Question: Why was Mr. Marshall arrested?

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

Answer: on allegations of trespassing and disturbing the peace

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

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

He had been arrested Nov. 7 <hl> on allegations of trespassing and disturbing the peace <hl> .


Question: What have states moved to do?

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

Answer: tighten safety aspects of gun ownership

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

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

Where Congress has faltered, the states have moved to <hl> tighten safety aspects of gun ownership <hl> .


Question: Is Didion male or female?

According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when she writes about the state she knows best,” her native California. Thomas Mallon, assessing “Where I Was From,” Didion’s 2003 book about her home state, called it “the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer.” Quotable “If a woman had written it, she would have been denounced as a very anti-male person. It’s extremely feminist — to such an extreme that I think only a male writer could have gotten away with it.” — Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “Our 9/11,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did. Now comes “In the Shadow of the Towers,” an anthology of speculative fiction that touches directly or indirectly on the attacks. Contributors include Cory Doctorow and Jeff VanderMeer.

Answer: she

<hl> According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when she writes about the state she knows best,” her native California. <hl> Thomas Mallon, assessing “Where I Was From,” Didion’s 2003 book about her home state, called it “the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer.” Quotable “If a woman had written it, she would have been denounced as a very anti-male person. It’s extremely feminist — to such an extreme that I think only a male writer could have gotten away with it.” — Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “Our 9/11,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did. Now comes “In the Shadow of the Towers,” an anthology of speculative fiction that touches directly or indirectly on the attacks. Contributors include Cory Doctorow and Jeff VanderMeer.

According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when <hl> she <hl> writes about the state she knows best,” her native California. Thomas Mallon, assessing “Where I Was From,” Didion’s 2003 book about her home state, called it “the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer.” Quotable “If a woman had written it, she would have been denounced as a very anti-male person. It’s extremely feminist — to such an extreme that I think only a male writer could have gotten away with it.” — Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “Our 9/11,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did. Now comes “In the Shadow of the Towers,” an anthology of speculative fiction that touches directly or indirectly on the attacks. Contributors include Cory Doctorow and Jeff VanderMeer.


Question: Where is Huntsville located?

Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers, with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31. Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, Ala. The Rangers had performed well against Western Conference teams this season, especially on the road; they were 7-1-0 in away games against the West entering Saturday. They had also won four straight in Nashville.

Answer: Ala

Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers, with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31. <hl> Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, Ala . <hl> The Rangers had performed well against Western Conference teams this season, especially on the road; they were 7-1-0 in away games against the West entering Saturday. They had also won four straight in Nashville.

Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers, with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31. Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, <hl> Ala <hl>. The Rangers had performed well against Western Conference teams this season, especially on the road; they were 7-1-0 in away games against the West entering Saturday. They had also won four straight in Nashville.

Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, <hl> Ala <hl> .


Question: What was Sidney Loeb's nationality?

FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater. He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor. (The others were Srinivasa Sourirajan, a fellow student at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959, and their teacher Samuel Yuster.)

Answer: American

<hl> FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater. <hl> He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor. (The others were Srinivasa Sourirajan, a fellow student at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959, and their teacher Samuel Yuster.)

FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an <hl> American <hl> who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater. He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor. (The others were Srinivasa Sourirajan, a fellow student at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959, and their teacher Samuel Yuster.)


Question: How old is Mr. Silva Neto?

As he walked by their cells, this time as a prisoner, they shook the bars and menacingly called out his name. Men came to his cell to make death threats. “I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, 48. Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid in his bed. He said he witnessed a murder inside the compound. Another time, when he got up in the night to use the bathroom, he came upon a man being sexually assaulted by four others. In Paraíba, a poor state in the country’s northeast, inmate killings, including by decapitation, and prison rebellions are commonplace. Those scenes of chaos have become normalized across Brazil, as the country’s prisons have swelled over the past two decades and its incarcerated population surpassed half a million.

Answer: 48

As he walked by their cells, this time as a prisoner, they shook the bars and menacingly called out his name. Men came to his cell to make death threats. <hl> “I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, 48 . <hl> Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid in his bed. He said he witnessed a murder inside the compound. Another time, when he got up in the night to use the bathroom, he came upon a man being sexually assaulted by four others. In Paraíba, a poor state in the country’s northeast, inmate killings, including by decapitation, and prison rebellions are commonplace. Those scenes of chaos have become normalized across Brazil, as the country’s prisons have swelled over the past two decades and its incarcerated population surpassed half a million.

As he walked by their cells, this time as a prisoner, they shook the bars and menacingly called out his name. Men came to his cell to make death threats. “I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, <hl> 48 <hl>. Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid in his bed. He said he witnessed a murder inside the compound. Another time, when he got up in the night to use the bathroom, he came upon a man being sexually assaulted by four others. In Paraíba, a poor state in the country’s northeast, inmate killings, including by decapitation, and prison rebellions are commonplace. Those scenes of chaos have become normalized across Brazil, as the country’s prisons have swelled over the past two decades and its incarcerated population surpassed half a million.

“I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, <hl> 48 <hl> .


Question: How many companies will be allowed to proceed with listing in the coming weeks?

HONG KONG —  China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday. A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of 28 companies to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said.

Answer: 28 companies

HONG KONG — China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday. <hl> A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of 28 companies to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said. <hl>

HONG KONG — China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday. A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of <hl> 28 companies <hl> to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said.


Question: Who did Mr. Hai accuse of seeking to punish him?

Last week, he posted online a letter he sent to Chinese leaders that accused the Ministry of Public Security of illegally detaining lawyers. A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi, demanding that the police be held accountable for their role in the detentions. Cheng Hai, 63, an acquaintance of Mr. Yu who also signed the letter, said he thought the police might be seeking to punish him for openly criticizing the authorities. Mr. Cheng added that he himself was unafraid of the possible repercussions of signing. “Safeguarding rule of law has its price,” he said in an interview.

Answer: police

Last week, he posted online a letter he sent to Chinese leaders that accused the Ministry of Public Security of illegally detaining lawyers. <hl> A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi, demanding that the police be held accountable for their role in the detentions. <hl> Cheng Hai, 63, an acquaintance of Mr. Yu who also signed the letter, said he thought the police might be seeking to punish him for openly criticizing the authorities. Mr. Cheng added that he himself was unafraid of the possible repercussions of signing. “Safeguarding rule of law has its price,” he said in an interview.

Last week, he posted online a letter he sent to Chinese leaders that accused the Ministry of Public Security of illegally detaining lawyers. A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi, demanding that the <hl> police <hl> be held accountable for their role in the detentions. Cheng Hai, 63, an acquaintance of Mr. Yu who also signed the letter, said he thought the police might be seeking to punish him for openly criticizing the authorities. Mr. Cheng added that he himself was unafraid of the possible repercussions of signing. “Safeguarding rule of law has its price,” he said in an interview.


Question: How many decimal places does pi extend?

“The first digits are actually 3.1415,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder. (Pi’s decimal places extend indefinitely.) “So Saturday’s date is the first five digits of pi.” Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park, where even small children can help form circles. “We’ll get people to line up and count out the distance around the circles, and others to do the distance across them,” Ms. Lawrence said. This pacing will illustrate that the circumference is about three times greater. Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m. because, yes, those are the next digits in pi.

Answer: indefinitely

“The first digits are actually 3.1415,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder. <hl> (Pi’s decimal places extend indefinitely .) <hl> “So Saturday’s date is the first five digits of pi.” Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park, where even small children can help form circles. “We’ll get people to line up and count out the distance around the circles, and others to do the distance across them,” Ms. Lawrence said. This pacing will illustrate that the circumference is about three times greater. Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m. because, yes, those are the next digits in pi.

“The first digits are actually 3.1415,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder. (Pi’s decimal places extend <hl> indefinitely <hl>.) “So Saturday’s date is the first five digits of pi.” Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park, where even small children can help form circles. “We’ll get people to line up and count out the distance around the circles, and others to do the distance across them,” Ms. Lawrence said. This pacing will illustrate that the circumference is about three times greater. Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m. because, yes, those are the next digits in pi.

(Pi’s decimal places extend <hl> indefinitely <hl> .)


Question: Mr. Torgovitsky compared his actions to who?

“Going forward, we will have more security personnel inside,” he said, noting that the protester’s walk to the stage had been obscured by the standing ovation for Ms. Netrebko. “We will be extra careful to have personnel in all the strategic places where they need to be.” Mr. Torgovitsky said that he had tried to minimize the disruption he caused by waiting for the end of “Iolanta,” which he said he enjoyed. And he compared his actions with those of Mr. Putin, who he said had ignored international treaties in Ukraine and the Crimea. “I did just .001 percent of that,” he said. “I did ignore the feelings of Netrebko and Gergiev for sure, but basically hoping to bring this issue visibility and discussion.”

Answer: Mr. Putin

“Going forward, we will have more security personnel inside,” he said, noting that the protester’s walk to the stage had been obscured by the standing ovation for Ms. Netrebko. “We will be extra careful to have personnel in all the strategic places where they need to be.” Mr. Torgovitsky said that he had tried to minimize the disruption he caused by waiting for the end of “Iolanta,” which he said he enjoyed. <hl> And he compared his actions with those of Mr. Putin , who he said had ignored international treaties in Ukraine and the Crimea. <hl> “I did just .001 percent of that,” he said. “I did ignore the feelings of Netrebko and Gergiev for sure, but basically hoping to bring this issue visibility and discussion.”

“Going forward, we will have more security personnel inside,” he said, noting that the protester’s walk to the stage had been obscured by the standing ovation for Ms. Netrebko. “We will be extra careful to have personnel in all the strategic places where they need to be.” Mr. Torgovitsky said that he had tried to minimize the disruption he caused by waiting for the end of “Iolanta,” which he said he enjoyed. And he compared his actions with those of <hl> Mr. Putin <hl>, who he said had ignored international treaties in Ukraine and the Crimea. “I did just .001 percent of that,” he said. “I did ignore the feelings of Netrebko and Gergiev for sure, but basically hoping to bring this issue visibility and discussion.”

And he compared his actions with those of <hl> Mr. Putin <hl> , who he said had ignored international treaties in Ukraine and the Crimea.


Question: Who is brushing democracy to the side according to Mr. Tsianakas?

Rosina Sfyridou, a German of Greek descent who lives in Frankfurt and was among a small group carrying a Syriza flag near the Main River at midday, said she wanted to fight for democracy and social justice, and not only in Greece. “The troika is making life difficult,” she said. “Schools are closing. Greeks can’t get proper health care. I have family there; we’re closer to the problem.” Panagiotis Tsianakas, another German of Greek descent, headed to a central square to hear a speech by a Syriza representative, Giorgos Chondros. “The European finance ministers are brushing democracy to the side,” Mr. Tsianakas said.

Answer: European finance ministers

Rosina Sfyridou, a German of Greek descent who lives in Frankfurt and was among a small group carrying a Syriza flag near the Main River at midday, said she wanted to fight for democracy and social justice, and not only in Greece. “The troika is making life difficult,” she said. “Schools are closing. Greeks can’t get proper health care. I have family there; we’re closer to the problem.” Panagiotis Tsianakas, another German of Greek descent, headed to a central square to hear a speech by a Syriza representative, Giorgos Chondros. <hl> “The European finance ministers are brushing democracy to the side,” Mr. Tsianakas said. <hl>

Rosina Sfyridou, a German of Greek descent who lives in Frankfurt and was among a small group carrying a Syriza flag near the Main River at midday, said she wanted to fight for democracy and social justice, and not only in Greece. “The troika is making life difficult,” she said. “Schools are closing. Greeks can’t get proper health care. I have family there; we’re closer to the problem.” Panagiotis Tsianakas, another German of Greek descent, headed to a central square to hear a speech by a Syriza representative, Giorgos Chondros. “The <hl> European finance ministers <hl> are brushing democracy to the side,” Mr. Tsianakas said.


Question: What is their second idea to gather people together?

In preparing for your show, did you think about how it would fit together with David Letterman’s “Late Show”? We would talk about it in terms of atmosphere, and we’d go, what’s the show that’s on before us? It’s “Late Show With David Letterman” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats about 400 to 500 people. OK, well, where would you go after you’ve been to the theater? You’d go to somewhere that feels more intimate. So then we were like, What if we have a bar, and we’ll bring the audience closer? And then what if we have all of our guests out at the same time? I don’t know if we’re right. We could be very, very wrong. Do you expect a recalibration after Stephen Colbert takes over?

Answer: a bar

In preparing for your show, did you think about how it would fit together with David Letterman’s “Late Show”? We would talk about it in terms of atmosphere, and we’d go, what’s the show that’s on before us? It’s “Late Show With David Letterman” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats about 400 to 500 people. OK, well, where would you go after you’ve been to the theater? You’d go to somewhere that feels more intimate. So then we were like, <hl> What if we have a bar , and we’ll bring the audience closer? <hl> And then what if we have all of our guests out at the same time? I don’t know if we’re right. We could be very, very wrong. Do you expect a recalibration after Stephen Colbert takes over?

In preparing for your show, did you think about how it would fit together with David Letterman’s “Late Show”? We would talk about it in terms of atmosphere, and we’d go, what’s the show that’s on before us? It’s “Late Show With David Letterman” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats about 400 to 500 people. OK, well, where would you go after you’ve been to the theater? You’d go to somewhere that feels more intimate. So then we were like, What if we have <hl> a bar <hl>, and we’ll bring the audience closer? And then what if we have all of our guests out at the same time? I don’t know if we’re right. We could be very, very wrong. Do you expect a recalibration after Stephen Colbert takes over?

What if we have <hl> a bar <hl> , and we’ll bring the audience closer?


Question: Which professor did the author of post meet?

Maybe the sun wasn’t really powered by fusion. Or maybe neutrinos were eaten by a black hole lurking inside. By the time I met Dr. McDonald, theorists had rallied around a less radical thought.

Answer: Dr. McDonald

Maybe the sun wasn’t really powered by fusion. Or maybe neutrinos were eaten by a black hole lurking inside. <hl> By the time I met Dr. McDonald , theorists had rallied around a less radical thought. <hl>

Maybe the sun wasn’t really powered by fusion. Or maybe neutrinos were eaten by a black hole lurking inside. By the time I met <hl> Dr. McDonald <hl>, theorists had rallied around a less radical thought.

By the time I met <hl> Dr. McDonald <hl> , theorists had rallied around a less radical thought.


Question: What happened to the water in the Zayanderud River?

More than 15 percent of the approximately 150,000 acres of pistachio trees in the main producing area in Kerman Province have died in the last decade or so. A nationwide network of dams, often heralded by state television as a sign of progress and water management, is adding to water shortages in many places while helping deplete groundwater. In Isfahan, the once-iconic Zayanderud River is now a dusty scar the size of the Seine snaking through the city, because officials were forced to divert its water to the desert city of Yazd.

Answer: officials were forced to divert its water to the desert city of Yazd

More than 15 percent of the approximately 150,000 acres of pistachio trees in the main producing area in Kerman Province have died in the last decade or so. A nationwide network of dams, often heralded by state television as a sign of progress and water management, is adding to water shortages in many places while helping deplete groundwater. <hl> In Isfahan, the once-iconic Zayanderud River is now a dusty scar the size of the Seine snaking through the city, because officials were forced to divert its water to the desert city of Yazd . <hl>

More than 15 percent of the approximately 150,000 acres of pistachio trees in the main producing area in Kerman Province have died in the last decade or so. A nationwide network of dams, often heralded by state television as a sign of progress and water management, is adding to water shortages in many places while helping deplete groundwater. In Isfahan, the once-iconic Zayanderud River is now a dusty scar the size of the Seine snaking through the city, because <hl> officials were forced to divert its water to the desert city of Yazd <hl>.

In Isfahan, the once-iconic Zayanderud River is now a dusty scar the size of the Seine snaking through the city, because <hl> officials were forced to divert its water to the desert city of Yazd <hl> .


Question: What kind of book would Ms. Smith like to write?

“I just do my work, and I work every day, and my ambition is just to do something better than I last did,” she said. “I’d like to write something as great as ‘Pinocchio’ or ‘Little Women.’ I won’t say ‘Moby-Dick’ because that’s impossible. I’d like to write a book that everybody loves. I’d like to take a picture that someone wants to put above their desk so they can look at it while they’re writing a letter or doing whatever they’re doing while sitting at their desk. I’d like to do a painting that would astonish people.”

Answer: a book that everybody loves

“I just do my work, and I work every day, and my ambition is just to do something better than I last did,” she said. “I’d like to write something as great as ‘Pinocchio’ or ‘Little Women.’ I won’t say ‘Moby-Dick’ because that’s impossible. <hl> I’d like to write a book that everybody loves . <hl> I’d like to take a picture that someone wants to put above their desk so they can look at it while they’re writing a letter or doing whatever they’re doing while sitting at their desk. I’d like to do a painting that would astonish people.”

“I just do my work, and I work every day, and my ambition is just to do something better than I last did,” she said. “I’d like to write something as great as ‘Pinocchio’ or ‘Little Women.’ I won’t say ‘Moby-Dick’ because that’s impossible. I’d like to write <hl> a book that everybody loves <hl>. I’d like to take a picture that someone wants to put above their desk so they can look at it while they’re writing a letter or doing whatever they’re doing while sitting at their desk. I’d like to do a painting that would astonish people.”

I’d like to write <hl> a book that everybody loves <hl> .


Question: Where are people more likely to focus their attention after meditating?

In an experiment led by the Stanford psychologist Alia Crum, when people had only 10 minutes to prepare a charismatic speech, simply reframing the stress response as healthy was enough to relax them and reduce their physiological responses, if they tended to be highly reactive. In a nationally representative eight-year study, adults who reported a lot of stress in their lives were more likely to die, but only if they thought stress was harmful. Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the health psychologist Kelly McGonigal notes. O.K., so meditation is just one of many ways to fight stress. But there’s another major benefit of meditating: It makes you mindful. After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in the present. But as the neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the psychologist Alfred Kaszniak recently lamented, “There are still very few methodologically rigorous studies that demonstrate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in either the treatment of specific diseases or in the promotion of well-being.”

Answer: the present

In an experiment led by the Stanford psychologist Alia Crum, when people had only 10 minutes to prepare a charismatic speech, simply reframing the stress response as healthy was enough to relax them and reduce their physiological responses, if they tended to be highly reactive. In a nationally representative eight-year study, adults who reported a lot of stress in their lives were more likely to die, but only if they thought stress was harmful. Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the health psychologist Kelly McGonigal notes. O.K., so meditation is just one of many ways to fight stress. But there’s another major benefit of meditating: It makes you mindful. <hl> After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in the present . <hl> But as the neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the psychologist Alfred Kaszniak recently lamented, “There are still very few methodologically rigorous studies that demonstrate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in either the treatment of specific diseases or in the promotion of well-being.”

In an experiment led by the Stanford psychologist Alia Crum, when people had only 10 minutes to prepare a charismatic speech, simply reframing the stress response as healthy was enough to relax them and reduce their physiological responses, if they tended to be highly reactive. In a nationally representative eight-year study, adults who reported a lot of stress in their lives were more likely to die, but only if they thought stress was harmful. Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the health psychologist Kelly McGonigal notes. O.K., so meditation is just one of many ways to fight stress. But there’s another major benefit of meditating: It makes you mindful. After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in <hl> the present <hl>. But as the neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the psychologist Alfred Kaszniak recently lamented, “There are still very few methodologically rigorous studies that demonstrate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in either the treatment of specific diseases or in the promotion of well-being.”

After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in <hl> the present <hl> .


Question: At what age did Mr. Huang join the army?

The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai, who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea. Huang Jiada, who joined the Kuomintang during the Cold War after his family had fled to Myanmar, has been leading the effort to preserve Ban Rak Thai’s unique history. On a recent crisp afternoon, Mr. Huang, 53, hopped on his motorbike and sped up a bumpy dirt path to the top of a hill. At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to commemorate the Kuomintang Army. Inside, recent photos of elderly veterans wearing oversize military fatigues were displayed alongside hand-drawn maps of battle routes and older photos that showed young, gun-wielding soldiers marching under the army’s red, white and blue flag. Mr. Huang pointed to a portrait of a heavyset man wearing rumpled clothes and an orange beanie. “This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was 11,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin. “He couldn’t read or write, but he could certainly fight and kill.”

Answer: 11

The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai, who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea. Huang Jiada, who joined the Kuomintang during the Cold War after his family had fled to Myanmar, has been leading the effort to preserve Ban Rak Thai’s unique history. On a recent crisp afternoon, Mr. Huang, 53, hopped on his motorbike and sped up a bumpy dirt path to the top of a hill. At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to commemorate the Kuomintang Army. Inside, recent photos of elderly veterans wearing oversize military fatigues were displayed alongside hand-drawn maps of battle routes and older photos that showed young, gun-wielding soldiers marching under the army’s red, white and blue flag. Mr. Huang pointed to a portrait of a heavyset man wearing rumpled clothes and an orange beanie. <hl> “This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was 11 ,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin. <hl> “He couldn’t read or write, but he could certainly fight and kill.”

The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai, who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea. Huang Jiada, who joined the Kuomintang during the Cold War after his family had fled to Myanmar, has been leading the effort to preserve Ban Rak Thai’s unique history. On a recent crisp afternoon, Mr. Huang, 53, hopped on his motorbike and sped up a bumpy dirt path to the top of a hill. At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to commemorate the Kuomintang Army. Inside, recent photos of elderly veterans wearing oversize military fatigues were displayed alongside hand-drawn maps of battle routes and older photos that showed young, gun-wielding soldiers marching under the army’s red, white and blue flag. Mr. Huang pointed to a portrait of a heavyset man wearing rumpled clothes and an orange beanie. “This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was <hl> 11 <hl>,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin. “He couldn’t read or write, but he could certainly fight and kill.”

“This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was <hl> 11 <hl> ,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin.


Question: How many trials showed an effect on death from cardiovascular causes?

Let’s not cherry-pick, though. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of salt intake was published last year. Eight trials involving more than 7,200 participants looked at whether advising patients to cut down on salt, or reducing sodium intake, affected outcomes. None of the trials, including ones involving people with both normal and high blood pressure, showed a reduction in all-cause mortality. Only one trial even showed an effect on death from cardiovascular causes, like heart attack or stroke. It was conducted on residents of an assisted-living facility who had high blood pressure — hardly representative of the population as a whole, which is what dietary guidelines are supposed to cover.

Answer: Only one trial

Let’s not cherry-pick, though. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of salt intake was published last year. Eight trials involving more than 7,200 participants looked at whether advising patients to cut down on salt, or reducing sodium intake, affected outcomes. None of the trials, including ones involving people with both normal and high blood pressure, showed a reduction in all-cause mortality. <hl> Only one trial even showed an effect on death from cardiovascular causes, like heart attack or stroke. <hl> It was conducted on residents of an assisted-living facility who had high blood pressure — hardly representative of the population as a whole, which is what dietary guidelines are supposed to cover.

Let’s not cherry-pick, though. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of salt intake was published last year. Eight trials involving more than 7,200 participants looked at whether advising patients to cut down on salt, or reducing sodium intake, affected outcomes. None of the trials, including ones involving people with both normal and high blood pressure, showed a reduction in all-cause mortality. <hl> Only one trial <hl> even showed an effect on death from cardiovascular causes, like heart attack or stroke. It was conducted on residents of an assisted-living facility who had high blood pressure — hardly representative of the population as a whole, which is what dietary guidelines are supposed to cover.


Question: What's the smartest decision making app?

Perhaps the smartest decision-making app I’ve used is ChoiceMap, because it’s both really easy to use and it makes it feel as if your decision has been intelligently considered by the app’s algorithms. ChoiceMap, which is free for iOS, tries to make the process as smooth as possible. To start, you describe a choice to make or use one of the app’s many templates on diverse topics, like choosing baby names or which phone carrier to use. Once you have described the decision to be made, and typed in all the outcomes that could result, the app lets you explain all the factors that influence your thinking. If you’re trying to decide where to go for a vacation, for example, cost may be the biggest factor.

Answer: ChoiceMap

<hl> Perhaps the smartest decision-making app I’ve used is ChoiceMap , because it’s both really easy to use and it makes it feel as if your decision has been intelligently considered by the app’s algorithms. <hl> ChoiceMap, which is free for iOS, tries to make the process as smooth as possible. To start, you describe a choice to make or use one of the app’s many templates on diverse topics, like choosing baby names or which phone carrier to use. Once you have described the decision to be made, and typed in all the outcomes that could result, the app lets you explain all the factors that influence your thinking. If you’re trying to decide where to go for a vacation, for example, cost may be the biggest factor.

Perhaps the smartest decision-making app I’ve used is <hl> ChoiceMap <hl>, because it’s both really easy to use and it makes it feel as if your decision has been intelligently considered by the app’s algorithms. ChoiceMap, which is free for iOS, tries to make the process as smooth as possible. To start, you describe a choice to make or use one of the app’s many templates on diverse topics, like choosing baby names or which phone carrier to use. Once you have described the decision to be made, and typed in all the outcomes that could result, the app lets you explain all the factors that influence your thinking. If you’re trying to decide where to go for a vacation, for example, cost may be the biggest factor.

Perhaps the smartest decision-making app I’ve used is <hl> ChoiceMap <hl> , because it’s both really easy to use and it makes it feel as if your decision has been intelligently considered by the app’s algorithms.


Question: Sometimes Marcelo does a double, what does that mean to him?

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

Answer: Twenty-four hours

Twenty-four hours if you take a double.

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

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


Question: Which group ran anti-John Kerry ads during the 2004 election?

His older brother was also the beneficiary of hardball politics. In 2000, George W. Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the South Carolina primary after fliers falsely accusing Mr. McCain of fathering a black baby out of wedlock began circulating in the state. Then, in the 2004 general election, he received a boost when Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, an outside group, ran a television ad accusing Senator John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, of lying about his war record. And now, with Republicans nearly three times as likely as Democrats to describe themselves as angry with the federal government, according to a recent Pew Research Center study, Jeb Bush may need to get more comfortable — and quickly — with personally going on the attack and channeling a sense of passionate outrage.

Answer: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

His older brother was also the beneficiary of hardball politics. In 2000, George W. Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the South Carolina primary after fliers falsely accusing Mr. McCain of fathering a black baby out of wedlock began circulating in the state. <hl> Then, in the 2004 general election, he received a boost when Swift Boat Veterans for Truth , an outside group, ran a television ad accusing Senator John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, of lying about his war record. <hl> And now, with Republicans nearly three times as likely as Democrats to describe themselves as angry with the federal government, according to a recent Pew Research Center study, Jeb Bush may need to get more comfortable — and quickly — with personally going on the attack and channeling a sense of passionate outrage.

His older brother was also the beneficiary of hardball politics. In 2000, George W. Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the South Carolina primary after fliers falsely accusing Mr. McCain of fathering a black baby out of wedlock began circulating in the state. Then, in the 2004 general election, he received a boost when <hl> Swift Boat Veterans for Truth <hl>, an outside group, ran a television ad accusing Senator John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, of lying about his war record. And now, with Republicans nearly three times as likely as Democrats to describe themselves as angry with the federal government, according to a recent Pew Research Center study, Jeb Bush may need to get more comfortable — and quickly — with personally going on the attack and channeling a sense of passionate outrage.

Then, in the 2004 general election, he received a boost when <hl> Swift Boat Veterans for Truth <hl> , an outside group, ran a television ad accusing Senator John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, of lying about his war record.


Question: What matters in comedy just as much as jokes?

Plot has always mattered in comedy, of course, but not as much as jokes. In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs. In television, sitcoms have traditionally relied on thin narratives stretched over seasons (Will Sam and Diane get together on “Cheers”? Will Jim and Pam on “The Office”?) that make it easy to follow the story from week to week.

Answer: Plot

<hl> Plot has always mattered in comedy, of course, but not as much as jokes. <hl> In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs. In television, sitcoms have traditionally relied on thin narratives stretched over seasons (Will Sam and Diane get together on “Cheers”? Will Jim and Pam on “The Office”?) that make it easy to follow the story from week to week.

<hl> Plot <hl> has always mattered in comedy, of course, but not as much as jokes. In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs. In television, sitcoms have traditionally relied on thin narratives stretched over seasons (Will Sam and Diane get together on “Cheers”? Will Jim and Pam on “The Office”?) that make it easy to follow the story from week to week.


Question: What does the head barber use to sculpt eyebrows?

To get the new Havana look, young men visit special barbershops around the city. The undisputed mecca of these salons is Donde Dorian. Camouflaged on a residential street opposite a wall with obedient graffiti extolling the local Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, the salon’s drab facade gives way to a bright front room selling Hollywood cigarettes, Cristal beer and espresso from a vintage machine. Above the polished bar is an LG flat-screen TV playing the ubiquitous reggaeton videos of poolside bacchanals. Around 11 p.m. on a recent evening, a line of young men waited in the back room for their turn in the seat of Dorian Carbonell Fernandéz, 31, who was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sculpting the eyebrows of Robert Richard Esteves with a straight edge razor. Mr. Fernandéz looked in a mirror, lined with boxes of Bulgari and Fendi colognes, and reached over the fence of Mr. Esteves’s hair to pluck up wilted locks within. He then blew out the hair up with a blow-dryer. Mr. Fernandéz’s hair blower always points up.

Answer: straight edge razor

To get the new Havana look, young men visit special barbershops around the city. The undisputed mecca of these salons is Donde Dorian. Camouflaged on a residential street opposite a wall with obedient graffiti extolling the local Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, the salon’s drab facade gives way to a bright front room selling Hollywood cigarettes, Cristal beer and espresso from a vintage machine. Above the polished bar is an LG flat-screen TV playing the ubiquitous reggaeton videos of poolside bacchanals. <hl> Around 11 p.m. on a recent evening, a line of young men waited in the back room for their turn in the seat of Dorian Carbonell Fernandéz, 31, who was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sculpting the eyebrows of Robert Richard Esteves with a straight edge razor . <hl> Mr. Fernandéz looked in a mirror, lined with boxes of Bulgari and Fendi colognes, and reached over the fence of Mr. Esteves’s hair to pluck up wilted locks within. He then blew out the hair up with a blow-dryer. Mr. Fernandéz’s hair blower always points up.

To get the new Havana look, young men visit special barbershops around the city. The undisputed mecca of these salons is Donde Dorian. Camouflaged on a residential street opposite a wall with obedient graffiti extolling the local Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, the salon’s drab facade gives way to a bright front room selling Hollywood cigarettes, Cristal beer and espresso from a vintage machine. Above the polished bar is an LG flat-screen TV playing the ubiquitous reggaeton videos of poolside bacchanals. Around 11 p.m. on a recent evening, a line of young men waited in the back room for their turn in the seat of Dorian Carbonell Fernandéz, 31, who was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sculpting the eyebrows of Robert Richard Esteves with a <hl> straight edge razor <hl>. Mr. Fernandéz looked in a mirror, lined with boxes of Bulgari and Fendi colognes, and reached over the fence of Mr. Esteves’s hair to pluck up wilted locks within. He then blew out the hair up with a blow-dryer. Mr. Fernandéz’s hair blower always points up.

Around 11 p.m. on a recent evening, a line of young men waited in the back room for their turn in the seat of Dorian Carbonell Fernandéz, 31, who was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sculpting the eyebrows of Robert Richard Esteves with a <hl> straight edge razor <hl> .


Question: Who oversees the effectiveness and safety of a drug?

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prescription drug policy proposal, released last week, would hold drug manufacturers accountable to their level of investment in research. But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that cannot be patented. By granting temporary monopolies to innovators, the patent system is widely credited with protecting and promoting innovation. But when it comes to pharmaceuticals, it may be preventing valuable therapies from coming to market. To see evidence of this, just look at the behavior of pharmaceutical firms. When Benjamin Roin, assistant professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management at M.I.T., did so, he discovered that drug companies discard many potentially good ideas because they’re unpatentable. By interviewing academic researchers and industry insiders and scouring medicinal-chemistry textbooks, Mr. Roin learned that “pharmaceutical companies systematically screen their drug candidates to exclude the ones lacking strong patent protection.” It’s obvious why drug innovators would avoid unpatentable ideas: Bringing a drug to market is expensive. In addition to the costs of scientists and laboratories to discover and sift through potentially therapeutic compounds in the first place, demonstrating efficacy and safety to the Food and Drug Administration requires costly clinical trials. Without F.D.A. approval, a drug cannot be marketed.

Answer: F.D.A.

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prescription drug policy proposal, released last week, would hold drug manufacturers accountable to their level of investment in research. But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that cannot be patented. By granting temporary monopolies to innovators, the patent system is widely credited with protecting and promoting innovation. But when it comes to pharmaceuticals, it may be preventing valuable therapies from coming to market. To see evidence of this, just look at the behavior of pharmaceutical firms. When Benjamin Roin, assistant professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management at M.I.T., did so, he discovered that drug companies discard many potentially good ideas because they’re unpatentable. By interviewing academic researchers and industry insiders and scouring medicinal-chemistry textbooks, Mr. Roin learned that “pharmaceutical companies systematically screen their drug candidates to exclude the ones lacking strong patent protection.” It’s obvious why drug innovators would avoid unpatentable ideas: Bringing a drug to market is expensive. In addition to the costs of scientists and laboratories to discover and sift through potentially therapeutic compounds in the first place, demonstrating efficacy and safety to the Food and Drug Administration requires costly clinical trials. <hl> Without F.D.A. approval, a drug cannot be marketed. <hl>

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prescription drug policy proposal, released last week, would hold drug manufacturers accountable to their level of investment in research. But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that cannot be patented. By granting temporary monopolies to innovators, the patent system is widely credited with protecting and promoting innovation. But when it comes to pharmaceuticals, it may be preventing valuable therapies from coming to market. To see evidence of this, just look at the behavior of pharmaceutical firms. When Benjamin Roin, assistant professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management at M.I.T., did so, he discovered that drug companies discard many potentially good ideas because they’re unpatentable. By interviewing academic researchers and industry insiders and scouring medicinal-chemistry textbooks, Mr. Roin learned that “pharmaceutical companies systematically screen their drug candidates to exclude the ones lacking strong patent protection.” It’s obvious why drug innovators would avoid unpatentable ideas: Bringing a drug to market is expensive. In addition to the costs of scientists and laboratories to discover and sift through potentially therapeutic compounds in the first place, demonstrating efficacy and safety to the Food and Drug Administration requires costly clinical trials. Without <hl> F.D.A. <hl> approval, a drug cannot be marketed.


Question: What year is Senator Gillibrand attempting to get elected again?

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, 29, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Answer: 2018

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. <hl> She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018 . <hl> She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, 29, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Ms. Berman, 34, will keep her name. She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in <hl> 2018 <hl>. She graduated from Wesleyan. The bride’s father is a trial lawyer in New York. Mr. Schrock, 29, is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York. In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell, where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in <hl> 2018 <hl> .


Question: Why is Peyton Manning not starting?

MANNING OUT OF LINEUP AGAIN Brock Osweiler is preparing for his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on his injured left foot. Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, about his torn plantar fascia. Coach Gary Kubiak said Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos face New England. (AP)

Answer: injured left foot

his injured left foot .

MANNING OUT OF LINEUP AGAIN Brock Osweiler is preparing for his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on <hl> his injured left foot . <hl> Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, about his torn plantar fascia. Coach Gary Kubiak said Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos face New England. (AP)

MANNING OUT OF LINEUP AGAIN Brock Osweiler is preparing for his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on his <hl> injured left foot <hl>. Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, about his torn plantar fascia. Coach Gary Kubiak said Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos face New England. (AP)


Question: What two weapons was used to break down a door?

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

Answer: sledgehammer and a crowbar

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

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

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


Question: Who did Mr. Yu accuse of detaining lawyers?

Last week, he posted online a letter he sent to Chinese leaders that accused the Ministry of Public Security of illegally detaining lawyers. A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi, demanding that the police be held accountable for their role in the detentions. Cheng Hai, 63, an acquaintance of Mr. Yu who also signed the letter, said he thought the police might be seeking to punish him for openly criticizing the authorities. Mr. Cheng added that he himself was unafraid of the possible repercussions of signing. “Safeguarding rule of law has its price,” he said in an interview.

Answer: Ministry of Public Security

<hl> Last week, he posted online a letter he sent to Chinese leaders that accused the Ministry of Public Security of illegally detaining lawyers. <hl> A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi, demanding that the police be held accountable for their role in the detentions. Cheng Hai, 63, an acquaintance of Mr. Yu who also signed the letter, said he thought the police might be seeking to punish him for openly criticizing the authorities. Mr. Cheng added that he himself was unafraid of the possible repercussions of signing. “Safeguarding rule of law has its price,” he said in an interview.

Last week, he posted online a letter he sent to Chinese leaders that accused the <hl> Ministry of Public Security <hl> of illegally detaining lawyers. A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi, demanding that the police be held accountable for their role in the detentions. Cheng Hai, 63, an acquaintance of Mr. Yu who also signed the letter, said he thought the police might be seeking to punish him for openly criticizing the authorities. Mr. Cheng added that he himself was unafraid of the possible repercussions of signing. “Safeguarding rule of law has its price,” he said in an interview.


Question: How can a person contact Dr. Lear with suggestions regarding his research?

His next step is to attach a GPS tracking device to the lizards to see what kind of path they follow on their way home. But he is so eager to hear theories about the homing lizard that he is sharing his email address. Anyone with a suggestion about how the lizards navigate or how their ability might be tested can email him at lealmizzou@gmail.com. He will be in the field, with anoles, until mid-July. After that, he says, he’ll answer any emails with promising ideas. Think of it as a tip line for science.

Answer: email him at lealmizzou@gmail.com

His next step is to attach a GPS tracking device to the lizards to see what kind of path they follow on their way home. But he is so eager to hear theories about the homing lizard that he is sharing his email address. <hl> Anyone with a suggestion about how the lizards navigate or how their ability might be tested can email him at lealmizzou@gmail.com . <hl> He will be in the field, with anoles, until mid-July. After that, he says, he’ll answer any emails with promising ideas. Think of it as a tip line for science.

His next step is to attach a GPS tracking device to the lizards to see what kind of path they follow on their way home. But he is so eager to hear theories about the homing lizard that he is sharing his email address. Anyone with a suggestion about how the lizards navigate or how their ability might be tested can <hl> email him at lealmizzou@gmail.com <hl>. He will be in the field, with anoles, until mid-July. After that, he says, he’ll answer any emails with promising ideas. Think of it as a tip line for science.

Anyone with a suggestion about how the lizards navigate or how their ability might be tested can <hl> email him at lealmizzou@gmail.com <hl> .


Question: What comical event took place after a man falls dead in the latest Swedish filmmaker's movie

The world this award-winning 72-year-old Swedish filmmaker creates is an indelible one. Populated by pasty-faced men in suits and assorted other hapless souls, his last three features have unfolded like a series of blackout sketches in what resemble preserved dioramas of life. In his newest, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” a man drops dead in the capacious cafeteria of a cruise ship, leading the cashier to offer up the man’s tray of food and drink. In the back of the room, a diner’s hand shyly goes up: He’ll take the beer. “Pigeon,” as Mr. Andersson has referred to it, opens June 3 at Film Forum, preceded by a retrospective at the Museum of Arts and Design showing the other two films in Mr. Anderson’s so-called “Living” trilogy as well as shorts. Each shot in the features has the same deadpan, uncanny look, opening on a deep-focus view of some room or bar, viewed slightly askew, with muted gray or beige walls or sidewalks.

Answer: leading the cashier to offer up the man’s tray of food and drink

The world this award-winning 72-year-old Swedish filmmaker creates is an indelible one. Populated by pasty-faced men in suits and assorted other hapless souls, his last three features have unfolded like a series of blackout sketches in what resemble preserved dioramas of life. <hl> In his newest, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” a man drops dead in the capacious cafeteria of a cruise ship, leading the cashier to offer up the man’s tray of food and drink . <hl> In the back of the room, a diner’s hand shyly goes up: He’ll take the beer. “Pigeon,” as Mr. Andersson has referred to it, opens June 3 at Film Forum, preceded by a retrospective at the Museum of Arts and Design showing the other two films in Mr. Anderson’s so-called “Living” trilogy as well as shorts. Each shot in the features has the same deadpan, uncanny look, opening on a deep-focus view of some room or bar, viewed slightly askew, with muted gray or beige walls or sidewalks.

The world this award-winning 72-year-old Swedish filmmaker creates is an indelible one. Populated by pasty-faced men in suits and assorted other hapless souls, his last three features have unfolded like a series of blackout sketches in what resemble preserved dioramas of life. In his newest, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” a man drops dead in the capacious cafeteria of a cruise ship, <hl> leading the cashier to offer up the man’s tray of food and drink <hl>. In the back of the room, a diner’s hand shyly goes up: He’ll take the beer. “Pigeon,” as Mr. Andersson has referred to it, opens June 3 at Film Forum, preceded by a retrospective at the Museum of Arts and Design showing the other two films in Mr. Anderson’s so-called “Living” trilogy as well as shorts. Each shot in the features has the same deadpan, uncanny look, opening on a deep-focus view of some room or bar, viewed slightly askew, with muted gray or beige walls or sidewalks.

In his newest, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” a man drops dead in the capacious cafeteria of a cruise ship, <hl> leading the cashier to offer up the man’s tray of food and drink <hl> .


Question: what was the Euro at on May 7?

The euro on Friday reached its lowest level against the dollar since June 7, 2010, when it hit $1.1923. The currency of the 19-nation eurozone has fallen nearly 14 percent since it climbed to $1.3910 on May 7. The last time the euro was so low, Greece’s debt problems were causing havoc in the eurozone and there was fear the common currency would not survive. Greece is again in turmoil, with coming elections likely to usher in a left-wing government, but is no longer the main cause of the euro’s decline. The concern now is that the eurozone is already stuck in the same kind of stagnation that has afflicted Japan for two decades. “History shows that falling prices can be as damaging to the prosperity and stability of our countries as high inflation,” Mr. Draghi told Handelsblatt.

Answer: $1.3910

The euro on Friday reached its lowest level against the dollar since June 7, 2010, when it hit $1.1923. <hl> The currency of the 19-nation eurozone has fallen nearly 14 percent since it climbed to $1.3910 on May 7. <hl> The last time the euro was so low, Greece’s debt problems were causing havoc in the eurozone and there was fear the common currency would not survive. Greece is again in turmoil, with coming elections likely to usher in a left-wing government, but is no longer the main cause of the euro’s decline. The concern now is that the eurozone is already stuck in the same kind of stagnation that has afflicted Japan for two decades. “History shows that falling prices can be as damaging to the prosperity and stability of our countries as high inflation,” Mr. Draghi told Handelsblatt.

The euro on Friday reached its lowest level against the dollar since June 7, 2010, when it hit $1.1923. The currency of the 19-nation eurozone has fallen nearly 14 percent since it climbed to <hl> $1.3910 <hl> on May 7. The last time the euro was so low, Greece’s debt problems were causing havoc in the eurozone and there was fear the common currency would not survive. Greece is again in turmoil, with coming elections likely to usher in a left-wing government, but is no longer the main cause of the euro’s decline. The concern now is that the eurozone is already stuck in the same kind of stagnation that has afflicted Japan for two decades. “History shows that falling prices can be as damaging to the prosperity and stability of our countries as high inflation,” Mr. Draghi told Handelsblatt.


Question: Where did Ms. Francik work after graduation?

A few nights after his release, Mr. Norris phoned the person he credits most for his coming home: Ms. Francik, the student with whom he had not spoken since she delivered news of his clemency three months ago. She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in Shelby County, Tenn.

Answer: Shelby County, Tenn

A few nights after his release, Mr. Norris phoned the person he credits most for his coming home: Ms. Francik, the student with whom he had not spoken since she delivered news of his clemency three months ago. <hl> She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in Shelby County, Tenn . <hl>

A few nights after his release, Mr. Norris phoned the person he credits most for his coming home: Ms. Francik, the student with whom he had not spoken since she delivered news of his clemency three months ago. She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in <hl> Shelby County, Tenn <hl>.

She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in <hl> Shelby County, Tenn <hl> .


Question: Where does Hicklin buy "Little Dickens" tea?

Hicklin plans to man the store himself on weekends, offering up mince pies and cups of tea (including a rooibos blend called “Little Dickens” from the Brooklyn-based purveyor Bellocq, as well as Yorkshire Gold from his native England). He admitted that the project has required him to play “literary investigator,” doggedly tracking down a few quirky or elusive volumes. “Raymond Pettibon, for example, his list is crazy,” Hicklin noted with admiration. “Like, seventeenth-century treatises on urn burial. Where else would you find this?” The artist Ryan McGinley, for his part, included a beautiful 1960 illustrated children’s book called “About Caves,” and the director John Waters named out-of-print treasures such as Philip Hoare’s “Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant.”

Answer: Bellocq

<hl> Hicklin plans to man the store himself on weekends, offering up mince pies and cups of tea (including a rooibos blend called “Little Dickens” from the Brooklyn-based purveyor Bellocq , as well as Yorkshire Gold from his native England). <hl> He admitted that the project has required him to play “literary investigator,” doggedly tracking down a few quirky or elusive volumes. “Raymond Pettibon, for example, his list is crazy,” Hicklin noted with admiration. “Like, seventeenth-century treatises on urn burial. Where else would you find this?” The artist Ryan McGinley, for his part, included a beautiful 1960 illustrated children’s book called “About Caves,” and the director John Waters named out-of-print treasures such as Philip Hoare’s “Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant.”

Hicklin plans to man the store himself on weekends, offering up mince pies and cups of tea (including a rooibos blend called “Little Dickens” from the Brooklyn-based purveyor <hl> Bellocq <hl>, as well as Yorkshire Gold from his native England). He admitted that the project has required him to play “literary investigator,” doggedly tracking down a few quirky or elusive volumes. “Raymond Pettibon, for example, his list is crazy,” Hicklin noted with admiration. “Like, seventeenth-century treatises on urn burial. Where else would you find this?” The artist Ryan McGinley, for his part, included a beautiful 1960 illustrated children’s book called “About Caves,” and the director John Waters named out-of-print treasures such as Philip Hoare’s “Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant.”

Hicklin plans to man the store himself on weekends, offering up mince pies and cups of tea (including a rooibos blend called “Little Dickens” from the Brooklyn-based purveyor <hl> Bellocq <hl> , as well as Yorkshire Gold from his native England).


Question: What is disease does one member have?

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

Answer: hepatitis

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

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

One of the women, Wu Rongrong, 30, an AIDS activist, is said to be ailing after the police withheld the medication she takes for <hl> hepatitis <hl> .


Question: What is the name of the New England team?

Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left. New England’s second onside kick failed, but the Patriots forced a third-down fumble to give Brady one more chance. The rally fell short when Brady’s passes bounced out of his receivers’ hands. The Patriots are now on a regular-season losing streak for the first time since 2012. 49ERS 26, BEARS 20 Blaine Gabbert ran for a tying touchdown late in regulation and threw a 71-yard scoring pass to Torrey Smith in overtime to push San Francisco past host Chicago.

Answer: the Patriots

Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left. <hl> New England’s second onside kick failed, but the Patriots forced a third-down fumble to give Brady one more chance. <hl> The rally fell short when Brady’s passes bounced out of his receivers’ hands. The Patriots are now on a regular-season losing streak for the first time since 2012. 49ERS 26, BEARS 20 Blaine Gabbert ran for a tying touchdown late in regulation and threw a 71-yard scoring pass to Torrey Smith in overtime to push San Francisco past host Chicago.

Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left. New England’s second onside kick failed, but <hl> the Patriots <hl> forced a third-down fumble to give Brady one more chance. The rally fell short when Brady’s passes bounced out of his receivers’ hands. The Patriots are now on a regular-season losing streak for the first time since 2012. 49ERS 26, BEARS 20 Blaine Gabbert ran for a tying touchdown late in regulation and threw a 71-yard scoring pass to Torrey Smith in overtime to push San Francisco past host Chicago.


Question: How old are the 2 surviving defendants?

Two of the men had each spent almost 33 years in prison on arson and murder charges, the longest time served by any defendant whose conviction has been vacated under Ken Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney. The third defendant died in prison. Now 70 and 66, the surviving defendants, William Vasquez and Amaury Villalobos, stood in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn. Next to them stood the widow and daughter of the third defendant, Raymond Mora. His daughter, who was 7 when he died in prison in 1989, held up a photo of her father. “I don’t know how this case managed to proceed,” Assistant District Attorney Mark J. Hale, who oversees the Conviction Review Unit in the office, told Justice Matthew J. D’Emic as he asked him to vacate the men’s convictions. In February 1980, a townhouse at 695 Sackett Street burned to the ground. The third-floor tenants, a mother and her five young children, were killed.

Answer: 70 and 66

Two of the men had each spent almost 33 years in prison on arson and murder charges, the longest time served by any defendant whose conviction has been vacated under Ken Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney. The third defendant died in prison. <hl> Now 70 and 66 , the surviving defendants, William Vasquez and Amaury Villalobos, stood in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn. <hl> Next to them stood the widow and daughter of the third defendant, Raymond Mora. His daughter, who was 7 when he died in prison in 1989, held up a photo of her father. “I don’t know how this case managed to proceed,” Assistant District Attorney Mark J. Hale, who oversees the Conviction Review Unit in the office, told Justice Matthew J. D’Emic as he asked him to vacate the men’s convictions. In February 1980, a townhouse at 695 Sackett Street burned to the ground. The third-floor tenants, a mother and her five young children, were killed.

Two of the men had each spent almost 33 years in prison on arson and murder charges, the longest time served by any defendant whose conviction has been vacated under Ken Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney. The third defendant died in prison. Now <hl> 70 and 66 <hl>, the surviving defendants, William Vasquez and Amaury Villalobos, stood in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn. Next to them stood the widow and daughter of the third defendant, Raymond Mora. His daughter, who was 7 when he died in prison in 1989, held up a photo of her father. “I don’t know how this case managed to proceed,” Assistant District Attorney Mark J. Hale, who oversees the Conviction Review Unit in the office, told Justice Matthew J. D’Emic as he asked him to vacate the men’s convictions. In February 1980, a townhouse at 695 Sackett Street burned to the ground. The third-floor tenants, a mother and her five young children, were killed.

Now <hl> 70 and 66 <hl> , the surviving defendants, William Vasquez and Amaury Villalobos, stood in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.


Question: What was the donation amount that sparked the celebration?

“Our development office has these clapper doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland, recalled with a chuckle. That day, she said, “the clappers were going crazy.” One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State.

Answer: One hundred thousand dollars

“Our development office has these clapper doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland, recalled with a chuckle. <hl> That day, she said, “the clappers were going crazy.” One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State. <hl>

“Our development office has these clapper doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland, recalled with a chuckle. That day, she said, “the clappers were going crazy.” <hl> One hundred thousand dollars <hl> was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State.


Question: Who was whistled for unnecessary roughness?

That drew a second unnecessary-roughness penalty on Beckham. Two plays later, Giants running back Shane Vereen ran up the middle for 19 yards. Norman and Beckham clashed briefly at the start of the play until Norman drifted over to the area of the field where Vereen was being tackled. Beckham, who had run upfield, suddenly turned and sprinted back toward the scrum. That is when he lowered his head for the helmet-to-helmet collision, which also was whistled for unnecessary roughness. Two plays after that scuffle, Norman was penalized for unnecessary roughness.

Answer: Norman

That drew a second unnecessary-roughness penalty on Beckham. Two plays later, Giants running back Shane Vereen ran up the middle for 19 yards. <hl> Norman and Beckham clashed briefly at the start of the play until Norman drifted over to the area of the field where Vereen was being tackled. <hl> Beckham, who had run upfield, suddenly turned and sprinted back toward the scrum. That is when he lowered his head for the helmet-to-helmet collision, which also was whistled for unnecessary roughness. Two plays after that scuffle, Norman was penalized for unnecessary roughness.

That drew a second unnecessary-roughness penalty on Beckham. Two plays later, Giants running back Shane Vereen ran up the middle for 19 yards. <hl> Norman <hl> and Beckham clashed briefly at the start of the play until Norman drifted over to the area of the field where Vereen was being tackled. Beckham, who had run upfield, suddenly turned and sprinted back toward the scrum. That is when he lowered his head for the helmet-to-helmet collision, which also was whistled for unnecessary roughness. Two plays after that scuffle, Norman was penalized for unnecessary roughness.


Question: What is the five-year plan called?

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.

Answer: A2020

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. <hl> As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “ A2020 ,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board. <hl>

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “<hl> A2020 <hl>,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.

As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “ <hl> A2020 <hl> ,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.


Question: Who was the coach of the Seahawks?

But the Super Bowl was full of drama minus the courtroom. The game had all the classic ingredients, including a contrast in coaching styles, with the dour and opaque Belichick in charge of the Patriots and the animated chatterbox Pete Carroll directing the Seahawks. It was 14-14 at halftime, then 24-14 in favor of Seattle in the fourth quarter, and then it really got good: Brady and New England rallied to score two touchdowns and take a 28-24 lead, only to see Seattle and the quarterback Russell Wilson move the ball back down the field in a beautiful hurry.

Answer: Pete Carroll

But the Super Bowl was full of drama minus the courtroom. <hl> The game had all the classic ingredients, including a contrast in coaching styles, with the dour and opaque Belichick in charge of the Patriots and the animated chatterbox Pete Carroll directing the Seahawks. <hl> It was 14-14 at halftime, then 24-14 in favor of Seattle in the fourth quarter, and then it really got good: Brady and New England rallied to score two touchdowns and take a 28-24 lead, only to see Seattle and the quarterback Russell Wilson move the ball back down the field in a beautiful hurry.

But the Super Bowl was full of drama minus the courtroom. The game had all the classic ingredients, including a contrast in coaching styles, with the dour and opaque Belichick in charge of the Patriots and the animated chatterbox <hl> Pete Carroll <hl> directing the Seahawks. It was 14-14 at halftime, then 24-14 in favor of Seattle in the fourth quarter, and then it really got good: Brady and New England rallied to score two touchdowns and take a 28-24 lead, only to see Seattle and the quarterback Russell Wilson move the ball back down the field in a beautiful hurry.