Question: How far is downtown Seattle?

$1,033 SETTING: This floating house is on Lake Union, a freshwater lake in the middle of Seattle. The neighborhood, Eastlake, is a mix of dockside and waterfront communities and conventional single-family houses and condos on land. This particular house is in the lake’s southernmost floating house community, which has about 50 residences spread across three docks. Shops and restaurants are concentrated in and around Eastlake Avenue, not far from the water; downtown Seattle is about four miles away. A six-mile-long trail loops around the lake, stopping at pocket parks along the way.

Answer: four miles away.

$1,033 SETTING: This floating house is on Lake Union, a freshwater lake in the middle of Seattle. The neighborhood, Eastlake, is a mix of dockside and waterfront communities and conventional single-family houses and condos on land. This particular house is in the lake’s southernmost floating house community, which has about 50 residences spread across three docks. <hl> Shops and restaurants are concentrated in and around Eastlake Avenue, not far from the water; downtown Seattle is about four miles away. A six-mile-long trail loops around the lake, stopping at pocket parks along the way. <hl>

$1,033 SETTING: This floating house is on Lake Union, a freshwater lake in the middle of Seattle. The neighborhood, Eastlake, is a mix of dockside and waterfront communities and conventional single-family houses and condos on land. This particular house is in the lake’s southernmost floating house community, which has about 50 residences spread across three docks. Shops and restaurants are concentrated in and around Eastlake Avenue, not far from the water; downtown Seattle is about <hl> four miles away. <hl> A six-mile-long trail loops around the lake, stopping at pocket parks along the way.


Question: What is it tempting to describe the Market for Ms. Basford's book as?

There are, it seems, a lot of them. Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche, Ms. Basford, a 31-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label. Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for the preschool set. So Ms. Basford and her publisher were surprised to learn that there was a robust — and lucrative — market for coloring books aimed at grown-ups. When they first tested the waters with “Secret Garden” a year ago, they released a cautiously optimistic first printing of 16,000 books. “I thought my mom was going to have to buy a lot of copies,” Ms. Basford said. “When the sales started to take off, it was a real shock.”

Answer: niche

There are, it seems, a lot of them. <hl> Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche , Ms. Basford, a 31-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label. <hl> Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for the preschool set. So Ms. Basford and her publisher were surprised to learn that there was a robust — and lucrative — market for coloring books aimed at grown-ups. When they first tested the waters with “Secret Garden” a year ago, they released a cautiously optimistic first printing of 16,000 books. “I thought my mom was going to have to buy a lot of copies,” Ms. Basford said. “When the sales started to take off, it was a real shock.”

There are, it seems, a lot of them. Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as <hl> niche <hl>, Ms. Basford, a 31-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label. Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for the preschool set. So Ms. Basford and her publisher were surprised to learn that there was a robust — and lucrative — market for coloring books aimed at grown-ups. When they first tested the waters with “Secret Garden” a year ago, they released a cautiously optimistic first printing of 16,000 books. “I thought my mom was going to have to buy a lot of copies,” Ms. Basford said. “When the sales started to take off, it was a real shock.”

Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as <hl> niche <hl> , Ms. Basford, a 31-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label.


Question: When did the knock out blow happen?

The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa, in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point. The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the final 10 minutes. The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, 48-15, by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand. But they could well have snatched victory from the Hurricanes but for a disallowed try midway through the second half.

Answer: final 10 minutes

The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa, in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point. <hl> The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the final 10 minutes . <hl> The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, 48-15, by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand. But they could well have snatched victory from the Hurricanes but for a disallowed try midway through the second half.

The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa, in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point. The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the <hl> final 10 minutes <hl>. The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, 48-15, by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand. But they could well have snatched victory from the Hurricanes but for a disallowed try midway through the second half.

The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the <hl> final 10 minutes <hl> .


Question: Who did Mike Tyson lose to?

It was Ronda Rousey’s Buster Douglas moment. Those who watched it were stunned. Those who read about it the next morning did a double take. And more than a few people were wondering where it leaves her career. In 1990, Mike Tyson was also unbeaten and had the same aura of invincibility as Rousey. Like her, he put opponents away rapidly and with ease. But on Feb. 10 in Tokyo, he faced the little-known Douglas as a 40-1 favorite and was knocked out in one of sports’ biggest upsets. Rousey’s fight also took place on the other side of the world, on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia, and the result was also shocking. Holly Holm, ranked just eighth in their weight class and underwhelming in her two previous Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts, knocked Rousey out in the second round.

Answer: Buster Douglas

<hl> It was Ronda Rousey’s Buster Douglas moment. <hl> Those who watched it were stunned. Those who read about it the next morning did a double take. And more than a few people were wondering where it leaves her career. In 1990, Mike Tyson was also unbeaten and had the same aura of invincibility as Rousey. Like her, he put opponents away rapidly and with ease. But on Feb. 10 in Tokyo, he faced the little-known Douglas as a 40-1 favorite and was knocked out in one of sports’ biggest upsets. Rousey’s fight also took place on the other side of the world, on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia, and the result was also shocking. Holly Holm, ranked just eighth in their weight class and underwhelming in her two previous Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts, knocked Rousey out in the second round.

It was Ronda Rousey’s <hl> Buster Douglas <hl> moment. Those who watched it were stunned. Those who read about it the next morning did a double take. And more than a few people were wondering where it leaves her career. In 1990, Mike Tyson was also unbeaten and had the same aura of invincibility as Rousey. Like her, he put opponents away rapidly and with ease. But on Feb. 10 in Tokyo, he faced the little-known Douglas as a 40-1 favorite and was knocked out in one of sports’ biggest upsets. Rousey’s fight also took place on the other side of the world, on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia, and the result was also shocking. Holly Holm, ranked just eighth in their weight class and underwhelming in her two previous Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts, knocked Rousey out in the second round.


Question: What is the occupation of Brigid's father?

Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the St. Brigid Church in Peapack, N.J. Msgr. Edward C. Puleo performed the ceremony. The bride, 30, and groom, 31, met at Pickard Chilton, an architecture firm in New Haven, where she is an archivist and he is an architect. The bride graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from Rutgers. She is a daughter of Moira Q. Abraham and Dr. Daniel J. Abraham of Westfield, N.J. The bride’s father is a pediatrician at Somerset Pediatric Group in Warren, N.J. Her mother is a library media specialist at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield.

Answer: pediatrician

Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the St. Brigid Church in Peapack, N.J. Msgr. Edward C. Puleo performed the ceremony. The bride, 30, and groom, 31, met at Pickard Chilton, an architecture firm in New Haven, where she is an archivist and he is an architect. The bride graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from Rutgers. She is a daughter of Moira Q. Abraham and Dr. Daniel J. Abraham of Westfield, N.J. <hl> The bride’s father is a pediatrician at Somerset Pediatric Group in Warren, N.J. <hl> Her mother is a library media specialist at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield.

Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the St. Brigid Church in Peapack, N.J. Msgr. Edward C. Puleo performed the ceremony. The bride, 30, and groom, 31, met at Pickard Chilton, an architecture firm in New Haven, where she is an archivist and he is an architect. The bride graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from Rutgers. She is a daughter of Moira Q. Abraham and Dr. Daniel J. Abraham of Westfield, N.J. The bride’s father is a <hl> pediatrician <hl> at Somerset Pediatric Group in Warren, N.J. Her mother is a library media specialist at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield.


Question: Where did Abbi and Ilana spend the day on "Broad City"

10 P.M. (Bravo) BEST NEW RESTAURANT This week’s theme, Battle of the Burger, pits Porter Ale House Gastropub of Austin, Tex., against Tongue & Cheek of Miami. 10 P.M. (Comedy Central) WORKAHOLICS The guys stage an office-wide ditch day after agreeing to hand off a mysterious package for Karl (Karl Newacheck). On “Broad City,” at 10:30, after realizing that they spend too much time with electronics, Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) and Ilana (Ilana Glazer) decide to unplug and spend a day in the park, where they get involved with a wedding for dogs, in-line skating and a medical emergency.

Answer: park

10 P.M. (Bravo) BEST NEW RESTAURANT This week’s theme, Battle of the Burger, pits Porter Ale House Gastropub of Austin, Tex., against Tongue & Cheek of Miami. 10 P.M. (Comedy Central) WORKAHOLICS The guys stage an office-wide ditch day after agreeing to hand off a mysterious package for Karl (Karl Newacheck). <hl> On “Broad City,” at 10:30, after realizing that they spend too much time with electronics, Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) and Ilana (Ilana Glazer) decide to unplug and spend a day in the park , where they get involved with a wedding for dogs, in-line skating and a medical emergency. <hl>

10 P.M. (Bravo) BEST NEW RESTAURANT This week’s theme, Battle of the Burger, pits Porter Ale House Gastropub of Austin, Tex., against Tongue & Cheek of Miami. 10 P.M. (Comedy Central) WORKAHOLICS The guys stage an office-wide ditch day after agreeing to hand off a mysterious package for Karl (Karl Newacheck). On “Broad City,” at 10:30, after realizing that they spend too much time with electronics, Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) and Ilana (Ilana Glazer) decide to unplug and spend a day in the <hl> park <hl>, where they get involved with a wedding for dogs, in-line skating and a medical emergency.

On “Broad City,” at 10:30, after realizing that they spend too much time with electronics, Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) and Ilana (Ilana Glazer) decide to unplug and spend a day in the <hl> park <hl> , where they get involved with a wedding for dogs, in-line skating and a medical emergency.


Question: Why were the Southern Tier hoping for a casino?

But the Southern Tier is not the only area with impoverished communities hoping that a casino, or any other initiative, would spur a reversal of fortunes. Some of them are now demanding equal treatment with the Southern Tier. Judith L. Kennedy, the mayor of Newburgh, 70 miles north of New York City, sent a letter on Tuesday expressing “strenuous objections” that her onetime industrial city had been excluded from consideration for a fourth casino license. The unemployment rate in Newburgh is 8.5 percent, a good deal higher than the Southern Tier. “We ask for a fair process that includes Newburgh where all proposals can be analyzed and vetted on the merits,” the letter said. The developers behind a proposed $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills also asked for equal consideration for the fourth license, which they say is the “last chance for Ellenville and for the iconic resort.” The developer told the Gaming Commission that it was negotiating with a strong company, RatPac Entertainment — a joint venture of Brett Ratner, a Hollywood producer, and James Packer, an Australian billionaire and casino operator — to take over the project.

Answer: impoverished communities

<hl> But the Southern Tier is not the only area with impoverished communities hoping that a casino, or any other initiative, would spur a reversal of fortunes. <hl> Some of them are now demanding equal treatment with the Southern Tier. Judith L. Kennedy, the mayor of Newburgh, 70 miles north of New York City, sent a letter on Tuesday expressing “strenuous objections” that her onetime industrial city had been excluded from consideration for a fourth casino license. The unemployment rate in Newburgh is 8.5 percent, a good deal higher than the Southern Tier. “We ask for a fair process that includes Newburgh where all proposals can be analyzed and vetted on the merits,” the letter said. The developers behind a proposed $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills also asked for equal consideration for the fourth license, which they say is the “last chance for Ellenville and for the iconic resort.” The developer told the Gaming Commission that it was negotiating with a strong company, RatPac Entertainment — a joint venture of Brett Ratner, a Hollywood producer, and James Packer, an Australian billionaire and casino operator — to take over the project.

But the Southern Tier is not the only area with <hl> impoverished communities <hl> hoping that a casino, or any other initiative, would spur a reversal of fortunes. Some of them are now demanding equal treatment with the Southern Tier. Judith L. Kennedy, the mayor of Newburgh, 70 miles north of New York City, sent a letter on Tuesday expressing “strenuous objections” that her onetime industrial city had been excluded from consideration for a fourth casino license. The unemployment rate in Newburgh is 8.5 percent, a good deal higher than the Southern Tier. “We ask for a fair process that includes Newburgh where all proposals can be analyzed and vetted on the merits,” the letter said. The developers behind a proposed $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills also asked for equal consideration for the fourth license, which they say is the “last chance for Ellenville and for the iconic resort.” The developer told the Gaming Commission that it was negotiating with a strong company, RatPac Entertainment — a joint venture of Brett Ratner, a Hollywood producer, and James Packer, an Australian billionaire and casino operator — to take over the project.


Question: Is Dr. Leal interested in theories about homing lizards?

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

Answer: eager to hear theories

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

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


Question: Does the condition of the image matter to its worshippers?

If his significance is primarily art historical, that of the second figure is, potentially at least, more personal. This one, from the collection of the Bagan Archaeological Museum, is larger, older — from the 11th century — and carved from sandstone. Also a seated Buddha, it has in recent years gained a popular religious following as the perceived prototype of an ardently worshiped image at a local shrine. At Asia Society, to my eye, the piece looks only mildly charismatic. Years ago, someone scoured away all traces of the paint that once brightened the figure. And the sandstone surface, which can be so sensuous, looks over-cleaned, sandblasted, dead. But pilgrim-visitors to the Bagan Museum don’t care about any of this. Belief supplies color, texture, life. In the museum, they bow and pray. Religious art, no matter where you find it in a lot of the world, works that way.

Answer: pilgrim-visitors to the Bagan Museum don’t care about any of this.

If his significance is primarily art historical, that of the second figure is, potentially at least, more personal. This one, from the collection of the Bagan Archaeological Museum, is larger, older — from the 11th century — and carved from sandstone. Also a seated Buddha, it has in recent years gained a popular religious following as the perceived prototype of an ardently worshiped image at a local shrine. At Asia Society, to my eye, the piece looks only mildly charismatic. Years ago, someone scoured away all traces of the paint that once brightened the figure. And the sandstone surface, which can be so sensuous, looks over-cleaned, sandblasted, dead. <hl> But pilgrim-visitors to the Bagan Museum don’t care about any of this. Belief supplies color, texture, life. <hl> In the museum, they bow and pray. Religious art, no matter where you find it in a lot of the world, works that way.

If his significance is primarily art historical, that of the second figure is, potentially at least, more personal. This one, from the collection of the Bagan Archaeological Museum, is larger, older — from the 11th century — and carved from sandstone. Also a seated Buddha, it has in recent years gained a popular religious following as the perceived prototype of an ardently worshiped image at a local shrine. At Asia Society, to my eye, the piece looks only mildly charismatic. Years ago, someone scoured away all traces of the paint that once brightened the figure. And the sandstone surface, which can be so sensuous, looks over-cleaned, sandblasted, dead. But <hl> pilgrim-visitors to the Bagan Museum don’t care about any of this. <hl> Belief supplies color, texture, life. In the museum, they bow and pray. Religious art, no matter where you find it in a lot of the world, works that way.


Question: Why does Trump believe climate change is a hoax?

Trump calls climate change “a total hoax.” He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York. This is a man who has bought into every nutty conspiracy theory, and stoked much of the same, about President Obama’s birth — all without a shred of evidence. But he won’t take the world’s leading scientists at their peer-reviewed word. If this is the kind of judgment you want in the Oval Office, get thee to Trump Tower. And here’s Carson: “I’ll tell you what I think about climate change,” he said earlier this year. “The temperature is either going up or down at any point in time, so it really is not a big deal.” Ah, well. He also believes the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain rather than as tombs for kings and queens. Hey, it’s all there in the Bible, Carson says, for you fact-obsessed archaeologists. How do you explain the boastful ignorance of other leading Republican candidates? It’s a political variant of Upton Sinclair’s line about how “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” In trying to win the support of the Koch brothers, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees. Cruz has gone the extra step of denying the very existence of climate change, an assertion that puts him at odds with three-fourths of the American public. Just pause for a second to soak in the magnitude of this sellout by these candidates to a pair of men who’ve vowed to spend $889 million influencing the 2016 election.

Answer: after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York

Trump calls climate change “a total hoax.” <hl> He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York . <hl> This is a man who has bought into every nutty conspiracy theory, and stoked much of the same, about President Obama’s birth — all without a shred of evidence. But he won’t take the world’s leading scientists at their peer-reviewed word. If this is the kind of judgment you want in the Oval Office, get thee to Trump Tower. And here’s Carson: “I’ll tell you what I think about climate change,” he said earlier this year. “The temperature is either going up or down at any point in time, so it really is not a big deal.” Ah, well. He also believes the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain rather than as tombs for kings and queens. Hey, it’s all there in the Bible, Carson says, for you fact-obsessed archaeologists. How do you explain the boastful ignorance of other leading Republican candidates? It’s a political variant of Upton Sinclair’s line about how “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” In trying to win the support of the Koch brothers, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees. Cruz has gone the extra step of denying the very existence of climate change, an assertion that puts him at odds with three-fourths of the American public. Just pause for a second to soak in the magnitude of this sellout by these candidates to a pair of men who’ve vowed to spend $889 million influencing the 2016 election.

Trump calls climate change “a total hoax.” He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, <hl> after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York <hl>. This is a man who has bought into every nutty conspiracy theory, and stoked much of the same, about President Obama’s birth — all without a shred of evidence. But he won’t take the world’s leading scientists at their peer-reviewed word. If this is the kind of judgment you want in the Oval Office, get thee to Trump Tower. And here’s Carson: “I’ll tell you what I think about climate change,” he said earlier this year. “The temperature is either going up or down at any point in time, so it really is not a big deal.” Ah, well. He also believes the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain rather than as tombs for kings and queens. Hey, it’s all there in the Bible, Carson says, for you fact-obsessed archaeologists. How do you explain the boastful ignorance of other leading Republican candidates? It’s a political variant of Upton Sinclair’s line about how “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” In trying to win the support of the Koch brothers, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees. Cruz has gone the extra step of denying the very existence of climate change, an assertion that puts him at odds with three-fourths of the American public. Just pause for a second to soak in the magnitude of this sellout by these candidates to a pair of men who’ve vowed to spend $889 million influencing the 2016 election.

He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, <hl> after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York <hl> .


Question: What did they name the cubs?

Two cubs from the ice age were recently uncovered in the Siberian Arctic, perfectly frozen in the permafrost. Named Uyan and Dina after the Uyandina river where they were recovered, the cubs still had their fur and whiskers. “It’s the first time in history that a cave lion, although it is a cub and not a grown-up animal, was found with all the fur, internal organs and soft parts of the body so well-preserved,” Valery Plotnikov, a researcher at the regional Academy of Sciences, said to The Associated Press. Cave lions, the prehistoric relative of modern-day lions, are believed to have become extinct about 10,000 years ago.

Answer: Uyan and Dina

Two cubs from the ice age were recently uncovered in the Siberian Arctic, perfectly frozen in the permafrost. <hl> Named Uyan and Dina after the Uyandina river where they were recovered, the cubs still had their fur and whiskers. <hl> “It’s the first time in history that a cave lion, although it is a cub and not a grown-up animal, was found with all the fur, internal organs and soft parts of the body so well-preserved,” Valery Plotnikov, a researcher at the regional Academy of Sciences, said to The Associated Press. Cave lions, the prehistoric relative of modern-day lions, are believed to have become extinct about 10,000 years ago.

Two cubs from the ice age were recently uncovered in the Siberian Arctic, perfectly frozen in the permafrost. Named <hl> Uyan and Dina <hl> after the Uyandina river where they were recovered, the cubs still had their fur and whiskers. “It’s the first time in history that a cave lion, although it is a cub and not a grown-up animal, was found with all the fur, internal organs and soft parts of the body so well-preserved,” Valery Plotnikov, a researcher at the regional Academy of Sciences, said to The Associated Press. Cave lions, the prehistoric relative of modern-day lions, are believed to have become extinct about 10,000 years ago.


Question: What government ask the US for help?

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

Answer: Kiev

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

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


Question: What do economic theory and empirical research confirm?

Yet the assumption of unchanged G.D.P. also has one notable drawback: It is patently false. Much economic theory and empirical research confirm that fiscal policy influences the course of the economy. Indeed, having an economic impact is a big part of why policy makers use the tools at their disposal, whether it is the tax cuts of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush or the stimulus package of Mr. Obama. It seems somehow churlish for Congress’s economists to assume that a policy change won’t accomplish its goal simply to make their jobs easier. Moreover, static scoring biases the analysis of proposed policy changes. If a tax cut promotes growth, for example, it will lose less revenue than an estimate based on unchanged G.D.P. suggests. For most cases, this effect is not large enough to make tax cuts pay for themselves, but it often makes tax cuts less costly than they first appear.

Answer: fiscal policy influences the course of the economy

Yet the assumption of unchanged G.D.P. also has one notable drawback: It is patently false. Much economic theory and empirical research confirm <hl> that fiscal policy influences the course of the economy . <hl> Indeed, having an economic impact is a big part of why policy makers use the tools at their disposal, whether it is the tax cuts of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush or the stimulus package of Mr. Obama. It seems somehow churlish for Congress’s economists to assume that a policy change won’t accomplish its goal simply to make their jobs easier. Moreover, static scoring biases the analysis of proposed policy changes. If a tax cut promotes growth, for example, it will lose less revenue than an estimate based on unchanged G.D.P. suggests. For most cases, this effect is not large enough to make tax cuts pay for themselves, but it often makes tax cuts less costly than they first appear.

Yet the assumption of unchanged G.D.P. also has one notable drawback: It is patently false. Much economic theory and empirical research confirm that <hl> fiscal policy influences the course of the economy <hl>. Indeed, having an economic impact is a big part of why policy makers use the tools at their disposal, whether it is the tax cuts of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush or the stimulus package of Mr. Obama. It seems somehow churlish for Congress’s economists to assume that a policy change won’t accomplish its goal simply to make their jobs easier. Moreover, static scoring biases the analysis of proposed policy changes. If a tax cut promotes growth, for example, it will lose less revenue than an estimate based on unchanged G.D.P. suggests. For most cases, this effect is not large enough to make tax cuts pay for themselves, but it often makes tax cuts less costly than they first appear.

that <hl> fiscal policy influences the course of the economy <hl> .


Question: What color were memorial shirts usually?

Those jackets indicate membership on a greater team, but lack some of the ephemeral grace of the T-shirts. Keith Haring’s artwork appears on the T-shirt for the first New York City Fresh Festival, a multi-artist concert, in 1984. Several iterations of shirts from a single LL Cool J tour are displayed: The designer, Cey Adams, talks about how he would work on the fly, creating new shirts in different cities as the old ones sold out. The politics of the day often made their way to these shirts. One for Queen Latifah screamed, “Who U Callin a Bitch???” The free-speech and free-love warriors 2 Live Crew used pointed political and sexual slogans. There are ugly relics as well, like the Beastie Boys T-shirt from 1986 with a gay slur on the back, which, all apologies aside, can’t be erased from history. T-shirts were also sites of reaction, as seen in the countless pulpy memorial shirts for the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. These are done in what has become the definitive bootleg style: cut-and-paste graphics with text in loud, slightly corroded fonts, generally on a black T-shirt. That style is inescapable in this book’s second half, whether it’s done for New York street stalwarts like Mobb Deep or Southern titans like Master P. By the mid-1990s, the dominant design aesthetic no longer came from record-label graphic designers; it was this much more democratic clip-art style.

Answer: black

Those jackets indicate membership on a greater team, but lack some of the ephemeral grace of the T-shirts. Keith Haring’s artwork appears on the T-shirt for the first New York City Fresh Festival, a multi-artist concert, in 1984. Several iterations of shirts from a single LL Cool J tour are displayed: The designer, Cey Adams, talks about how he would work on the fly, creating new shirts in different cities as the old ones sold out. The politics of the day often made their way to these shirts. One for Queen Latifah screamed, “Who U Callin a Bitch???” The free-speech and free-love warriors 2 Live Crew used pointed political and sexual slogans. There are ugly relics as well, like the Beastie Boys T-shirt from 1986 with a gay slur on the back, which, all apologies aside, can’t be erased from history. T-shirts were also sites of reaction, as seen in the countless pulpy memorial shirts for the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. <hl> These are done in what has become the definitive bootleg style: cut-and-paste graphics with text in loud, slightly corroded fonts, generally on a black T-shirt. <hl> That style is inescapable in this book’s second half, whether it’s done for New York street stalwarts like Mobb Deep or Southern titans like Master P. By the mid-1990s, the dominant design aesthetic no longer came from record-label graphic designers; it was this much more democratic clip-art style.

Those jackets indicate membership on a greater team, but lack some of the ephemeral grace of the T-shirts. Keith Haring’s artwork appears on the T-shirt for the first New York City Fresh Festival, a multi-artist concert, in 1984. Several iterations of shirts from a single LL Cool J tour are displayed: The designer, Cey Adams, talks about how he would work on the fly, creating new shirts in different cities as the old ones sold out. The politics of the day often made their way to these shirts. One for Queen Latifah screamed, “Who U Callin a Bitch???” The free-speech and free-love warriors 2 Live Crew used pointed political and sexual slogans. There are ugly relics as well, like the Beastie Boys T-shirt from 1986 with a gay slur on the back, which, all apologies aside, can’t be erased from history. T-shirts were also sites of reaction, as seen in the countless pulpy memorial shirts for the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. These are done in what has become the definitive bootleg style: cut-and-paste graphics with text in loud, slightly corroded fonts, generally on a <hl> black <hl> T-shirt. That style is inescapable in this book’s second half, whether it’s done for New York street stalwarts like Mobb Deep or Southern titans like Master P. By the mid-1990s, the dominant design aesthetic no longer came from record-label graphic designers; it was this much more democratic clip-art style.


Question: What type of approach does Mrs. Clinton use for her policies?

“A lot of what he says resonates with what you and I would call ‘reasonable, thinking people,’” Mr. Rendell said. “That’s the part that I think is important for Hillary or any Republican running, or Bernie Sanders, or anybody. That’s the part that I think is important for them to realize.” Many of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers say they still doubt Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee, but they have contemplated what it would mean for Mrs. Clinton, a policy wonk known for her 12-point plans to approach problems, to run against the visceral Mr. Trump, said several of those advisers who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.

Answer: 12-point plans

“A lot of what he says resonates with what you and I would call ‘reasonable, thinking people,’” Mr. Rendell said. “That’s the part that I think is important for Hillary or any Republican running, or Bernie Sanders, or anybody. That’s the part that I think is important for them to realize.” <hl> Many of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers say they still doubt Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee, but they have contemplated what it would mean for Mrs. Clinton, a policy wonk known for her 12-point plans to approach problems, to run against the visceral Mr. Trump, said several of those advisers who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations. <hl>

“A lot of what he says resonates with what you and I would call ‘reasonable, thinking people,’” Mr. Rendell said. “That’s the part that I think is important for Hillary or any Republican running, or Bernie Sanders, or anybody. That’s the part that I think is important for them to realize.” Many of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers say they still doubt Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee, but they have contemplated what it would mean for Mrs. Clinton, a policy wonk known for her <hl> 12-point plans <hl> to approach problems, to run against the visceral Mr. Trump, said several of those advisers who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.


Question: What is being run?

Lex van Horssen, a spokesman at FloraHolland, the Netherlands’ largest flower auction house, declined to speculate on the coincidence of the flower burning in Russia and Dutch progress in investigating the plane crash. “To be quite honest, we have a business to run, and that is something different than the political situation,” Mr. van Horssen said. “We will not mix our business with this political issue. That’s not a good idea.”

Answer: a business

Lex van Horssen, a spokesman at FloraHolland, the Netherlands’ largest flower auction house, declined to speculate on the coincidence of the flower burning in Russia and Dutch progress in investigating the plane crash. <hl> “To be quite honest, we have a business to run, and that is something different than the political situation,” Mr. van Horssen said. <hl> “We will not mix our business with this political issue. That’s not a good idea.”

Lex van Horssen, a spokesman at FloraHolland, the Netherlands’ largest flower auction house, declined to speculate on the coincidence of the flower burning in Russia and Dutch progress in investigating the plane crash. “To be quite honest, we have <hl> a business <hl> to run, and that is something different than the political situation,” Mr. van Horssen said. “We will not mix our business with this political issue. That’s not a good idea.”


Question: What work is featured at the Stamford Fernando Luis Gallery until July 11?

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: John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works.

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. <hl> STAMFORD Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery “ John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works. ” Through July 11. <hl> 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 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 “<hl> John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works. <hl>” 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.

STAMFORD Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery “ <hl> John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works. <hl> ” Through July 11.


Question: Who did Mr. Reed create work for?

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Answer: Mr. Blum

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. <hl> Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum ’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. <hl> “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for <hl> Mr. Blum <hl>’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Mr. Reed is creating a work for <hl> Mr. Blum <hl> ’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office.


Question: Background checks would be expanded to cover what type of sale?

Hundreds of Vermonters packed the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday for a committee hearing on legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms restrictions. Several opponents argued that the bill is not needed, pointing to Vermont’s rank in F.B.I. statistics as the safest state. Supporters argued that Vermont is not immune from domestic violence and is not an island from the rest of the country. The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales between private parties. It also would step up reporting to the federal background check system when a court adjudicates someone as mentally ill.

Answer: between private parties

Hundreds of Vermonters packed the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday for a committee hearing on legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms restrictions. Several opponents argued that the bill is not needed, pointing to Vermont’s rank in F.B.I. statistics as the safest state. Supporters argued that Vermont is not immune from domestic violence and is not an island from the rest of the country. <hl> The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales between private parties . <hl> It also would step up reporting to the federal background check system when a court adjudicates someone as mentally ill.

Hundreds of Vermonters packed the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday for a committee hearing on legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms restrictions. Several opponents argued that the bill is not needed, pointing to Vermont’s rank in F.B.I. statistics as the safest state. Supporters argued that Vermont is not immune from domestic violence and is not an island from the rest of the country. The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales <hl> between private parties <hl>. It also would step up reporting to the federal background check system when a court adjudicates someone as mentally ill.

The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales <hl> between private parties <hl> .


Question: How can I find the White Gallery web site?

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras.” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. thewhitegalleryart.com; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

Answer: thewhitegalleryart.com

thewhitegalleryart.com ; 860-435-1029.

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras.” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. <hl> thewhitegalleryart.com ; 860-435-1029. <hl> LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras.” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. <hl> thewhitegalleryart.com <hl>; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

<hl> thewhitegalleryart.com <hl> ; 860-435-1029.


Question: In what way was the man's name called out?

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

Answer: menacingly

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

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


Question: Name one form the menace takes?

The nameless, shape-shifting horror that stalks the blond, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) in David Robert Mitchell’s cool, controlled horror film, “It Follows,” might be described as the very incarnation of paranoia. The menace, which only she can see, takes any number of forms, from a naked man standing on the roof of a house to an unsmiling old lady heading purposefully in her direction. When it appears, it is usually first glimpsed from a distance, walking slowly toward her like an expressionless zombie. Although Jay repeatedly flees, she can never shake the sense that it is out there somewhere and knows her precise location.

Answer: a naked man standing on the roof of a house

The nameless, shape-shifting horror that stalks the blond, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) in David Robert Mitchell’s cool, controlled horror film, “It Follows,” might be described as the very incarnation of paranoia. <hl> The menace, which only she can see, takes any number of forms, from a naked man standing on the roof of a house to an unsmiling old lady heading purposefully in her direction. <hl> When it appears, it is usually first glimpsed from a distance, walking slowly toward her like an expressionless zombie. Although Jay repeatedly flees, she can never shake the sense that it is out there somewhere and knows her precise location.

The nameless, shape-shifting horror that stalks the blond, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) in David Robert Mitchell’s cool, controlled horror film, “It Follows,” might be described as the very incarnation of paranoia. The menace, which only she can see, takes any number of forms, from <hl> a naked man standing on the roof of a house <hl> to an unsmiling old lady heading purposefully in her direction. When it appears, it is usually first glimpsed from a distance, walking slowly toward her like an expressionless zombie. Although Jay repeatedly flees, she can never shake the sense that it is out there somewhere and knows her precise location.


Question: what was required of Ms. Davis to be released?

A federal judge on Wednesday denied Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis a stay of his order requiring her office to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples. It was the latest setback for the clerk, who objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds and was previously jailed rather than issue licenses to gay couples. Ms. Davis has repeatedly asked Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District Court to put a hold on his orders requiring the issuance of marriage licenses while she appeals. Her latest request stems from Judge Bunning’s order making it clear that his decision applied to all eligible couples and was not limited to the couples who had sued her. Judge Bunning said Wednesday that without the clarification, he would have "left other eligible couples at the mercy of Davis’s ‘no marriages policy.’ " He wrote, “Such an approach would not only create piecemeal litigation, it would be inconsistent with basic principles of justice and fairness." Ms. Davis spent five days in jail earlier in September. Her release was conditioned in part on her not interfering with the issuance of marriage licenses by her office.

Answer: on her not interfering with the issuance of marriage licenses

A federal judge on Wednesday denied Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis a stay of his order requiring her office to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples. It was the latest setback for the clerk, who objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds and was previously jailed rather than issue licenses to gay couples. Ms. Davis has repeatedly asked Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District Court to put a hold on his orders requiring the issuance of marriage licenses while she appeals. Her latest request stems from Judge Bunning’s order making it clear that his decision applied to all eligible couples and was not limited to the couples who had sued her. Judge Bunning said Wednesday that without the clarification, he would have "left other eligible couples at the mercy of Davis’s ‘no marriages policy.’ " He wrote, “Such an approach would not only create piecemeal litigation, it would be inconsistent with basic principles of justice and fairness." Ms. Davis spent five days in jail earlier in September. <hl> Her release was conditioned in part on her not interfering with the issuance of marriage licenses by her office. <hl>

A federal judge on Wednesday denied Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis a stay of his order requiring her office to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples. It was the latest setback for the clerk, who objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds and was previously jailed rather than issue licenses to gay couples. Ms. Davis has repeatedly asked Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District Court to put a hold on his orders requiring the issuance of marriage licenses while she appeals. Her latest request stems from Judge Bunning’s order making it clear that his decision applied to all eligible couples and was not limited to the couples who had sued her. Judge Bunning said Wednesday that without the clarification, he would have "left other eligible couples at the mercy of Davis’s ‘no marriages policy.’ " He wrote, “Such an approach would not only create piecemeal litigation, it would be inconsistent with basic principles of justice and fairness." Ms. Davis spent five days in jail earlier in September. Her release was conditioned in part <hl> on her not interfering with the issuance of marriage licenses <hl> by her office.


Question: What did Walt Mossberg co-found?

Walt Mossberg, who was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal for many years before co-founding ReCode, wrote a 1,400-word column on how Mr. Sorkin “chose to cherry-pick and exaggerate some of the worst aspects of Jobs’ character,” proclaiming over and over that the Steve Jobs portrayed in the film “isn’t the man I knew.” Steven Levy, who covered Apple for Newsweek and Rolling Stone, said that the Steve Jobs portrayed wasn’t “the person I knew.” And Larry Magid, who covered Apple as a syndicated technology columnist for The San Jose Mercury News, wrote in Forbes that the movie was “not about the man I knew.”

Answer: ReCode

<hl> Walt Mossberg, who was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal for many years before co-founding ReCode , wrote a 1,400-word column on how Mr. Sorkin “chose to cherry-pick and exaggerate some of the worst aspects of Jobs’ character,” proclaiming over and over that the Steve Jobs portrayed in the film “isn’t the man I knew.” <hl> Steven Levy, who covered Apple for Newsweek and Rolling Stone, said that the Steve Jobs portrayed wasn’t “the person I knew.” And Larry Magid, who covered Apple as a syndicated technology columnist for The San Jose Mercury News, wrote in Forbes that the movie was “not about the man I knew.”

Walt Mossberg, who was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal for many years before co-founding <hl> ReCode <hl>, wrote a 1,400-word column on how Mr. Sorkin “chose to cherry-pick and exaggerate some of the worst aspects of Jobs’ character,” proclaiming over and over that the Steve Jobs portrayed in the film “isn’t the man I knew.” Steven Levy, who covered Apple for Newsweek and Rolling Stone, said that the Steve Jobs portrayed wasn’t “the person I knew.” And Larry Magid, who covered Apple as a syndicated technology columnist for The San Jose Mercury News, wrote in Forbes that the movie was “not about the man I knew.”

Walt Mossberg, who was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal for many years before co-founding <hl> ReCode <hl> , wrote a 1,400-word column on how Mr. Sorkin “chose to cherry-pick and exaggerate some of the worst aspects of Jobs’ character,” proclaiming over and over that the Steve Jobs portrayed in the film “isn’t the man I knew.”


Question: How many years of experience does John Abraham Davis have?

For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with 30 years’ experience, the change came almost overnight. Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary. As his grandson, Gordon Davis, wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off. John Davis, a self-made black man of achievement and stature in his community at the turn of the 20th century, was, by the end of Wilson’s first term, a broken man. He died in 1928.”

Answer: 30 years’ experience

<hl> For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with 30 years’ experience , the change came almost overnight. <hl> Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary. As his grandson, Gordon Davis, wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off. John Davis, a self-made black man of achievement and stature in his community at the turn of the 20th century, was, by the end of Wilson’s first term, a broken man. He died in 1928.”

For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with <hl> 30 years’ experience <hl>, the change came almost overnight. Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary. As his grandson, Gordon Davis, wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off. John Davis, a self-made black man of achievement and stature in his community at the turn of the 20th century, was, by the end of Wilson’s first term, a broken man. He died in 1928.”

For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with <hl> 30 years’ experience <hl> , the change came almost overnight.


Question: Who is in charge of the US national team?

The United States national team coach, Jurgen Klinsmann, has frequently said that he hopes his players push themselves to play in the best leagues — comments that have, at times, drawn the ire of M.L.S. officials. Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in 2013, and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan. Johannsson’s move, especially if he earns regular playing time and continues to score goals, could be good news for his national team career. In 2013, Johannsson, who was born in Alabama but raised in Iceland, changed his international allegiance to the United States after years of representing Iceland at the youth level. Since then, he has consistently been part of the national team, including the World Cup squad in 2014, when injuries limited him to one appearance. The move to the Bundesliga could signify a shift, and help Johannsson press Dempsey, 32, and Altidore, 25, on Klinsmann’s depth chart heading into qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Werder Bremen should be able to use Johannsson right away; it transferred the Argentine forward Franco Di Santo, its top scorer last season, with 13 goals, to Schalke on July 25.

Answer: Jurgen Klinsmann

<hl> The United States national team coach, Jurgen Klinsmann , has frequently said that he hopes his players push themselves to play in the best leagues — comments that have, at times, drawn the ire of M.L.S. officials. <hl> Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in 2013, and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan. Johannsson’s move, especially if he earns regular playing time and continues to score goals, could be good news for his national team career. In 2013, Johannsson, who was born in Alabama but raised in Iceland, changed his international allegiance to the United States after years of representing Iceland at the youth level. Since then, he has consistently been part of the national team, including the World Cup squad in 2014, when injuries limited him to one appearance. The move to the Bundesliga could signify a shift, and help Johannsson press Dempsey, 32, and Altidore, 25, on Klinsmann’s depth chart heading into qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Werder Bremen should be able to use Johannsson right away; it transferred the Argentine forward Franco Di Santo, its top scorer last season, with 13 goals, to Schalke on July 25.

The United States national team coach, <hl> Jurgen Klinsmann <hl>, has frequently said that he hopes his players push themselves to play in the best leagues — comments that have, at times, drawn the ire of M.L.S. officials. Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in 2013, and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan. Johannsson’s move, especially if he earns regular playing time and continues to score goals, could be good news for his national team career. In 2013, Johannsson, who was born in Alabama but raised in Iceland, changed his international allegiance to the United States after years of representing Iceland at the youth level. Since then, he has consistently been part of the national team, including the World Cup squad in 2014, when injuries limited him to one appearance. The move to the Bundesliga could signify a shift, and help Johannsson press Dempsey, 32, and Altidore, 25, on Klinsmann’s depth chart heading into qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Werder Bremen should be able to use Johannsson right away; it transferred the Argentine forward Franco Di Santo, its top scorer last season, with 13 goals, to Schalke on July 25.

The United States national team coach, <hl> Jurgen Klinsmann <hl> , has frequently said that he hopes his players push themselves to play in the best leagues — comments that have, at times, drawn the ire of M.L.S. officials.


Question: How much would the annex cost?

NEW YORK Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood. As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum $80 million. BUSINESS DAY The  State of the Art column on Tuesday, about the coming Apple Watch, misstated the price of one model in some copies. The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, starts at $650; it does not cost about $1,000. SPORTS

Answer: $80 million

NEW YORK Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood. <hl> As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum $80 million . <hl> BUSINESS DAY The State of the Art column on Tuesday, about the coming Apple Watch, misstated the price of one model in some copies. The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, starts at $650; it does not cost about $1,000. SPORTS

NEW YORK Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood. As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum <hl> $80 million <hl>. BUSINESS DAY The State of the Art column on Tuesday, about the coming Apple Watch, misstated the price of one model in some copies. The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, starts at $650; it does not cost about $1,000. SPORTS

As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum <hl> $80 million <hl> .


Question: How many apartments will Simon Baron Development be combining?

These conversions include 12 East 88th Street, a red-brick 13-story building near Fifth Avenue designed by Rosario Candela, the architect responsible for much of the Upper East Side’s elegant look. Under an approved offering plan, Simon Baron Development will be allowed to create up to 53 units for sale in the building, ranging from one- to five-bedrooms, after combining some of the existing 65 apartments. Seventeen of the units currently have tenants paying regulated rents. Just outside the Carnegie Hill Historic District, the property, completed in 1931 and on the same block as the Guggenheim Museum, can be altered without city approval. But other than upgrading windows, the developer said there were no plans to change the exterior.

Answer: 65

These conversions include 12 East 88th Street, a red-brick 13-story building near Fifth Avenue designed by Rosario Candela, the architect responsible for much of the Upper East Side’s elegant look. <hl> Under an approved offering plan, Simon Baron Development will be allowed to create up to 53 units for sale in the building, ranging from one- to five-bedrooms, after combining some of the existing 65 apartments. <hl> Seventeen of the units currently have tenants paying regulated rents. Just outside the Carnegie Hill Historic District, the property, completed in 1931 and on the same block as the Guggenheim Museum, can be altered without city approval. But other than upgrading windows, the developer said there were no plans to change the exterior.

These conversions include 12 East 88th Street, a red-brick 13-story building near Fifth Avenue designed by Rosario Candela, the architect responsible for much of the Upper East Side’s elegant look. Under an approved offering plan, Simon Baron Development will be allowed to create up to 53 units for sale in the building, ranging from one- to five-bedrooms, after combining some of the existing <hl> 65 <hl> apartments. Seventeen of the units currently have tenants paying regulated rents. Just outside the Carnegie Hill Historic District, the property, completed in 1931 and on the same block as the Guggenheim Museum, can be altered without city approval. But other than upgrading windows, the developer said there were no plans to change the exterior.


Question: What was the play that Ms Moss had a role in?

She might have been talking about herself. Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy. This is all a mistake.” Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” disagreed. Speaking backstage as she prepared to return to rehearsal, she said that Ms. Moss had both the vulnerability and the sharpness that the role demands. “She’s incredibly intuitive, incredibly smart, and she is sort of an observer, even though she’s at the center of this rehearsal process,” Ms. MacKinnon said.

Answer: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

She might have been talking about herself. Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy. This is all a mistake.” <hl> Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?,” disagreed. <hl> Speaking backstage as she prepared to return to rehearsal, she said that Ms. Moss had both the vulnerability and the sharpness that the role demands. “She’s incredibly intuitive, incredibly smart, and she is sort of an observer, even though she’s at the center of this rehearsal process,” Ms. MacKinnon said.

She might have been talking about herself. Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy. This is all a mistake.” Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “<hl> Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf <hl>?,” disagreed. Speaking backstage as she prepared to return to rehearsal, she said that Ms. Moss had both the vulnerability and the sharpness that the role demands. “She’s incredibly intuitive, incredibly smart, and she is sort of an observer, even though she’s at the center of this rehearsal process,” Ms. MacKinnon said.

Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “ <hl> Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf <hl> ?,” disagreed.


Question: Who threw out a fleece for people to check out?

Bob Vander Plaats, the president and chief executive of the Family Leader, a social conservative group in Iowa, said his members had not yet expressed concern about Mr. Carson’s religion. He cited the support that Mr. Romney received from evangelicals in 2012, saying he did not think the fact that Mr. Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist would be an issue unless theology became central to the political debate. “I think Trump threw out the fleece to let people check it out,” Mr. Vander Plaats said of why he thought Mr. Carson’s religion suddenly became an issue. “People of faith will be more interested in the fruit of leadership, policy and does it align with honoring God or dishonoring God.”

Answer: Trump

Bob Vander Plaats, the president and chief executive of the Family Leader, a social conservative group in Iowa, said his members had not yet expressed concern about Mr. Carson’s religion. He cited the support that Mr. Romney received from evangelicals in 2012, saying he did not think the fact that Mr. Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist would be an issue unless theology became central to the political debate. <hl> “I think Trump threw out the fleece to let people check it out,” Mr. Vander Plaats said of why he thought Mr. Carson’s religion suddenly became an issue. <hl> “People of faith will be more interested in the fruit of leadership, policy and does it align with honoring God or dishonoring God.”

Bob Vander Plaats, the president and chief executive of the Family Leader, a social conservative group in Iowa, said his members had not yet expressed concern about Mr. Carson’s religion. He cited the support that Mr. Romney received from evangelicals in 2012, saying he did not think the fact that Mr. Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist would be an issue unless theology became central to the political debate. “I think <hl> Trump <hl> threw out the fleece to let people check it out,” Mr. Vander Plaats said of why he thought Mr. Carson’s religion suddenly became an issue. “People of faith will be more interested in the fruit of leadership, policy and does it align with honoring God or dishonoring God.”


Question: How were developers going to bring back Nevele?

But the Southern Tier is not the only area with impoverished communities hoping that a casino, or any other initiative, would spur a reversal of fortunes. Some of them are now demanding equal treatment with the Southern Tier. Judith L. Kennedy, the mayor of Newburgh, 70 miles north of New York City, sent a letter on Tuesday expressing “strenuous objections” that her onetime industrial city had been excluded from consideration for a fourth casino license. The unemployment rate in Newburgh is 8.5 percent, a good deal higher than the Southern Tier. “We ask for a fair process that includes Newburgh where all proposals can be analyzed and vetted on the merits,” the letter said. The developers behind a proposed $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills also asked for equal consideration for the fourth license, which they say is the “last chance for Ellenville and for the iconic resort.” The developer told the Gaming Commission that it was negotiating with a strong company, RatPac Entertainment — a joint venture of Brett Ratner, a Hollywood producer, and James Packer, an Australian billionaire and casino operator — to take over the project.

Answer: $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills

But the Southern Tier is not the only area with impoverished communities hoping that a casino, or any other initiative, would spur a reversal of fortunes. Some of them are now demanding equal treatment with the Southern Tier. Judith L. Kennedy, the mayor of Newburgh, 70 miles north of New York City, sent a letter on Tuesday expressing “strenuous objections” that her onetime industrial city had been excluded from consideration for a fourth casino license. The unemployment rate in Newburgh is 8.5 percent, a good deal higher than the Southern Tier. “We ask for a fair process that includes Newburgh where all proposals can be analyzed and vetted on the merits,” the letter said. <hl> The developers behind a proposed $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills also asked for equal consideration for the fourth license, which they say is the “last chance for Ellenville and for the iconic resort.” <hl> The developer told the Gaming Commission that it was negotiating with a strong company, RatPac Entertainment — a joint venture of Brett Ratner, a Hollywood producer, and James Packer, an Australian billionaire and casino operator — to take over the project.

But the Southern Tier is not the only area with impoverished communities hoping that a casino, or any other initiative, would spur a reversal of fortunes. Some of them are now demanding equal treatment with the Southern Tier. Judith L. Kennedy, the mayor of Newburgh, 70 miles north of New York City, sent a letter on Tuesday expressing “strenuous objections” that her onetime industrial city had been excluded from consideration for a fourth casino license. The unemployment rate in Newburgh is 8.5 percent, a good deal higher than the Southern Tier. “We ask for a fair process that includes Newburgh where all proposals can be analyzed and vetted on the merits,” the letter said. The developers behind a proposed <hl> $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills <hl> also asked for equal consideration for the fourth license, which they say is the “last chance for Ellenville and for the iconic resort.” The developer told the Gaming Commission that it was negotiating with a strong company, RatPac Entertainment — a joint venture of Brett Ratner, a Hollywood producer, and James Packer, an Australian billionaire and casino operator — to take over the project.


Question: What year was "Backward Ran Sentences" released?

Parody ages fast, as its targets drop from public view. So do reviews of long-forgotten plays and movies. Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater. Dour, melancholic, he was considered impossible to please. He committed offenses against basic fairness by showing up drunk to performances or leaving well before they ended. The reviews he wrote are undeniably droll. Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by Thomas Vinciguerra. Page after page of lively, witty, lean prose demonstrates why Gibbs was so appealing to readers. He took down pretensions and uncannily mimicked the great voices of his era. His critique of film reviewers’ lazy vocabulary (“luminous,” “taut,” “haunting”) still stands as a rebuke today (and can equally be applied to book reviewers). Gibbs did in fact respond to quality in the theater, writing at least partial appreciations of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Death of a Salesman” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” although he despised “Waiting for Godot.” While his praise was far rarer than his condemnation, one can’t help feeling affection for a critic who sent the following form reply to readers who wrote in to quarrel with his views: “Dear Sir [or Madam]: You may be right. Sincerely, Wolcott Gibbs.”

Answer: 2011

Parody ages fast, as its targets drop from public view. So do reviews of long-forgotten plays and movies. Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater. Dour, melancholic, he was considered impossible to please. He committed offenses against basic fairness by showing up drunk to performances or leaving well before they ended. The reviews he wrote are undeniably droll. Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in <hl> a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by Thomas Vinciguerra. <hl> Page after page of lively, witty, lean prose demonstrates why Gibbs was so appealing to readers. He took down pretensions and uncannily mimicked the great voices of his era. His critique of film reviewers’ lazy vocabulary (“luminous,” “taut,” “haunting”) still stands as a rebuke today (and can equally be applied to book reviewers). Gibbs did in fact respond to quality in the theater, writing at least partial appreciations of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Death of a Salesman” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” although he despised “Waiting for Godot.” While his praise was far rarer than his condemnation, one can’t help feeling affection for a critic who sent the following form reply to readers who wrote in to quarrel with his views: “Dear Sir [or Madam]: You may be right. Sincerely, Wolcott Gibbs.”

Parody ages fast, as its targets drop from public view. So do reviews of long-forgotten plays and movies. Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater. Dour, melancholic, he was considered impossible to please. He committed offenses against basic fairness by showing up drunk to performances or leaving well before they ended. The reviews he wrote are undeniably droll. Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in a <hl> 2011 <hl> collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by Thomas Vinciguerra. Page after page of lively, witty, lean prose demonstrates why Gibbs was so appealing to readers. He took down pretensions and uncannily mimicked the great voices of his era. His critique of film reviewers’ lazy vocabulary (“luminous,” “taut,” “haunting”) still stands as a rebuke today (and can equally be applied to book reviewers). Gibbs did in fact respond to quality in the theater, writing at least partial appreciations of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Death of a Salesman” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” although he despised “Waiting for Godot.” While his praise was far rarer than his condemnation, one can’t help feeling affection for a critic who sent the following form reply to readers who wrote in to quarrel with his views: “Dear Sir [or Madam]: You may be right. Sincerely, Wolcott Gibbs.”


Question: The author was content with  their spiritual well being as long as they abstained from what?

“Like …” I groped. “…Greed?” All I knew about greed was cartoons of Scrooge McDuck sitting on a pile of money. There were obviously a lot of character failings we could have discussed. My friends and I were capable of floating for weeks without seriously directing attention at anything that didn’t involve ourselves. But as long as we kept away from boys’ wandering hands, we felt spiritually A-O.K. This pope is highly unlikely to accept gay marriage, and he’ll never give abortion a pass. But in Washington he grouped abortion in a long catalog of wrongs that need to be righted: hungry children, bombing, “immigrants who drown in the search for a better tomorrow,” old or sick people who are treated as a burden, terrorism, war, drug trafficking and environmental devastation. It’s a long, long way from believing that God looked at Clark Gable’s soul and saw nothing but a guy who got divorced.

Answer: boys’ wandering hands

“Like …” I groped. “…Greed?” All I knew about greed was cartoons of Scrooge McDuck sitting on a pile of money. There were obviously a lot of character failings we could have discussed. My friends and I were capable of floating for weeks without seriously directing attention at anything that didn’t involve ourselves. <hl> But as long as we kept away from boys’ wandering hands , we felt spiritually A-O.K. <hl> This pope is highly unlikely to accept gay marriage, and he’ll never give abortion a pass. But in Washington he grouped abortion in a long catalog of wrongs that need to be righted: hungry children, bombing, “immigrants who drown in the search for a better tomorrow,” old or sick people who are treated as a burden, terrorism, war, drug trafficking and environmental devastation. It’s a long, long way from believing that God looked at Clark Gable’s soul and saw nothing but a guy who got divorced.

“Like …” I groped. “…Greed?” All I knew about greed was cartoons of Scrooge McDuck sitting on a pile of money. There were obviously a lot of character failings we could have discussed. My friends and I were capable of floating for weeks without seriously directing attention at anything that didn’t involve ourselves. But as long as we kept away from <hl> boys’ wandering hands <hl>, we felt spiritually A-O.K. This pope is highly unlikely to accept gay marriage, and he’ll never give abortion a pass. But in Washington he grouped abortion in a long catalog of wrongs that need to be righted: hungry children, bombing, “immigrants who drown in the search for a better tomorrow,” old or sick people who are treated as a burden, terrorism, war, drug trafficking and environmental devastation. It’s a long, long way from believing that God looked at Clark Gable’s soul and saw nothing but a guy who got divorced.

But as long as we kept away from <hl> boys’ wandering hands <hl> , we felt spiritually A-O.K.


Question: Who is Marcelo Aguirre?

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

Answer: a paramedic

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

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


Question: What was the height of Mr. Harrell?

“I saw the officers kicking him, jumping on his head multiple times and screaming, ‘Stop resisting,’ even though I didn’t see him moving,” wrote Mr. Pearson, who has since been released after serving two years on a weapons charge. None of the affidavits or letters mentioned Mr. Harrell’s fighting back or speaking during the encounter. Several said that once he was on the floor, handcuffed, he stopped moving, and a few of the inmates speculated he may have already been dead by then. Indeed, Mr. Camara said inmates were surprised that Mr. Harrell, who was over six feet tall and weighed 235 pounds, did not try to defend himself. “People was even mad, I was mad,” he said. “You’re a big guy and you let these people literally kill you.” The inmates said that during the encounter, an officer they identified as Robert Michels appeared to have a medical emergency. Mr. Pearson, who later identified Officer Michels through a Facebook photo, said he saw the officer “rip open his shirt and he was gasping for air and grabbing his chest.” Officers went to attend to Officer Michels, who was soon carried out on a stretcher, inmates said. Identifying the Guards While Mr. Harrell lay still on the floor, officers periodically walked by, kicking him and hitting him, Mr. Camara said.

Answer: over six feet tall

“I saw the officers kicking him, jumping on his head multiple times and screaming, ‘Stop resisting,’ even though I didn’t see him moving,” wrote Mr. Pearson, who has since been released after serving two years on a weapons charge. None of the affidavits or letters mentioned Mr. Harrell’s fighting back or speaking during the encounter. Several said that once he was on the floor, handcuffed, he stopped moving, and a few of the inmates speculated he may have already been dead by then. <hl> Indeed, Mr. Camara said inmates were surprised that Mr. Harrell, who was over six feet tall and weighed 235 pounds, did not try to defend himself. <hl> “People was even mad, I was mad,” he said. “You’re a big guy and you let these people literally kill you.” The inmates said that during the encounter, an officer they identified as Robert Michels appeared to have a medical emergency. Mr. Pearson, who later identified Officer Michels through a Facebook photo, said he saw the officer “rip open his shirt and he was gasping for air and grabbing his chest.” Officers went to attend to Officer Michels, who was soon carried out on a stretcher, inmates said. Identifying the Guards While Mr. Harrell lay still on the floor, officers periodically walked by, kicking him and hitting him, Mr. Camara said.

“I saw the officers kicking him, jumping on his head multiple times and screaming, ‘Stop resisting,’ even though I didn’t see him moving,” wrote Mr. Pearson, who has since been released after serving two years on a weapons charge. None of the affidavits or letters mentioned Mr. Harrell’s fighting back or speaking during the encounter. Several said that once he was on the floor, handcuffed, he stopped moving, and a few of the inmates speculated he may have already been dead by then. Indeed, Mr. Camara said inmates were surprised that Mr. Harrell, who was <hl> over six feet tall <hl> and weighed 235 pounds, did not try to defend himself. “People was even mad, I was mad,” he said. “You’re a big guy and you let these people literally kill you.” The inmates said that during the encounter, an officer they identified as Robert Michels appeared to have a medical emergency. Mr. Pearson, who later identified Officer Michels through a Facebook photo, said he saw the officer “rip open his shirt and he was gasping for air and grabbing his chest.” Officers went to attend to Officer Michels, who was soon carried out on a stretcher, inmates said. Identifying the Guards While Mr. Harrell lay still on the floor, officers periodically walked by, kicking him and hitting him, Mr. Camara said.


Question: What genre was Lost And Found: New?

Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.

Answer: semiautobiographical fiction

<hl> Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction : “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler. <hl>

Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of <hl> semiautobiographical fiction <hl>: “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.

Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of <hl> semiautobiographical fiction <hl> : “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.


Question: What percentage of women play videogames?

Like men, about half of all women play video games. But men are far more likely to call themselves “gamers.” That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found 48 percent of women play video games, just shy of the 50 percent of men who play. The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men. Video game experts said it was no surprise that women are shunning an association with gaming culture as the community of hard-core players has become increasingly identified with sexist attitudes among its fringe members.

Answer: 48 percent of women

Like men, about half of all women play video games. But men are far more likely to call themselves “gamers.” <hl> That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found 48 percent of women play video games, just shy of the 50 percent of men who play. <hl> The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men. Video game experts said it was no surprise that women are shunning an association with gaming culture as the community of hard-core players has become increasingly identified with sexist attitudes among its fringe members.

Like men, about half of all women play video games. But men are far more likely to call themselves “gamers.” That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found <hl> 48 percent of women <hl> play video games, just shy of the 50 percent of men who play. The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men. Video game experts said it was no surprise that women are shunning an association with gaming culture as the community of hard-core players has become increasingly identified with sexist attitudes among its fringe members.