Question: How many apprentices were named at City Ballet?

“Maybe she wanted me to follow in her footsteps,” Ms. Bradley said. And now Ms. Bradley has a chance to get into City Ballet, which rarely accepts dancers who have not trained at its school. Still, she said that she has had friends tell her that the school “probably needs a black girl to make it look more diverse.” She disagrees. “The teachers don’t care about that,” she said. “They just want you to do your tendu. I’m glad S.A.B. is like that. Lately, with this whole Misty Copeland thing — she’s black. It just shouldn’t have anything to do with that. It should just be like, she’s so good at ballet, she should be a principal. Now she is a principal, but it shouldn’t have taken all of that.” Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white. In the main company, Mr. Farley, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, Taylor Stanley and Lara Tong have become familiar dancers. Is the company ready for a black female principal, too? “We’ve always been ready!” Mr. Martins exclaimed. “But where is she? Show me her. I’ll take her in a minute.”

Answer: five

“Maybe she wanted me to follow in her footsteps,” Ms. Bradley said. And now Ms. Bradley has a chance to get into City Ballet, which rarely accepts dancers who have not trained at its school. Still, she said that she has had friends tell her that the school “probably needs a black girl to make it look more diverse.” She disagrees. “The teachers don’t care about that,” she said. “They just want you to do your tendu. I’m glad S.A.B. is like that. Lately, with this whole Misty Copeland thing — she’s black. It just shouldn’t have anything to do with that. It should just be like, she’s so good at ballet, she should be a principal. Now she is a principal, but it shouldn’t have taken all of that.” <hl> Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white. <hl> In the main company, Mr. Farley, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, Taylor Stanley and Lara Tong have become familiar dancers. Is the company ready for a black female principal, too? “We’ve always been ready!” Mr. Martins exclaimed. “But where is she? Show me her. I’ll take her in a minute.”

“Maybe she wanted me to follow in her footsteps,” Ms. Bradley said. And now Ms. Bradley has a chance to get into City Ballet, which rarely accepts dancers who have not trained at its school. Still, she said that she has had friends tell her that the school “probably needs a black girl to make it look more diverse.” She disagrees. “The teachers don’t care about that,” she said. “They just want you to do your tendu. I’m glad S.A.B. is like that. Lately, with this whole Misty Copeland thing — she’s black. It just shouldn’t have anything to do with that. It should just be like, she’s so good at ballet, she should be a principal. Now she is a principal, but it shouldn’t have taken all of that.” Last spring, of the <hl> five <hl> apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white. In the main company, Mr. Farley, Olivia Boisson, Preston Chamblee, Taylor Stanley and Lara Tong have become familiar dancers. Is the company ready for a black female principal, too? “We’ve always been ready!” Mr. Martins exclaimed. “But where is she? Show me her. I’ll take her in a minute.”


Question: What did the federal judge do with Delta Air Lines' longstanding claim?

WASHINGTON —  Last week, with little notice, a federal judge here tossed out Delta Air Lines’ longstanding claim that the government’s export credit agency — which, among other things, provides loan guarantees to overseas airlines for the purchase of Boeing jets — was helping international competitors at the airline’s expense. Delta offered only a shrug. Judicial opinions aside, the continued existence of the Export-Import Bank turns more on bare-knuckle politics than on legal niceties. “We pursued all our options in court, but we’ve known all along this is going to be won or lost in Congress,” said Trebor Banstetter, a Delta spokesman in Atlanta.

Answer: tossed out

<hl> WASHINGTON — Last week, with little notice, a federal judge here tossed out Delta Air Lines’ longstanding claim that the government’s export credit agency — which, among other things, provides loan guarantees to overseas airlines for the purchase of Boeing jets — was helping international competitors at the airline’s expense. <hl> Delta offered only a shrug. Judicial opinions aside, the continued existence of the Export-Import Bank turns more on bare-knuckle politics than on legal niceties. “We pursued all our options in court, but we’ve known all along this is going to be won or lost in Congress,” said Trebor Banstetter, a Delta spokesman in Atlanta.

WASHINGTON — Last week, with little notice, a federal judge here <hl> tossed out <hl> Delta Air Lines’ longstanding claim that the government’s export credit agency — which, among other things, provides loan guarantees to overseas airlines for the purchase of Boeing jets — was helping international competitors at the airline’s expense. Delta offered only a shrug. Judicial opinions aside, the continued existence of the Export-Import Bank turns more on bare-knuckle politics than on legal niceties. “We pursued all our options in court, but we’ve known all along this is going to be won or lost in Congress,” said Trebor Banstetter, a Delta spokesman in Atlanta.


Question: Who was Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi?

FRONT PAGE Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 29 about the Islamic State’s control of the Libyan city of Surt, which Western agencies say may give it a fallback option in case it is ousted from its territories in Iraq and Syria, misstated the location of the city of Darnah, close to where Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an Iraqi leader of the Islamic State, was killed by an American airstrike in November. Darnah is in eastern Libya, not Syria. • An article on Nov. 30 about the potential discovery of the long-sought burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti, which would boost Egypt’s struggling tourism industry, quoted incorrectly from the paper “The Burial of Nefertiti?” by Nicholas Reeves, a noted Egyptologist. The paper referred to an “earlier royal interment,” not “internment.” • An article on Friday about compensation for the Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 misidentified, in some editions, the party affiliation of Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia, who promoted legislation for years to compensate the Americans. He is a Democrat, not a Republican. INTERNATIONAL Because of an editing error, an article on Dec. 13 about the first elections in Saudi Arabia to include women as voters and candidates misstated the number of Saudi citizens in some editions. There are roughly 20 million, not 28 million. •

Answer: Iraqi leader of the Islamic State

<hl> FRONT PAGE Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 29 about the Islamic State’s control of the Libyan city of Surt, which Western agencies say may give it a fallback option in case it is ousted from its territories in Iraq and Syria, misstated the location of the city of Darnah, close to where Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an Iraqi leader of the Islamic State , was killed by an American airstrike in November. <hl> Darnah is in eastern Libya, not Syria. • An article on Nov. 30 about the potential discovery of the long-sought burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti, which would boost Egypt’s struggling tourism industry, quoted incorrectly from the paper “The Burial of Nefertiti?” by Nicholas Reeves, a noted Egyptologist. The paper referred to an “earlier royal interment,” not “internment.” • An article on Friday about compensation for the Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 misidentified, in some editions, the party affiliation of Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia, who promoted legislation for years to compensate the Americans. He is a Democrat, not a Republican. INTERNATIONAL Because of an editing error, an article on Dec. 13 about the first elections in Saudi Arabia to include women as voters and candidates misstated the number of Saudi citizens in some editions. There are roughly 20 million, not 28 million. •

FRONT PAGE Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 29 about the Islamic State’s control of the Libyan city of Surt, which Western agencies say may give it a fallback option in case it is ousted from its territories in Iraq and Syria, misstated the location of the city of Darnah, close to where Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an <hl> Iraqi leader of the Islamic State <hl>, was killed by an American airstrike in November. Darnah is in eastern Libya, not Syria. • An article on Nov. 30 about the potential discovery of the long-sought burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti, which would boost Egypt’s struggling tourism industry, quoted incorrectly from the paper “The Burial of Nefertiti?” by Nicholas Reeves, a noted Egyptologist. The paper referred to an “earlier royal interment,” not “internment.” • An article on Friday about compensation for the Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 misidentified, in some editions, the party affiliation of Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia, who promoted legislation for years to compensate the Americans. He is a Democrat, not a Republican. INTERNATIONAL Because of an editing error, an article on Dec. 13 about the first elections in Saudi Arabia to include women as voters and candidates misstated the number of Saudi citizens in some editions. There are roughly 20 million, not 28 million. •

FRONT PAGE Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 29 about the Islamic State’s control of the Libyan city of Surt, which Western agencies say may give it a fallback option in case it is ousted from its territories in Iraq and Syria, misstated the location of the city of Darnah, close to where Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an <hl> Iraqi leader of the Islamic State <hl> , was killed by an American airstrike in November.


Question: How long did it take to sell the first 12,000 copies?

Proust For The People: Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list. Sort of. The French artist Stéphane Heuet’s illustrated interpretation of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of Proust’s sprawling semiautobiographical novel “In Search of Lost Time,” is at No. 5 in its seventh week on the graphic novel hardcover list. Heuet has been adapting the book since 1988, when the first installment was published in France — to violent dismay. Le Figaro called the project “blasphemous” and “catastrophic,” with the critic Hervé de Saint-Hilaire taking special exception to the depiction of the young Marcel (“a formless little boy with idiotic eyes’’). Heuet defended himself, telling The New York Times: “Proust has been kept in a ghetto of snobs as a sort of precious gold and diamond object. For me, any effort to democratize Proust is valid.” And, as it happens, lucrative. Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in three weeks. Of course, comics play a surprisingly large and vital role in French publishing. According to Publishers Weekly, graphic novel sales in France have been put at about $458 million, and they make up about 12.5 percent of all books published, compared with about 3 percent in America. And critics should have no cause for concern; Heuet and Arthur Goldhammer, the book’s translator, envision it as a tantalizing introduction to “In Search of Lost Time” — not a substitute for the real thing. “Stéphane Heuet and I have tried to preserve the ‘flavor’ of Proust . . . his ‘fragrance’ — as un menu de dégustation, or tasting menu, tries to give a full sampling of the dishes in the repertoire of a great chef,” Goldhammer writes in the preface. “Those who find the taste to their liking will want to return often to savor fuller portions.”

Answer: three weeks

Proust For The People: Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list. Sort of. The French artist Stéphane Heuet’s illustrated interpretation of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of Proust’s sprawling semiautobiographical novel “In Search of Lost Time,” is at No. 5 in its seventh week on the graphic novel hardcover list. Heuet has been adapting the book since 1988, when the first installment was published in France — to violent dismay. Le Figaro called the project “blasphemous” and “catastrophic,” with the critic Hervé de Saint-Hilaire taking special exception to the depiction of the young Marcel (“a formless little boy with idiotic eyes’’). Heuet defended himself, telling The New York Times: “Proust has been kept in a ghetto of snobs as a sort of precious gold and diamond object. For me, any effort to democratize Proust is valid.” And, as it happens, lucrative. <hl> Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in three weeks . <hl> Of course, comics play a surprisingly large and vital role in French publishing. According to Publishers Weekly, graphic novel sales in France have been put at about $458 million, and they make up about 12.5 percent of all books published, compared with about 3 percent in America. And critics should have no cause for concern; Heuet and Arthur Goldhammer, the book’s translator, envision it as a tantalizing introduction to “In Search of Lost Time” — not a substitute for the real thing. “Stéphane Heuet and I have tried to preserve the ‘flavor’ of Proust . . . his ‘fragrance’ — as un menu de dégustation, or tasting menu, tries to give a full sampling of the dishes in the repertoire of a great chef,” Goldhammer writes in the preface. “Those who find the taste to their liking will want to return often to savor fuller portions.”

Proust For The People: Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list. Sort of. The French artist Stéphane Heuet’s illustrated interpretation of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of Proust’s sprawling semiautobiographical novel “In Search of Lost Time,” is at No. 5 in its seventh week on the graphic novel hardcover list. Heuet has been adapting the book since 1988, when the first installment was published in France — to violent dismay. Le Figaro called the project “blasphemous” and “catastrophic,” with the critic Hervé de Saint-Hilaire taking special exception to the depiction of the young Marcel (“a formless little boy with idiotic eyes’’). Heuet defended himself, telling The New York Times: “Proust has been kept in a ghetto of snobs as a sort of precious gold and diamond object. For me, any effort to democratize Proust is valid.” And, as it happens, lucrative. Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in <hl> three weeks <hl>. Of course, comics play a surprisingly large and vital role in French publishing. According to Publishers Weekly, graphic novel sales in France have been put at about $458 million, and they make up about 12.5 percent of all books published, compared with about 3 percent in America. And critics should have no cause for concern; Heuet and Arthur Goldhammer, the book’s translator, envision it as a tantalizing introduction to “In Search of Lost Time” — not a substitute for the real thing. “Stéphane Heuet and I have tried to preserve the ‘flavor’ of Proust . . . his ‘fragrance’ — as un menu de dégustation, or tasting menu, tries to give a full sampling of the dishes in the repertoire of a great chef,” Goldhammer writes in the preface. “Those who find the taste to their liking will want to return often to savor fuller portions.”

Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in <hl> three weeks <hl> .


Question: What was Youseff's former occupation?

“You needed a lot of improbable factors aligned for this case to begin,” Mr. Dallagnol said, sitting at a conference table one afternoon. “It was like the gods giving us a window of opportunity.” In 2012, the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station. (This undistinguished institution once housed a carwash, since closed, which gave the investigation its name.) An officer on a wiretapped conversation realized that he was listening to Alberto Youssef. “Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an air traffic controller,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer. “And the cop, he said to himself, ‘I know this guy.’ Pretty soon, they were tapping Youssef’s cellphone.”

Answer: pilot

“You needed a lot of improbable factors aligned for this case to begin,” Mr. Dallagnol said, sitting at a conference table one afternoon. “It was like the gods giving us a window of opportunity.” In 2012, the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station. (This undistinguished institution once housed a carwash, since closed, which gave the investigation its name.) An officer on a wiretapped conversation realized that he was listening to Alberto Youssef. <hl> “Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an air traffic controller,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer. <hl> “And the cop, he said to himself, ‘I know this guy.’ Pretty soon, they were tapping Youssef’s cellphone.”

“You needed a lot of improbable factors aligned for this case to begin,” Mr. Dallagnol said, sitting at a conference table one afternoon. “It was like the gods giving us a window of opportunity.” In 2012, the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station. (This undistinguished institution once housed a carwash, since closed, which gave the investigation its name.) An officer on a wiretapped conversation realized that he was listening to Alberto Youssef. “Youssef had been a <hl> pilot <hl> for many years, and the cop was once an air traffic controller,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer. “And the cop, he said to himself, ‘I know this guy.’ Pretty soon, they were tapping Youssef’s cellphone.”


Question: China has been considering better interest rates since what year?

They will also have to compete for customer deposits by paying higher interest rates to savers. China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will increase their spending; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth. The challenges are significant, for banks and the economy. China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the mid-1980s, and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993. Policy makers have hesitated in part because similar financial reforms have set off crises in other markets.

Answer: mid-1980s

They will also have to compete for customer deposits by paying higher interest rates to savers. China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will increase their spending; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth. The challenges are significant, for banks and the economy. <hl> China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the mid-1980s , and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993. <hl> Policy makers have hesitated in part because similar financial reforms have set off crises in other markets.

They will also have to compete for customer deposits by paying higher interest rates to savers. China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will increase their spending; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth. The challenges are significant, for banks and the economy. China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the <hl> mid-1980s <hl>, and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993. Policy makers have hesitated in part because similar financial reforms have set off crises in other markets.

China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the <hl> mid-1980s <hl> , and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993.


Question: What does Garth Fagan Dance have roots in?

That night Garth Fagan Dance performs outside. The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who emigrated from Trinidad. The dancers will perform a new piece that honors Mr. Holder as well as three other short works. Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble). Tickets are not required, but you may want to grab a seat at least an hour in advance.

Answer: has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance

That night Garth Fagan Dance performs outside. <hl> The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who emigrated from Trinidad. <hl> The dancers will perform a new piece that honors Mr. Holder as well as three other short works. Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble). Tickets are not required, but you may want to grab a seat at least an hour in advance.

That night Garth Fagan Dance performs outside. The company’s work <hl> has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance <hl> — a fit for Mr. Holder, who emigrated from Trinidad. The dancers will perform a new piece that honors Mr. Holder as well as three other short works. Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble). Tickets are not required, but you may want to grab a seat at least an hour in advance.


Question: Where did the rides end at?

In my line of work, grimness of the mouth sets in after I’ve eaten too many things that are trying so hard to impress that they lose touch with anything that comes close to pleasure. And each time I see a roomful of people handing hundreds or thousands of dollars over to a chef who stopped caring a long time ago, my mood turns distinctly Novemberish. Whaling jobs being harder to come by than in Melville’s day, my sea voyages usually take the form of a short ride to a cheap restaurant where warm flavors from another part of the world will burn off my interior drizzle. Recently, these rides have ended at Chomp Chomp in Greenwich Village for radish cakes, noodle soups with transporting powers, coconut rice, triangles of golden beef-filled roti wet with curry sauce, and other treats from the food courts of Singapore.

Answer: Chomp Chomp

In my line of work, grimness of the mouth sets in after I’ve eaten too many things that are trying so hard to impress that they lose touch with anything that comes close to pleasure. And each time I see a roomful of people handing hundreds or thousands of dollars over to a chef who stopped caring a long time ago, my mood turns distinctly Novemberish. Whaling jobs being harder to come by than in Melville’s day, my sea voyages usually take the form of a short ride to a cheap restaurant where warm flavors from another part of the world will burn off my interior drizzle. <hl> Recently, these rides have ended at Chomp Chomp in Greenwich Village for radish cakes, noodle soups with transporting powers, coconut rice, triangles of golden beef-filled roti wet with curry sauce, and other treats from the food courts of Singapore. <hl>

In my line of work, grimness of the mouth sets in after I’ve eaten too many things that are trying so hard to impress that they lose touch with anything that comes close to pleasure. And each time I see a roomful of people handing hundreds or thousands of dollars over to a chef who stopped caring a long time ago, my mood turns distinctly Novemberish. Whaling jobs being harder to come by than in Melville’s day, my sea voyages usually take the form of a short ride to a cheap restaurant where warm flavors from another part of the world will burn off my interior drizzle. Recently, these rides have ended at <hl> Chomp Chomp <hl> in Greenwich Village for radish cakes, noodle soups with transporting powers, coconut rice, triangles of golden beef-filled roti wet with curry sauce, and other treats from the food courts of Singapore.


Question: What does Mills think will have a big impact on the draft?

The team had no such luck this time around. Then again, a top-five pick is a luxury for the Knicks, who have a troubling history of trading away picks in ill-advised deals. More recently, they have been hamstrung by salary-cap limitations — code for excessive spending. Still, they will have money to spend this summer after shedding the onerous contracts that belonged to Amar’e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani, among others. Mills projected that the team would be $28 million under the cap. He also said that free agency could affect the Knicks’ approach to the draft. “It’ll have a big impact,” he said. “We’ll look at what kind of guys are going to move in free agency and have our draft plans accordingly.”

Answer: free agency

The team had no such luck this time around. Then again, a top-five pick is a luxury for the Knicks, who have a troubling history of trading away picks in ill-advised deals. More recently, they have been hamstrung by salary-cap limitations — code for excessive spending. Still, they will have money to spend this summer after shedding the onerous contracts that belonged to Amar’e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani, among others. Mills projected that the team would be $28 million under the cap. <hl> He also said that free agency could affect the Knicks’ approach to the draft. <hl> “It’ll have a big impact,” he said. “We’ll look at what kind of guys are going to move in free agency and have our draft plans accordingly.”

The team had no such luck this time around. Then again, a top-five pick is a luxury for the Knicks, who have a troubling history of trading away picks in ill-advised deals. More recently, they have been hamstrung by salary-cap limitations — code for excessive spending. Still, they will have money to spend this summer after shedding the onerous contracts that belonged to Amar’e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani, among others. Mills projected that the team would be $28 million under the cap. He also said that <hl> free agency <hl> could affect the Knicks’ approach to the draft. “It’ll have a big impact,” he said. “We’ll look at what kind of guys are going to move in free agency and have our draft plans accordingly.”


Question: With whom is Bombadier trying to compete?

While a $1.5 billion cash infusion from Quebec’s public pension management fund last week stabilized the financial situation at Bombardier, the Canadian plane and train maker will still have much to explain at an investor day in New York on Tuesday. The new cash came on top of $1 billion from the Quebec government and both were made necessary by the company’s struggling plan to move up from business and regional jets to compete directly with Boeing and Airbus in the airliner market. Among other things, investors will be looking for signs that Bombardier can find a substantial number of buyers for its overdue and overcost C Series jets. —Ian Austen

Answer: Boeing and Airbus

While a $1.5 billion cash infusion from Quebec’s public pension management fund last week stabilized the financial situation at Bombardier, the Canadian plane and train maker will still have much to explain at an investor day in New York on Tuesday. <hl> The new cash came on top of $1 billion from the Quebec government and both were made necessary by the company’s struggling plan to move up from business and regional jets to compete directly with Boeing and Airbus in the airliner market. <hl> Among other things, investors will be looking for signs that Bombardier can find a substantial number of buyers for its overdue and overcost C Series jets. —Ian Austen

While a $1.5 billion cash infusion from Quebec’s public pension management fund last week stabilized the financial situation at Bombardier, the Canadian plane and train maker will still have much to explain at an investor day in New York on Tuesday. The new cash came on top of $1 billion from the Quebec government and both were made necessary by the company’s struggling plan to move up from business and regional jets to compete directly with <hl> Boeing and Airbus <hl> in the airliner market. Among other things, investors will be looking for signs that Bombardier can find a substantial number of buyers for its overdue and overcost C Series jets. —Ian Austen


Question: What did Silver delgate duties to?

In an unusual arrangement, Mr. Silver would not quit his post. Instead, he would temporarily delegate his duties as speaker to a group of senior Assembly members. Under the plan, which the Assembly’s Democratic caucus is to consider in a closed-door meeting on Monday afternoon, Mr. Silver would “not specifically step down, but step back,” according to a person briefed on the situation, who insisted on anonymity because the plan had not yet been presented to the caucus. Immediately after Mr. Silver’s arrest on Thursday, Democrats in the Assembly rallied behind him. Mr. Silver, who has proved adept over the years at withstanding ethical and legal scrutiny, predicted he would be vindicated.

Answer: speaker to a group of senior Assembly members

In an unusual arrangement, Mr. Silver would not quit his post. <hl> Instead, he would temporarily delegate his duties as speaker to a group of senior Assembly members . <hl> Under the plan, which the Assembly’s Democratic caucus is to consider in a closed-door meeting on Monday afternoon, Mr. Silver would “not specifically step down, but step back,” according to a person briefed on the situation, who insisted on anonymity because the plan had not yet been presented to the caucus. Immediately after Mr. Silver’s arrest on Thursday, Democrats in the Assembly rallied behind him. Mr. Silver, who has proved adept over the years at withstanding ethical and legal scrutiny, predicted he would be vindicated.

In an unusual arrangement, Mr. Silver would not quit his post. Instead, he would temporarily delegate his duties as <hl> speaker to a group of senior Assembly members <hl>. Under the plan, which the Assembly’s Democratic caucus is to consider in a closed-door meeting on Monday afternoon, Mr. Silver would “not specifically step down, but step back,” according to a person briefed on the situation, who insisted on anonymity because the plan had not yet been presented to the caucus. Immediately after Mr. Silver’s arrest on Thursday, Democrats in the Assembly rallied behind him. Mr. Silver, who has proved adept over the years at withstanding ethical and legal scrutiny, predicted he would be vindicated.

Instead, he would temporarily delegate his duties as <hl> speaker to a group of senior Assembly members <hl> .


Question: What French author is published by Little Brown Bear?

Major publishers are seizing on the trend. This year, Little, Brown will release four illustrated coloring books for adults, all subtitled “Color Your Way to Calm.” The books, “Splendid Cities” by the British artists Rosie Goodwin and Alice Chadwick and three titles by the French illustrator Zoé de Las Cases, feature detailed cityscapes with famous landmarks, cafes and street life. Promotional materials for the books emphasize the health benefits of “mindful coloring,” noting that the activity “has been shown to be a stress reliever for adults.”

Answer: Zoé de Las Cases

Major publishers are seizing on the trend. This year, Little, Brown will release four illustrated coloring books for adults, all subtitled “Color Your Way to Calm.” <hl> The books, “Splendid Cities” by the British artists Rosie Goodwin and Alice Chadwick and three titles by the French illustrator Zoé de Las Cases , feature detailed cityscapes with famous landmarks, cafes and street life. <hl> Promotional materials for the books emphasize the health benefits of “mindful coloring,” noting that the activity “has been shown to be a stress reliever for adults.”

Major publishers are seizing on the trend. This year, Little, Brown will release four illustrated coloring books for adults, all subtitled “Color Your Way to Calm.” The books, “Splendid Cities” by the British artists Rosie Goodwin and Alice Chadwick and three titles by the French illustrator <hl> Zoé de Las Cases <hl>, feature detailed cityscapes with famous landmarks, cafes and street life. Promotional materials for the books emphasize the health benefits of “mindful coloring,” noting that the activity “has been shown to be a stress reliever for adults.”

The books, “Splendid Cities” by the British artists Rosie Goodwin and Alice Chadwick and three titles by the French illustrator <hl> Zoé de Las Cases <hl> , feature detailed cityscapes with famous landmarks, cafes and street life.


Question: What did Steven Pifer say in the beginning?

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

Answer: Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later

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

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

“ <hl> Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later <hl> ,” said Steven Pifer, a former American ambassador to Ukraine.


Question: What is the age of Mr. Schrock?

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

Answer: 29

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

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

Mr. Schrock, <hl> 29 <hl> , is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York.


Question: What two political candidates deny that climate change is caused by humans?

But now the leading Republican presidential candidates, with a far bigger megaphone than Exxon ever had, are promoting the very junk science that was hatched, in part, in Exxon’s board room. As a global citizen, Exxon failed miserably, to say the least. A host of organizations, and some politicians have called for Exxon to be prosecuted for fraud not unlike that which tobacco companies engaged in when they hid the risks of smoking. Exxon argues that it was a climate change “pioneer” and didn’t so much deceive the public as stir a broader debate. At least it is now on record as stating the obvious: that climate change is real, and human-caused, and that something — perhaps beneficial to its corporate bottom line — needs to be done. The Republicans did not get the updated memo. Their two leading candidates for office, Ben Carson and Donald Trump, deny the consensus of human-caused climate change. They’re still reading from quarter-century-old Exxon talking points.

Answer: Ben Carson and Donald Trump

But now the leading Republican presidential candidates, with a far bigger megaphone than Exxon ever had, are promoting the very junk science that was hatched, in part, in Exxon’s board room. As a global citizen, Exxon failed miserably, to say the least. A host of organizations, and some politicians have called for Exxon to be prosecuted for fraud not unlike that which tobacco companies engaged in when they hid the risks of smoking. Exxon argues that it was a climate change “pioneer” and didn’t so much deceive the public as stir a broader debate. At least it is now on record as stating the obvious: that climate change is real, and human-caused, and that something — perhaps beneficial to its corporate bottom line — needs to be done. The Republicans did not get the updated memo. <hl> Their two leading candidates for office, Ben Carson and Donald Trump , deny the consensus of human-caused climate change. <hl> They’re still reading from quarter-century-old Exxon talking points.

But now the leading Republican presidential candidates, with a far bigger megaphone than Exxon ever had, are promoting the very junk science that was hatched, in part, in Exxon’s board room. As a global citizen, Exxon failed miserably, to say the least. A host of organizations, and some politicians have called for Exxon to be prosecuted for fraud not unlike that which tobacco companies engaged in when they hid the risks of smoking. Exxon argues that it was a climate change “pioneer” and didn’t so much deceive the public as stir a broader debate. At least it is now on record as stating the obvious: that climate change is real, and human-caused, and that something — perhaps beneficial to its corporate bottom line — needs to be done. The Republicans did not get the updated memo. Their two leading candidates for office, <hl> Ben Carson and Donald Trump <hl>, deny the consensus of human-caused climate change. They’re still reading from quarter-century-old Exxon talking points.

Their two leading candidates for office, <hl> Ben Carson and Donald Trump <hl> , deny the consensus of human-caused climate change.


Question: Who made Allach porclain?

His dilemma is understandable. Once precious, porcelain is now everywhere, not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices. It has become mundane. “The White Road” eventually becomes a brief against standardized production and industrialization — the opposite of what de Waal loves in hand-potting — and the price paid for it by workers. This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by the Nazis, using slave labor, in Dachau. Still, the link between mass-produced porcelain and oppression hardly seems inevitable, and I can’t help remembering my friend’s coffee set, which was not handmade. Yet it is still a treasure, for reasons never quite acknowledged in “The White Road.” All of its value was acquired after its making. It embodies domesticity (an element strangely absent from what is essentially a book about dishes) and aspiration and above all the dream of holding fast to what can so easily be lost in this merciless world.

Answer: the Nazis

His dilemma is understandable. Once precious, porcelain is now everywhere, not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices. It has become mundane. “The White Road” eventually becomes a brief against standardized production and industrialization — the opposite of what de Waal loves in hand-potting — and the price paid for it by workers. <hl> This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by the Nazis , using slave labor, in Dachau. <hl> Still, the link between mass-produced porcelain and oppression hardly seems inevitable, and I can’t help remembering my friend’s coffee set, which was not handmade. Yet it is still a treasure, for reasons never quite acknowledged in “The White Road.” All of its value was acquired after its making. It embodies domesticity (an element strangely absent from what is essentially a book about dishes) and aspiration and above all the dream of holding fast to what can so easily be lost in this merciless world.

His dilemma is understandable. Once precious, porcelain is now everywhere, not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices. It has become mundane. “The White Road” eventually becomes a brief against standardized production and industrialization — the opposite of what de Waal loves in hand-potting — and the price paid for it by workers. This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by <hl> the Nazis <hl>, using slave labor, in Dachau. Still, the link between mass-produced porcelain and oppression hardly seems inevitable, and I can’t help remembering my friend’s coffee set, which was not handmade. Yet it is still a treasure, for reasons never quite acknowledged in “The White Road.” All of its value was acquired after its making. It embodies domesticity (an element strangely absent from what is essentially a book about dishes) and aspiration and above all the dream of holding fast to what can so easily be lost in this merciless world.

This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by <hl> the Nazis <hl> , using slave labor, in Dachau.


Question: What are experts concerned about with college freshman?

High numbers of students are beginning college having felt depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year, according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts’ concern about the emotional health of college freshmen. The survey of more than 150,000 students nationwide, “The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2014,” found that 9.5 percent of respondents had frequently “felt depressed” during the past year, a significant rise over the 6.1 percent reported five years ago. Those who “felt overwhelmed” by schoolwork and other commitments rose to 34.6 percent from 27.1 percent.

Answer: emotional health

<hl> High numbers of students are beginning college having felt depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year, according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts’ concern about the emotional health of college freshmen. <hl> The survey of more than 150,000 students nationwide, “The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2014,” found that 9.5 percent of respondents had frequently “felt depressed” during the past year, a significant rise over the 6.1 percent reported five years ago. Those who “felt overwhelmed” by schoolwork and other commitments rose to 34.6 percent from 27.1 percent.

High numbers of students are beginning college having felt depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year, according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts’ concern about the <hl> emotional health <hl> of college freshmen. The survey of more than 150,000 students nationwide, “The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2014,” found that 9.5 percent of respondents had frequently “felt depressed” during the past year, a significant rise over the 6.1 percent reported five years ago. Those who “felt overwhelmed” by schoolwork and other commitments rose to 34.6 percent from 27.1 percent.


Question: What program did the article question was properly monitored by Congress?

One suggested a news organization that is tough-minded, calling its own shots about acceding to government requests for secrecy. It appeared in an article about whether the C.I.A.’s drone-strike program is properly monitored by Congress. The story named the program’s architect, Michael D’Andrea. “The C.I.A. asked that Mr. D’Andrea’s name and the names of some other top agency officials be withheld from this article,” it said, “but The New York Times is publishing them because they have leadership roles in one of the government’s most significant paramilitary programs and their roles are known to foreign governments and many others.”

Answer: they have leadership roles in one of the government’s most significant paramilitary programs

One suggested a news organization that is tough-minded, calling its own shots about acceding to government requests for secrecy. It appeared in an article about whether the C.I.A.’s drone-strike program is properly monitored by Congress. The story named the program’s architect, Michael D’Andrea. <hl> “The C.I.A. asked that Mr. D’Andrea’s name and the names of some other top agency officials be withheld from this article,” it said, “but The New York Times is publishing them because they have leadership roles in one of the government’s most significant paramilitary programs and their roles are known to foreign governments and many others.” <hl>

One suggested a news organization that is tough-minded, calling its own shots about acceding to government requests for secrecy. It appeared in an article about whether the C.I.A.’s drone-strike program is properly monitored by Congress. The story named the program’s architect, Michael D’Andrea. “The C.I.A. asked that Mr. D’Andrea’s name and the names of some other top agency officials be withheld from this article,” it said, “but The New York Times is publishing them because <hl> they have leadership roles in one of the government’s most significant paramilitary programs <hl> and their roles are known to foreign governments and many others.”


Question: What website does the New Haven Museum have?

NEW HAVEN New Haven Museum “Winfred Rembert: Amazing Grace.” Through June 21. “An Artist at War: Deane Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man.” Through June 30. “From Clocks to Lollipops: Made in New Haven.” Through Dec. 31. $2 to $4; children under 12, free. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m.; first Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue. 203-562-4183; newhavenmuseum.org. NEW HAVEN Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History “Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace.” Through Jan. 3. $4 to $9; members and Yale ID holders, free. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue. peabody.yale.edu; 203-432-5050.

Answer: newhavenmuseum.org

203-562-4183; newhavenmuseum.org .

NEW HAVEN New Haven Museum “Winfred Rembert: Amazing Grace.” Through June 21. “An Artist at War: Deane Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man.” Through June 30. “From Clocks to Lollipops: Made in New Haven.” Through Dec. 31. $2 to $4; children under 12, free. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m.; first Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue. <hl> 203-562-4183; newhavenmuseum.org . <hl> NEW HAVEN Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History “Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace.” Through Jan. 3. $4 to $9; members and Yale ID holders, free. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue. peabody.yale.edu; 203-432-5050.

NEW HAVEN New Haven Museum “Winfred Rembert: Amazing Grace.” Through June 21. “An Artist at War: Deane Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man.” Through June 30. “From Clocks to Lollipops: Made in New Haven.” Through Dec. 31. $2 to $4; children under 12, free. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m.; first Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue. 203-562-4183; <hl> newhavenmuseum.org <hl>. NEW HAVEN Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History “Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace.” Through Jan. 3. $4 to $9; members and Yale ID holders, free. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue. peabody.yale.edu; 203-432-5050.

203-562-4183; <hl> newhavenmuseum.org <hl> .


Question: Where was Dr. mapstone's office located?

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

Answer: University of Rochester Medical Center

<hl> The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. <hl> Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the <hl> University of Rochester Medical Center <hl> for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”


Question: What did Jason Pierre-paul lost during an accident?

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —  Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who lost his right index finger in a Fourth of July fireworks accident, did not report for the first day of training camp Thursday, and the team co-owner John Mara said the Giants had no information on the condition of Pierre-Paul, their best defensive player. “I don’t know how many fingers he has,” Mara said. “We have no idea what type of condition he is in, and that doesn’t give us any comfort. We don’t know anything more than you know.” Asked if he had any idea when Pierre-Paul planned to report to training camp, Mara answered, “None.” Mara added that until the Giants examined Pierre-Paul, they could not count on him playing this year. “We have to plan on moving forward without him,” Mara said. “Until we see him, I don’t see how we can count on him, certainly not for the opening of the season.” Mara spoke in a calm voice but frequently voiced his frustration with Pierre-Paul, who did not allow Giants medical personnel to visit him at a Florida hospital shortly after the accident, which caused other unspecified injuries to his right hand. In March, the Giants made Pierre-Paul their franchise player, which guaranteed him $14.8 million this season if he signed the franchise offer, which Pierre-Paul did not do.

Answer: right index finger

<hl> EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who lost his right index finger in a Fourth of July fireworks accident, did not report for the first day of training camp Thursday, and the team co-owner John Mara said the Giants had no information on the condition of Pierre-Paul, their best defensive player. <hl> “I don’t know how many fingers he has,” Mara said. “We have no idea what type of condition he is in, and that doesn’t give us any comfort. We don’t know anything more than you know.” Asked if he had any idea when Pierre-Paul planned to report to training camp, Mara answered, “None.” Mara added that until the Giants examined Pierre-Paul, they could not count on him playing this year. “We have to plan on moving forward without him,” Mara said. “Until we see him, I don’t see how we can count on him, certainly not for the opening of the season.” Mara spoke in a calm voice but frequently voiced his frustration with Pierre-Paul, who did not allow Giants medical personnel to visit him at a Florida hospital shortly after the accident, which caused other unspecified injuries to his right hand. In March, the Giants made Pierre-Paul their franchise player, which guaranteed him $14.8 million this season if he signed the franchise offer, which Pierre-Paul did not do.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who lost his <hl> right index finger <hl> in a Fourth of July fireworks accident, did not report for the first day of training camp Thursday, and the team co-owner John Mara said the Giants had no information on the condition of Pierre-Paul, their best defensive player. “I don’t know how many fingers he has,” Mara said. “We have no idea what type of condition he is in, and that doesn’t give us any comfort. We don’t know anything more than you know.” Asked if he had any idea when Pierre-Paul planned to report to training camp, Mara answered, “None.” Mara added that until the Giants examined Pierre-Paul, they could not count on him playing this year. “We have to plan on moving forward without him,” Mara said. “Until we see him, I don’t see how we can count on him, certainly not for the opening of the season.” Mara spoke in a calm voice but frequently voiced his frustration with Pierre-Paul, who did not allow Giants medical personnel to visit him at a Florida hospital shortly after the accident, which caused other unspecified injuries to his right hand. In March, the Giants made Pierre-Paul their franchise player, which guaranteed him $14.8 million this season if he signed the franchise offer, which Pierre-Paul did not do.


Question: What is silver accused of?

“The speaker is not stepping down,” Mr. Whyland said. He added that Mr. Silver’s delegation of his responsibilities “will give him the flexibility he needs so that he can defend himself against these charges, and he is confident that he will be found innocent.” Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs. Federal prosecutors said he disguised his windfall by portraying it as legitimate income he earned working part time, ostensibly as a personal injury lawyer. The charges against Mr. Silver threatened to throw the Capitol into turmoil because of the central role that he plays there. The speaker of the Assembly is one of Albany’s “three men in a room,” along with the governor and the State Senate majority leader, who make many of the most important decisions in state government. The new leadership arrangement will be a startling change because of Mr. Silver’s longevity: As governors and other legislators have come and gone, Mr. Silver has remained firmly in place as speaker since 1994.

Answer: abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs

“The speaker is not stepping down,” Mr. Whyland said. He added that Mr. Silver’s delegation of his responsibilities “will give him the flexibility he needs so that he can defend himself against these charges, and he is confident that he will be found innocent.” <hl> Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs . <hl> Federal prosecutors said he disguised his windfall by portraying it as legitimate income he earned working part time, ostensibly as a personal injury lawyer. The charges against Mr. Silver threatened to throw the Capitol into turmoil because of the central role that he plays there. The speaker of the Assembly is one of Albany’s “three men in a room,” along with the governor and the State Senate majority leader, who make many of the most important decisions in state government. The new leadership arrangement will be a startling change because of Mr. Silver’s longevity: As governors and other legislators have come and gone, Mr. Silver has remained firmly in place as speaker since 1994.

“The speaker is not stepping down,” Mr. Whyland said. He added that Mr. Silver’s delegation of his responsibilities “will give him the flexibility he needs so that he can defend himself against these charges, and he is confident that he will be found innocent.” Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is accused of <hl> abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs <hl>. Federal prosecutors said he disguised his windfall by portraying it as legitimate income he earned working part time, ostensibly as a personal injury lawyer. The charges against Mr. Silver threatened to throw the Capitol into turmoil because of the central role that he plays there. The speaker of the Assembly is one of Albany’s “three men in a room,” along with the governor and the State Senate majority leader, who make many of the most important decisions in state government. The new leadership arrangement will be a startling change because of Mr. Silver’s longevity: As governors and other legislators have come and gone, Mr. Silver has remained firmly in place as speaker since 1994.

Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is accused of <hl> abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs <hl> .


Question: Who are the "Whispered" glass and intaglio prints by?

MAMARONECK Bullseye New York Gallery “Whispered,” glass and intaglio prints by Michael Rogers. Through May 16. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bullseye New York Gallery, 115 Hoyt Avenue. 914-835-3794; bullseyeglass.com. MOUNT KISCO Mount Kisco Public Library “Hudson River Moods,” landscape paintings by June Farnham. Through April 29. Mondays and Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mount Kisco Public Library, 100 East Main Street. mountkiscolibrary.org; 914-666-8041.

Answer: Michael Rogers

<hl> MAMARONECK Bullseye New York Gallery “Whispered,” glass and intaglio prints by Michael Rogers . <hl> Through May 16. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bullseye New York Gallery, 115 Hoyt Avenue. 914-835-3794; bullseyeglass.com. MOUNT KISCO Mount Kisco Public Library “Hudson River Moods,” landscape paintings by June Farnham. Through April 29. Mondays and Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mount Kisco Public Library, 100 East Main Street. mountkiscolibrary.org; 914-666-8041.

MAMARONECK Bullseye New York Gallery “Whispered,” glass and intaglio prints by <hl> Michael Rogers <hl>. Through May 16. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bullseye New York Gallery, 115 Hoyt Avenue. 914-835-3794; bullseyeglass.com. MOUNT KISCO Mount Kisco Public Library “Hudson River Moods,” landscape paintings by June Farnham. Through April 29. Mondays and Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mount Kisco Public Library, 100 East Main Street. mountkiscolibrary.org; 914-666-8041.

MAMARONECK Bullseye New York Gallery “Whispered,” glass and intaglio prints by <hl> Michael Rogers <hl> .


Question: In what department does the bride's father work at the hospital?

Dr. Louise Wong and Paul Whitfield Hughes III were married Saturday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington. The officiant was Elizabeth Hughes, the groom’s sister, who was authorized by the District of Columbia. The bride, 30, is a pediatrician at Park Pediatrics in Takoma Park, Md. She graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown and received her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the daughter of Wong Kin Chow and Wong Xiao Ha of Brooklyn. Her father works as a patient care associate in the oncology outpatient department of Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. Her mother retired as a senior administrator in trading, processing and settlements for Depfa Bank in Manhattan.

Answer: oncology outpatient department

Dr. Louise Wong and Paul Whitfield Hughes III were married Saturday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington. The officiant was Elizabeth Hughes, the groom’s sister, who was authorized by the District of Columbia. The bride, 30, is a pediatrician at Park Pediatrics in Takoma Park, Md. She graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown and received her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the daughter of Wong Kin Chow and Wong Xiao Ha of Brooklyn. <hl> Her father works as a patient care associate in the oncology outpatient department of Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. <hl> Her mother retired as a senior administrator in trading, processing and settlements for Depfa Bank in Manhattan.

Dr. Louise Wong and Paul Whitfield Hughes III were married Saturday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington. The officiant was Elizabeth Hughes, the groom’s sister, who was authorized by the District of Columbia. The bride, 30, is a pediatrician at Park Pediatrics in Takoma Park, Md. She graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown and received her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the daughter of Wong Kin Chow and Wong Xiao Ha of Brooklyn. Her father works as a patient care associate in the <hl> oncology outpatient department <hl> of Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. Her mother retired as a senior administrator in trading, processing and settlements for Depfa Bank in Manhattan.


Question: What was the name of Cardiff University's vice chancellor?

The petition was initiated on Friday by Rachael Melhuish, women’s officer at the Cardiff University Students’ Union. The petition states that Ms. Greer has “demonstrated time and time again her misogynistic views towards trans women, including continually ‘misgendering’ trans women and denying the existence of transphobia altogether.” The petition had received about 880 signatures by noon on Saturday. The campaign appeared to take Ms. Greer by surprise. “I don’t really know what I think of it,” she told The Guardian. “What they are saying is that because I don’t think surgery will turn a man into a woman I should not be allowed to speak anywhere.” She called the petition “a bit of a put-up job” because she was not even going to talk about the issue in her lecture on Nov. 18, titled “Women & Power: The Lessons of the 20th Century.” The issue is broader, she said: “I do not know why universities cannot hear unpopular views and think about what they mean.” Cardiff University said it had no plans to cancel Ms. Greer’s lecture. In a statement, the university’s vice chancellor, Colin Riordan, said, “Our events include speakers with a range of views, all of which are rigorously challenged and debated.”

Answer: Colin Riordan

The petition was initiated on Friday by Rachael Melhuish, women’s officer at the Cardiff University Students’ Union. The petition states that Ms. Greer has “demonstrated time and time again her misogynistic views towards trans women, including continually ‘misgendering’ trans women and denying the existence of transphobia altogether.” The petition had received about 880 signatures by noon on Saturday. The campaign appeared to take Ms. Greer by surprise. “I don’t really know what I think of it,” she told The Guardian. “What they are saying is that because I don’t think surgery will turn a man into a woman I should not be allowed to speak anywhere.” She called the petition “a bit of a put-up job” because she was not even going to talk about the issue in her lecture on Nov. 18, titled “Women & Power: The Lessons of the 20th Century.” The issue is broader, she said: “I do not know why universities cannot hear unpopular views and think about what they mean.” Cardiff University said it had no plans to cancel Ms. Greer’s lecture. <hl> In a statement, the university’s vice chancellor, Colin Riordan , said, “Our events include speakers with a range of views, all of which are rigorously challenged and debated.” <hl>

The petition was initiated on Friday by Rachael Melhuish, women’s officer at the Cardiff University Students’ Union. The petition states that Ms. Greer has “demonstrated time and time again her misogynistic views towards trans women, including continually ‘misgendering’ trans women and denying the existence of transphobia altogether.” The petition had received about 880 signatures by noon on Saturday. The campaign appeared to take Ms. Greer by surprise. “I don’t really know what I think of it,” she told The Guardian. “What they are saying is that because I don’t think surgery will turn a man into a woman I should not be allowed to speak anywhere.” She called the petition “a bit of a put-up job” because she was not even going to talk about the issue in her lecture on Nov. 18, titled “Women & Power: The Lessons of the 20th Century.” The issue is broader, she said: “I do not know why universities cannot hear unpopular views and think about what they mean.” Cardiff University said it had no plans to cancel Ms. Greer’s lecture. In a statement, the university’s vice chancellor, <hl> Colin Riordan <hl>, said, “Our events include speakers with a range of views, all of which are rigorously challenged and debated.”

In a statement, the university’s vice chancellor, <hl> Colin Riordan <hl> , said, “Our events include speakers with a range of views, all of which are rigorously challenged and debated.”


Question: What relationship is between Mr. Elmendorf and the author?

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

Answer: a friend and former student

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

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


Question: What percentage of workers drove alone in 2013?

The new services come after a long decline of car-pooling. According to a report released by the Census Bureau in August, car-pooling fell to a low of just over 9 percent in 2013, the last year for which figures are available, from nearly 20 percent in 1980. About 76 percent of people who traveled to work drove alone in 2013, according to the report. Christopher Koopman, a research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, gained firsthand experience in the sharing economy. After landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, he considered the traditional options: taking a taxi or riding on mass transit. In the end, he used UberPool, a recent venture by Uber that offers shared rides on demand. Although the trip to his office took a detour to a hotel to drop off his traveling companion, the price of the ride fell to $8, from $12 if he had ridden solo.

Answer: 76 percent

The new services come after a long decline of car-pooling. According to a report released by the Census Bureau in August, car-pooling fell to a low of just over 9 percent in 2013, the last year for which figures are available, from nearly 20 percent in 1980. <hl> About 76 percent of people who traveled to work drove alone in 2013, according to the report. <hl> Christopher Koopman, a research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, gained firsthand experience in the sharing economy. After landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, he considered the traditional options: taking a taxi or riding on mass transit. In the end, he used UberPool, a recent venture by Uber that offers shared rides on demand. Although the trip to his office took a detour to a hotel to drop off his traveling companion, the price of the ride fell to $8, from $12 if he had ridden solo.

The new services come after a long decline of car-pooling. According to a report released by the Census Bureau in August, car-pooling fell to a low of just over 9 percent in 2013, the last year for which figures are available, from nearly 20 percent in 1980. About <hl> 76 percent <hl> of people who traveled to work drove alone in 2013, according to the report. Christopher Koopman, a research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, gained firsthand experience in the sharing economy. After landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, he considered the traditional options: taking a taxi or riding on mass transit. In the end, he used UberPool, a recent venture by Uber that offers shared rides on demand. Although the trip to his office took a detour to a hotel to drop off his traveling companion, the price of the ride fell to $8, from $12 if he had ridden solo.


Question: What are synthetic cannabinoids?

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.

Answer: substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical

<hl> Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked. <hl> Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.

Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, <hl> substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical <hl> and then smoked. Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests. Although the entire class of drugs is illegal because of the psychological effects, each new variety can present distinct health risks caused by its underlying chemistry or contaminants in renegade manufacturing facilities. Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent. The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread, national data indicates.


Question: What piece did Steve Martin contribute to?

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

Answer: Writings on the Wall

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. <hl> In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “ Writings on the Wall ”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” <hl> And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “<hl> Writings on the Wall <hl>”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “ <hl> Writings on the Wall <hl> ”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.”


Question: Where is The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast shown?

MONTCLAIR Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center “Saving Face: The Evolution of the Catcher and Goalie Mask.” Through Oct. 4. $6 for adults, $4 for children. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive. yogiberramuseum.org; 973-655-2378. MORRISTOWN Gallery at 14 Maple “A Sure Hand,” group show. Through Aug. 27. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and by appointment. Gallery at 14 Maple, 14 Maple Avenue. morrisarts.org; 973-285-5115. MORRISTOWN Macculloch Hall Historical Museum “The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast.” Through Aug. 23. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to12; $4 and children under 5, free. “Canals of New Jersey,” about New Jersey’s two towpath canals, the Morris and the Delaware and Raritan. Through Oct. 29. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to 12; $4 and children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue. 973-538-2404; maccullochhall.org.

Answer: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

MONTCLAIR Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center “Saving Face: The Evolution of the Catcher and Goalie Mask.” Through Oct. 4. $6 for adults, $4 for children. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive. yogiberramuseum.org; 973-655-2378. MORRISTOWN Gallery at 14 Maple “A Sure Hand,” group show. Through Aug. 27. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and by appointment. Gallery at 14 Maple, 14 Maple Avenue. morrisarts.org; 973-285-5115. <hl> MORRISTOWN Macculloch Hall Historical Museum “The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast.” <hl> Through Aug. 23. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to12; $4 and children under 5, free. “Canals of New Jersey,” about New Jersey’s two towpath canals, the Morris and the Delaware and Raritan. Through Oct. 29. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to 12; $4 and children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue. 973-538-2404; maccullochhall.org.

MONTCLAIR Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center “Saving Face: The Evolution of the Catcher and Goalie Mask.” Through Oct. 4. $6 for adults, $4 for children. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive. yogiberramuseum.org; 973-655-2378. MORRISTOWN Gallery at 14 Maple “A Sure Hand,” group show. Through Aug. 27. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and by appointment. Gallery at 14 Maple, 14 Maple Avenue. morrisarts.org; 973-285-5115. MORRISTOWN <hl> Macculloch Hall Historical Museum <hl> “The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast.” Through Aug. 23. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to12; $4 and children under 5, free. “Canals of New Jersey,” about New Jersey’s two towpath canals, the Morris and the Delaware and Raritan. Through Oct. 29. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to 12; $4 and children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue. 973-538-2404; maccullochhall.org.


Question: China wants their consumers with extram money to do what?

They will also have to compete for customer deposits by paying higher interest rates to savers. China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will increase their spending; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth. The challenges are significant, for banks and the economy. China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the mid-1980s, and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993. Policy makers have hesitated in part because similar financial reforms have set off crises in other markets.

Answer: increase their spending

They will also have to compete for customer deposits by paying higher interest rates to savers. <hl> China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will increase their spending ; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth. <hl> The challenges are significant, for banks and the economy. China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the mid-1980s, and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993. Policy makers have hesitated in part because similar financial reforms have set off crises in other markets.

They will also have to compete for customer deposits by paying higher interest rates to savers. China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will <hl> increase their spending <hl>; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth. The challenges are significant, for banks and the economy. China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the mid-1980s, and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993. Policy makers have hesitated in part because similar financial reforms have set off crises in other markets.

China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will <hl> increase their spending <hl> ; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth.


Question: What is the name of one of four same-sex marriage suits to be heard by the Supreme Court?

“It is perverse,” the Chadbourne & Parke brief said, “for the government to grant leave to enable a same-sex couple to travel to a state where they can legally marry, for the government to recognize that marriage as valid for however many more years the service member continues to serve, and then suddenly ignore that marriage as soon as the service member retires and obtains veteran’s status.” A federal appeals court in Washington is considering a challenge to that interpretation, but the Supreme Court’s decision in the four same-sex marriage cases to be argued next week, among them Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556, may make the challenge moot.

Answer: Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556

“It is perverse,” the Chadbourne & Parke brief said, “for the government to grant leave to enable a same-sex couple to travel to a state where they can legally marry, for the government to recognize that marriage as valid for however many more years the service member continues to serve, and then suddenly ignore that marriage as soon as the service member retires and obtains veteran’s status.” <hl> A federal appeals court in Washington is considering a challenge to that interpretation, but the Supreme Court’s decision in the four same-sex marriage cases to be argued next week, among them Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556 , may make the challenge moot. <hl>

“It is perverse,” the Chadbourne & Parke brief said, “for the government to grant leave to enable a same-sex couple to travel to a state where they can legally marry, for the government to recognize that marriage as valid for however many more years the service member continues to serve, and then suddenly ignore that marriage as soon as the service member retires and obtains veteran’s status.” A federal appeals court in Washington is considering a challenge to that interpretation, but the Supreme Court’s decision in the four same-sex marriage cases to be argued next week, among them <hl> Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556 <hl>, may make the challenge moot.

A federal appeals court in Washington is considering a challenge to that interpretation, but the Supreme Court’s decision in the four same-sex marriage cases to be argued next week, among them <hl> Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556 <hl> , may make the challenge moot.


Question: What did Mr. Milarski open the concert with?

The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “Origin of the Harp,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading. An early work inspired by a painting of the same name by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, this enigmatic chamber tone poem is scored for clarinets, violas and cellos, instruments whose dark sonorities combine to luminous effect, along with percussion, including a rainstick. George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,” a glistening, texturally rich work, fared better, its complexity revealed in clear detail here. Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr, Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.

Answer: Origin of the Harp

<hl> The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “ Origin of the Harp ,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading. <hl> An early work inspired by a painting of the same name by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, this enigmatic chamber tone poem is scored for clarinets, violas and cellos, instruments whose dark sonorities combine to luminous effect, along with percussion, including a rainstick. George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,” a glistening, texturally rich work, fared better, its complexity revealed in clear detail here. Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr, Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.

The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “<hl> Origin of the Harp <hl>,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading. An early work inspired by a painting of the same name by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, this enigmatic chamber tone poem is scored for clarinets, violas and cellos, instruments whose dark sonorities combine to luminous effect, along with percussion, including a rainstick. George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,” a glistening, texturally rich work, fared better, its complexity revealed in clear detail here. Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr, Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.

The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “ <hl> Origin of the Harp <hl> ,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading.


Question: Which online news outlet ran the Ben & Jerry's sponsored post?

“The sustainable living plan is much broader than the sustainable sourcing of agricultural materials,” Mr. Polman said. “It’s really using your business model to address big issues in society and make a positive contribution.” Mr. Polman says the sustainable living plan is profitable as well as ethical. The company claims that efficiency upgrades to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million, since 2008. It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times).

Answer: The New York Times

“The sustainable living plan is much broader than the sustainable sourcing of agricultural materials,” Mr. Polman said. “It’s really using your business model to address big issues in society and make a positive contribution.” Mr. Polman says the sustainable living plan is profitable as well as ethical. The company claims that efficiency upgrades to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million, since 2008. <hl> It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times ) <hl> .

“The sustainable living plan is much broader than the sustainable sourcing of agricultural materials,” Mr. Polman said. “It’s really using your business model to address big issues in society and make a positive contribution.” Mr. Polman says the sustainable living plan is profitable as well as ethical. The company claims that efficiency upgrades to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million, since 2008. It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of <hl> The New York Times <hl>).

It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of <hl> The New York Times <hl> )