Question: When do we want to avoid providing patent protection for profit-increasing activities?

Prior disclosure can come in the form of an obscure research article; an old, expired patent; or inclusion of a chemical structure in a giant online database, for example. (When it comes to obviousness, there’s a tension. We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do not benefit patients, like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones. But some things that are obvious also might be beneficial, and for those we’d want to encourage development.) The crux of the problem is this: For pharmaceuticals, patent protection is used as a means for innovators to recoup the costly investments that drug development requires. But the patent system was not devised to solve this specific problem. It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to exploit obvious and old ideas freely, which is generally a valuable protection.

Answer: not benefit patients

Prior disclosure can come in the form of an obscure research article; an old, expired patent; or inclusion of a chemical structure in a giant online database, for example. (When it comes to obviousness, there’s a tension. <hl> We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do not benefit patients , like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones. <hl> But some things that are obvious also might be beneficial, and for those we’d want to encourage development.) The crux of the problem is this: For pharmaceuticals, patent protection is used as a means for innovators to recoup the costly investments that drug development requires. But the patent system was not devised to solve this specific problem. It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to exploit obvious and old ideas freely, which is generally a valuable protection.

Prior disclosure can come in the form of an obscure research article; an old, expired patent; or inclusion of a chemical structure in a giant online database, for example. (When it comes to obviousness, there’s a tension. We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do <hl> not benefit patients <hl>, like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones. But some things that are obvious also might be beneficial, and for those we’d want to encourage development.) The crux of the problem is this: For pharmaceuticals, patent protection is used as a means for innovators to recoup the costly investments that drug development requires. But the patent system was not devised to solve this specific problem. It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to exploit obvious and old ideas freely, which is generally a valuable protection.

We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do <hl> not benefit patients <hl> , like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones.


Question: How much percent did the share go up from the quarter a year ago?

Propelled by these robust asset flows, the company earned $822 million, or $4.84 a share, up 9 percent from the quarter a year ago. As has been the case in recent years, the fund giant’s booming exchange traded fund business has driven this growth. E.T.F.s are investment funds that trade like stocks and are linked to a wide variety of stock and bond indexes. Sophisticated investors have come to rely on the funds because they provide liquidity in areas of the market that traditionally have been hard to trade, like emerging markets and leveraged loans. Unlike other fund companies, BlackRock does not have any leveraged loan E.T.F.s.

Answer: up 9 percent

<hl> Propelled by these robust asset flows, the company earned $822 million, or $4.84 a share, up 9 percent from the quarter a year ago. <hl> As has been the case in recent years, the fund giant’s booming exchange traded fund business has driven this growth. E.T.F.s are investment funds that trade like stocks and are linked to a wide variety of stock and bond indexes. Sophisticated investors have come to rely on the funds because they provide liquidity in areas of the market that traditionally have been hard to trade, like emerging markets and leveraged loans. Unlike other fund companies, BlackRock does not have any leveraged loan E.T.F.s.

Propelled by these robust asset flows, the company earned $822 million, or $4.84 a share, <hl> up 9 percent <hl> from the quarter a year ago. As has been the case in recent years, the fund giant’s booming exchange traded fund business has driven this growth. E.T.F.s are investment funds that trade like stocks and are linked to a wide variety of stock and bond indexes. Sophisticated investors have come to rely on the funds because they provide liquidity in areas of the market that traditionally have been hard to trade, like emerging markets and leveraged loans. Unlike other fund companies, BlackRock does not have any leveraged loan E.T.F.s.


Question: Because of the conflict between Russia and the West, who reduced their food imports to Russia?

Russia is one of Turkey’s largest markets for exports, after Germany. Eskisehir (pronounced Es-ki-SHARE) itself has a large sugar refinery, using sugar beets from nearby fields as its raw material; the city exports about $30 million worth of cookies, cakes, crackers and other foods to Russia, according to the local chamber of commerce. Turkey had been stepping up food exports to Russia in recent months as political frictions between Russia and the West led to a reduction in Russian food imports from the European Union.

Answer: European Union

Russia is one of Turkey’s largest markets for exports, after Germany. Eskisehir (pronounced Es-ki-SHARE) itself has a large sugar refinery, using sugar beets from nearby fields as its raw material; the city exports about $30 million worth of cookies, cakes, crackers and other foods to Russia, according to the local chamber of commerce. <hl> Turkey had been stepping up food exports to Russia in recent months as political frictions between Russia and the West led to a reduction in Russian food imports from the European Union . <hl>

Russia is one of Turkey’s largest markets for exports, after Germany. Eskisehir (pronounced Es-ki-SHARE) itself has a large sugar refinery, using sugar beets from nearby fields as its raw material; the city exports about $30 million worth of cookies, cakes, crackers and other foods to Russia, according to the local chamber of commerce. Turkey had been stepping up food exports to Russia in recent months as political frictions between Russia and the West led to a reduction in Russian food imports from the <hl> European Union <hl>.

Turkey had been stepping up food exports to Russia in recent months as political frictions between Russia and the West led to a reduction in Russian food imports from the <hl> European Union <hl> .


Question: What percent of inmates sentenced for drug crimes were convicted for marijuana?

The number of marijuana users in Mexico is believed to be small. One 2011 drug-use survey estimated that 2 percent of Mexicans had smoked marijuana in the past year. Although that figure is probably low, it is less than the 7.5 percent of people in the United States who said in a 2013 survey that they had used marijuana in the previous month. If Mexicans are allowed to grow and consume their own marijuana, casual users will not have to commit a crime to obtain it. Now, marijuana users are currently vulnerable to extortion by the police and are locked up by the thousands every year on charges of consumption and possession. “There is an enormous institutional and social cost to enforcing the laws against marijuana,” said Ms. Pérez Correa, whose surveys of state and federal prisons suggest that 60 percent of the inmates sentenced for drug crimes were convicted in cases involving marijuana. “How many resources are being used up to reduce these low-impact crimes?” The ruling on Wednesday was the culmination of an effort to change the law by four members of a prominent Mexican anticrime group, Mexico United Against Crime.

Answer: 60 percent

The number of marijuana users in Mexico is believed to be small. One 2011 drug-use survey estimated that 2 percent of Mexicans had smoked marijuana in the past year. Although that figure is probably low, it is less than the 7.5 percent of people in the United States who said in a 2013 survey that they had used marijuana in the previous month. If Mexicans are allowed to grow and consume their own marijuana, casual users will not have to commit a crime to obtain it. Now, marijuana users are currently vulnerable to extortion by the police and are locked up by the thousands every year on charges of consumption and possession. <hl> “There is an enormous institutional and social cost to enforcing the laws against marijuana,” said Ms. Pérez Correa, whose surveys of state and federal prisons suggest that 60 percent of the inmates sentenced for drug crimes were convicted in cases involving marijuana. <hl> “How many resources are being used up to reduce these low-impact crimes?” The ruling on Wednesday was the culmination of an effort to change the law by four members of a prominent Mexican anticrime group, Mexico United Against Crime.

The number of marijuana users in Mexico is believed to be small. One 2011 drug-use survey estimated that 2 percent of Mexicans had smoked marijuana in the past year. Although that figure is probably low, it is less than the 7.5 percent of people in the United States who said in a 2013 survey that they had used marijuana in the previous month. If Mexicans are allowed to grow and consume their own marijuana, casual users will not have to commit a crime to obtain it. Now, marijuana users are currently vulnerable to extortion by the police and are locked up by the thousands every year on charges of consumption and possession. “There is an enormous institutional and social cost to enforcing the laws against marijuana,” said Ms. Pérez Correa, whose surveys of state and federal prisons suggest that <hl> 60 percent <hl> of the inmates sentenced for drug crimes were convicted in cases involving marijuana. “How many resources are being used up to reduce these low-impact crimes?” The ruling on Wednesday was the culmination of an effort to change the law by four members of a prominent Mexican anticrime group, Mexico United Against Crime.


Question: Who is widely suspected to seek the post as Boehner's replacement as speaker?

WASHINGTON —  When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday, speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: Kevin McCarthy, a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks. Mr. McCarthy declined to discuss his plans on Friday, at one point telling reporters, “I’ll make an announcement, when there’s an announcement.” But he is widely expected to seek the post as Republicans prepare for what are likely to be hotly contested battles for other leadership positions.

Answer: Kevin McCarthy

<hl> WASHINGTON — When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday, speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: Kevin McCarthy , a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks. <hl> Mr. McCarthy declined to discuss his plans on Friday, at one point telling reporters, “I’ll make an announcement, when there’s an announcement.” But he is widely expected to seek the post as Republicans prepare for what are likely to be hotly contested battles for other leadership positions.

WASHINGTON — When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday, speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: <hl> Kevin McCarthy <hl>, a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks. Mr. McCarthy declined to discuss his plans on Friday, at one point telling reporters, “I’ll make an announcement, when there’s an announcement.” But he is widely expected to seek the post as Republicans prepare for what are likely to be hotly contested battles for other leadership positions.

WASHINGTON — When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday, speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: <hl> Kevin McCarthy <hl> , a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks.


Question: When does Ann Getsinger's exhibit leave Roxbury?

ROXBURY Minor Memorial Library “Stillscapes,” paintings by Ann Getsinger. Through July 18. Mondays, noon to 7 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Minor Memorial Library, 23 South Street. minormemoriallibrary.org; 860-350-2181. STAMFORD Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery “John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works.” Through July 11. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and by appointment on Mondays. Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, 96 Bedford Street. 888-861-6791; flalvarezgallery.com. STAMFORD Loft Artists Association “Deconstructing the Times,” creations from The New York Times and other recent works, Karen Neems. Through July 26. Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific Street. 203-247-2027; loftartists.com.

Answer: July 18.

ROXBURY Minor Memorial Library “Stillscapes,” paintings by Ann Getsinger. <hl> Through July 18. Mondays, noon to 7 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. <hl> Minor Memorial Library, 23 South Street. minormemoriallibrary.org; 860-350-2181. STAMFORD Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery “John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works.” Through July 11. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and by appointment on Mondays. Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, 96 Bedford Street. 888-861-6791; flalvarezgallery.com. STAMFORD Loft Artists Association “Deconstructing the Times,” creations from The New York Times and other recent works, Karen Neems. Through July 26. Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific Street. 203-247-2027; loftartists.com.

ROXBURY Minor Memorial Library “Stillscapes,” paintings by Ann Getsinger. Through <hl> July 18. <hl> Mondays, noon to 7 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Minor Memorial Library, 23 South Street. minormemoriallibrary.org; 860-350-2181. STAMFORD Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery “John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works.” Through July 11. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and by appointment on Mondays. Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, 96 Bedford Street. 888-861-6791; flalvarezgallery.com. STAMFORD Loft Artists Association “Deconstructing the Times,” creations from The New York Times and other recent works, Karen Neems. Through July 26. Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific Street. 203-247-2027; loftartists.com.


Question: What does Amano head?

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

Answer: the atomic agency

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

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

In a statement, <hl> the atomic agency <hl> , the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.”


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

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

Answer: encrypted walkie-talkie

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

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

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


Question: Who obtained the tape that was implicating Benzema?

“I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of France’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët, said Thursday. He called dropping Benzema a “heartbreaking” decision. Benzema cannot play for France, Le Graët said, until the case is resolved. France will host the European soccer championship in June, the biggest tournament held there since the 1998 World Cup. A tape obtained by Europe 1 Radio of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him.”

Answer: Europe 1 Radio

“I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of France’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët, said Thursday. He called dropping Benzema a “heartbreaking” decision. Benzema cannot play for France, Le Graët said, until the case is resolved. France will host the European soccer championship in June, the biggest tournament held there since the 1998 World Cup. <hl> A tape obtained by Europe 1 Radio of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him.” <hl>

“I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of France’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët, said Thursday. He called dropping Benzema a “heartbreaking” decision. Benzema cannot play for France, Le Graët said, until the case is resolved. France will host the European soccer championship in June, the biggest tournament held there since the 1998 World Cup. A tape obtained by <hl> Europe 1 Radio <hl> of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him.”


Question: What are some users of Facebook doing when they find other opinions to be unappealing or offending in some manner?

With the presidential race heating up, a torrent of politically charged commentary has flooded Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, with some users deploying their “unfollow” buttons like a television remote to silence distasteful political views. Coupled with the algorithm now powering Facebook’s news feed, the unfollowing is creating a more homogenized political experience of like-minded users, resulting in the kind of polarization more often associated with MSNBC or Fox News. And it may ultimately deflate a central promise of the Internet: Instead of offering people a diverse marketplace of challenging ideas, the web is becoming just another self-perpetuating echo chamber.

Answer: deploying their “unfollow” buttons

<hl> With the presidential race heating up, a torrent of politically charged commentary has flooded Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, with some users deploying their “unfollow” buttons like a television remote to silence distasteful political views. <hl> Coupled with the algorithm now powering Facebook’s news feed, the unfollowing is creating a more homogenized political experience of like-minded users, resulting in the kind of polarization more often associated with MSNBC or Fox News. And it may ultimately deflate a central promise of the Internet: Instead of offering people a diverse marketplace of challenging ideas, the web is becoming just another self-perpetuating echo chamber.

With the presidential race heating up, a torrent of politically charged commentary has flooded Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, with some users <hl> deploying their “unfollow” buttons <hl> like a television remote to silence distasteful political views. Coupled with the algorithm now powering Facebook’s news feed, the unfollowing is creating a more homogenized political experience of like-minded users, resulting in the kind of polarization more often associated with MSNBC or Fox News. And it may ultimately deflate a central promise of the Internet: Instead of offering people a diverse marketplace of challenging ideas, the web is becoming just another self-perpetuating echo chamber.


Question: Who is the  lyricist of  he movie School of Rock?

Glenn Slater, the “School of Rock” lyricist, said he thought Mr. Lloyd Webber “had a little more self-doubt” as he decided between writing in the mode of 1960s classic rock or 1970s heavy metal. Mr. Slater, who also worked on “Love Never Dies,” said that he suggested to Mr. Lloyd Webber, “We should think of it like Meat Loaf or Jim Steinman: huge, operatic, over-the-top rock.” At that point, Mr. Slater said, “He perked up and said, ‘Oh, I’ve worked with Jim Steinman.’” (Together they wrote the musical “Whistle Down the Wind.”)

Answer: Glenn Slater,

<hl> Glenn Slater, the “School of Rock” lyricist, said he thought Mr. Lloyd Webber “had a little more self-doubt” as he decided between writing in the mode of 1960s classic rock or 1970s heavy metal. <hl> Mr. Slater, who also worked on “Love Never Dies,” said that he suggested to Mr. Lloyd Webber, “We should think of it like Meat Loaf or Jim Steinman: huge, operatic, over-the-top rock.” At that point, Mr. Slater said, “He perked up and said, ‘Oh, I’ve worked with Jim Steinman.’” (Together they wrote the musical “Whistle Down the Wind.”)

<hl> Glenn Slater, <hl> the “School of Rock” lyricist, said he thought Mr. Lloyd Webber “had a little more self-doubt” as he decided between writing in the mode of 1960s classic rock or 1970s heavy metal. Mr. Slater, who also worked on “Love Never Dies,” said that he suggested to Mr. Lloyd Webber, “We should think of it like Meat Loaf or Jim Steinman: huge, operatic, over-the-top rock.” At that point, Mr. Slater said, “He perked up and said, ‘Oh, I’ve worked with Jim Steinman.’” (Together they wrote the musical “Whistle Down the Wind.”)


Question: Who starred in "The 'Burbs" in 1989?

Mr. Brezner’s other films as a producer include “The ’Burbs” (1989), starring Tom Hanks; “Coupe de Ville” (1990), starring Patrick Dempsey; and “Angie” (1994), starring Geena Davis. Mr. Brezner’s first marriage, to the singer and songwriter Melissa Manchester, whom he met when she appeared at his coffeehouse and whom he managed for a time, ended in divorce; he was also divorced from his second wife, Bett Zimmerman. His survivors include his third wife, Dominique Cohen-Brezner; a brother, Jeff; and two daughters from his marriage to Ms. Zimmerman, Lauren Azbill and China Brezner.

Answer: Tom Hanks

<hl> Mr. Brezner’s other films as a producer include “The ’Burbs” (1989), starring Tom Hanks ; “Coupe de Ville” (1990), starring Patrick Dempsey; and “Angie” (1994), starring Geena Davis. <hl> Mr. Brezner’s first marriage, to the singer and songwriter Melissa Manchester, whom he met when she appeared at his coffeehouse and whom he managed for a time, ended in divorce; he was also divorced from his second wife, Bett Zimmerman. His survivors include his third wife, Dominique Cohen-Brezner; a brother, Jeff; and two daughters from his marriage to Ms. Zimmerman, Lauren Azbill and China Brezner.

Mr. Brezner’s other films as a producer include “The ’Burbs” (1989), starring <hl> Tom Hanks <hl>; “Coupe de Ville” (1990), starring Patrick Dempsey; and “Angie” (1994), starring Geena Davis. Mr. Brezner’s first marriage, to the singer and songwriter Melissa Manchester, whom he met when she appeared at his coffeehouse and whom he managed for a time, ended in divorce; he was also divorced from his second wife, Bett Zimmerman. His survivors include his third wife, Dominique Cohen-Brezner; a brother, Jeff; and two daughters from his marriage to Ms. Zimmerman, Lauren Azbill and China Brezner.

Mr. Brezner’s other films as a producer include “The ’Burbs” (1989), starring <hl> Tom Hanks <hl> ; “Coupe de Ville” (1990), starring Patrick Dempsey; and “Angie” (1994), starring Geena Davis.


Question: What is Tony Hall's job?

LONDON —  Jeremy Clarkson has reached the end of the road, at least with the BBC. Mr. Clarkson, the popular and moneymaking host of BBC’s “Top Gear,” an entertainment show built around cars and British macho, was told on Wednesday that his contract, which is up at the end of March, will not be renewed, the BBC said. The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, 54, was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour. Mr. Tymon was treated at a hospital for his injuries but has not pressed charges against Mr. Clarkson. After the BBC was informed of what it initially called “a fracas,” Mr. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 and the last three episodes of this season of the popular “Top Gear” program were postponed. After an investigation, the BBC director general, Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.”

Answer: BBC director general

LONDON — Jeremy Clarkson has reached the end of the road, at least with the BBC. Mr. Clarkson, the popular and moneymaking host of BBC’s “Top Gear,” an entertainment show built around cars and British macho, was told on Wednesday that his contract, which is up at the end of March, will not be renewed, the BBC said. The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, 54, was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour. Mr. Tymon was treated at a hospital for his injuries but has not pressed charges against Mr. Clarkson. After the BBC was informed of what it initially called “a fracas,” Mr. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 and the last three episodes of this season of the popular “Top Gear” program were postponed. <hl> After an investigation, the BBC director general , Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.” <hl>

LONDON — Jeremy Clarkson has reached the end of the road, at least with the BBC. Mr. Clarkson, the popular and moneymaking host of BBC’s “Top Gear,” an entertainment show built around cars and British macho, was told on Wednesday that his contract, which is up at the end of March, will not be renewed, the BBC said. The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, 54, was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour. Mr. Tymon was treated at a hospital for his injuries but has not pressed charges against Mr. Clarkson. After the BBC was informed of what it initially called “a fracas,” Mr. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 and the last three episodes of this season of the popular “Top Gear” program were postponed. After an investigation, the <hl> BBC director general <hl>, Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.”

After an investigation, the <hl> BBC director general <hl> , Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.”


Question: Where does her eldest daughter want to go when she grows up?

One of her children is thriving in a special education program where he gets one-to-one attention, and she is thrilled that the school provides regular updates on his progress. In Dallas, she did not learn that he had been attending the wrong class until she received a notice requiring her to appear at truancy court. Her eldest daughter, 14, has started to talk about going to college. “It’s so quiet out here,” Ms. White said as she sat in the living room of the first house she has lived in, the family’s new dog on her lap. “I love it.” The government has tried before to fix the rent subsidy program. In the early 1990s, an experiment called Moving to Opportunity required some families to use their vouchers in more expensive neighborhoods. In 2000, a broader initiative raised the value of all vouchers in 49 metropolitan areas. Officials hoped the change would make it possible for families to find rental apartments in a broader range of neighborhoods. Instead, a recent study by the economists Peter Ganong of Harvard and Robert Collinson of New York University found that most families ended up paying higher rents in the same neighborhoods — and often for the same units.

Answer: college

One of her children is thriving in a special education program where he gets one-to-one attention, and she is thrilled that the school provides regular updates on his progress. In Dallas, she did not learn that he had been attending the wrong class until she received a notice requiring her to appear at truancy court. <hl> Her eldest daughter, 14, has started to talk about going to college . <hl> “It’s so quiet out here,” Ms. White said as she sat in the living room of the first house she has lived in, the family’s new dog on her lap. “I love it.” The government has tried before to fix the rent subsidy program. In the early 1990s, an experiment called Moving to Opportunity required some families to use their vouchers in more expensive neighborhoods. In 2000, a broader initiative raised the value of all vouchers in 49 metropolitan areas. Officials hoped the change would make it possible for families to find rental apartments in a broader range of neighborhoods. Instead, a recent study by the economists Peter Ganong of Harvard and Robert Collinson of New York University found that most families ended up paying higher rents in the same neighborhoods — and often for the same units.

One of her children is thriving in a special education program where he gets one-to-one attention, and she is thrilled that the school provides regular updates on his progress. In Dallas, she did not learn that he had been attending the wrong class until she received a notice requiring her to appear at truancy court. Her eldest daughter, 14, has started to talk about going to <hl> college <hl>. “It’s so quiet out here,” Ms. White said as she sat in the living room of the first house she has lived in, the family’s new dog on her lap. “I love it.” The government has tried before to fix the rent subsidy program. In the early 1990s, an experiment called Moving to Opportunity required some families to use their vouchers in more expensive neighborhoods. In 2000, a broader initiative raised the value of all vouchers in 49 metropolitan areas. Officials hoped the change would make it possible for families to find rental apartments in a broader range of neighborhoods. Instead, a recent study by the economists Peter Ganong of Harvard and Robert Collinson of New York University found that most families ended up paying higher rents in the same neighborhoods — and often for the same units.

Her eldest daughter, 14, has started to talk about going to <hl> college <hl> .


Question: How much rise in income do economists believe can be expected for personal income in October?

On Wednesday, at 8:30 a.m., the Commerce Department will release the latest figures on personal income and spending in October. Economists are looking for a solid 0.4 percentage point increase in income, with spending up 0.3 percent. If that is correct, it suggests growth in the final quarter of the year may be reasonably strong and also provides another piece of evidence for policy makers at the Federal Reserve who believe the economy is strong enough to withstand an increase in interest rates. —Nelson D. Schwartz

Answer: Economists are looking for a solid 0.4 percentage point increase in income

On Wednesday, at 8:30 a.m., the Commerce Department will release the latest figures on personal income and spending in October. <hl> Economists are looking for a solid 0.4 percentage point increase in income , with spending up 0.3 percent. <hl> If that is correct, it suggests growth in the final quarter of the year may be reasonably strong and also provides another piece of evidence for policy makers at the Federal Reserve who believe the economy is strong enough to withstand an increase in interest rates. —Nelson D. Schwartz

On Wednesday, at 8:30 a.m., the Commerce Department will release the latest figures on personal income and spending in October. <hl> Economists are looking for a solid 0.4 percentage point increase in income <hl>, with spending up 0.3 percent. If that is correct, it suggests growth in the final quarter of the year may be reasonably strong and also provides another piece of evidence for policy makers at the Federal Reserve who believe the economy is strong enough to withstand an increase in interest rates. —Nelson D. Schwartz

<hl> Economists are looking for a solid 0.4 percentage point increase in income <hl> , with spending up 0.3 percent.


Question: Who will host the European soccer championship?

Answer: France

<hl> “I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of France ’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët, said Thursday. <hl> He called dropping Benzema a “heartbreaking” decision. Benzema cannot play for France, Le Graët said, until the case is resolved. France will host the European soccer championship in June, the biggest tournament held there since the 1998 World Cup. A tape obtained by Europe 1 Radio of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him.”

“I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of <hl> France <hl>’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët, said Thursday. He called dropping Benzema a “heartbreaking” decision. Benzema cannot play for France, Le Graët said, until the case is resolved. France will host the European soccer championship in June, the biggest tournament held there since the 1998 World Cup. A tape obtained by Europe 1 Radio of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him.”

“I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of <hl> France <hl> ’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët, said Thursday.


Question: What did Madonna mention happened in December that caused her to be later for everything?

Madonna was perfectly turned out and running nearly an hour late for an interview at her Upper East Side home on Wednesday evening. She looked tense as she apologized. “I’m late for everything now,” she said. She added that she has been in a rush since December, when a hacker put unfinished songs online from her new album, “Rebel Heart”; a suspect has been indicted in Israel. Madonna’s immediate response was to release the finished, and much improved, versions of six songs for sale; they zoomed into the top 10 worldwide. She also worked frantically to finish the rest of the album, which arrives on Tuesday. It’s at once familiar — full of love, dancing, empowerment, blasphemy and raunch — and up-to-the-minute, made with a huge number of collaborators and tweaked by multiple hands under Madonna’s constant supervision. “I intended to think about things, choose things more slowly — the whole process,” she said. “Then I got forced into putting everything out, and now I’m trying to catch up with myself.”

Answer: a hacker put unfinished songs online from her new album, “Rebel Heart”

Madonna was perfectly turned out and running nearly an hour late for an interview at her Upper East Side home on Wednesday evening. She looked tense as she apologized. “I’m late for everything now,” she said. <hl> She added that she has been in a rush since December, when a hacker put unfinished songs online from her new album, “Rebel Heart” ; a suspect has been indicted in Israel. <hl> Madonna’s immediate response was to release the finished, and much improved, versions of six songs for sale; they zoomed into the top 10 worldwide. She also worked frantically to finish the rest of the album, which arrives on Tuesday. It’s at once familiar — full of love, dancing, empowerment, blasphemy and raunch — and up-to-the-minute, made with a huge number of collaborators and tweaked by multiple hands under Madonna’s constant supervision. “I intended to think about things, choose things more slowly — the whole process,” she said. “Then I got forced into putting everything out, and now I’m trying to catch up with myself.”

Madonna was perfectly turned out and running nearly an hour late for an interview at her Upper East Side home on Wednesday evening. She looked tense as she apologized. “I’m late for everything now,” she said. She added that she has been in a rush since December, when <hl> a hacker put unfinished songs online from her new album, “Rebel Heart” <hl>; a suspect has been indicted in Israel. Madonna’s immediate response was to release the finished, and much improved, versions of six songs for sale; they zoomed into the top 10 worldwide. She also worked frantically to finish the rest of the album, which arrives on Tuesday. It’s at once familiar — full of love, dancing, empowerment, blasphemy and raunch — and up-to-the-minute, made with a huge number of collaborators and tweaked by multiple hands under Madonna’s constant supervision. “I intended to think about things, choose things more slowly — the whole process,” she said. “Then I got forced into putting everything out, and now I’m trying to catch up with myself.”

She added that she has been in a rush since December, when <hl> a hacker put unfinished songs online from her new album, “Rebel Heart” <hl> ; a suspect has been indicted in Israel.


Question: Which lines make stops on Flatbush and can reach Midtown Manhattan in half an hour.

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q, which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

Answer: 2, 3, B and Q

<hl> The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q , which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. <hl> Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the <hl> 2, 3, B and Q <hl>, which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour. Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5. The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue. Center and South Slope residents can catch the F and G on Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue and 15th Street-Prospect Park. The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century. A reconstruction of the house stands in the park today.

The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the <hl> 2, 3, B and Q <hl> , which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour.


Question: How many states allow the use of medical marijuana?

As it stands, marijuana accounts for more than a fifth of revenues generated by cartels, around $1.5 billion a year, according to a 2010 report by the RAND Corporation. The one thing that could significantly affect the cartels’ marijuana business is legislation in the United States. As marijuana growing for commercial purposes in America expands, demand for Mexican marijuana could eventually dry up. Pro-marijuana activists have scored a remarkable string of election wins in recent years even though the drug remains illegal under federal law. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting medical marijuana, and four states also allow recreational use by adults. “In the long run, as the U.S. legalizes marijuana, Mexico is going to have a tough time competing with lawful American suppliers,” Mr. Walsh said. “That doesn’t mean they won’t have a business plan, it’s just that marijuana will be removed from it.”

Answer: Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia

As it stands, marijuana accounts for more than a fifth of revenues generated by cartels, around $1.5 billion a year, according to a 2010 report by the RAND Corporation. The one thing that could significantly affect the cartels’ marijuana business is legislation in the United States. As marijuana growing for commercial purposes in America expands, demand for Mexican marijuana could eventually dry up. Pro-marijuana activists have scored a remarkable string of election wins in recent years even though the drug remains illegal under federal law. <hl> Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting medical marijuana, and four states also allow recreational use by adults. <hl> “In the long run, as the U.S. legalizes marijuana, Mexico is going to have a tough time competing with lawful American suppliers,” Mr. Walsh said. “That doesn’t mean they won’t have a business plan, it’s just that marijuana will be removed from it.”

As it stands, marijuana accounts for more than a fifth of revenues generated by cartels, around $1.5 billion a year, according to a 2010 report by the RAND Corporation. The one thing that could significantly affect the cartels’ marijuana business is legislation in the United States. As marijuana growing for commercial purposes in America expands, demand for Mexican marijuana could eventually dry up. Pro-marijuana activists have scored a remarkable string of election wins in recent years even though the drug remains illegal under federal law. <hl> Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia <hl> have passed laws permitting medical marijuana, and four states also allow recreational use by adults. “In the long run, as the U.S. legalizes marijuana, Mexico is going to have a tough time competing with lawful American suppliers,” Mr. Walsh said. “That doesn’t mean they won’t have a business plan, it’s just that marijuana will be removed from it.”


Question: Which justice deemed the law to be too harsh?

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. concurred on similar grounds. When one hears the term “tangible object,” he said, “a fish does not spring to mind — nor does an antelope, a colonial farmhouse, a hydrofoil or an oil derrick.” In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the real issue in the case, Yates v. United States, No. 13-7451, was that the law is too harsh. It is, she wrote, “too broad and undifferentiated, with too-high maximum penalties, which give prosecutors too much leverage and sentencers too much discretion.” She added, “And I’d go further: In those ways,” the law “is unfortunately not an outlier, but an emblem of a deeper pathology in the federal criminal code.” Still, she said, “this court does not get to rewrite the law.” She said it was “broad but clear.” “A fish is, of course, a discrete thing that possesses physical form,” Justice Kagan wrote, citing as authority the Dr. Seuss classic “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.”

Answer: Justice Elena Kagan

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. concurred on similar grounds. When one hears the term “tangible object,” he said, “a fish does not spring to mind — nor does an antelope, a colonial farmhouse, a hydrofoil or an oil derrick.” <hl> In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the real issue in the case, Yates v. United States, No. 13-7451, was that the law is too harsh. <hl> It is, she wrote, “too broad and undifferentiated, with too-high maximum penalties, which give prosecutors too much leverage and sentencers too much discretion.” She added, “And I’d go further: In those ways,” the law “is unfortunately not an outlier, but an emblem of a deeper pathology in the federal criminal code.” Still, she said, “this court does not get to rewrite the law.” She said it was “broad but clear.” “A fish is, of course, a discrete thing that possesses physical form,” Justice Kagan wrote, citing as authority the Dr. Seuss classic “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.”

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. concurred on similar grounds. When one hears the term “tangible object,” he said, “a fish does not spring to mind — nor does an antelope, a colonial farmhouse, a hydrofoil or an oil derrick.” In dissent, <hl> Justice Elena Kagan <hl> wrote that the real issue in the case, Yates v. United States, No. 13-7451, was that the law is too harsh. It is, she wrote, “too broad and undifferentiated, with too-high maximum penalties, which give prosecutors too much leverage and sentencers too much discretion.” She added, “And I’d go further: In those ways,” the law “is unfortunately not an outlier, but an emblem of a deeper pathology in the federal criminal code.” Still, she said, “this court does not get to rewrite the law.” She said it was “broad but clear.” “A fish is, of course, a discrete thing that possesses physical form,” Justice Kagan wrote, citing as authority the Dr. Seuss classic “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.”


Question: By how many points is the projected winner expected to beat the opposing team?

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

Answer: 3

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

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


Question: What are the Penguins not doing?

PITTSBURGH —  Mike Sullivan’s voice is unmistakable. Loud. Authoritative. Animated. And, the Pittsburgh Penguins hope, an alarm clock. One of the N.H.L.’s marquee teams is in the midst of an identity crisis more than a third of the way into a season that it began with typically high expectations, which at the moment appear impossibly out of reach. The Penguins are not scoring. They occasionally are not defending and — perhaps most troubling — the magic they once summoned so easily seems to have disappeared.

Answer: scoring

The Penguins are not scoring .

PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan’s voice is unmistakable. Loud. Authoritative. Animated. And, the Pittsburgh Penguins hope, an alarm clock. One of the N.H.L.’s marquee teams is in the midst of an identity crisis more than a third of the way into a season that it began with typically high expectations, which at the moment appear impossibly out of reach. <hl> The Penguins are not scoring . <hl> They occasionally are not defending and — perhaps most troubling — the magic they once summoned so easily seems to have disappeared.

PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan’s voice is unmistakable. Loud. Authoritative. Animated. And, the Pittsburgh Penguins hope, an alarm clock. One of the N.H.L.’s marquee teams is in the midst of an identity crisis more than a third of the way into a season that it began with typically high expectations, which at the moment appear impossibly out of reach. The Penguins are not <hl> scoring <hl>. They occasionally are not defending and — perhaps most troubling — the magic they once summoned so easily seems to have disappeared.

The Penguins are not <hl> scoring <hl> .


Question: Who were referred to as little green men?

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

Answer: Russian soldiers

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” <hl> “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” <hl> The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the <hl> Russian soldiers <hl> who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.


Question: Who is Aleix jarvis?

Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers. The Republican lobbying firm Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock was all-in for Delta until one of its chiefs, Mark Isakowitz, joined the staff of Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio and a crucial vote on the issue. The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.

Answer: a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham

Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers. The Republican lobbying firm Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock was all-in for Delta until one of its chiefs, Mark Isakowitz, joined the staff of Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio and a crucial vote on the issue. <hl> The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham , Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge. <hl>

Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers. The Republican lobbying firm Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock was all-in for Delta until one of its chiefs, Mark Isakowitz, joined the staff of Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio and a crucial vote on the issue. The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, <hl> a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham <hl>, Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.

The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, <hl> a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham <hl> , Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.


Question: Which movie did Mr. Williams earn his first Academy Award nomination for?

Mr. Brezner, who began his professional life as a New York City public-school teacher, managed a stable of artists that over the years also included Bette Midler, David Letterman, Robert Klein and Martin Short. He produced more than a dozen feature films, including “Throw Momma From the Train” (1987), starring Mr. Crystal and Danny DeVito, and “Good Morning, Vietnam” (1987), for which Mr. Williams earned his first Academy Award nomination. (The best actor Oscar that year went to Michael Douglas for “Wall Street.”) At his death a principal in Brezner Steinberg Partners, based in Beverly Hills, Calif., Mr. Brezner was known throughout his career as an astute handicapper of comic talent.

Answer: Good Morning, Vietnam

Mr. Brezner, who began his professional life as a New York City public-school teacher, managed a stable of artists that over the years also included Bette Midler, David Letterman, Robert Klein and Martin Short. <hl> He produced more than a dozen feature films, including “Throw Momma From the Train” (1987), starring Mr. Crystal and Danny DeVito, and “ Good Morning, Vietnam ” (1987), for which Mr. Williams earned his first Academy Award nomination. <hl> (The best actor Oscar that year went to Michael Douglas for “Wall Street.”) At his death a principal in Brezner Steinberg Partners, based in Beverly Hills, Calif., Mr. Brezner was known throughout his career as an astute handicapper of comic talent.

Mr. Brezner, who began his professional life as a New York City public-school teacher, managed a stable of artists that over the years also included Bette Midler, David Letterman, Robert Klein and Martin Short. He produced more than a dozen feature films, including “Throw Momma From the Train” (1987), starring Mr. Crystal and Danny DeVito, and “<hl> Good Morning, Vietnam <hl>” (1987), for which Mr. Williams earned his first Academy Award nomination. (The best actor Oscar that year went to Michael Douglas for “Wall Street.”) At his death a principal in Brezner Steinberg Partners, based in Beverly Hills, Calif., Mr. Brezner was known throughout his career as an astute handicapper of comic talent.

He produced more than a dozen feature films, including “Throw Momma From the Train” (1987), starring Mr. Crystal and Danny DeVito, and “ <hl> Good Morning, Vietnam <hl> ” (1987), for which Mr. Williams earned his first Academy Award nomination.


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

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

Answer: Sgt. Michael Faranda

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

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

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


Question: Who is the craftsman that had a sofa on display at the Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia?

Moderne An organic and natural modern approach to furniture is on view at Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia, which is showing a sofa designed in 1968 by Wharton Esherick, a leading midcentury craftsman. Made of cherry and walnut, the biomorphic shape recalls sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, and functions as both sculpture and sofa. When the wood along the back of the sofa expands because of temperature and humidity, it reveals red paint, creating a kind of striped effect. Friedman Benda Nature is corralled in a more humorous way by the Brazilian designers and brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana in their “Bolotas” (2015) chairs at Friedman Benda, near the entrance to the fair. “Bolotas” means “acorns” in Portuguese, and the chairs, covered with chestnut-colored sheep’s wool, do simulate the look of acorns, as well as of unshaven sheep, shag carpeting or bean bags. They are, nonetheless, shockingly comfortable. David Gill Arguably the goofiest object at Salon is the “Jungle V.I.P.” chandelier from 2014, designed by Barnaby Barford. Made with crystal, brass, sculpted foam and wire, the fixture hangs at a tilt, thanks to a black crystal monkey dangling from its rim. In another context, it might read like a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan or any number of young artists given to sight gags. Like many of the objects in this show, however, the chandelier is a strong statement against taking art or design too seriously, and for mixing materials, histories, traditions and sensibilities as irreverently as possible.

Answer: Wharton Esherick

<hl> Moderne An organic and natural modern approach to furniture is on view at Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia, which is showing a sofa designed in 1968 by Wharton Esherick , a leading midcentury craftsman. <hl> Made of cherry and walnut, the biomorphic shape recalls sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, and functions as both sculpture and sofa. When the wood along the back of the sofa expands because of temperature and humidity, it reveals red paint, creating a kind of striped effect. Friedman Benda Nature is corralled in a more humorous way by the Brazilian designers and brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana in their “Bolotas” (2015) chairs at Friedman Benda, near the entrance to the fair. “Bolotas” means “acorns” in Portuguese, and the chairs, covered with chestnut-colored sheep’s wool, do simulate the look of acorns, as well as of unshaven sheep, shag carpeting or bean bags. They are, nonetheless, shockingly comfortable. David Gill Arguably the goofiest object at Salon is the “Jungle V.I.P.” chandelier from 2014, designed by Barnaby Barford. Made with crystal, brass, sculpted foam and wire, the fixture hangs at a tilt, thanks to a black crystal monkey dangling from its rim. In another context, it might read like a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan or any number of young artists given to sight gags. Like many of the objects in this show, however, the chandelier is a strong statement against taking art or design too seriously, and for mixing materials, histories, traditions and sensibilities as irreverently as possible.

Moderne An organic and natural modern approach to furniture is on view at Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia, which is showing a sofa designed in 1968 by <hl> Wharton Esherick <hl>, a leading midcentury craftsman. Made of cherry and walnut, the biomorphic shape recalls sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, and functions as both sculpture and sofa. When the wood along the back of the sofa expands because of temperature and humidity, it reveals red paint, creating a kind of striped effect. Friedman Benda Nature is corralled in a more humorous way by the Brazilian designers and brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana in their “Bolotas” (2015) chairs at Friedman Benda, near the entrance to the fair. “Bolotas” means “acorns” in Portuguese, and the chairs, covered with chestnut-colored sheep’s wool, do simulate the look of acorns, as well as of unshaven sheep, shag carpeting or bean bags. They are, nonetheless, shockingly comfortable. David Gill Arguably the goofiest object at Salon is the “Jungle V.I.P.” chandelier from 2014, designed by Barnaby Barford. Made with crystal, brass, sculpted foam and wire, the fixture hangs at a tilt, thanks to a black crystal monkey dangling from its rim. In another context, it might read like a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan or any number of young artists given to sight gags. Like many of the objects in this show, however, the chandelier is a strong statement against taking art or design too seriously, and for mixing materials, histories, traditions and sensibilities as irreverently as possible.

Moderne An organic and natural modern approach to furniture is on view at Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia, which is showing a sofa designed in 1968 by <hl> Wharton Esherick <hl> , a leading midcentury craftsman.


Question: how many days should you let a fish sit frozen when trying to kill parasites?

In general, killing parasites requires freezing and storing fish at a surrounding temperature of minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit or colder for seven days; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees or colder until the fish is solid and storing at the same temperature for 15 hours; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees until the fish is solid and storing at minus 4 degrees or below for 24 hours. Not all home refrigerator freezers get cold enough. To be sure that your freezer will work for controlling parasites, do not rely on the thermostat, but use a good freezer thermometer. The F.D.A. also warns that these techniques may not be suitable for particularly large fish, like those thicker than six inches.

Answer: seven

<hl> In general, killing parasites requires freezing and storing fish at a surrounding temperature of minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit or colder for seven days; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees or colder until the fish is solid and storing at the same temperature for 15 hours; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees until the fish is solid and storing at minus 4 degrees or below for 24 hours. <hl> Not all home refrigerator freezers get cold enough. To be sure that your freezer will work for controlling parasites, do not rely on the thermostat, but use a good freezer thermometer. The F.D.A. also warns that these techniques may not be suitable for particularly large fish, like those thicker than six inches.

In general, killing parasites requires freezing and storing fish at a surrounding temperature of minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit or colder for <hl> seven <hl> days; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees or colder until the fish is solid and storing at the same temperature for 15 hours; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees until the fish is solid and storing at minus 4 degrees or below for 24 hours. Not all home refrigerator freezers get cold enough. To be sure that your freezer will work for controlling parasites, do not rely on the thermostat, but use a good freezer thermometer. The F.D.A. also warns that these techniques may not be suitable for particularly large fish, like those thicker than six inches.


Question: What does Puerto Rico receive from the Federal Government?

Q. How is Puerto Rico different from a state? A. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. It is a distinction that, for years, has carried many of the advantages of being a state and few of the downsides. Most notably, Puerto Rico receives federal assistance, but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes. But the lack of statehood is now hurting the island at its time of greatest need. Unlike states, which can authorize their municipalities to declare bankruptcy, Puerto Rico has no such access to bankruptcy courts for its government entities. That has left the island facing a chaotic debt restructuring with no legal referee. While there are proposals on Capitol Hill to give Puerto Rico bankruptcy powers, the island’s status hurts here, too. Puerto Rico’s lone representative in Congress has no vote, which has hampered the bills’ progress.

Answer: federal assistance

Q. How is Puerto Rico different from a state? A. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. It is a distinction that, for years, has carried many of the advantages of being a state and few of the downsides. <hl> Most notably, Puerto Rico receives federal assistance , but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes. <hl> But the lack of statehood is now hurting the island at its time of greatest need. Unlike states, which can authorize their municipalities to declare bankruptcy, Puerto Rico has no such access to bankruptcy courts for its government entities. That has left the island facing a chaotic debt restructuring with no legal referee. While there are proposals on Capitol Hill to give Puerto Rico bankruptcy powers, the island’s status hurts here, too. Puerto Rico’s lone representative in Congress has no vote, which has hampered the bills’ progress.

Q. How is Puerto Rico different from a state? A. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. It is a distinction that, for years, has carried many of the advantages of being a state and few of the downsides. Most notably, Puerto Rico receives <hl> federal assistance <hl>, but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes. But the lack of statehood is now hurting the island at its time of greatest need. Unlike states, which can authorize their municipalities to declare bankruptcy, Puerto Rico has no such access to bankruptcy courts for its government entities. That has left the island facing a chaotic debt restructuring with no legal referee. While there are proposals on Capitol Hill to give Puerto Rico bankruptcy powers, the island’s status hurts here, too. Puerto Rico’s lone representative in Congress has no vote, which has hampered the bills’ progress.

Most notably, Puerto Rico receives <hl> federal assistance <hl> , but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes.


Question: What is Wincor Nixdorf valued at in euros?

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

Answer: 1.7 billion euros

<hl> The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros , or about $1.8 billion, including debt. <hl> It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at <hl> 1.7 billion euros <hl>, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at <hl> 1.7 billion euros <hl> , or about $1.8 billion, including debt.


Question: What day is the game on?

During the final few drills, Benoit Allaire, the Rangers’ goalie coach, watched carefully as Lundqvist was pelted with more shots. Allaire has been Lundqvist’s coach for his entire N.H.L. career. If anyone could notice anything wrong with Lundqvist, his positioning or his technique, it would be Allaire. Near the end of practice, Lundqvist crouched and began stretching again as Allaire chatted with him. Then Lundqvist left the ice, 62 minutes after he had arrived. As he undressed at his locker, a horde of news media members huddled around him. Lundqvist is the Rangers’ star, and Wednesday’s game rests more on him than on anyone else. He was asked if he was ever nervous before games like this.

Answer: Wednesday

During the final few drills, Benoit Allaire, the Rangers’ goalie coach, watched carefully as Lundqvist was pelted with more shots. Allaire has been Lundqvist’s coach for his entire N.H.L. career. If anyone could notice anything wrong with Lundqvist, his positioning or his technique, it would be Allaire. Near the end of practice, Lundqvist crouched and began stretching again as Allaire chatted with him. Then Lundqvist left the ice, 62 minutes after he had arrived. As he undressed at his locker, a horde of news media members huddled around him. <hl> Lundqvist is the Rangers’ star, and Wednesday ’s game rests more on him than on anyone else. <hl> He was asked if he was ever nervous before games like this.

During the final few drills, Benoit Allaire, the Rangers’ goalie coach, watched carefully as Lundqvist was pelted with more shots. Allaire has been Lundqvist’s coach for his entire N.H.L. career. If anyone could notice anything wrong with Lundqvist, his positioning or his technique, it would be Allaire. Near the end of practice, Lundqvist crouched and began stretching again as Allaire chatted with him. Then Lundqvist left the ice, 62 minutes after he had arrived. As he undressed at his locker, a horde of news media members huddled around him. Lundqvist is the Rangers’ star, and <hl> Wednesday <hl>’s game rests more on him than on anyone else. He was asked if he was ever nervous before games like this.

Lundqvist is the Rangers’ star, and <hl> Wednesday <hl> ’s game rests more on him than on anyone else.


Question: Which team ranked 8th in the nation against the run last season?

Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones. Oklahoma is trying to prove that last season’s 8-5 record was an aberration. Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, a transfer from junior college, rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green. The Volunteers’ 399 yards rushing was the most for the program since 1994. Oklahoma’s defense should be a much stiffer test. Last season, the Sooners ranked eighth in the nation against the run. A lot of attention will be on linebacker Eric Striker, who has talked trash about the SEC.

Answer: the Sooners

Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones. Oklahoma is trying to prove that last season’s 8-5 record was an aberration. Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, a transfer from junior college, rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green. The Volunteers’ 399 yards rushing was the most for the program since 1994. Oklahoma’s defense should be a much stiffer test. <hl> Last season, the Sooners ranked eighth in the nation against the run. <hl> A lot of attention will be on linebacker Eric Striker, who has talked trash about the SEC.

Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones. Oklahoma is trying to prove that last season’s 8-5 record was an aberration. Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, a transfer from junior college, rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green. The Volunteers’ 399 yards rushing was the most for the program since 1994. Oklahoma’s defense should be a much stiffer test. Last season, <hl> the Sooners <hl> ranked eighth in the nation against the run. A lot of attention will be on linebacker Eric Striker, who has talked trash about the SEC.


Question: How much space does the center have available?

Mark Lubell, the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has more than 5,000 square feet for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery. He said he believes the connection to the street — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age. “It’s going to be a big challenge to think about what an exhibition will even mean in that context,” Mr. Lubell said. By New York museum standards, the turnaround time for the new space is whiplash fast, but Mr. Lubell said that he hoped the center would become known for such nimbleness. “We don’t know everything yet, which is a little discomforting for some people,” he said, “but we’re figuring it out together.”

Answer: more than 5,000 square feet

<hl> Mark Lubell, the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has more than 5,000 square feet for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery. <hl> He said he believes the connection to the street — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age. “It’s going to be a big challenge to think about what an exhibition will even mean in that context,” Mr. Lubell said. By New York museum standards, the turnaround time for the new space is whiplash fast, but Mr. Lubell said that he hoped the center would become known for such nimbleness. “We don’t know everything yet, which is a little discomforting for some people,” he said, “but we’re figuring it out together.”

Mark Lubell, the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has <hl> more than 5,000 square feet <hl> for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery. He said he believes the connection to the street — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age. “It’s going to be a big challenge to think about what an exhibition will even mean in that context,” Mr. Lubell said. By New York museum standards, the turnaround time for the new space is whiplash fast, but Mr. Lubell said that he hoped the center would become known for such nimbleness. “We don’t know everything yet, which is a little discomforting for some people,” he said, “but we’re figuring it out together.”


Question: Feelings you get from the film would be?

While the filmmakers are not above trying to wring a few tears, they don’t wage an all-out assault on your feelings. There is a notable absence of aggression and of the kind of manipulation that yanks adjectives like “devastating” from the laptops of unwitting reviewers. The film is touching and small, but also thoughtful and assured in a way that lingers after the inevitable tears have been shed and the obvious lessons learned.

Answer: touching and small, but also thoughtful and assured

While the filmmakers are not above trying to wring a few tears, they don’t wage an all-out assault on your feelings. There is a notable absence of aggression and of the kind of manipulation that yanks adjectives like “devastating” from the laptops of unwitting reviewers. <hl> The film is touching and small, but also thoughtful and assured in a way that lingers after the inevitable tears have been shed and the obvious lessons learned. <hl>

While the filmmakers are not above trying to wring a few tears, they don’t wage an all-out assault on your feelings. There is a notable absence of aggression and of the kind of manipulation that yanks adjectives like “devastating” from the laptops of unwitting reviewers. The film is <hl> touching and small, but also thoughtful and assured <hl> in a way that lingers after the inevitable tears have been shed and the obvious lessons learned.


Question: Douglas MacArthur is associated with what war?

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

Answer: World War II

After World War II , Gens.

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

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


Question: How did the analysts include others that were unable to attend?

Answer: dialed into a group call

<hl> CHANTILLY, Va. — On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine. <hl>

CHANTILLY, Va. — On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and <hl> dialed into a group call <hl> with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.


Question: What professional organization is the team associated with?

Answer: N.H.L.

PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan’s voice is unmistakable. Loud. Authoritative. Animated. And, the Pittsburgh Penguins hope, an alarm clock. <hl> One of the N.H.L. ’s marquee teams is in the midst of an identity crisis more than a third of the way into a season that it began with typically high expectations, which at the moment appear impossibly out of reach. <hl> The Penguins are not scoring. They occasionally are not defending and — perhaps most troubling — the magic they once summoned so easily seems to have disappeared.

PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan’s voice is unmistakable. Loud. Authoritative. Animated. And, the Pittsburgh Penguins hope, an alarm clock. One of the <hl> N.H.L. <hl>’s marquee teams is in the midst of an identity crisis more than a third of the way into a season that it began with typically high expectations, which at the moment appear impossibly out of reach. The Penguins are not scoring. They occasionally are not defending and — perhaps most troubling — the magic they once summoned so easily seems to have disappeared.

One of the <hl> N.H.L. <hl> ’s marquee teams is in the midst of an identity crisis more than a third of the way into a season that it began with typically high expectations, which at the moment appear impossibly out of reach.


Question: What street is Infinity Hall Hartford located on?

FALLS VILLAGE Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical. June 21 at 3 p.m. $30. Kim Kashkashian, viola. June 26 at 7:30 p.m. $30. Cantata Profana, classical. June 27 at 6:30 p.m. $27. Juilliard String Quartet, classical. June 28 at 3 p.m. $60. Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. HARTFORD Infinity Hall Hartford The Seldom Scene, bluegrass. June 25 at 8 p.m. $35 to $50. Jeff Pevar and Mo’ Pleasure Allstars, blues and pop. June 27 at 8 p.m. $24 to $39. Tom Rush, folk. June 28 at 7:30 p.m. $39 to $59. Infinity Hall Hartford, 32 Front Street. infinityhall.com; 860-560-7757.

Answer: 32 Front Street

FALLS VILLAGE Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical. June 21 at 3 p.m. $30. Kim Kashkashian, viola. June 26 at 7:30 p.m. $30. Cantata Profana, classical. June 27 at 6:30 p.m. $27. Juilliard String Quartet, classical. June 28 at 3 p.m. $60. Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. HARTFORD Infinity Hall Hartford The Seldom Scene, bluegrass. June 25 at 8 p.m. $35 to $50. Jeff Pevar and Mo’ Pleasure Allstars, blues and pop. June 27 at 8 p.m. $24 to $39. Tom Rush, folk. June 28 at 7:30 p.m. $39 to $59. <hl> Infinity Hall Hartford, 32 Front Street . <hl> infinityhall.com; 860-560-7757.

FALLS VILLAGE Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical. June 21 at 3 p.m. $30. Kim Kashkashian, viola. June 26 at 7:30 p.m. $30. Cantata Profana, classical. June 27 at 6:30 p.m. $27. Juilliard String Quartet, classical. June 28 at 3 p.m. $60. Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. HARTFORD Infinity Hall Hartford The Seldom Scene, bluegrass. June 25 at 8 p.m. $35 to $50. Jeff Pevar and Mo’ Pleasure Allstars, blues and pop. June 27 at 8 p.m. $24 to $39. Tom Rush, folk. June 28 at 7:30 p.m. $39 to $59. Infinity Hall Hartford, <hl> 32 Front Street <hl>. infinityhall.com; 860-560-7757.

Infinity Hall Hartford, <hl> 32 Front Street <hl> .


Question: How old is Jeremy Clarkson?

LONDON —  Jeremy Clarkson has reached the end of the road, at least with the BBC. Mr. Clarkson, the popular and moneymaking host of BBC’s “Top Gear,” an entertainment show built around cars and British macho, was told on Wednesday that his contract, which is up at the end of March, will not be renewed, the BBC said. The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, 54, was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour. Mr. Tymon was treated at a hospital for his injuries but has not pressed charges against Mr. Clarkson. After the BBC was informed of what it initially called “a fracas,” Mr. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 and the last three episodes of this season of the popular “Top Gear” program were postponed. After an investigation, the BBC director general, Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.”

Answer: 54

LONDON — Jeremy Clarkson has reached the end of the road, at least with the BBC. Mr. Clarkson, the popular and moneymaking host of BBC’s “Top Gear,” an entertainment show built around cars and British macho, was told on Wednesday that his contract, which is up at the end of March, will not be renewed, the BBC said. <hl> The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, 54 , was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour. <hl> Mr. Tymon was treated at a hospital for his injuries but has not pressed charges against Mr. Clarkson. After the BBC was informed of what it initially called “a fracas,” Mr. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 and the last three episodes of this season of the popular “Top Gear” program were postponed. After an investigation, the BBC director general, Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.”

LONDON — Jeremy Clarkson has reached the end of the road, at least with the BBC. Mr. Clarkson, the popular and moneymaking host of BBC’s “Top Gear,” an entertainment show built around cars and British macho, was told on Wednesday that his contract, which is up at the end of March, will not be renewed, the BBC said. The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, <hl> 54 <hl>, was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour. Mr. Tymon was treated at a hospital for his injuries but has not pressed charges against Mr. Clarkson. After the BBC was informed of what it initially called “a fracas,” Mr. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 and the last three episodes of this season of the popular “Top Gear” program were postponed. After an investigation, the BBC director general, Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.”

The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, <hl> 54 <hl> , was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour.