Question: how much has the Save Sweet Briar campaign brought in so far?

At first blush, Dr. Pai’s profile and career seem at odds with the stereotype that has long been affixed to midcentury graduates of Sweet Briar: as Southern belles (perhaps accompanied by their horses) polished to a high sheen for careers as wives, mothers and volunteers. Yet the Pink Bubble, as Sweet Briar women have long called their alma mater, has also nurtured generations of feisty professionals, many of them working in the sciences, who attended the school before the era of widespread coeducation at the college level. Since March, when the school’s board suddenly said it would close the college because of dwindling enrollment and strapped finances, a campaign to save it has pursued legal and other actions with increasing gusto and success; last month, the Commonwealth of Virginia sued to keep the college open. Last week, a judge ruled that, for a period of 60 days, the board could not close the school using funds solicited for its operation.. The campaign #Save Sweet Briar has raised $1 million, and another $10 million has been pledged. Against this backdrop, the experiences of Sweet Briar’s postwar graduates, who have been galvanized by the campaign and are reconnecting on Facebook, email and by phone, paint a vivid picture of an era marked by conflicting cultures: one that was still defined by hostess houses, white gloves and the “ring before spring” doctrine that cast women’s colleges as mere finishing schools, and one with a commitment to educating women for roles far from the home.

Answer: $1 million

At first blush, Dr. Pai’s profile and career seem at odds with the stereotype that has long been affixed to midcentury graduates of Sweet Briar: as Southern belles (perhaps accompanied by their horses) polished to a high sheen for careers as wives, mothers and volunteers. Yet the Pink Bubble, as Sweet Briar women have long called their alma mater, has also nurtured generations of feisty professionals, many of them working in the sciences, who attended the school before the era of widespread coeducation at the college level. Since March, when the school’s board suddenly said it would close the college because of dwindling enrollment and strapped finances, a campaign to save it has pursued legal and other actions with increasing gusto and success; last month, the Commonwealth of Virginia sued to keep the college open. Last week, a judge ruled that, for a period of 60 days, the board could not close the school using funds solicited for its operation.. <hl> The campaign #Save Sweet Briar has raised $1 million , and another $10 million has been pledged. <hl> Against this backdrop, the experiences of Sweet Briar’s postwar graduates, who have been galvanized by the campaign and are reconnecting on Facebook, email and by phone, paint a vivid picture of an era marked by conflicting cultures: one that was still defined by hostess houses, white gloves and the “ring before spring” doctrine that cast women’s colleges as mere finishing schools, and one with a commitment to educating women for roles far from the home.

At first blush, Dr. Pai’s profile and career seem at odds with the stereotype that has long been affixed to midcentury graduates of Sweet Briar: as Southern belles (perhaps accompanied by their horses) polished to a high sheen for careers as wives, mothers and volunteers. Yet the Pink Bubble, as Sweet Briar women have long called their alma mater, has also nurtured generations of feisty professionals, many of them working in the sciences, who attended the school before the era of widespread coeducation at the college level. Since March, when the school’s board suddenly said it would close the college because of dwindling enrollment and strapped finances, a campaign to save it has pursued legal and other actions with increasing gusto and success; last month, the Commonwealth of Virginia sued to keep the college open. Last week, a judge ruled that, for a period of 60 days, the board could not close the school using funds solicited for its operation.. The campaign #Save Sweet Briar has raised <hl> $1 million <hl>, and another $10 million has been pledged. Against this backdrop, the experiences of Sweet Briar’s postwar graduates, who have been galvanized by the campaign and are reconnecting on Facebook, email and by phone, paint a vivid picture of an era marked by conflicting cultures: one that was still defined by hostess houses, white gloves and the “ring before spring” doctrine that cast women’s colleges as mere finishing schools, and one with a commitment to educating women for roles far from the home.

The campaign #Save Sweet Briar has raised <hl> $1 million <hl> , and another $10 million has been pledged.


Question: What is the temperature of California during the drought?

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

Answer: 100 degrees

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

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


Question: What did Obama administration indicate?

“Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later,” said Steven Pifer, a former American ambassador to Ukraine. “It is a fragile arrangement, requiring good faith and follow-through from parties that have shown little of that in the past.” The Obama administration, which has indicated that it would send antitank missiles, surveillance drones and other far more serious battlefield weapons to Ukraine, said those plans would be shelved, for now, but would be revived if the parties failed to honor the agreement.

Answer: has indicated that it would send antitank missiles, surveillance drones and other far more serious battlefield weapons to Ukraine,

“Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later,” said Steven Pifer, a former American ambassador to Ukraine. “It is a fragile arrangement, requiring good faith and follow-through from parties that have shown little of that in the past.” <hl> The Obama administration, which has indicated that it would send antitank missiles, surveillance drones and other far more serious battlefield weapons to Ukraine, said those plans would be shelved, for now, but would be revived if the parties failed to honor the agreement. <hl>

“Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later,” said Steven Pifer, a former American ambassador to Ukraine. “It is a fragile arrangement, requiring good faith and follow-through from parties that have shown little of that in the past.” The Obama administration, which <hl> has indicated that it would send antitank missiles, surveillance drones and other far more serious battlefield weapons to Ukraine, <hl> said those plans would be shelved, for now, but would be revived if the parties failed to honor the agreement.


Question: Who is the chairperson of the New York State Affordable Housing Association?

The Alliance for Tenant Power and the Community Service Society, an anti-poverty group, recently called for abolishing 421-a. But a union construction coalition, Up4NYC, wants to reform the program so developers pay construction workers middle-class, or union, wages. Lisa Gomez, chairwoman of the New York State Affordable Housing Association, a builder’s group, argues that union pay scales would torpedo the production of affordable housing. Her group, however, favors the mayor’s proposal. “I’m excited about the potential creation of additional revenue for affordable housing,” she said.

Answer: Lisa Gomez

The Alliance for Tenant Power and the Community Service Society, an anti-poverty group, recently called for abolishing 421-a. But a union construction coalition, Up4NYC, wants to reform the program so developers pay construction workers middle-class, or union, wages. <hl> Lisa Gomez , chairwoman of the New York State Affordable Housing Association, a builder’s group, argues that union pay scales would torpedo the production of affordable housing. <hl> Her group, however, favors the mayor’s proposal. “I’m excited about the potential creation of additional revenue for affordable housing,” she said.

The Alliance for Tenant Power and the Community Service Society, an anti-poverty group, recently called for abolishing 421-a. But a union construction coalition, Up4NYC, wants to reform the program so developers pay construction workers middle-class, or union, wages. <hl> Lisa Gomez <hl>, chairwoman of the New York State Affordable Housing Association, a builder’s group, argues that union pay scales would torpedo the production of affordable housing. Her group, however, favors the mayor’s proposal. “I’m excited about the potential creation of additional revenue for affordable housing,” she said.

<hl> Lisa Gomez <hl> , chairwoman of the New York State Affordable Housing Association, a builder’s group, argues that union pay scales would torpedo the production of affordable housing.


Question: What is responsible for the contemporary relavence of Poliuto

The contemporary relevance of “Poliuto” is potentially strong, whether to the centenary of the Armenian genocide or to events in the Middle East. Ms. Clément updates the action, mostly to the interwar period. The costumes nod to dictatorships, maybe Nazi or Italian, less likely the Communism of Armenia. Muddled projections by the videographers fettFilm point obliquely and fleetingly to the 1990s siege of Sarajevo, and to an international criminal court. Towering stone pillars change position in Julia Hansen’s sets, suggesting the protean power of tyranny and the danger of lives lived in the shadows, but they transform awkwardly.

Answer: centenary of the Armenian genocide or to events in the Middle East.

<hl> The contemporary relevance of “Poliuto” is potentially strong, whether to the centenary of the Armenian genocide or to events in the Middle East. Ms. Clément updates the action, mostly to the interwar period. <hl> The costumes nod to dictatorships, maybe Nazi or Italian, less likely the Communism of Armenia. Muddled projections by the videographers fettFilm point obliquely and fleetingly to the 1990s siege of Sarajevo, and to an international criminal court. Towering stone pillars change position in Julia Hansen’s sets, suggesting the protean power of tyranny and the danger of lives lived in the shadows, but they transform awkwardly.

The contemporary relevance of “Poliuto” is potentially strong, whether to the <hl> centenary of the Armenian genocide or to events in the Middle East. <hl> Ms. Clément updates the action, mostly to the interwar period. The costumes nod to dictatorships, maybe Nazi or Italian, less likely the Communism of Armenia. Muddled projections by the videographers fettFilm point obliquely and fleetingly to the 1990s siege of Sarajevo, and to an international criminal court. Towering stone pillars change position in Julia Hansen’s sets, suggesting the protean power of tyranny and the danger of lives lived in the shadows, but they transform awkwardly.


Question: Who founded the NeuroLinx Research Institute?

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

Answer: Jay S. Coggan

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. <hl> Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan . <hl> The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist <hl> Jay S. Coggan <hl>. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist <hl> Jay S. Coggan <hl> .


Question: What did Pieters score?

■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole. Pieters parred the last five holes and finished with a 19-under total of 261.  (AP)

Answer: five-under-par 65

<hl> ■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole. <hl> Pieters parred the last five holes and finished with a 19-under total of 261. (AP)

■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a <hl> five-under-par 65 <hl> to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole. Pieters parred the last five holes and finished with a 19-under total of 261. (AP)


Question: Who is Ms. Schoenhals thinking about acting on Cosmo Sex Tip?

Next Thing Ms. Schoenhals is plotting to wave her viral wand on bigger screens. A film adaptation of “White Girl Problems” is in the pipeline from Lionsgate. She would like to turn Cosmo Sex Tips into a half-hour TV show in which “various comedians and actors act out the sexy tips,” she said. And she is also writing a TV pilot centered on a young woman in Los Angeles who works at a vintage store that doubles as a drug front. “What could be funnier than a bunch of white girls juggling selling drugs and vintage clothing?” she said.

Answer: comedians and actors

Next Thing Ms. Schoenhals is plotting to wave her viral wand on bigger screens. A film adaptation of “White Girl Problems” is in the pipeline from Lionsgate. <hl> She would like to turn Cosmo Sex Tips into a half-hour TV show in which “various comedians and actors act out the sexy tips,” she said. <hl> And she is also writing a TV pilot centered on a young woman in Los Angeles who works at a vintage store that doubles as a drug front. “What could be funnier than a bunch of white girls juggling selling drugs and vintage clothing?” she said.

Next Thing Ms. Schoenhals is plotting to wave her viral wand on bigger screens. A film adaptation of “White Girl Problems” is in the pipeline from Lionsgate. She would like to turn Cosmo Sex Tips into a half-hour TV show in which “various <hl> comedians and actors <hl> act out the sexy tips,” she said. And she is also writing a TV pilot centered on a young woman in Los Angeles who works at a vintage store that doubles as a drug front. “What could be funnier than a bunch of white girls juggling selling drugs and vintage clothing?” she said.


Question: what did Mr Lapointe and his associates behave like?

“When the market is pricing assets that low, you should worry,” he said. Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years. Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like private equity investors, taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy. Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — it is a must for mutual funds.

Answer: private equity investors

“When the market is pricing assets that low, you should worry,” he said. Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years. <hl> Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like private equity investors , taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy. <hl> Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — it is a must for mutual funds.

“When the market is pricing assets that low, you should worry,” he said. Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years. Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like <hl> private equity investors <hl>, taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy. Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — it is a must for mutual funds.

Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like <hl> private equity investors <hl> , taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy.


Question: Since when has China's officials been studying similar sitiuations?

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s, when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed. Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.

Answer: 1980s

<hl> Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s , when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. <hl> Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed. Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the <hl> 1980s <hl>, when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed. Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the <hl> 1980s <hl> , when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis.


Question: Where do people now spend more time?

The bigger threat for Google is that the web, the search company’s favored domain, has been increasingly overrun by the world of apps. People now spend more time in apps than in web browsers on their computers and their phones. The rise of apps diminishes Google’s power to determine the fate of competing services. People are starting their shopping searches in the Amazon app, for instance, rather than on Google, so Google’s monkeying with shopping search prominence in its results may not matter very much.

Answer: in apps

The bigger threat for Google is that the web, the search company’s favored domain, has been increasingly overrun by the world of apps. <hl> People now spend more time in apps than in web browsers on their computers and their phones. <hl> The rise of apps diminishes Google’s power to determine the fate of competing services. People are starting their shopping searches in the Amazon app, for instance, rather than on Google, so Google’s monkeying with shopping search prominence in its results may not matter very much.

The bigger threat for Google is that the web, the search company’s favored domain, has been increasingly overrun by the world of apps. People now spend more time <hl> in apps <hl> than in web browsers on their computers and their phones. The rise of apps diminishes Google’s power to determine the fate of competing services. People are starting their shopping searches in the Amazon app, for instance, rather than on Google, so Google’s monkeying with shopping search prominence in its results may not matter very much.


Question: For most consumers to get fully autonomous driving cars it will still take many what?

AUTOMAKERS descended on New York for the city’s annual auto show this week with vehicles ready to do more than just respond to drivers’ commands. However, the question of whether drivers want their cars to take charge remained unanswered. The path to fully autonomous driving will still take years to reach consumers, but car manufacturers demonstrated this week that they are now able to offer buyers several levels of so-called active safety features — in which the car takes over driving in certain instances. And they plan to introduce even more advanced semiautonomous capabilities in the coming months. Tesla Motors made a splash when it recently announced plans to add automated highway driving features, which it calls autopilot, to its Model S sedans by the summer. But such capabilities are coming to a range of vehicles sooner than many realize.

Answer: years

AUTOMAKERS descended on New York for the city’s annual auto show this week with vehicles ready to do more than just respond to drivers’ commands. However, the question of whether drivers want their cars to take charge remained unanswered. <hl> The path to fully autonomous driving will still take years to reach consumers, but car manufacturers demonstrated this week that they are now able to offer buyers several levels of so-called active safety features — in which the car takes over driving in certain instances. <hl> And they plan to introduce even more advanced semiautonomous capabilities in the coming months. Tesla Motors made a splash when it recently announced plans to add automated highway driving features, which it calls autopilot, to its Model S sedans by the summer. But such capabilities are coming to a range of vehicles sooner than many realize.

AUTOMAKERS descended on New York for the city’s annual auto show this week with vehicles ready to do more than just respond to drivers’ commands. However, the question of whether drivers want their cars to take charge remained unanswered. The path to fully autonomous driving will still take <hl> years <hl> to reach consumers, but car manufacturers demonstrated this week that they are now able to offer buyers several levels of so-called active safety features — in which the car takes over driving in certain instances. And they plan to introduce even more advanced semiautonomous capabilities in the coming months. Tesla Motors made a splash when it recently announced plans to add automated highway driving features, which it calls autopilot, to its Model S sedans by the summer. But such capabilities are coming to a range of vehicles sooner than many realize.


Question: Through Iran, the route is much longer and costlier between Syria and what country?

“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and real estate. “But of course, it might be 30 percent of what it was.” The route around Iraq and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks, ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran. Turkey’s strong support for democracy in Syria and for the removal of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, an Iranian ally, have not helped.

Answer: Iraq

“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and real estate. “But of course, it might be 30 percent of what it was.” <hl> The route around Iraq and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks, ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran. <hl> Turkey’s strong support for democracy in Syria and for the removal of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, an Iranian ally, have not helped.

“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and real estate. “But of course, it might be 30 percent of what it was.” The route around <hl> Iraq <hl> and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks, ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran. Turkey’s strong support for democracy in Syria and for the removal of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, an Iranian ally, have not helped.


Question: What cities are referenced in this piece?

I asked trends researchers at Google to divulge the top travel queries that Internet users have been Googling since the New Year. Many of the most-searched questions were about what to do on vacation in cities including San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, Nashville and Phoenix. Below, however, are the top 10 general travel questions. To help you kick off another year of adventures, I’ve answered them all — from how to pack a suitcase to what you’re allowed to toss in your carry-on.

Answer: San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, Nashville and Phoenix.

I asked trends researchers at Google to divulge the top travel queries that Internet users have been Googling since the New Year. <hl> Many of the most-searched questions were about what to do on vacation in cities including San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, Nashville and Phoenix. Below, however, are the top 10 general travel questions. <hl> To help you kick off another year of adventures, I’ve answered them all — from how to pack a suitcase to what you’re allowed to toss in your carry-on.

I asked trends researchers at Google to divulge the top travel queries that Internet users have been Googling since the New Year. Many of the most-searched questions were about what to do on vacation in cities including <hl> San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, Nashville and Phoenix. <hl> Below, however, are the top 10 general travel questions. To help you kick off another year of adventures, I’ve answered them all — from how to pack a suitcase to what you’re allowed to toss in your carry-on.


Question: Who started his 13th season in the Bulls game that ended 97-95?

_______ 5. World Series Game 1: After some speculation that rain could force a delay, the game has begun, with the New York Mets facing the Royals. Tune in for inning-by-inning updates and analysis. _______ 6. The pro basketball season got underway: The Cleveland Cavaliers (with LeBron James starting his 13th season) lost to the Bulls in Chicago, 97-95, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Hawks in Atlanta, 106-94. The New Orleans Pelicans are playing the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif. _______

Answer: LeBron James

_______ 5. World Series Game 1: After some speculation that rain could force a delay, the game has begun, with the New York Mets facing the Royals. Tune in for inning-by-inning updates and analysis. _______ 6. <hl> The pro basketball season got underway: The Cleveland Cavaliers (with LeBron James starting his 13th season) lost to the Bulls in Chicago, 97-95, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Hawks in Atlanta, 106-94. <hl> The New Orleans Pelicans are playing the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif. _______

_______ 5. World Series Game 1: After some speculation that rain could force a delay, the game has begun, with the New York Mets facing the Royals. Tune in for inning-by-inning updates and analysis. _______ 6. The pro basketball season got underway: The Cleveland Cavaliers (with <hl> LeBron James <hl> starting his 13th season) lost to the Bulls in Chicago, 97-95, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Hawks in Atlanta, 106-94. The New Orleans Pelicans are playing the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif. _______


Question: How many meters was the track?

But if that all sounds familiar to contemporary racing enthusiasts, there were other aspects of that mid-20th-century race that were quite different. The track was only about 10 meters, or 35 feet, across; the pits on the main straight were part of the track itself, not separated by a pitlane; and, facing the pits, the spectators sat on benches and bleachers, and some even made their own viewing perches, standing on trestle tables they had set up trackside. It was a hodgepodge, a ragged mass of humanity grouped along and over the edge of the track, with only bales of straw and a mound of earth separating them from the racing cars traveling at top speeds of 300 kilometers, or 185 miles, an hour. Given those conditions, a disaster could have been in the making on that June day should anything go wrong.

Answer: about 10

But if that all sounds familiar to contemporary racing enthusiasts, there were other aspects of that mid-20th-century race that were quite different. <hl> The track was only about 10 meters, or 35 feet, across; the pits on the main straight were part of the track itself, not separated by a pitlane; and, facing the pits, the spectators sat on benches and bleachers, and some even made their own viewing perches, standing on trestle tables they had set up trackside. <hl> It was a hodgepodge, a ragged mass of humanity grouped along and over the edge of the track, with only bales of straw and a mound of earth separating them from the racing cars traveling at top speeds of 300 kilometers, or 185 miles, an hour. Given those conditions, a disaster could have been in the making on that June day should anything go wrong.

But if that all sounds familiar to contemporary racing enthusiasts, there were other aspects of that mid-20th-century race that were quite different. The track was only <hl> about 10 <hl> meters, or 35 feet, across; the pits on the main straight were part of the track itself, not separated by a pitlane; and, facing the pits, the spectators sat on benches and bleachers, and some even made their own viewing perches, standing on trestle tables they had set up trackside. It was a hodgepodge, a ragged mass of humanity grouped along and over the edge of the track, with only bales of straw and a mound of earth separating them from the racing cars traveling at top speeds of 300 kilometers, or 185 miles, an hour. Given those conditions, a disaster could have been in the making on that June day should anything go wrong.


Question: What state is Phillips a captain in the Air National Guard?

“We’ve come so far here just recently; it’s pretty amazing the speed of the change,” said Janet Smith, a plaintiff in the case, who is seeking to adopt the 8-year-old daughter, Hannah Marie Phillips, she is raising with her wife, Donna Phillips. Because of the adoption ban, Ms. Smith has no official status in Hannah’s life, Ms. Phillips being her only legal parent. “We’ve had no problem, but I am in the military, so I could be called or activated at any time, and we are concerned about the legal aspects for Jan if something happened,” said Ms. Phillips, who is a captain in the Mississippi Air National Guard.

Answer: Mississippi

“We’ve come so far here just recently; it’s pretty amazing the speed of the change,” said Janet Smith, a plaintiff in the case, who is seeking to adopt the 8-year-old daughter, Hannah Marie Phillips, she is raising with her wife, Donna Phillips. Because of the adoption ban, Ms. Smith has no official status in Hannah’s life, Ms. Phillips being her only legal parent. <hl> “We’ve had no problem, but I am in the military, so I could be called or activated at any time, and we are concerned about the legal aspects for Jan if something happened,” said Ms. Phillips, who is a captain in the Mississippi Air National Guard. <hl>

“We’ve come so far here just recently; it’s pretty amazing the speed of the change,” said Janet Smith, a plaintiff in the case, who is seeking to adopt the 8-year-old daughter, Hannah Marie Phillips, she is raising with her wife, Donna Phillips. Because of the adoption ban, Ms. Smith has no official status in Hannah’s life, Ms. Phillips being her only legal parent. “We’ve had no problem, but I am in the military, so I could be called or activated at any time, and we are concerned about the legal aspects for Jan if something happened,” said Ms. Phillips, who is a captain in the <hl> Mississippi <hl> Air National Guard.


Question: Where is the start-up for website security located?

Small companies have to be especially nimble in spotting and taking advantage of market shifts, and this week, Sarah Max delves into how one online jeweler introduced a new service that became an instant hit. It’s a great example of how scrappy start-ups are changing the way business is done in large, traditional industries. Also this week we consider whether you should consider paying hackers to attack your website to find security flaws. A San Francisco start-up is winning converts to its business of connecting “white hat” security sleuths with companies willing to pay bounties for their finds. Also, here’s some intriguing new data: Think Silicon Valley is America’s start-up hot spot? Try Montana instead. It tops this year’s state rankings in the Kauffman Index, which measures new business activity throughout the nation. At the metro level, Austin, Tex., took the top spot. Check back with us for more on Kauffman’s findings and why certain areas are experiencing an entrepreneurial boom. —Stacy Cowley

Answer: San Francisco

Small companies have to be especially nimble in spotting and taking advantage of market shifts, and this week, Sarah Max delves into how one online jeweler introduced a new service that became an instant hit. It’s a great example of how scrappy start-ups are changing the way business is done in large, traditional industries. Also this week we consider whether you should consider paying hackers to attack your website to find security flaws. <hl> A San Francisco start-up is winning converts to its business of connecting “white hat” security sleuths with companies willing to pay bounties for their finds. <hl> Also, here’s some intriguing new data: Think Silicon Valley is America’s start-up hot spot? Try Montana instead. It tops this year’s state rankings in the Kauffman Index, which measures new business activity throughout the nation. At the metro level, Austin, Tex., took the top spot. Check back with us for more on Kauffman’s findings and why certain areas are experiencing an entrepreneurial boom. —Stacy Cowley

Small companies have to be especially nimble in spotting and taking advantage of market shifts, and this week, Sarah Max delves into how one online jeweler introduced a new service that became an instant hit. It’s a great example of how scrappy start-ups are changing the way business is done in large, traditional industries. Also this week we consider whether you should consider paying hackers to attack your website to find security flaws. A <hl> San Francisco <hl> start-up is winning converts to its business of connecting “white hat” security sleuths with companies willing to pay bounties for their finds. Also, here’s some intriguing new data: Think Silicon Valley is America’s start-up hot spot? Try Montana instead. It tops this year’s state rankings in the Kauffman Index, which measures new business activity throughout the nation. At the metro level, Austin, Tex., took the top spot. Check back with us for more on Kauffman’s findings and why certain areas are experiencing an entrepreneurial boom. —Stacy Cowley


Question: Who hosts ESPN's "NBA Countdown"?

David Rosenthal, the president and publisher of Blue Rider, a division of Penguin Random House, said, “If he had gone into remission, it would have been a wonderful miracle.” But Scott died on Jan. 4. Seventeen days later, ESPN’s website carried an excerpt from the book, the existence of which was not widely known, even among some of Scott’s closest associates. “I had no idea — no idea,” said Sage Steele, a friend of Scott’s and the host of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” show. “Then I kept racking my brain, asking, ‘Did he tell me anything about it?’ ”

Answer: Sage Steele

David Rosenthal, the president and publisher of Blue Rider, a division of Penguin Random House, said, “If he had gone into remission, it would have been a wonderful miracle.” But Scott died on Jan. 4. Seventeen days later, ESPN’s website carried an excerpt from the book, the existence of which was not widely known, even among some of Scott’s closest associates. <hl> “I had no idea — no idea,” said Sage Steele , a friend of Scott’s and the host of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” show. <hl> “Then I kept racking my brain, asking, ‘Did he tell me anything about it?’ ”

David Rosenthal, the president and publisher of Blue Rider, a division of Penguin Random House, said, “If he had gone into remission, it would have been a wonderful miracle.” But Scott died on Jan. 4. Seventeen days later, ESPN’s website carried an excerpt from the book, the existence of which was not widely known, even among some of Scott’s closest associates. “I had no idea — no idea,” said <hl> Sage Steele <hl>, a friend of Scott’s and the host of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” show. “Then I kept racking my brain, asking, ‘Did he tell me anything about it?’ ”

“I had no idea — no idea,” said <hl> Sage Steele <hl> , a friend of Scott’s and the host of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” show.


Question: What did Kenneth Rexroth say was perhaps the best ever book by an American?

Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth. “He had his growly, gravelly voice,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “and he said, ‘I’ve just finished reading the best book by an American perhaps ever. “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’ Rexroth had that kind of power.” So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962. Around the same time, he met Mr. Connell at the No Name, where Mr. Shoemaker had first gone with the Beat poet Lew Welch, whose work he had published. Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg. “She had a son,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “who became known as Huey Lewis — he chose Lewis because he loved Lew Welch. Lewie always told me that he taught Huey Lewis how to sing.” “Sausalito had the Tides,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “which was a very famous bookstore at the time. It was owned by a couple of people who were friends of Evan’s, a couple of doors beyond No Name. And those guys, the owners, bought the Washington Square Bar and Grill, otherwise known as the Washbag, which was one of the famous North Beach literary bars, famous for their softball team — Herb Caen played, and Claes Oldenburg made them a bat.”

Answer: “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel”

Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth. “He had his growly, gravelly voice,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “and he said, ‘I’ve just finished reading the best book by an American perhaps ever. <hl> “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’ <hl> Rexroth had that kind of power.” So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962. Around the same time, he met Mr. Connell at the No Name, where Mr. Shoemaker had first gone with the Beat poet Lew Welch, whose work he had published. Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg. “She had a son,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “who became known as Huey Lewis — he chose Lewis because he loved Lew Welch. Lewie always told me that he taught Huey Lewis how to sing.” “Sausalito had the Tides,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “which was a very famous bookstore at the time. It was owned by a couple of people who were friends of Evan’s, a couple of doors beyond No Name. And those guys, the owners, bought the Washington Square Bar and Grill, otherwise known as the Washbag, which was one of the famous North Beach literary bars, famous for their softball team — Herb Caen played, and Claes Oldenburg made them a bat.”

Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth. “He had his growly, gravelly voice,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “and he said, ‘I’ve just finished reading the best book by an American perhaps ever. <hl> “Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” <hl> — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’ Rexroth had that kind of power.” So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962. Around the same time, he met Mr. Connell at the No Name, where Mr. Shoemaker had first gone with the Beat poet Lew Welch, whose work he had published. Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg. “She had a son,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “who became known as Huey Lewis — he chose Lewis because he loved Lew Welch. Lewie always told me that he taught Huey Lewis how to sing.” “Sausalito had the Tides,” Mr. Shoemaker said, “which was a very famous bookstore at the time. It was owned by a couple of people who were friends of Evan’s, a couple of doors beyond No Name. And those guys, the owners, bought the Washington Square Bar and Grill, otherwise known as the Washbag, which was one of the famous North Beach literary bars, famous for their softball team — Herb Caen played, and Claes Oldenburg made them a bat.”


Question: What percentage of Obama's 2013 State of the Union proposals became law?

Many have written him off. The reliably dyspeptic Charles Krauthammer said the epitaph of the Obama presidency would be: “He couldn’t govern, but he sure knew how to campaign.” And yes, little of what Obama proposed in his State of the Union address will find its way out of the dead zone of Congress. Just 5 percent of his 2013 proposals became law — and that was before Republicans gained the Senate. The president’s proposals “are so out of touch you have to ask if there’s any point to the speech,” said Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Answer: 5

Many have written him off. The reliably dyspeptic Charles Krauthammer said the epitaph of the Obama presidency would be: “He couldn’t govern, but he sure knew how to campaign.” And yes, little of what Obama proposed in his State of the Union address will find its way out of the dead zone of Congress. <hl> Just 5 percent of his 2013 proposals became law — and that was before Republicans gained the Senate. <hl> The president’s proposals “are so out of touch you have to ask if there’s any point to the speech,” said Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Many have written him off. The reliably dyspeptic Charles Krauthammer said the epitaph of the Obama presidency would be: “He couldn’t govern, but he sure knew how to campaign.” And yes, little of what Obama proposed in his State of the Union address will find its way out of the dead zone of Congress. Just <hl> 5 <hl> percent of his 2013 proposals became law — and that was before Republicans gained the Senate. The president’s proposals “are so out of touch you have to ask if there’s any point to the speech,” said Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee.


Question: Who did Towns impersonate during one of his interviews?

Towns’s confidence was on full display. After he connected on a 17-foot jump shot toward the end of regulation, he bowed for the crowd. His night was punctuated by four interviews: one on the court with the in-house announcer, another with the local television broadcast team, a third with NBA TV (during which he did a solid impression of Shaquille O’Neal, one of the hosts) and finally a small news conference for reporters in front of his locker. Karl Towns, his father, waited outside. He said he was extremely proud of his son, except for his two missed free throws. “He owes me 10 push-ups, and he knows it,” Karl Towns said. As the Timberwolves continue to search for an offensive rhythm, Ricky Rubio, now one of the team’s more experienced players, said he was getting a better feel for where and when Karl-Anthony Towns wanted the ball. Rubio declined to offer specifics.

Answer: Shaquille O’Neal

Towns’s confidence was on full display. After he connected on a 17-foot jump shot toward the end of regulation, he bowed for the crowd. <hl> His night was punctuated by four interviews: one on the court with the in-house announcer, another with the local television broadcast team, a third with NBA TV (during which he did a solid impression of Shaquille O’Neal , one of the hosts) and finally a small news conference for reporters in front of his locker. <hl> Karl Towns, his father, waited outside. He said he was extremely proud of his son, except for his two missed free throws. “He owes me 10 push-ups, and he knows it,” Karl Towns said. As the Timberwolves continue to search for an offensive rhythm, Ricky Rubio, now one of the team’s more experienced players, said he was getting a better feel for where and when Karl-Anthony Towns wanted the ball. Rubio declined to offer specifics.

Towns’s confidence was on full display. After he connected on a 17-foot jump shot toward the end of regulation, he bowed for the crowd. His night was punctuated by four interviews: one on the court with the in-house announcer, another with the local television broadcast team, a third with NBA TV (during which he did a solid impression of <hl> Shaquille O’Neal <hl>, one of the hosts) and finally a small news conference for reporters in front of his locker. Karl Towns, his father, waited outside. He said he was extremely proud of his son, except for his two missed free throws. “He owes me 10 push-ups, and he knows it,” Karl Towns said. As the Timberwolves continue to search for an offensive rhythm, Ricky Rubio, now one of the team’s more experienced players, said he was getting a better feel for where and when Karl-Anthony Towns wanted the ball. Rubio declined to offer specifics.

His night was punctuated by four interviews: one on the court with the in-house announcer, another with the local television broadcast team, a third with NBA TV (during which he did a solid impression of <hl> Shaquille O’Neal <hl> , one of the hosts) and finally a small news conference for reporters in front of his locker.


Question: In what theater did the School of American Ballet hold its 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: David H. Koch Theater

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. <hl> In a cocktail area in the front of the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, guests primped and posed in floor-length gowns. <hl> 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.

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 <hl> David H. Koch Theater <hl> 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.


Question: How many years did Johnny Hincapie serve in prison after he was wrongfully convicted?

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

Answer: 25

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

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


Question: When did the season begin?

“We actually saw tape that showed him working. He’s done a lot of conditioning-type work. So I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. We’ll monitor that.” But in the end, an impasse remained. No date for Pierre-Paul to rejoin the team. No contract. No timetable of any kind. The season begins Sunday night. “Nothing’s changed,” Coughlin said. “We’ve taken this path and we’re on it, and we’ll stay on it. Hopefully at some point in time, Jason will be ready to play, and we’ll get the green light. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll stay where we are.” The rest is up to Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers.

Answer: Sunday night

The season begins Sunday night .

“We actually saw tape that showed him working. He’s done a lot of conditioning-type work. So I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. We’ll monitor that.” But in the end, an impasse remained. No date for Pierre-Paul to rejoin the team. No contract. No timetable of any kind. <hl> The season begins Sunday night . <hl> “Nothing’s changed,” Coughlin said. “We’ve taken this path and we’re on it, and we’ll stay on it. Hopefully at some point in time, Jason will be ready to play, and we’ll get the green light. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll stay where we are.” The rest is up to Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers.

“We actually saw tape that showed him working. He’s done a lot of conditioning-type work. So I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. We’ll monitor that.” But in the end, an impasse remained. No date for Pierre-Paul to rejoin the team. No contract. No timetable of any kind. The season begins <hl> Sunday night <hl>. “Nothing’s changed,” Coughlin said. “We’ve taken this path and we’re on it, and we’ll stay on it. Hopefully at some point in time, Jason will be ready to play, and we’ll get the green light. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll stay where we are.” The rest is up to Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers.

The season begins <hl> Sunday night <hl> .


Question: What fear do women have besides fear of eviction?

A review of research on the legislation that the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education commissioned from Malmo University found that it was unclear to what extent mobile phones and the Internet, rather than the law, may have accelerated the reduction in street prostitution by bringing buyers and sellers together electronically. The stigma against prostitutes remains widespread, the review also found, making it difficult for women to get help from social services and the police, and stoking their fear of eviction or loss of custody of their children.

Answer: loss of custody of their children.

A review of research on the legislation that the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education commissioned from Malmo University found that it was unclear to what extent mobile phones and the Internet, rather than the law, may have accelerated the reduction in street prostitution by bringing buyers and sellers together electronically. <hl> The stigma against prostitutes remains widespread, the review also found, making it difficult for women to get help from social services and the police, and stoking their fear of eviction or loss of custody of their children. <hl>

A review of research on the legislation that the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education commissioned from Malmo University found that it was unclear to what extent mobile phones and the Internet, rather than the law, may have accelerated the reduction in street prostitution by bringing buyers and sellers together electronically. The stigma against prostitutes remains widespread, the review also found, making it difficult for women to get help from social services and the police, and stoking their fear of eviction or <hl> loss of custody of their children. <hl>


Question: How many grand slams did Mattingly hit in the middle of July?

Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies. In 1987, he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit. Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games. The last one, in Texas against the Rangers, just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley. “Holy cow, he did it!” Phil Rizzuto screamed, announcing the feat on TV. “Holy cow, Mattingly is unbelievable.”

Answer: Two

Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies. In 1987, he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit. <hl> Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games. <hl> The last one, in Texas against the Rangers, just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley. “Holy cow, he did it!” Phil Rizzuto screamed, announcing the feat on TV. “Holy cow, Mattingly is unbelievable.”

Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies. In 1987, he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit. <hl> Two <hl> of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games. The last one, in Texas against the Rangers, just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley. “Holy cow, he did it!” Phil Rizzuto screamed, announcing the feat on TV. “Holy cow, Mattingly is unbelievable.”


Question: Which writer used to be a priest

DAVID PASINSKI Fayetteville, N.Y. The writer is a former priest. To the Editor: In the 1960s I met with the Jesuit head of theology at my former university. When he heard my medical history with childbirth, which included emergency surgery, seven transfusions and the last rites with the first birth, he said: “I fail to see how God will be honored by four motherless children. You should use birth control.”

Answer: DAVID PASINSKI

DAVID PASINSKI Fayetteville, N.Y.

<hl> DAVID PASINSKI Fayetteville, N.Y. <hl> The writer is a former priest. To the Editor: In the 1960s I met with the Jesuit head of theology at my former university. When he heard my medical history with childbirth, which included emergency surgery, seven transfusions and the last rites with the first birth, he said: “I fail to see how God will be honored by four motherless children. You should use birth control.”

<hl> DAVID PASINSKI <hl> Fayetteville, N.Y. The writer is a former priest. To the Editor: In the 1960s I met with the Jesuit head of theology at my former university. When he heard my medical history with childbirth, which included emergency surgery, seven transfusions and the last rites with the first birth, he said: “I fail to see how God will be honored by four motherless children. You should use birth control.”


Question: What are the names of the lawyers mentioned in the article?

To those lawyers, Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas, who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic. But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal. Mr. Reinaldet looked at the names and asked, not for the last time that day, “Are you serious?” “We were shocked,” he recalled, sitting in a conference room in his law office in downtown Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, one morning in June. “It was kind of like, in Brazil, we know that corruption is a monster. But we never really see the monster. This was like seeing the monster.” What Mr. Youssef described to his lawyers, and then to prosecutors after he signed a plea agreement last year, is a fraud that has destabilized the country’s political system, helped tilt the economy into recession and left thousands unemployed. It has all but devastated Brazil’s status as an up-and-comer on the world stage.

Answer: Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas

<hl> To those lawyers, Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas , who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic. <hl> But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal. Mr. Reinaldet looked at the names and asked, not for the last time that day, “Are you serious?” “We were shocked,” he recalled, sitting in a conference room in his law office in downtown Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, one morning in June. “It was kind of like, in Brazil, we know that corruption is a monster. But we never really see the monster. This was like seeing the monster.” What Mr. Youssef described to his lawyers, and then to prosecutors after he signed a plea agreement last year, is a fraud that has destabilized the country’s political system, helped tilt the economy into recession and left thousands unemployed. It has all but devastated Brazil’s status as an up-and-comer on the world stage.

To those lawyers, <hl> Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas <hl>, who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic. But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal. Mr. Reinaldet looked at the names and asked, not for the last time that day, “Are you serious?” “We were shocked,” he recalled, sitting in a conference room in his law office in downtown Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, one morning in June. “It was kind of like, in Brazil, we know that corruption is a monster. But we never really see the monster. This was like seeing the monster.” What Mr. Youssef described to his lawyers, and then to prosecutors after he signed a plea agreement last year, is a fraud that has destabilized the country’s political system, helped tilt the economy into recession and left thousands unemployed. It has all but devastated Brazil’s status as an up-and-comer on the world stage.

To those lawyers, <hl> Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas <hl> , who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic.


Question: The agreement was between the six world powers and who?

We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East. The agreement is comprehensive and covers the main areas of concern over Iran’s nuclear program. It includes intrusive, detailed measures for verification and inspection of Iran’s civil nuclear program, in line with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s additional protocol. In effect, it sharply reduces the amount of enriched uranium Iran can hold and freezes further enrichment for 10 to 15 years.

Answer: Iran

<hl> We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East. <hl> The agreement is comprehensive and covers the main areas of concern over Iran’s nuclear program. It includes intrusive, detailed measures for verification and inspection of Iran’s civil nuclear program, in line with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s additional protocol. In effect, it sharply reduces the amount of enriched uranium Iran can hold and freezes further enrichment for 10 to 15 years.

We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and <hl> Iran <hl> is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East. The agreement is comprehensive and covers the main areas of concern over Iran’s nuclear program. It includes intrusive, detailed measures for verification and inspection of Iran’s civil nuclear program, in line with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s additional protocol. In effect, it sharply reduces the amount of enriched uranium Iran can hold and freezes further enrichment for 10 to 15 years.


Question: How did Shin Dong-Hyuk shock the world several years ago?

Shin Dong-hyuk, a prominent defector who shocked the world several years back with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags, confessed last month that parts of the personal history he had told the public were inaccurate. His dramatic story, which included being forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother, led to a lot of publicity and his role as a key witness for a United Nations inquiry into North Korean atrocities. He now says that instead of growing up in the notorious Camp 14, where most prisoners go to die, he spent most of his time in the less draconian Camp 18.

Answer: with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags

<hl> Shin Dong-hyuk, a prominent defector who shocked the world several years back with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags , confessed last month that parts of the personal history he had told the public were inaccurate. <hl> His dramatic story, which included being forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother, led to a lot of publicity and his role as a key witness for a United Nations inquiry into North Korean atrocities. He now says that instead of growing up in the notorious Camp 14, where most prisoners go to die, he spent most of his time in the less draconian Camp 18.

Shin Dong-hyuk, a prominent defector who shocked the world several years back <hl> with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags <hl>, confessed last month that parts of the personal history he had told the public were inaccurate. His dramatic story, which included being forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother, led to a lot of publicity and his role as a key witness for a United Nations inquiry into North Korean atrocities. He now says that instead of growing up in the notorious Camp 14, where most prisoners go to die, he spent most of his time in the less draconian Camp 18.

Shin Dong-hyuk, a prominent defector who shocked the world several years back <hl> with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags <hl> , confessed last month that parts of the personal history he had told the public were inaccurate.


Question: When was opening of the show suppose to be taking place?

So “Something Rotten!” has two canons from which to pull fodder: the complete works of you-know-who and the Broadway musical. The show’s appeal, such as it is, lies in its anachronistic mismatch. This is clear from its opening number, “Welcome to the Renaissance,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the 1590s, while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century. Got it?

Answer: 1590s

So “Something Rotten!” has two canons from which to pull fodder: the complete works of you-know-who and the Broadway musical. The show’s appeal, such as it is, lies in its anachronistic mismatch. <hl> This is clear from its opening number, “Welcome to the Renaissance,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the 1590s , while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century. <hl> Got it?

So “Something Rotten!” has two canons from which to pull fodder: the complete works of you-know-who and the Broadway musical. The show’s appeal, such as it is, lies in its anachronistic mismatch. This is clear from its opening number, “Welcome to the Renaissance,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the <hl> 1590s <hl>, while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century. Got it?

This is clear from its opening number, “Welcome to the Renaissance,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the <hl> 1590s <hl> , while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century.


Question: Which movie was played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household?

“If he hears about a hot show, he’ll be there,” said Alastair, 23, a junior A&R manager at that label. At his father’s age, Alastair said, “you would think most people have sat back, drinking tea somewhere. But he’s out there, trying to find the next thing.” Alastair said that as a child, his father turned him on to bands like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Clash, as well as composers like Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The movie “School of Rock,” written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater, was also played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household, with Alastair estimating that he has watched it “about 40 times.”

Answer: School of Rock

“If he hears about a hot show, he’ll be there,” said Alastair, 23, a junior A&R manager at that label. At his father’s age, Alastair said, “you would think most people have sat back, drinking tea somewhere. But he’s out there, trying to find the next thing.” Alastair said that as a child, his father turned him on to bands like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Clash, as well as composers like Prokofiev and Shostakovich. <hl> The movie “ School of Rock ,” written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater, was also played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household, with Alastair estimating that he has watched it “about 40 times.” <hl>

“If he hears about a hot show, he’ll be there,” said Alastair, 23, a junior A&R manager at that label. At his father’s age, Alastair said, “you would think most people have sat back, drinking tea somewhere. But he’s out there, trying to find the next thing.” Alastair said that as a child, his father turned him on to bands like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Clash, as well as composers like Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The movie “<hl> School of Rock <hl>,” written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater, was also played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household, with Alastair estimating that he has watched it “about 40 times.”

The movie “ <hl> School of Rock <hl> ,” written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater, was also played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household, with Alastair estimating that he has watched it “about 40 times.”


Question: Who was given the Dec., 15 deadline?

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.

Answer: Yukiya Amano

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” <hl> Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano , now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. <hl> Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, <hl> Yukiya Amano <hl>, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.

Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, <hl> Yukiya Amano <hl> , now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said.


Question: How much does the Archer C7 cost?

The Archer C7’s exceptional performance on a 5 GHz signal is its strength. Devices often had the same download speeds at long range as short range when connected to the Archer C7’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi. But at the longer distance, when switched to the Archer C7’s 2.4GHz network, each device’s download speeds dropped, sometimes by more than 80 percent. In summary: For a stronger, faster wireless connection, stay on the router’s 5 GHz band for as long as you can. Older routers aren’t the best at that; a newer router like TP-Link’s Archer C7 is a much better option. Buying Advice The best router for most people is the Archer C7 ($100). It’s a dual-band 802.11ac router, meaning it can run both 2.4GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks, and it supports the fastest Wi-Fi speeds of every wireless device you can buy, including the MacBook Pro, the Samsung Galaxy S6 or the brand-new iPhone 6s. The Archer C7 is faster over longer distances than most routers that cost $150 or more, and it’s the best value of the more than two dozen routers The Wirecutter tested in the last two years.

Answer: $100

The Archer C7’s exceptional performance on a 5 GHz signal is its strength. Devices often had the same download speeds at long range as short range when connected to the Archer C7’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi. But at the longer distance, when switched to the Archer C7’s 2.4GHz network, each device’s download speeds dropped, sometimes by more than 80 percent. In summary: For a stronger, faster wireless connection, stay on the router’s 5 GHz band for as long as you can. Older routers aren’t the best at that; a newer router like TP-Link’s Archer C7 is a much better option. <hl> Buying Advice The best router for most people is the Archer C7 ( $100 ). <hl> It’s a dual-band 802.11ac router, meaning it can run both 2.4GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks, and it supports the fastest Wi-Fi speeds of every wireless device you can buy, including the MacBook Pro, the Samsung Galaxy S6 or the brand-new iPhone 6s. The Archer C7 is faster over longer distances than most routers that cost $150 or more, and it’s the best value of the more than two dozen routers The Wirecutter tested in the last two years.

The Archer C7’s exceptional performance on a 5 GHz signal is its strength. Devices often had the same download speeds at long range as short range when connected to the Archer C7’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi. But at the longer distance, when switched to the Archer C7’s 2.4GHz network, each device’s download speeds dropped, sometimes by more than 80 percent. In summary: For a stronger, faster wireless connection, stay on the router’s 5 GHz band for as long as you can. Older routers aren’t the best at that; a newer router like TP-Link’s Archer C7 is a much better option. Buying Advice The best router for most people is the Archer C7 (<hl> $100 <hl>). It’s a dual-band 802.11ac router, meaning it can run both 2.4GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks, and it supports the fastest Wi-Fi speeds of every wireless device you can buy, including the MacBook Pro, the Samsung Galaxy S6 or the brand-new iPhone 6s. The Archer C7 is faster over longer distances than most routers that cost $150 or more, and it’s the best value of the more than two dozen routers The Wirecutter tested in the last two years.

Buying Advice The best router for most people is the Archer C7 ( <hl> $100 <hl> ).


Question: Who was the supervisor at the prisons tailor shop?

During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly. Some of the former honor block residents have lost privileges that had taken years to earn at Clinton. Mr. Edwards, who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week. Since being moved to Sing Sing, he has been working as a porter making $3 a week. “They took everything from me,” he said. “They did everything they could to blame the ones who stayed.”

Answer: Mr. Edwards

During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly. Some of the former honor block residents have lost privileges that had taken years to earn at Clinton. <hl> Mr. Edwards , who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week. <hl> Since being moved to Sing Sing, he has been working as a porter making $3 a week. “They took everything from me,” he said. “They did everything they could to blame the ones who stayed.”

During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly. Some of the former honor block residents have lost privileges that had taken years to earn at Clinton. <hl> Mr. Edwards <hl>, who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week. Since being moved to Sing Sing, he has been working as a porter making $3 a week. “They took everything from me,” he said. “They did everything they could to blame the ones who stayed.”

<hl> Mr. Edwards <hl> , who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week.


Question: Who won the match between Nishikori and Wawrinka?

Nishikori trailed by 6-1 in the third-set tiebreaker before he saved five consecutive match points to level the score at 6-6, sending the resigned crowd into unlikely excitement. But with Wawrinka pinned behind the baseline on the next point, an attempted drop shot by Nishikori hit the bottom of the net tape and slid down onto his side of the court, sending his coach, Michael Chang, similarly slumping into his seat. The error gave Wawrinka a sixth match point, which he converted with an ace for a spot in the semifinals.

Answer: Wawrinka

Nishikori trailed by 6-1 in the third-set tiebreaker before he saved five consecutive match points to level the score at 6-6, sending the resigned crowd into unlikely excitement. <hl> But with Wawrinka pinned behind the baseline on the next point, an attempted drop shot by Nishikori hit the bottom of the net tape and slid down onto his side of the court, sending his coach, Michael Chang, similarly slumping into his seat. <hl> The error gave Wawrinka a sixth match point, which he converted with an ace for a spot in the semifinals.

Nishikori trailed by 6-1 in the third-set tiebreaker before he saved five consecutive match points to level the score at 6-6, sending the resigned crowd into unlikely excitement. But with <hl> Wawrinka <hl> pinned behind the baseline on the next point, an attempted drop shot by Nishikori hit the bottom of the net tape and slid down onto his side of the court, sending his coach, Michael Chang, similarly slumping into his seat. The error gave Wawrinka a sixth match point, which he converted with an ace for a spot in the semifinals.


Question: How long has Douglas elmendorf been in charge of the C.B.O?

Let’s start with some background. For the last six years, Douglas Elmendorf has been the director of the C.B.O. By my judgment, he has done a remarkable job of shepherding the institution through times that have been both economically and politically difficult. (Full disclosure: Mr. Elmendorf is a friend and former student of mine, so I am not entirely objective. But many prominent policy wonks endorsed his reappointment.) Nonetheless, the new Republican leadership in Congress decided to appoint someone new to head the C.B.O. That decision is entirely understandable. Mr. Elmendorf has a long affiliation with Democrats, and the Republicans want someone who shares more of their perspective. As President Obama once said, elections have consequences. That includes the Republican sweep of 2014. So, on Friday, congressional leaders appointed Mr. Hall, a veteran of the Bush administration, to be the new head of the budget office.

Answer: six years

Let’s start with some background. <hl> For the last six years , Douglas Elmendorf has been the director of the C.B.O. By my judgment, he has done a remarkable job of shepherding the institution through times that have been both economically and politically difficult. <hl> (Full disclosure: Mr. Elmendorf is a friend and former student of mine, so I am not entirely objective. But many prominent policy wonks endorsed his reappointment.) Nonetheless, the new Republican leadership in Congress decided to appoint someone new to head the C.B.O. That decision is entirely understandable. Mr. Elmendorf has a long affiliation with Democrats, and the Republicans want someone who shares more of their perspective. As President Obama once said, elections have consequences. That includes the Republican sweep of 2014. So, on Friday, congressional leaders appointed Mr. Hall, a veteran of the Bush administration, to be the new head of the budget office.

Let’s start with some background. For the last <hl> six years <hl>, Douglas Elmendorf has been the director of the C.B.O. By my judgment, he has done a remarkable job of shepherding the institution through times that have been both economically and politically difficult. (Full disclosure: Mr. Elmendorf is a friend and former student of mine, so I am not entirely objective. But many prominent policy wonks endorsed his reappointment.) Nonetheless, the new Republican leadership in Congress decided to appoint someone new to head the C.B.O. That decision is entirely understandable. Mr. Elmendorf has a long affiliation with Democrats, and the Republicans want someone who shares more of their perspective. As President Obama once said, elections have consequences. That includes the Republican sweep of 2014. So, on Friday, congressional leaders appointed Mr. Hall, a veteran of the Bush administration, to be the new head of the budget office.

For the last <hl> six years <hl> , Douglas Elmendorf has been the director of the C.B.O. By my judgment, he has done a remarkable job of shepherding the institution through times that have been both economically and politically difficult.


Question: What did the review say much about?

I liked this review, although it said a lot about the reviewer’s biases, too. For one thing, there are many women who are and are not conventionally attractive, and who do and do not have men throwing themselves at them, but who are still very happily single. But the reviewer doesn’t seem to have met those women. I have, and they’re not hard to find.

Answer: the reviewer’s biases

<hl> I liked this review, although it said a lot about the reviewer’s biases , too. <hl> For one thing, there are many women who are and are not conventionally attractive, and who do and do not have men throwing themselves at them, but who are still very happily single. But the reviewer doesn’t seem to have met those women. I have, and they’re not hard to find.

I liked this review, although it said a lot about <hl> the reviewer’s biases <hl>, too. For one thing, there are many women who are and are not conventionally attractive, and who do and do not have men throwing themselves at them, but who are still very happily single. But the reviewer doesn’t seem to have met those women. I have, and they’re not hard to find.

I liked this review, although it said a lot about <hl> the reviewer’s biases <hl> , too.


Question: Who usually controls publicly traded companies in Asia?

In the end, it was close. The merger was backed by 69.53 percent of the shareholders who voted on Friday, narrowly above the amount needed. Investor activism like the Samsung fight is relatively uncommon in Asia. Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders, and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy. In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon, with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.

Answer: close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders

In the end, it was close. The merger was backed by 69.53 percent of the shareholders who voted on Friday, narrowly above the amount needed. Investor activism like the Samsung fight is relatively uncommon in Asia. <hl> Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders , and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy. <hl> In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon, with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.

In the end, it was close. The merger was backed by 69.53 percent of the shareholders who voted on Friday, narrowly above the amount needed. Investor activism like the Samsung fight is relatively uncommon in Asia. Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of <hl> close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders <hl>, and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy. In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon, with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.

Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of <hl> close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders <hl> , and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy.


Question: Which judge heard the testimony about whether marijuana was as harmful as heroin?

A federal judge declined on Wednesday to order the removal of marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of the most harmful and addictive drugs, disappointing those who had hoped the courts might help settle growing conflicts between federal and state laws. Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of United States District Court in Sacramento heard testimony on whether marijuana belonged alongside heroin and LSD on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule I list: substances classified as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.

Answer: Judge Kimberly J. Mueller

A federal judge declined on Wednesday to order the removal of marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of the most harmful and addictive drugs, disappointing those who had hoped the courts might help settle growing conflicts between federal and state laws. <hl> Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of United States District Court in Sacramento heard testimony on whether marijuana belonged alongside heroin and LSD on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule I list: substances classified as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. <hl>

A federal judge declined on Wednesday to order the removal of marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of the most harmful and addictive drugs, disappointing those who had hoped the courts might help settle growing conflicts between federal and state laws. <hl> Judge Kimberly J. Mueller <hl> of United States District Court in Sacramento heard testimony on whether marijuana belonged alongside heroin and LSD on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule I list: substances classified as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.


Question: When is Ms. Kodar expected to go to a university sponsored Welles symposium?

Ms. Dow said she was struck by Welles’s account of a wine-soaked session with Ernest Hemingway, who had just won the Nobel Prize for literature. “It should have gone to Isak Dinesen,” Hemingway said, according to Ms. Dow’s description of Welles’s remembrance. Ms. Dow said it would take perhaps five months to arrange the papers for public use. In early June, Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive. It promises to be an unusual affair, one that Welles may have appreciated. One presentation, Mr. Hallman said, will feature music composed for an ensemble that plays toy instruments. Ms. Kodar, he added, may have something else up her sleeve. “She has asked us to tell people she’s planning to do magic tricks with the audience,” Mr. Hallman said.

Answer: early June

Ms. Dow said she was struck by Welles’s account of a wine-soaked session with Ernest Hemingway, who had just won the Nobel Prize for literature. “It should have gone to Isak Dinesen,” Hemingway said, according to Ms. Dow’s description of Welles’s remembrance. Ms. Dow said it would take perhaps five months to arrange the papers for public use. <hl> In early June , Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive. <hl> It promises to be an unusual affair, one that Welles may have appreciated. One presentation, Mr. Hallman said, will feature music composed for an ensemble that plays toy instruments. Ms. Kodar, he added, may have something else up her sleeve. “She has asked us to tell people she’s planning to do magic tricks with the audience,” Mr. Hallman said.

Ms. Dow said she was struck by Welles’s account of a wine-soaked session with Ernest Hemingway, who had just won the Nobel Prize for literature. “It should have gone to Isak Dinesen,” Hemingway said, according to Ms. Dow’s description of Welles’s remembrance. Ms. Dow said it would take perhaps five months to arrange the papers for public use. In <hl> early June <hl>, Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive. It promises to be an unusual affair, one that Welles may have appreciated. One presentation, Mr. Hallman said, will feature music composed for an ensemble that plays toy instruments. Ms. Kodar, he added, may have something else up her sleeve. “She has asked us to tell people she’s planning to do magic tricks with the audience,” Mr. Hallman said.

In <hl> early June <hl> , Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive.