, but could not find anyone who would come to their home to do it. <hl> Both women are cautiously hopeful that the lawsuit will quickly change their situation. <hl> “It seems like it’s just the logical next step, but oftentimes, Mississippi doesn’t take the logical next step,” Ms. Smith said. Last year, 29 percent of Mississippi’s same-sex-couple households were raising children younger than 18 — the highest percentage of any state in the nation, the complaint said.

At one point, they tried to find someone who would do the home study that would be a requirement for adoption, but could not find anyone who would come to their home to do it. Both women are cautiously hopeful that the <hl> lawsuit <hl> will quickly change their situation. “It seems like it’s just the logical next step, but oftentimes, Mississippi doesn’t take the logical next step,” Ms. Smith said. Last year, 29 percent of Mississippi’s same-sex-couple households were raising children younger than 18 — the highest percentage of any state in the nation, the complaint said.


Question: What borough does Mr. Patil work in?

In the meantime, the deterioration of the corridor has caused a trail of woe for the trains, and passengers, using it. At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by 30 minutes. Soumitra Patil, 37, shook his head and laughed. Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in Manhattan, said he had missed meetings because of the delays. “I’m playing catch-up the whole day because of this,” he said.

Answer: Manhattan

In the meantime, the deterioration of the corridor has caused a trail of woe for the trains, and passengers, using it. At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by 30 minutes. Soumitra Patil, 37, shook his head and laughed. <hl> Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in Manhattan , said he had missed meetings because of the delays. <hl> “I’m playing catch-up the whole day because of this,” he said.

In the meantime, the deterioration of the corridor has caused a trail of woe for the trains, and passengers, using it. At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by 30 minutes. Soumitra Patil, 37, shook his head and laughed. Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in <hl> Manhattan <hl>, said he had missed meetings because of the delays. “I’m playing catch-up the whole day because of this,” he said.

Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in <hl> Manhattan <hl> , said he had missed meetings because of the delays.


Question: Where is the Gramercy Theater located?

But thematically, Mr. Slater said, he could understand why Mr. Lloyd Webber might relate to the material. “Everyone has gone through some period where they felt like they needed to break out of a category they had been put in and find their own voice,” he said. “That’s really what this show is about.” The composition of the musical (in which Alex Brightman plays the Dewey Finn character) happened quickly, between June and December of 2014. Auditions for its school-aged characters were held at the start of this year, and over the summer, a series of test shows were held at the Gramercy Theater, a sticky-floored rock club in Midtown Manhattan. Plans for a Broadway transfer were already in place — an unusually aggressive trajectory for a musical that never had an out-of-town tryout.

Answer: Midtown Manhattan

But thematically, Mr. Slater said, he could understand why Mr. Lloyd Webber might relate to the material. “Everyone has gone through some period where they felt like they needed to break out of a category they had been put in and find their own voice,” he said. “That’s really what this show is about.” The composition of the musical (in which Alex Brightman plays the Dewey Finn character) happened quickly, between June and December of 2014. <hl> Auditions for its school-aged characters were held at the start of this year, and over the summer, a series of test shows were held at the Gramercy Theater, a sticky-floored rock club in Midtown Manhattan . <hl> Plans for a Broadway transfer were already in place — an unusually aggressive trajectory for a musical that never had an out-of-town tryout.

But thematically, Mr. Slater said, he could understand why Mr. Lloyd Webber might relate to the material. “Everyone has gone through some period where they felt like they needed to break out of a category they had been put in and find their own voice,” he said. “That’s really what this show is about.” The composition of the musical (in which Alex Brightman plays the Dewey Finn character) happened quickly, between June and December of 2014. Auditions for its school-aged characters were held at the start of this year, and over the summer, a series of test shows were held at the Gramercy Theater, a sticky-floored rock club in <hl> Midtown Manhattan <hl>. Plans for a Broadway transfer were already in place — an unusually aggressive trajectory for a musical that never had an out-of-town tryout.

Auditions for its school-aged characters were held at the start of this year, and over the summer, a series of test shows were held at the Gramercy Theater, a sticky-floored rock club in <hl> Midtown Manhattan <hl> .


Question: In the matchup between the Eagles and the Redskins, which team is thought to have the worse offense?

Eagles (1-2) at Redskins (1-2) 1 p.m. Line: Eagles by 3 Coach Chip Kelly may have amazing offensive schemes, but thus far his players haven’t been able to execute them. Sam Bradford has looked like a bad fit at quarterback and has spent most of the season throwing his running backs short passes that get nowhere. The team has had only two plays of 25 yards or more, and the humdrum execution has been reflected on the scoreboard, with the Eagles averaging 19.3 points a game, tied for 21st in the N.F.L. Relying on the other team to trot out an even worse offense does not seem like a great strategy, but it should work this week for Philadelphia.

Answer: Redskins

Eagles (1-2) at Redskins (1-2) 1 p.m.

<hl> Eagles (1-2) at Redskins (1-2) 1 p.m. <hl> Line: Eagles by 3 Coach Chip Kelly may have amazing offensive schemes, but thus far his players haven’t been able to execute them. Sam Bradford has looked like a bad fit at quarterback and has spent most of the season throwing his running backs short passes that get nowhere. The team has had only two plays of 25 yards or more, and the humdrum execution has been reflected on the scoreboard, with the Eagles averaging 19.3 points a game, tied for 21st in the N.F.L. Relying on the other team to trot out an even worse offense does not seem like a great strategy, but it should work this week for Philadelphia.

Eagles (1-2) at <hl> Redskins <hl> (1-2) 1 p.m. Line: Eagles by 3 Coach Chip Kelly may have amazing offensive schemes, but thus far his players haven’t been able to execute them. Sam Bradford has looked like a bad fit at quarterback and has spent most of the season throwing his running backs short passes that get nowhere. The team has had only two plays of 25 yards or more, and the humdrum execution has been reflected on the scoreboard, with the Eagles averaging 19.3 points a game, tied for 21st in the N.F.L. Relying on the other team to trot out an even worse offense does not seem like a great strategy, but it should work this week for Philadelphia.


Question: What are the bubbles according to Wang Ruoyu?

Moreover, editorials in China’s state-run news media celebrated the rising indexes as affirmation of Mr. Xi’s recipe for national strength: a measured easing of state controls on the economy while keeping political power firmly in the hands of the party elite. Market adulation reached its peak in April, when a commentary on the website of People’s Daily, the party’s flagship newspaper, told readers the 4,000 point mark reached by the Shanghai Stock Exchange was “only the start of the bull market.” “What’s a bubble? Tulips and Bitcoins are bubbles,” the author, Wang Ruoyu, wrote, scoffing at warnings that the Chinese stock markets were bound to burst. He expressed confidence in the long-term prospects of the common stocks known as A Shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.

Answer: Tulips and Bitcoins

Moreover, editorials in China’s state-run news media celebrated the rising indexes as affirmation of Mr. Xi’s recipe for national strength: a measured easing of state controls on the economy while keeping political power firmly in the hands of the party elite. Market adulation reached its peak in April, when a commentary on the website of People’s Daily, the party’s flagship newspaper, told readers the 4,000 point mark reached by the Shanghai Stock Exchange was “only the start of the bull market.” <hl> “What’s a bubble? Tulips and Bitcoins are bubbles,” the author, Wang Ruoyu, wrote, scoffing at warnings that the Chinese stock markets were bound to burst. <hl> He expressed confidence in the long-term prospects of the common stocks known as A Shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.

Moreover, editorials in China’s state-run news media celebrated the rising indexes as affirmation of Mr. Xi’s recipe for national strength: a measured easing of state controls on the economy while keeping political power firmly in the hands of the party elite. Market adulation reached its peak in April, when a commentary on the website of People’s Daily, the party’s flagship newspaper, told readers the 4,000 point mark reached by the Shanghai Stock Exchange was “only the start of the bull market.” “What’s a bubble? <hl> Tulips and Bitcoins <hl> are bubbles,” the author, Wang Ruoyu, wrote, scoffing at warnings that the Chinese stock markets were bound to burst. He expressed confidence in the long-term prospects of the common stocks known as A Shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.


Question: Has the number of police stops risen or fallen?

Still, advocates have cheered the improved “hit rate” on police stops and the decline in the total number of innocent people stopped: In each of Mr. Bloomberg’s last three years in office, less than 12 percent of stops led to arrests or summonses. And as the mayor seeks to assure residents that New York remains “the safest big city in America,” citing a drop so far this year in overall crime, the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply. In the first three months of this year, officers conducted 7,135 stops, about half of the total over the same period last year. Some close to the former mayor have expressed concerns.

Answer: the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply

Still, advocates have cheered the improved “hit rate” on police stops and the decline in the total number of innocent people stopped: In each of Mr. Bloomberg’s last three years in office, less than 12 percent of stops led to arrests or summonses. <hl> And as the mayor seeks to assure residents that New York remains “the safest big city in America,” citing a drop so far this year in overall crime, the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply . <hl> In the first three months of this year, officers conducted 7,135 stops, about half of the total over the same period last year. Some close to the former mayor have expressed concerns.

Still, advocates have cheered the improved “hit rate” on police stops and the decline in the total number of innocent people stopped: In each of Mr. Bloomberg’s last three years in office, less than 12 percent of stops led to arrests or summonses. And as the mayor seeks to assure residents that New York remains “the safest big city in America,” citing a drop so far this year in overall crime, <hl> the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply <hl>. In the first three months of this year, officers conducted 7,135 stops, about half of the total over the same period last year. Some close to the former mayor have expressed concerns.

And as the mayor seeks to assure residents that New York remains “the safest big city in America,” citing a drop so far this year in overall crime, <hl> the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply <hl> .


Question: Who could the fictional Atticus be imagined defending?

Troy, Mich. To the Editor: While it is dismaying to imagine an elderly Atticus Finch as a racist, I do not find it to be at all implausible. It is one thing to defend an individual African-American, and another thing entirely to envision the demise of what was essentially a race-based caste system in the South. As a (white) child growing up in Houston in the 1960s, I was taken to visit relatives in the rural Mississippi Delta, where I often heard adults whom I respected express opinions similar to those reported in the book. Like the character Scout in “Watchman,” I found these views unfamiliar and repugnant. Yet I can easily imagine some of those people, like the fictional Atticus, defending Tom Robinson in the 1930s and 20 years later vehemently rejecting desegregation.

Answer: Tom Robinson

Troy, Mich. To the Editor: While it is dismaying to imagine an elderly Atticus Finch as a racist, I do not find it to be at all implausible. It is one thing to defend an individual African-American, and another thing entirely to envision the demise of what was essentially a race-based caste system in the South. As a (white) child growing up in Houston in the 1960s, I was taken to visit relatives in the rural Mississippi Delta, where I often heard adults whom I respected express opinions similar to those reported in the book. Like the character Scout in “Watchman,” I found these views unfamiliar and repugnant. <hl> Yet I can easily imagine some of those people, like the fictional Atticus, defending Tom Robinson in the 1930s and 20 years later vehemently rejecting desegregation. <hl>

Troy, Mich. To the Editor: While it is dismaying to imagine an elderly Atticus Finch as a racist, I do not find it to be at all implausible. It is one thing to defend an individual African-American, and another thing entirely to envision the demise of what was essentially a race-based caste system in the South. As a (white) child growing up in Houston in the 1960s, I was taken to visit relatives in the rural Mississippi Delta, where I often heard adults whom I respected express opinions similar to those reported in the book. Like the character Scout in “Watchman,” I found these views unfamiliar and repugnant. Yet I can easily imagine some of those people, like the fictional Atticus, defending <hl> Tom Robinson <hl> in the 1930s and 20 years later vehemently rejecting desegregation.


Question: Prudence unites what kind of a perspective with moral rigor?

The poetics of damage permeates David Treuer’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression. On the evidence here, Treuer believes in bravery. Moreover, he believes that a lack of bravery isn’t just sad, it’s deeply destructive — and the destruction can’t be undone. Cowardice can kill people. While there’s much hope in this lyrical novel, as evidenced by the freedom with which it examines some of the more transgressive interstices of race, sexual orientation and gender, there’s also an obdurate insistence on taking responsibility, particularly if one is a man. Treuer’s perspective is bracingly tough. This author values honor. Who dares to take that kind of stance anymore?

Answer: sociopolitical

<hl> The poetics of damage permeates David Treuer’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression. <hl> On the evidence here, Treuer believes in bravery. Moreover, he believes that a lack of bravery isn’t just sad, it’s deeply destructive — and the destruction can’t be undone. Cowardice can kill people. While there’s much hope in this lyrical novel, as evidenced by the freedom with which it examines some of the more transgressive interstices of race, sexual orientation and gender, there’s also an obdurate insistence on taking responsibility, particularly if one is a man. Treuer’s perspective is bracingly tough. This author values honor. Who dares to take that kind of stance anymore?

The poetics of damage permeates David Treuer’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern <hl> sociopolitical <hl> perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression. On the evidence here, Treuer believes in bravery. Moreover, he believes that a lack of bravery isn’t just sad, it’s deeply destructive — and the destruction can’t be undone. Cowardice can kill people. While there’s much hope in this lyrical novel, as evidenced by the freedom with which it examines some of the more transgressive interstices of race, sexual orientation and gender, there’s also an obdurate insistence on taking responsibility, particularly if one is a man. Treuer’s perspective is bracingly tough. This author values honor. Who dares to take that kind of stance anymore?


Question: What is the name of the daughter of the famous Democratic presidential candidate that attended the Winter Ball?

The School of American Ballet held its annual Winter Ball on Monday night, and absolutely no one seemed to mind that it felt more like spring. In a cocktail area in the front of the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, guests primped and posed in floor-length gowns. Hair was sprayed to perfection, and many of the faces did not appear to move. A young crowd this was not. But perhaps the most surprising thing about the evening was that while David H. Koch and his wife, Julia, held court in one area of the lobby, Chelsea Clinton was in another. Ballet apparently makes for strange bedfellows. Mr. Koch, the conservative billionaire who oversees a well-funded political network, said he has met the Clintons before, including at a benefit last year for the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Answer: Chelsea Clinton

The School of American Ballet held its annual Winter Ball on Monday night, and absolutely no one seemed to mind that it felt more like spring. In a cocktail area in the front of the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, guests primped and posed in floor-length gowns. Hair was sprayed to perfection, and many of the faces did not appear to move. A young crowd this was not. <hl> But perhaps the most surprising thing about the evening was that while David H. Koch and his wife, Julia, held court in one area of the lobby, Chelsea Clinton was in another. <hl> Ballet apparently makes for strange bedfellows. Mr. Koch, the conservative billionaire who oversees a well-funded political network, said he has met the Clintons before, including at a benefit last year for the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The School of American Ballet held its annual Winter Ball on Monday night, and absolutely no one seemed to mind that it felt more like spring. In a cocktail area in the front of the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, guests primped and posed in floor-length gowns. Hair was sprayed to perfection, and many of the faces did not appear to move. A young crowd this was not. But perhaps the most surprising thing about the evening was that while David H. Koch and his wife, Julia, held court in one area of the lobby, <hl> Chelsea Clinton <hl> was in another. Ballet apparently makes for strange bedfellows. Mr. Koch, the conservative billionaire who oversees a well-funded political network, said he has met the Clintons before, including at a benefit last year for the Wildlife Conservation Society.


Question: What did Don notice was flooded?

For Don Cameron, a farmer south of Fresno, a wet winter 33 years ago led to an idea about how to take advantage of the vast natural water storage system underground. He noticed that some grapevines along the San Joaquin River were flooded for months in the winter, but that those same vines produced a lush crop of grapes in the summer. He had to wait until 2011, the last wet year before the current drought, to act on his idea. With a small government grant and help from scientists and an environmental group, Mr. Cameron diverted water to a thousand acres of the farm he manages, Terranova Ranch, deliberately flooding fields of grapes, pistachio trees and hay.

Answer: some grapevines

For Don Cameron, a farmer south of Fresno, a wet winter 33 years ago led to an idea about how to take advantage of the vast natural water storage system underground. <hl> He noticed that some grapevines along the San Joaquin River were flooded for months in the winter, but that those same vines produced a lush crop of grapes in the summer. <hl> He had to wait until 2011, the last wet year before the current drought, to act on his idea. With a small government grant and help from scientists and an environmental group, Mr. Cameron diverted water to a thousand acres of the farm he manages, Terranova Ranch, deliberately flooding fields of grapes, pistachio trees and hay.

For Don Cameron, a farmer south of Fresno, a wet winter 33 years ago led to an idea about how to take advantage of the vast natural water storage system underground. He noticed that <hl> some grapevines <hl> along the San Joaquin River were flooded for months in the winter, but that those same vines produced a lush crop of grapes in the summer. He had to wait until 2011, the last wet year before the current drought, to act on his idea. With a small government grant and help from scientists and an environmental group, Mr. Cameron diverted water to a thousand acres of the farm he manages, Terranova Ranch, deliberately flooding fields of grapes, pistachio trees and hay.


Question: What natural event is threatening the state?

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Answer: Hurricane Joaquin

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. <hl> Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin , was notably terse. <hl> Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name. Bill Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings. Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of <hl> Hurricane Joaquin <hl>, was notably terse. Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox’s service.

Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of <hl> Hurricane Joaquin <hl> , was notably terse.


Question: Where was the game played?

The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States, 16 ½ to 9 ½, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England. Jimmy Mullen won all four matches he played in the two-day amateur event, teaming with his fellow Englishman Ashley Chesters to beat Beau Hossler and Denny McCarthy, 3 and 2, in the morning foursomes and topping McCarthy, 3 and 2, in singles. Europe has won seven of the last 14 matches and has cut the Americans’ series lead to 35-9-1.

Answer: Royal Lytham and St. Annes

<hl> The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States, 16 ½ to 9 ½, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England. <hl> Jimmy Mullen won all four matches he played in the two-day amateur event, teaming with his fellow Englishman Ashley Chesters to beat Beau Hossler and Denny McCarthy, 3 and 2, in the morning foursomes and topping McCarthy, 3 and 2, in singles. Europe has won seven of the last 14 matches and has cut the Americans’ series lead to 35-9-1.

The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States, 16 ½ to 9 ½, at <hl> Royal Lytham and St. Annes <hl> in England. Jimmy Mullen won all four matches he played in the two-day amateur event, teaming with his fellow Englishman Ashley Chesters to beat Beau Hossler and Denny McCarthy, 3 and 2, in the morning foursomes and topping McCarthy, 3 and 2, in singles. Europe has won seven of the last 14 matches and has cut the Americans’ series lead to 35-9-1.


Question: what does the proposal that Scott Walker backs remove?

In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system. The bill is expected to go before the state Assembly and Senate this month. But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure. Tenure goes back to medieval times, and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools. Its grip strengthened in the 1800s when university donors or legislators tried to remove professors whose views they disliked. Britain’s experience may hold some lessons. In 1988, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move.

Answer: the notion of tenure in the university system

<hl> In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system . <hl> The bill is expected to go before the state Assembly and Senate this month. But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure. Tenure goes back to medieval times, and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools. Its grip strengthened in the 1800s when university donors or legislators tried to remove professors whose views they disliked. Britain’s experience may hold some lessons. In 1988, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move.

In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove <hl> the notion of tenure in the university system <hl>. The bill is expected to go before the state Assembly and Senate this month. But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure. Tenure goes back to medieval times, and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools. Its grip strengthened in the 1800s when university donors or legislators tried to remove professors whose views they disliked. Britain’s experience may hold some lessons. In 1988, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move.

In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove <hl> the notion of tenure in the university system <hl> .


Question: Who is the union president?

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams, praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

Answer: Dennis Williams

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. <hl> In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams , praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” <hl> No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. In a statement, the union president, <hl> Dennis Williams <hl>, praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

In a statement, the union president, <hl> Dennis Williams <hl> , praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.”


Question: During what year did the complaints really start?

An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution. As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham, not Wrangell. BUSINESS DAY An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags. It was in 2001, not “almost 15 years ago.” The error was repeated in articles on Sept. 15, 2014, and on May 20, which referred to the complaints as having started in 2000, rather than 2001. • An article on May 23 about the environmental threat posed by plastic microbeads used as exfoliating agents in personal care products misstated the source of PHA, a naturally occurring plastic that one company is developing as a biodegradable substitute. It is produced by bacteria, not by mushrooms. SPORTS

Answer: It was in 2001

An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution. As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham, not Wrangell. BUSINESS DAY An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags. <hl> It was in 2001 , not “almost 15 years ago.” <hl> The error was repeated in articles on Sept. 15, 2014, and on May 20, which referred to the complaints as having started in 2000, rather than 2001. • An article on May 23 about the environmental threat posed by plastic microbeads used as exfoliating agents in personal care products misstated the source of PHA, a naturally occurring plastic that one company is developing as a biodegradable substitute. It is produced by bacteria, not by mushrooms. SPORTS

An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution. As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham, not Wrangell. BUSINESS DAY An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags. <hl> It was in 2001 <hl>, not “almost 15 years ago.” The error was repeated in articles on Sept. 15, 2014, and on May 20, which referred to the complaints as having started in 2000, rather than 2001. • An article on May 23 about the environmental threat posed by plastic microbeads used as exfoliating agents in personal care products misstated the source of PHA, a naturally occurring plastic that one company is developing as a biodegradable substitute. It is produced by bacteria, not by mushrooms. SPORTS

<hl> It was in 2001 <hl> , not “almost 15 years ago.”


Question: Why are audiences consuming shows differently?

With the rise of DVDs and streaming sources, audiences are consuming shows differently. They binge-watch and read recaps. And television conventions have loosened. HBO series like “The Comeback” and “Girls” have fleshed-out character arcs, and the fourth season of “Arrested Development,” released online all at once by Netflix, featured complex plotting with shifts of perspective that would have been hard to imagine a decade ago.

Answer: rise of DVDs and streaming sources

<hl> With the rise of DVDs and streaming sources , audiences are consuming shows differently. <hl> They binge-watch and read recaps. And television conventions have loosened. HBO series like “The Comeback” and “Girls” have fleshed-out character arcs, and the fourth season of “Arrested Development,” released online all at once by Netflix, featured complex plotting with shifts of perspective that would have been hard to imagine a decade ago.

With the <hl> rise of DVDs and streaming sources <hl>, audiences are consuming shows differently. They binge-watch and read recaps. And television conventions have loosened. HBO series like “The Comeback” and “Girls” have fleshed-out character arcs, and the fourth season of “Arrested Development,” released online all at once by Netflix, featured complex plotting with shifts of perspective that would have been hard to imagine a decade ago.

With the <hl> rise of DVDs and streaming sources <hl> , audiences are consuming shows differently.


Question: What did the government do in respect to the news media?

The detentions took place early last month on the eve of International Women’s Day as the women planned a public awareness campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation. Now, as security agents from Beijing fan out across the country hunting down the volunteers who took part in the women’s theatrical protests, many young feminists have gone into hiding. “We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to sexual violence. “We don’t understand what we did wrong to warrant such a ferocious backlash.” Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the crackdown out of the domestic news media, the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here. Word has spread across college campuses, and more than 1,100 people took the risky step last week of adding their names to a petition demanding the women’s release.

Answer: crackdown out of the domestic news media

The detentions took place early last month on the eve of International Women’s Day as the women planned a public awareness campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation. Now, as security agents from Beijing fan out across the country hunting down the volunteers who took part in the women’s theatrical protests, many young feminists have gone into hiding. “We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to sexual violence. “We don’t understand what we did wrong to warrant such a ferocious backlash.” <hl> Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the crackdown out of the domestic news media , the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here. <hl> Word has spread across college campuses, and more than 1,100 people took the risky step last week of adding their names to a petition demanding the women’s release.

The detentions took place early last month on the eve of International Women’s Day as the women planned a public awareness campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation. Now, as security agents from Beijing fan out across the country hunting down the volunteers who took part in the women’s theatrical protests, many young feminists have gone into hiding. “We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to sexual violence. “We don’t understand what we did wrong to warrant such a ferocious backlash.” Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the <hl> crackdown out of the domestic news media <hl>, the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here. Word has spread across college campuses, and more than 1,100 people took the risky step last week of adding their names to a petition demanding the women’s release.

Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the <hl> crackdown out of the domestic news media <hl> , the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here.


Question: Drowning deaths tend to decline when?

The Global Burden of Disease study does not answer these questions directly, but it makes clear where to start looking for best practices. Individual countries can see in what areas they’re leading or lagging, often for the first time, then look to peers for advice or vice versa. Injury prevention may get one of the biggest boosts because global public health leaders have often ignored injuries as health risks, focusing instead on major diseases. Take drowning. For decades, it has been one of the 20 biggest killers worldwide, but the World Health Organization issued its first report dedicated to drowning only in November 2014. Effective prevention strategies include teaching swimming, providing life jackets, fencing off open water and training emergency medical responders. Drowning deaths also tend to decline as countries urbanize and when income and education increase. China, which both urbanized and started prevention programs, saw drowning deaths plunge from 190,000 in 1990 to 64,000 in 2013, Global Burden found. In India, drowning deaths barely budged, falling from an estimated 91,000 to 88,000 in the same period. David Meddings, an epidemiologist who was executive editor of the W.H.O. report, noted that China’s gains may partly reflect changes in the way deaths are reported, but that the improvement was still powerful.

Answer: as countries urbanize and when income and education increase.

The Global Burden of Disease study does not answer these questions directly, but it makes clear where to start looking for best practices. Individual countries can see in what areas they’re leading or lagging, often for the first time, then look to peers for advice or vice versa. Injury prevention may get one of the biggest boosts because global public health leaders have often ignored injuries as health risks, focusing instead on major diseases. Take drowning. For decades, it has been one of the 20 biggest killers worldwide, but the World Health Organization issued its first report dedicated to drowning only in November 2014. Effective prevention strategies include teaching swimming, providing life jackets, fencing off open water and training emergency medical responders. <hl> Drowning deaths also tend to decline as countries urbanize and when income and education increase. China, which both urbanized and started prevention programs, saw drowning deaths plunge from 190,000 in 1990 to 64,000 in 2013, Global Burden found. <hl> In India, drowning deaths barely budged, falling from an estimated 91,000 to 88,000 in the same period. David Meddings, an epidemiologist who was executive editor of the W.H.O. report, noted that China’s gains may partly reflect changes in the way deaths are reported, but that the improvement was still powerful.

The Global Burden of Disease study does not answer these questions directly, but it makes clear where to start looking for best practices. Individual countries can see in what areas they’re leading or lagging, often for the first time, then look to peers for advice or vice versa. Injury prevention may get one of the biggest boosts because global public health leaders have often ignored injuries as health risks, focusing instead on major diseases. Take drowning. For decades, it has been one of the 20 biggest killers worldwide, but the World Health Organization issued its first report dedicated to drowning only in November 2014. Effective prevention strategies include teaching swimming, providing life jackets, fencing off open water and training emergency medical responders. Drowning deaths also tend to decline <hl> as countries urbanize and when income and education increase. <hl> China, which both urbanized and started prevention programs, saw drowning deaths plunge from 190,000 in 1990 to 64,000 in 2013, Global Burden found. In India, drowning deaths barely budged, falling from an estimated 91,000 to 88,000 in the same period. David Meddings, an epidemiologist who was executive editor of the W.H.O. report, noted that China’s gains may partly reflect changes in the way deaths are reported, but that the improvement was still powerful.