Question: What is likely to happen to retail prices?

Shifts in the diamond business are unlikely to be perceived by the engaged couples who drive demand in the United States, which accounts for 40 percent of global diamond sales. Retail prices are likely to remain stable or even fall a little, although slight changes in diamond quality may be made to avoid increases, analysts and industry representatives say. And buyers may have to pay more as diamond production peaks toward the end of the decade. But there already is acute pressure on the industry’s so-called midstream segment — the companies in China, India, Belgium and elsewhere that buy diamonds from mine operators, then cut and polish the gems for use in jewelry.

Answer: remain stable or even fall a little

Shifts in the diamond business are unlikely to be perceived by the engaged couples who drive demand in the United States, which accounts for 40 percent of global diamond sales. <hl> Retail prices are likely to remain stable or even fall a little , although slight changes in diamond quality may be made to avoid increases, analysts and industry representatives say. <hl> And buyers may have to pay more as diamond production peaks toward the end of the decade. But there already is acute pressure on the industry’s so-called midstream segment — the companies in China, India, Belgium and elsewhere that buy diamonds from mine operators, then cut and polish the gems for use in jewelry.

Shifts in the diamond business are unlikely to be perceived by the engaged couples who drive demand in the United States, which accounts for 40 percent of global diamond sales. Retail prices are likely to <hl> remain stable or even fall a little <hl>, although slight changes in diamond quality may be made to avoid increases, analysts and industry representatives say. And buyers may have to pay more as diamond production peaks toward the end of the decade. But there already is acute pressure on the industry’s so-called midstream segment — the companies in China, India, Belgium and elsewhere that buy diamonds from mine operators, then cut and polish the gems for use in jewelry.

Retail prices are likely to <hl> remain stable or even fall a little <hl> , although slight changes in diamond quality may be made to avoid increases, analysts and industry representatives say.


Question: What didn't he want to repeat in the country?

“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012. “Interethnic, interclan and intertribal conflicts continue.” He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these mistakes in other countries?” He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

Answer: mistakes

“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012. “Interethnic, interclan and intertribal conflicts continue.” <hl> He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these mistakes in other countries?” <hl> He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012. “Interethnic, interclan and intertribal conflicts continue.” He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these <hl> mistakes <hl> in other countries?” He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.


Question: Where are the two diminutive creatures from?

‘Tiny Giants’ (Friday through Thursday) The heroes of this film may be small, but they’re mighty in their will to survive. Inspired by the BBC television series “Hidden Kingdoms,” this new Imax movie at the American Museum of Natural History uses 3-D cameras to peer into the universes of two diminutive creatures: a forest chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse from the Arizona desert, noted for its ability to prey on scorpions. Narrated by Stephen Fry, the film allows viewers to see the world from their perspectives. (Through July 5.) Hourly from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with 2-D screenings at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; all other screenings are 3-D. Central Park West and 79th Street, 212-769-5200, amnh.org.

Answer: Arizona desert

‘Tiny Giants’ (Friday through Thursday) The heroes of this film may be small, but they’re mighty in their will to survive. <hl> Inspired by the BBC television series “Hidden Kingdoms,” this new Imax movie at the American Museum of Natural History uses 3-D cameras to peer into the universes of two diminutive creatures: a forest chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse from the Arizona desert , noted for its ability to prey on scorpions. <hl> Narrated by Stephen Fry, the film allows viewers to see the world from their perspectives. (Through July 5.) Hourly from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with 2-D screenings at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; all other screenings are 3-D. Central Park West and 79th Street, 212-769-5200, amnh.org.

‘Tiny Giants’ (Friday through Thursday) The heroes of this film may be small, but they’re mighty in their will to survive. Inspired by the BBC television series “Hidden Kingdoms,” this new Imax movie at the American Museum of Natural History uses 3-D cameras to peer into the universes of two diminutive creatures: a forest chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse from the <hl> Arizona desert <hl>, noted for its ability to prey on scorpions. Narrated by Stephen Fry, the film allows viewers to see the world from their perspectives. (Through July 5.) Hourly from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with 2-D screenings at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; all other screenings are 3-D. Central Park West and 79th Street, 212-769-5200, amnh.org.

Inspired by the BBC television series “Hidden Kingdoms,” this new Imax movie at the American Museum of Natural History uses 3-D cameras to peer into the universes of two diminutive creatures: a forest chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse from the <hl> Arizona desert <hl> , noted for its ability to prey on scorpions.


Question: What is Rockland Center showing?

TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center “Identity: Horizons and Colors, Campania and the Amalfi Coast.” Through May 22. Suggested donation, $5 and $10. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, by appointment. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Place. 914-771-8700; wiccny.org. WEST NYACK Rockland Center for the Arts “Nature Inc.” Group show. Through April 12. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Road. 845-358-0877; rocklandartcenter.org.

Answer: “Nature Inc.”

TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center “Identity: Horizons and Colors, Campania and the Amalfi Coast.” Through May 22. Suggested donation, $5 and $10. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, by appointment. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Place. 914-771-8700; wiccny.org. <hl> WEST NYACK Rockland Center for the Arts “Nature Inc.” Group show. <hl> Through April 12. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Road. 845-358-0877; rocklandartcenter.org.

TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center “Identity: Horizons and Colors, Campania and the Amalfi Coast.” Through May 22. Suggested donation, $5 and $10. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, by appointment. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Place. 914-771-8700; wiccny.org. WEST NYACK Rockland Center for the Arts <hl> “Nature Inc.” <hl> Group show. Through April 12. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Road. 845-358-0877; rocklandartcenter.org.


Question: Who was accused of sleeping with Stan Wawrinka's girlfriend?

“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said Kyrgios, an Australian who was unseeded. “Rest — I think it’s probably a good thing for me at the moment.” Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.

Answer: Thanasi Kokkinakis

“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said Kyrgios, an Australian who was unseeded. “Rest — I think it’s probably a good thing for me at the moment.” <hl> Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis , had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour. <hl>

“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said Kyrgios, an Australian who was unseeded. “Rest — I think it’s probably a good thing for me at the moment.” Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, <hl> Thanasi Kokkinakis <hl>, had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.

Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, <hl> Thanasi Kokkinakis <hl> , had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.


Question: What is the name of the person which says that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul?

Mara said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident, including Coach Tom Coughlin, who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered. “We’re all concerned about this young man first and foremost,” Coughlin said after a brief Giants workout. “But it is difficult to extend this concern when we feel like he should be here.” Like Mara, Coughlin said that Pierre-Paul’s absence would not sour his relationship with the team. “As far as souring, that’s not going to sour anything,” Coughlin said. “I am concerned about him as a young man and anxious to know exactly what he’s dealing with, and then we will know what we’re dealing with.”

Answer: Mara

<hl> Mara said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident, including Coach Tom Coughlin, who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered. <hl> “We’re all concerned about this young man first and foremost,” Coughlin said after a brief Giants workout. “But it is difficult to extend this concern when we feel like he should be here.” Like Mara, Coughlin said that Pierre-Paul’s absence would not sour his relationship with the team. “As far as souring, that’s not going to sour anything,” Coughlin said. “I am concerned about him as a young man and anxious to know exactly what he’s dealing with, and then we will know what we’re dealing with.”

<hl> Mara <hl> said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident, including Coach Tom Coughlin, who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered. “We’re all concerned about this young man first and foremost,” Coughlin said after a brief Giants workout. “But it is difficult to extend this concern when we feel like he should be here.” Like Mara, Coughlin said that Pierre-Paul’s absence would not sour his relationship with the team. “As far as souring, that’s not going to sour anything,” Coughlin said. “I am concerned about him as a young man and anxious to know exactly what he’s dealing with, and then we will know what we’re dealing with.”


Question: What is the size of the audience the Premier League has?

That split is the same as the broadcasters now hold for the British rights to televise the Premier League, whose teams, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, play in games that can attract a global audience of about three billion each week. The league is expected to receive at least an additional $3 billion when it sells the rights to international broadcasters, including those in the United States, later this year. The battle to broadcast the English soccer games had set Sky, which is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, against BT, the former British telecommunications monopoly that has aggressively expanded into live sports programming as a way to promote its array of cable television and Internet services.

Answer: global audience of about three billion each week

<hl> That split is the same as the broadcasters now hold for the British rights to televise the Premier League, whose teams, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, play in games that can attract a global audience of about three billion each week . <hl> The league is expected to receive at least an additional $3 billion when it sells the rights to international broadcasters, including those in the United States, later this year. The battle to broadcast the English soccer games had set Sky, which is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, against BT, the former British telecommunications monopoly that has aggressively expanded into live sports programming as a way to promote its array of cable television and Internet services.

That split is the same as the broadcasters now hold for the British rights to televise the Premier League, whose teams, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, play in games that can attract a <hl> global audience of about three billion each week <hl>. The league is expected to receive at least an additional $3 billion when it sells the rights to international broadcasters, including those in the United States, later this year. The battle to broadcast the English soccer games had set Sky, which is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, against BT, the former British telecommunications monopoly that has aggressively expanded into live sports programming as a way to promote its array of cable television and Internet services.

That split is the same as the broadcasters now hold for the British rights to televise the Premier League, whose teams, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, play in games that can attract a <hl> global audience of about three billion each week <hl> .


Question: How long would he have to wait in Switzerland to become citizens?

One American finance professional, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he moved to St. Kitts and Nevis seven years ago for tax purposes, eventually deciding to give up his United States passport. He then moved his family to Switzerland for the schools, European culture and competitive tax benefits. His family is now applying for Maltese passports, attracted by the speed of the program. He would have had to wait 12 years in Switzerland to gain citizenship. “My kids will have the ability to live and work anywhere in the E.U.,” he said. “It’s an incredibly powerful passport.” He does not, however, plan to live in Malta. “We will spend some vacation time there.”

Answer: 12 years

One American finance professional, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he moved to St. Kitts and Nevis seven years ago for tax purposes, eventually deciding to give up his United States passport. He then moved his family to Switzerland for the schools, European culture and competitive tax benefits. His family is now applying for Maltese passports, attracted by the speed of the program. <hl> He would have had to wait 12 years in Switzerland to gain citizenship. <hl> “My kids will have the ability to live and work anywhere in the E.U.,” he said. “It’s an incredibly powerful passport.” He does not, however, plan to live in Malta. “We will spend some vacation time there.”

One American finance professional, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he moved to St. Kitts and Nevis seven years ago for tax purposes, eventually deciding to give up his United States passport. He then moved his family to Switzerland for the schools, European culture and competitive tax benefits. His family is now applying for Maltese passports, attracted by the speed of the program. He would have had to wait <hl> 12 years <hl> in Switzerland to gain citizenship. “My kids will have the ability to live and work anywhere in the E.U.,” he said. “It’s an incredibly powerful passport.” He does not, however, plan to live in Malta. “We will spend some vacation time there.”


Question: How many jobs were added in October?

Nearly all of the October gain came from the category that covers auto and student loans, while credit card borrowing edged up a mere $200 million. The increase suggests that more Americans are borrowing to improve their educational skills and upgrade their cars and trucks, instead of relying on debt to fund their daily shopping and emergency expenses. Many economists expect that consumer spending will be relatively healthy in the coming months because of strong job gains that have bolstered auto and home sales for much of 2015. Yet a struggling global economy has tempered United States growth as the year draws to an end. The Labor Department reported last week that employers added 211,000 jobs in November and 298,000 in October. The unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent last month. The report showed evidence that workers who were pushed to the sidelines during the recession and sluggish six-year recovery were filtering back into the job market. The overall economy has advanced despite a waning global economy. A stronger dollar, slowing growth in China, a recession in Japan and a struggling Europe have been a drag on United States manufacturing, hurting overall growth. United States gross domestic product — aided by consumer spending — advanced at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the July-September quarter, down from a 3.9 percent rate in the prior quarter. The deceleration is expected to continue. The Atlanta Fed forecasts that growth will slip in the final three months of 2015 to an annual rate of 1.5 percent. The private forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers estimates that the rate will be 1.7 percent.

Answer: 298,000

Nearly all of the October gain came from the category that covers auto and student loans, while credit card borrowing edged up a mere $200 million. The increase suggests that more Americans are borrowing to improve their educational skills and upgrade their cars and trucks, instead of relying on debt to fund their daily shopping and emergency expenses. Many economists expect that consumer spending will be relatively healthy in the coming months because of strong job gains that have bolstered auto and home sales for much of 2015. Yet a struggling global economy has tempered United States growth as the year draws to an end. <hl> The Labor Department reported last week that employers added 211,000 jobs in November and 298,000 in October. <hl> The unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent last month. The report showed evidence that workers who were pushed to the sidelines during the recession and sluggish six-year recovery were filtering back into the job market. The overall economy has advanced despite a waning global economy. A stronger dollar, slowing growth in China, a recession in Japan and a struggling Europe have been a drag on United States manufacturing, hurting overall growth. United States gross domestic product — aided by consumer spending — advanced at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the July-September quarter, down from a 3.9 percent rate in the prior quarter. The deceleration is expected to continue. The Atlanta Fed forecasts that growth will slip in the final three months of 2015 to an annual rate of 1.5 percent. The private forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers estimates that the rate will be 1.7 percent.

Nearly all of the October gain came from the category that covers auto and student loans, while credit card borrowing edged up a mere $200 million. The increase suggests that more Americans are borrowing to improve their educational skills and upgrade their cars and trucks, instead of relying on debt to fund their daily shopping and emergency expenses. Many economists expect that consumer spending will be relatively healthy in the coming months because of strong job gains that have bolstered auto and home sales for much of 2015. Yet a struggling global economy has tempered United States growth as the year draws to an end. The Labor Department reported last week that employers added 211,000 jobs in November and <hl> 298,000 <hl> in October. The unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent last month. The report showed evidence that workers who were pushed to the sidelines during the recession and sluggish six-year recovery were filtering back into the job market. The overall economy has advanced despite a waning global economy. A stronger dollar, slowing growth in China, a recession in Japan and a struggling Europe have been a drag on United States manufacturing, hurting overall growth. United States gross domestic product — aided by consumer spending — advanced at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the July-September quarter, down from a 3.9 percent rate in the prior quarter. The deceleration is expected to continue. The Atlanta Fed forecasts that growth will slip in the final three months of 2015 to an annual rate of 1.5 percent. The private forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers estimates that the rate will be 1.7 percent.


Question: What political party perceives that banks were once well regulated?

The N.Y.U. research cuts against both the standard left- and right-leaning critiques of Wall Street. The perception of many on the left is that banks were once well regulated and then the oversight stopped. But banking regulation has in fact grown over the past 30 years, with more regulators enforcing more (and more complicated) rules. For many on the right, of course, this is itself the problem: All that government intrusion, they argue, is stifling the financial system. But Richardson and Acharya’s research shows that we’re in a scarier place than either side realizes. By freeing banks’ hands, reducing regulation might incentivize them to engage in more rent-seeking. But by increasing the complexity of the rules, overregulation can enable rent-seeking just as easily.

Answer: left

<hl> The N.Y.U. research cuts against both the standard left - and right-leaning critiques of Wall Street. <hl> The perception of many on the left is that banks were once well regulated and then the oversight stopped. But banking regulation has in fact grown over the past 30 years, with more regulators enforcing more (and more complicated) rules. For many on the right, of course, this is itself the problem: All that government intrusion, they argue, is stifling the financial system. But Richardson and Acharya’s research shows that we’re in a scarier place than either side realizes. By freeing banks’ hands, reducing regulation might incentivize them to engage in more rent-seeking. But by increasing the complexity of the rules, overregulation can enable rent-seeking just as easily.

The N.Y.U. research cuts against both the standard <hl> left <hl>- and right-leaning critiques of Wall Street. The perception of many on the left is that banks were once well regulated and then the oversight stopped. But banking regulation has in fact grown over the past 30 years, with more regulators enforcing more (and more complicated) rules. For many on the right, of course, this is itself the problem: All that government intrusion, they argue, is stifling the financial system. But Richardson and Acharya’s research shows that we’re in a scarier place than either side realizes. By freeing banks’ hands, reducing regulation might incentivize them to engage in more rent-seeking. But by increasing the complexity of the rules, overregulation can enable rent-seeking just as easily.

The N.Y.U. research cuts against both the standard <hl> left <hl> - and right-leaning critiques of Wall Street.


Question: What were people protesting?

Laxman Lal Karna, a Madhesi political leader, said talks would not progress unless a curfew in parts of the southern plains was lifted and soldiers, who have been patrolling some of towns, returned to their barracks. In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution, including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child. Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for nearly a month in many of the southern districts.

Answer: the draft constitution

Laxman Lal Karna, a Madhesi political leader, said talks would not progress unless a curfew in parts of the southern plains was lifted and soldiers, who have been patrolling some of towns, returned to their barracks. <hl> In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution , including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child. <hl> Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for nearly a month in many of the southern districts.

Laxman Lal Karna, a Madhesi political leader, said talks would not progress unless a curfew in parts of the southern plains was lifted and soldiers, who have been patrolling some of towns, returned to their barracks. In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over <hl> the draft constitution <hl>, including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child. Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for nearly a month in many of the southern districts.

In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over <hl> the draft constitution <hl> , including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child.


Question: What  ban caused Ms. Smith to have no official status in Hannah's life?

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

Answer: adoption

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

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


Question: Why did Asian-American groups blast Mr. Bush?

Though the phenomenon is real, Mr. Bush was blasted by Asian-American groups for repeating the slur. And, astoundingly, he handed Mr. Trump the opportunity to send out tweets like this:  “In a clumsy move to get out of his ‘anchor babies’ dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS.”

Answer: for repeating the slur

<hl> Though the phenomenon is real, Mr. Bush was blasted by Asian-American groups for repeating the slur . <hl> And, astoundingly, he handed Mr. Trump the opportunity to send out tweets like this: “In a clumsy move to get out of his ‘anchor babies’ dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS.”

Though the phenomenon is real, Mr. Bush was blasted by Asian-American groups <hl> for repeating the slur <hl>. And, astoundingly, he handed Mr. Trump the opportunity to send out tweets like this: “In a clumsy move to get out of his ‘anchor babies’ dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS.”

Though the phenomenon is real, Mr. Bush was blasted by Asian-American groups <hl> for repeating the slur <hl> .


Question: What did Career Education Corporation do to be sued?

The Consumer Financial Protection Board has sued Corinthian and ITT Education Services. In 2013, New York’s attorney general reached a $10.25 million settlement with the Career Education Corporation over claims that it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates. Corinthian has also been sued by the state attorneys general in California, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. And Corinthian, ITT, Education Management Corporation and Career Education are each under investigation by more than a dozen state attorneys general.

Answer: it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates

The Consumer Financial Protection Board has sued Corinthian and ITT Education Services. <hl> In 2013, New York’s attorney general reached a $10.25 million settlement with the Career Education Corporation over claims that it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates . <hl> Corinthian has also been sued by the state attorneys general in California, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. And Corinthian, ITT, Education Management Corporation and Career Education are each under investigation by more than a dozen state attorneys general.

The Consumer Financial Protection Board has sued Corinthian and ITT Education Services. In 2013, New York’s attorney general reached a $10.25 million settlement with the Career Education Corporation over claims that <hl> it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates <hl>. Corinthian has also been sued by the state attorneys general in California, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. And Corinthian, ITT, Education Management Corporation and Career Education are each under investigation by more than a dozen state attorneys general.

In 2013, New York’s attorney general reached a $10.25 million settlement with the Career Education Corporation over claims that <hl> it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates <hl> .


Question: Do boys or girls have a harder time being respected within the gaming community?

Ms. Wiseman, who studied gaming habits among middle- and high school-aged people, said girls face elevated scrutiny over their gaming skills. They describe harrowing experiences in web-based multiplayer games where participants talk through headsets. When a girl’s voice chimes in, the reaction from other players often follows a certain script. “It’s something about they’re a slut, they’re fat, they’re ugly, or they are bad at the game,” she said. As a result, girls will often mute their voices.

Answer: girls face elevated scrutiny

<hl> Ms. Wiseman, who studied gaming habits among middle- and high school-aged people, said girls face elevated scrutiny over their gaming skills. <hl> They describe harrowing experiences in web-based multiplayer games where participants talk through headsets. When a girl’s voice chimes in, the reaction from other players often follows a certain script. “It’s something about they’re a slut, they’re fat, they’re ugly, or they are bad at the game,” she said. As a result, girls will often mute their voices.

Ms. Wiseman, who studied gaming habits among middle- and high school-aged people, said <hl> girls face elevated scrutiny <hl> over their gaming skills. They describe harrowing experiences in web-based multiplayer games where participants talk through headsets. When a girl’s voice chimes in, the reaction from other players often follows a certain script. “It’s something about they’re a slut, they’re fat, they’re ugly, or they are bad at the game,” she said. As a result, girls will often mute their voices.


Question: Which adminstration created new oversight rules

Answer: Obama administration

<hl> The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations. <hl>

The <hl> Obama administration <hl> took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.


Question: Who secured his third Formula One championship?

Joey Logano won in a controversial finish at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, sweeping the second round of Nascar’s playoffs and ending Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s championship chances. The race ended under caution after Kevin Harvick stumbled on the final restart and triggered a multicar accident. The field was frozen, and Earnhardt was denied a chance to race Logano for the win. Logano went 3 for 3 in the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. ■ Lewis Hamilton seized on a late mistake by his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to win the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Tex., and secure his third Formula One season championship.

Answer: Lewis Hamilton

Joey Logano won in a controversial finish at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, sweeping the second round of Nascar’s playoffs and ending Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s championship chances. The race ended under caution after Kevin Harvick stumbled on the final restart and triggered a multicar accident. The field was frozen, and Earnhardt was denied a chance to race Logano for the win. Logano went 3 for 3 in the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. <hl> ■ Lewis Hamilton seized on a late mistake by his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to win the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Tex., and secure his third Formula One season championship. <hl>

Joey Logano won in a controversial finish at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, sweeping the second round of Nascar’s playoffs and ending Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s championship chances. The race ended under caution after Kevin Harvick stumbled on the final restart and triggered a multicar accident. The field was frozen, and Earnhardt was denied a chance to race Logano for the win. Logano went 3 for 3 in the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. ■ <hl> Lewis Hamilton <hl> seized on a late mistake by his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to win the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Tex., and secure his third Formula One season championship.


Question: For how many years has Iran been facing a drought?

Iran is in the grip of a seven-year drought that shows no sign of breaking and that, many experts believe, may be the new normal. Even a return to past rainfall levels might not be enough to head off a nationwide water crisis, since the country has already consumed 70 percent of its groundwater supplies over the past 50 years. Always arid, Iran is facing desertification as lakes and rivers dry up and once-fertile plains become barren. According to the United Nations, Iran is home to four of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, with dust and desertification among the leading causes.

Answer: seven

<hl> Iran is in the grip of a seven -year drought that shows no sign of breaking and that, many experts believe, may be the new normal. <hl> Even a return to past rainfall levels might not be enough to head off a nationwide water crisis, since the country has already consumed 70 percent of its groundwater supplies over the past 50 years. Always arid, Iran is facing desertification as lakes and rivers dry up and once-fertile plains become barren. According to the United Nations, Iran is home to four of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, with dust and desertification among the leading causes.

Iran is in the grip of a <hl> seven <hl>-year drought that shows no sign of breaking and that, many experts believe, may be the new normal. Even a return to past rainfall levels might not be enough to head off a nationwide water crisis, since the country has already consumed 70 percent of its groundwater supplies over the past 50 years. Always arid, Iran is facing desertification as lakes and rivers dry up and once-fertile plains become barren. According to the United Nations, Iran is home to four of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, with dust and desertification among the leading causes.

Iran is in the grip of a <hl> seven <hl> -year drought that shows no sign of breaking and that, many experts believe, may be the new normal.


Question: What was Ms. Mizrahi-Rubles grandfather known for being?

Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel, 51, who is based in Paris, was trained in working with diamonds and precious colored stones by her grandfather, the well-known diamond specialist Marcel Rubel. Her 20-year career has been built on collaborations with such top French jewelers as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Boucheron. She also has worked at Fred and Mauboussin. Three years ago, she opened an old trunk in the attic of a family country house to rediscover the forgotten archives of her great uncles, John and Robert Rubel. She said the hundreds of drawings, gouaches, patents and even scale models of their designs revealed the unusual style and originality of their Art Deco creations.

Answer: diamond specialist

<hl> Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel, 51, who is based in Paris, was trained in working with diamonds and precious colored stones by her grandfather, the well-known diamond specialist Marcel Rubel. <hl> Her 20-year career has been built on collaborations with such top French jewelers as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Boucheron. She also has worked at Fred and Mauboussin. Three years ago, she opened an old trunk in the attic of a family country house to rediscover the forgotten archives of her great uncles, John and Robert Rubel. She said the hundreds of drawings, gouaches, patents and even scale models of their designs revealed the unusual style and originality of their Art Deco creations.

Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel, 51, who is based in Paris, was trained in working with diamonds and precious colored stones by her grandfather, the well-known <hl> diamond specialist <hl> Marcel Rubel. Her 20-year career has been built on collaborations with such top French jewelers as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Boucheron. She also has worked at Fred and Mauboussin. Three years ago, she opened an old trunk in the attic of a family country house to rediscover the forgotten archives of her great uncles, John and Robert Rubel. She said the hundreds of drawings, gouaches, patents and even scale models of their designs revealed the unusual style and originality of their Art Deco creations.


Question: How are students beginning college?

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: depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year

<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 <hl> depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year <hl>, 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.

High numbers of students are beginning college having felt <hl> depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year <hl> , according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts’ concern about the emotional health of college freshmen.


Question: What reason did Mr. Carpenter give for the false conviction?

Mr. Carpenter, who also spells his surname Charpentier, also said he did not see Mr. Hincapie among the teenagers who attacked the Watkins family. He said the strong-arm tactics the police had used to persuade him and the other defendants to confess were to blame for Mr. Hincapie’s conviction. “You became concerned that your only way out of this precinct was to give the cops a story that they could use and give to the prosecutor,” he said. For his part, Mr. Hincapie said his first order of business was to go to a restaurant and have a seafood dinner. He said during his long incarceration he had at times nursed “a desire for full reprisal and revenge.” “I believed in the biblical imperative on an eye for an eye, that was my reality,” he added. “But I came to realize once I put my bitterness and angriness behind me that compassion was even more powerful. Shame on those individuals who did this to me, and shame on all those individuals who had knowledge of what happened to me. But I forgive them.”

Answer: strong-arm tactics the police had used to persuade him and the other defendants to confess were to blame

Mr. Carpenter, who also spells his surname Charpentier, also said he did not see Mr. Hincapie among the teenagers who attacked the Watkins family. <hl> He said the strong-arm tactics the police had used to persuade him and the other defendants to confess were to blame for Mr. Hincapie’s conviction. <hl> “You became concerned that your only way out of this precinct was to give the cops a story that they could use and give to the prosecutor,” he said. For his part, Mr. Hincapie said his first order of business was to go to a restaurant and have a seafood dinner. He said during his long incarceration he had at times nursed “a desire for full reprisal and revenge.” “I believed in the biblical imperative on an eye for an eye, that was my reality,” he added. “But I came to realize once I put my bitterness and angriness behind me that compassion was even more powerful. Shame on those individuals who did this to me, and shame on all those individuals who had knowledge of what happened to me. But I forgive them.”

Mr. Carpenter, who also spells his surname Charpentier, also said he did not see Mr. Hincapie among the teenagers who attacked the Watkins family. He said the <hl> strong-arm tactics the police had used to persuade him and the other defendants to confess were to blame <hl> for Mr. Hincapie’s conviction. “You became concerned that your only way out of this precinct was to give the cops a story that they could use and give to the prosecutor,” he said. For his part, Mr. Hincapie said his first order of business was to go to a restaurant and have a seafood dinner. He said during his long incarceration he had at times nursed “a desire for full reprisal and revenge.” “I believed in the biblical imperative on an eye for an eye, that was my reality,” he added. “But I came to realize once I put my bitterness and angriness behind me that compassion was even more powerful. Shame on those individuals who did this to me, and shame on all those individuals who had knowledge of what happened to me. But I forgive them.”


Question: What time does the show air?

8 P.M. (Comedy Central) NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AMERICA COMES TOGETHER FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS Jon Stewart hosts; Larry David, Martin Short, Larry Wilmore, Fred Armisen, Andy Cohen, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson and Susan Sarandon oversee the phone banks; and Bill Burr, Louis C. K., John Oliver, Paul Rudd, Amy Schumer, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carell, Gilbert Gottfried, Maya Rudolph and Sarah Silverman, above, perform in sketches taped at the Beacon Theater in this telethon on behalf of autism awareness and education.

Answer: 8 P.M.

8 P.M. (Comedy Central) NIGHT OF TOO

<hl> 8 P.M. (Comedy Central) NIGHT OF TOO <hl> MANY STARS: AMERICA COMES TOGETHER FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS Jon Stewart hosts; Larry David, Martin Short, Larry Wilmore, Fred Armisen, Andy Cohen, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson and Susan Sarandon oversee the phone banks; and Bill Burr, Louis C. K., John Oliver, Paul Rudd, Amy Schumer, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carell, Gilbert Gottfried, Maya Rudolph and Sarah Silverman, above, perform in sketches taped at the Beacon Theater in this telethon on behalf of autism awareness and education.

<hl> 8 P.M. <hl> (Comedy Central) NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AMERICA COMES TOGETHER FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS Jon Stewart hosts; Larry David, Martin Short, Larry Wilmore, Fred Armisen, Andy Cohen, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson and Susan Sarandon oversee the phone banks; and Bill Burr, Louis C. K., John Oliver, Paul Rudd, Amy Schumer, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carell, Gilbert Gottfried, Maya Rudolph and Sarah Silverman, above, perform in sketches taped at the Beacon Theater in this telethon on behalf of autism awareness and education.


Question: After what did Araeen decide to become an artist?

Overlooked amid all these accomplishments was Mr. Araeen’s art, a selection of which is at Aicon Gallery in his first New York solo exhibition. Trained as a civil engineer, he became an artist after seeing Anthony Caro’s sculptures. His own early pieces combined Mr. Caro’s use of industrial materials with openwork structures adapted from architecture. In the early 1960s he developed a version of what would come to be called Minimalism before its introduction in New York by Donald Judd and others.

Answer: seeing Anthony Caro’s sculptures

Overlooked amid all these accomplishments was Mr. Araeen’s art, a selection of which is at Aicon Gallery in his first New York solo exhibition. <hl> Trained as a civil engineer, he became an artist after seeing Anthony Caro’s sculptures . <hl> His own early pieces combined Mr. Caro’s use of industrial materials with openwork structures adapted from architecture. In the early 1960s he developed a version of what would come to be called Minimalism before its introduction in New York by Donald Judd and others.

Overlooked amid all these accomplishments was Mr. Araeen’s art, a selection of which is at Aicon Gallery in his first New York solo exhibition. Trained as a civil engineer, he became an artist after <hl> seeing Anthony Caro’s sculptures <hl>. His own early pieces combined Mr. Caro’s use of industrial materials with openwork structures adapted from architecture. In the early 1960s he developed a version of what would come to be called Minimalism before its introduction in New York by Donald Judd and others.

Trained as a civil engineer, he became an artist after <hl> seeing Anthony Caro’s sculptures <hl> .


Question: How did he contribute to Israel's advanced water treatment techniques?

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

Answer: taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater

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

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

FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and <hl> taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater <hl> .


Question: Who plays Ted's father in The Boy?

9 P.M. (CUNY) WALLANDER: THE TRICKSTERS When a stable owner is found lifeless in his barn, Inspector Kurt Wallander (Krister Henriksson) is at a loss for suspects, since the man seemingly had no friends, no social life and no enemies. But a little sleuthing unearths something sinister, and with it a list of people who might have wanted the victim dead. What’s Streaming Now  THE BOY (2015) In the summer of 1989, a 9-year-old named Ted (Jared Breeze) is living with his father (David Morse) in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill, whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway. Then a drifter (Rainn Wilson) crashes his car into a large animal and is stranded at the motel, where he and Ted develop an ill-fated bond. “And yet ‘The Boy,’ despite remarkable performances and gorgeous imagery, does not sufficiently flesh out its subject,” Andy Webster wrote in The Times. (amazon.com, iTunes) THE OPEN MIND Alexander Heffner interviews Alberto Ibargüen, the president and chief executive of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, about disruption and innovation in contemporary media. (thirteen.org/openmind)

Answer: David Morse)

9 P.M. (CUNY) WALLANDER: THE TRICKSTERS When a stable owner is found lifeless in his barn, Inspector Kurt Wallander (Krister Henriksson) is at a loss for suspects, since the man seemingly had no friends, no social life and no enemies. But a little sleuthing unearths something sinister, and with it a list of people who might have wanted the victim dead. What’s Streaming Now THE BOY (2015) <hl> In the summer of 1989, a 9-year-old named Ted (Jared Breeze) is living with his father ( David Morse) in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill, whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway. <hl> Then a drifter (Rainn Wilson) crashes his car into a large animal and is stranded at the motel, where he and Ted develop an ill-fated bond. “And yet ‘The Boy,’ despite remarkable performances and gorgeous imagery, does not sufficiently flesh out its subject,” Andy Webster wrote in The Times. (amazon.com, iTunes) THE OPEN MIND Alexander Heffner interviews Alberto Ibargüen, the president and chief executive of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, about disruption and innovation in contemporary media. (thirteen.org/openmind)

9 P.M. (CUNY) WALLANDER: THE TRICKSTERS When a stable owner is found lifeless in his barn, Inspector Kurt Wallander (Krister Henriksson) is at a loss for suspects, since the man seemingly had no friends, no social life and no enemies. But a little sleuthing unearths something sinister, and with it a list of people who might have wanted the victim dead. What’s Streaming Now THE BOY (2015) In the summer of 1989, a 9-year-old named Ted (Jared Breeze) is living with his father (<hl> David Morse) <hl> in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill, whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway. Then a drifter (Rainn Wilson) crashes his car into a large animal and is stranded at the motel, where he and Ted develop an ill-fated bond. “And yet ‘The Boy,’ despite remarkable performances and gorgeous imagery, does not sufficiently flesh out its subject,” Andy Webster wrote in The Times. (amazon.com, iTunes) THE OPEN MIND Alexander Heffner interviews Alberto Ibargüen, the president and chief executive of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, about disruption and innovation in contemporary media. (thirteen.org/openmind)

In the summer of 1989, a 9-year-old named Ted (Jared Breeze) is living with his father ( <hl> David Morse) <hl> in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill, whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway.


Question: Who wrote the songs Hungry Heart, Brilliant Disguise, and Secret Garden?

Perhaps this is Mr. Simon refusing to invent motives that aren’t in the public record. In any case, it leaves him with a bit of a cipher at the middle of his story. The excellent actor Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life, projecting decency, nervous energy, joy and disappointment, but he never seems to have quite enough to work with. That’s reflected in the series, which occasionally takes a break from its tightly scripted council meetings and back-room deals for emotion-building montages set to Bruce Springsteen songs (“Hungry Heart,” “Brilliant Disguise,” “Secret Garden”). The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Perhaps this is Mr. Simon refusing to invent motives that aren’t in the public record. In any case, it leaves him with a bit of a cipher at the middle of his story. The excellent actor Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life, projecting decency, nervous energy, joy and disappointment, but he never seems to have quite enough to work with. <hl> That’s reflected in the series, which occasionally takes a break from its tightly scripted council meetings and back-room deals for emotion-building montages set to Bruce Springsteen songs (“Hungry Heart,” “Brilliant Disguise,” “Secret Garden”). <hl> The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.

Perhaps this is Mr. Simon refusing to invent motives that aren’t in the public record. In any case, it leaves him with a bit of a cipher at the middle of his story. The excellent actor Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life, projecting decency, nervous energy, joy and disappointment, but he never seems to have quite enough to work with. That’s reflected in the series, which occasionally takes a break from its tightly scripted council meetings and back-room deals for emotion-building montages set to <hl> Bruce Springsteen <hl> songs (“Hungry Heart,” “Brilliant Disguise,” “Secret Garden”). The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.


Question: Where was Ms. Clyne born?

Ms. Clyne’s attention to craft across different media is all the more noteworthy because she started out as a composer of electronic music — an intangible art form. Ms. Clyne, who was born in London, spoke about her creative process during a recent interview over tea and McVitie’s biscuits in her sunlit apartment in Brooklyn. To avoid becoming bogged down in habit and “tendencies,” she seeks out conversations across disciplines — whether in collaboration with choreographers and visual artists or, as in the case of the “Night Ferry” collages, with her own inner painter. “It was like a timeline,” she said of the seven panels, which each represented three minutes of music. “I knew I wanted it to have a very turbulent beginning. I’d paint that, and then I’d write it. It would keep me on track.” The Miller program includes “Fits and Starts,” for solo cello and electronics, which she wrote for the choreographer Kitty McNamee and in which an increasingly lyrical and impassioned cello line coalesces out of skittish and distorted beginnings. In a phone interview, Ms. McNamee described Ms. Clyne’s musical language as “very visual,” adding: “It has incredible tension and release, which is very helpful to me. It has great shape to it.”

Answer: London

Ms. Clyne’s attention to craft across different media is all the more noteworthy because she started out as a composer of electronic music — an intangible art form. <hl> Ms. Clyne, who was born in London , spoke about her creative process during a recent interview over tea and McVitie’s biscuits in her sunlit apartment in Brooklyn. <hl> To avoid becoming bogged down in habit and “tendencies,” she seeks out conversations across disciplines — whether in collaboration with choreographers and visual artists or, as in the case of the “Night Ferry” collages, with her own inner painter. “It was like a timeline,” she said of the seven panels, which each represented three minutes of music. “I knew I wanted it to have a very turbulent beginning. I’d paint that, and then I’d write it. It would keep me on track.” The Miller program includes “Fits and Starts,” for solo cello and electronics, which she wrote for the choreographer Kitty McNamee and in which an increasingly lyrical and impassioned cello line coalesces out of skittish and distorted beginnings. In a phone interview, Ms. McNamee described Ms. Clyne’s musical language as “very visual,” adding: “It has incredible tension and release, which is very helpful to me. It has great shape to it.”

Ms. Clyne’s attention to craft across different media is all the more noteworthy because she started out as a composer of electronic music — an intangible art form. Ms. Clyne, who was born in <hl> London <hl>, spoke about her creative process during a recent interview over tea and McVitie’s biscuits in her sunlit apartment in Brooklyn. To avoid becoming bogged down in habit and “tendencies,” she seeks out conversations across disciplines — whether in collaboration with choreographers and visual artists or, as in the case of the “Night Ferry” collages, with her own inner painter. “It was like a timeline,” she said of the seven panels, which each represented three minutes of music. “I knew I wanted it to have a very turbulent beginning. I’d paint that, and then I’d write it. It would keep me on track.” The Miller program includes “Fits and Starts,” for solo cello and electronics, which she wrote for the choreographer Kitty McNamee and in which an increasingly lyrical and impassioned cello line coalesces out of skittish and distorted beginnings. In a phone interview, Ms. McNamee described Ms. Clyne’s musical language as “very visual,” adding: “It has incredible tension and release, which is very helpful to me. It has great shape to it.”

Ms. Clyne, who was born in <hl> London <hl> , spoke about her creative process during a recent interview over tea and McVitie’s biscuits in her sunlit apartment in Brooklyn.


Question: Who's awareness is raised by estimating sales tax in the prices?

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance.

Answer: some Brazilians

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. <hl> New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. <hl> That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance.

There are some promising signs of progress. For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods, cutting into the mountains of paperwork. Some small businesses are thought to have benefited from a method aimed at simplifying their taxes. New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among <hl> some Brazilians <hl> about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases. That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return. Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues. Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance.


Question: What did George say when offered to go to Princeton?

“So my grades were not great,” she said. One day she was summoned to the dean’s office. “Georgie,” she remembered the dean saying, “you have not made a hit socially or academically. How would you like to transfer to Princeton?” (The Ivy League school started accepting women in 1969.) “I said, ‘How would I get in?’ She told me not to worry, that it had been arranged, to just go. Being stubborn, I refused.” In the next three years, she worked hard, was elected president of the student government as well as the Glamour magazine representative for the school. She accepted that honor, she said, “wearing my usual uniform, the bluejeans, army jacket and boots.”

Answer: I refused

Being stubborn, I refused .”

“So my grades were not great,” she said. One day she was summoned to the dean’s office. “Georgie,” she remembered the dean saying, “you have not made a hit socially or academically. How would you like to transfer to Princeton?” (The Ivy League school started accepting women in 1969.) “I said, ‘How would I get in?’ She told me not to worry, that it had been arranged, to just go. <hl> Being stubborn, I refused .” <hl> In the next three years, she worked hard, was elected president of the student government as well as the Glamour magazine representative for the school. She accepted that honor, she said, “wearing my usual uniform, the bluejeans, army jacket and boots.”

“So my grades were not great,” she said. One day she was summoned to the dean’s office. “Georgie,” she remembered the dean saying, “you have not made a hit socially or academically. How would you like to transfer to Princeton?” (The Ivy League school started accepting women in 1969.) “I said, ‘How would I get in?’ She told me not to worry, that it had been arranged, to just go. Being stubborn, <hl> I refused <hl>.” In the next three years, she worked hard, was elected president of the student government as well as the Glamour magazine representative for the school. She accepted that honor, she said, “wearing my usual uniform, the bluejeans, army jacket and boots.”


Question: What did the New York City Education and New York State Education Department fall behind in making?

In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make Achievement First, a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.

Answer: Achievement First

<hl> In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make Achievement First , a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities. <hl>

In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make <hl> Achievement First <hl>, a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.

In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make <hl> Achievement First <hl> , a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.


Question: What is the jobless rate for white Americans?

At 62.5 percent, the proportion of Americans in the labor force remains near multidecade lows. The jobless rate for African-Americans rose by 0.2 percentage point in November to 9.4 percent, which is more than twice the 4.3 percent level for white Americans.

Answer: 4.3 percent

At 62.5 percent, the proportion of Americans in the labor force remains near multidecade lows. <hl> The jobless rate for African-Americans rose by 0.2 percentage point in November to 9.4 percent, which is more than twice the 4.3 percent level for white Americans. <hl>

At 62.5 percent, the proportion of Americans in the labor force remains near multidecade lows. The jobless rate for African-Americans rose by 0.2 percentage point in November to 9.4 percent, which is more than twice the <hl> 4.3 percent <hl> level for white Americans.


Question: What type of stone was used for the exterior of the home?

INDOORS: The house was built in 1928 and renovated within the last 10 years, at which point a wing was added. The exterior is limestone, likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys. The new wing was designed by Stock & Stone Architecture of Columbus, which the listing agent says is known for its work on older houses. Through the front door, there’s a foyer that leads to a living room with a high pitched ceiling and a fireplace flanked by large windows. The exposed ceiling beams are original, as is much of the chestnut woodwork, complemented by stone floors laid during renovations. On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated over the last 10 years. On the other side of the foyer is a wing with three bedrooms and two bathrooms; another bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.

Answer: limestone

INDOORS: The house was built in 1928 and renovated within the last 10 years, at which point a wing was added. <hl> The exterior is limestone , likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys. <hl> The new wing was designed by Stock & Stone Architecture of Columbus, which the listing agent says is known for its work on older houses. Through the front door, there’s a foyer that leads to a living room with a high pitched ceiling and a fireplace flanked by large windows. The exposed ceiling beams are original, as is much of the chestnut woodwork, complemented by stone floors laid during renovations. On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated over the last 10 years. On the other side of the foyer is a wing with three bedrooms and two bathrooms; another bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.

INDOORS: The house was built in 1928 and renovated within the last 10 years, at which point a wing was added. The exterior is <hl> limestone <hl>, likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys. The new wing was designed by Stock & Stone Architecture of Columbus, which the listing agent says is known for its work on older houses. Through the front door, there’s a foyer that leads to a living room with a high pitched ceiling and a fireplace flanked by large windows. The exposed ceiling beams are original, as is much of the chestnut woodwork, complemented by stone floors laid during renovations. On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated over the last 10 years. On the other side of the foyer is a wing with three bedrooms and two bathrooms; another bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.

The exterior is <hl> limestone <hl> , likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys.


Question: What is the name of the boy that ran out of peach labels?

I am especially partial to these kinds of “work” books, these generally antiquated, patient things, that instead of telling a story directly, indirectly relate the inevitably moving story of a person getting up every day, sufficiently hopeful that something will be yielded via an extravagant, chaotic gathering of data. I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state. Opening “Wild Talents” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches. Then, obliquely, he connects this to a string of unsolved murders across time and space.

Answer: Fort

I am especially partial to these kinds of “work” books, these generally antiquated, patient things, that instead of telling a story directly, indirectly relate the inevitably moving story of a person getting up every day, sufficiently hopeful that something will be yielded via an extravagant, chaotic gathering of data. I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state. <hl> Opening “Wild Talents” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches. <hl> Then, obliquely, he connects this to a string of unsolved murders across time and space.

I am especially partial to these kinds of “work” books, these generally antiquated, patient things, that instead of telling a story directly, indirectly relate the inevitably moving story of a person getting up every day, sufficiently hopeful that something will be yielded via an extravagant, chaotic gathering of data. I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state. Opening “Wild Talents” to a random page, I find <hl> Fort <hl> narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches. Then, obliquely, he connects this to a string of unsolved murders across time and space.


Question: What day of the week did LA pass these rules?

Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under rules passed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council. The mandate would affect as many as 13,500 so-called soft-first-story buildings, typically wood-frame structures. As many as 1,500 brittle concrete buildings would also require upgrades. City leaders will have to agree on how the estimated $5,000-per-unit retrofitting would be split between tenants and landlords. The law currently allows owners to increase rents up to $75 per month for a required earthquake retrofit, but both sides say such an increase is too steep. Apartment groups are looking for certain financial support, such as breaks on property and state income taxes.

Answer: Friday

<hl> Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under rules passed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council. <hl> The mandate would affect as many as 13,500 so-called soft-first-story buildings, typically wood-frame structures. As many as 1,500 brittle concrete buildings would also require upgrades. City leaders will have to agree on how the estimated $5,000-per-unit retrofitting would be split between tenants and landlords. The law currently allows owners to increase rents up to $75 per month for a required earthquake retrofit, but both sides say such an increase is too steep. Apartment groups are looking for certain financial support, such as breaks on property and state income taxes.

Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under rules passed <hl> Friday <hl> by the Los Angeles City Council. The mandate would affect as many as 13,500 so-called soft-first-story buildings, typically wood-frame structures. As many as 1,500 brittle concrete buildings would also require upgrades. City leaders will have to agree on how the estimated $5,000-per-unit retrofitting would be split between tenants and landlords. The law currently allows owners to increase rents up to $75 per month for a required earthquake retrofit, but both sides say such an increase is too steep. Apartment groups are looking for certain financial support, such as breaks on property and state income taxes.


Question: What country has unattractive yellow tint and heavily cracked marbles?

Turkey has 40 percent of the world’s commercial marble reserves and has been by far the dominant supplier to China, where domestic marble tends to be heavily cracked and often an unattractive yellow. But the value and tonnage of China’s marble imports have plunged by nearly a third just in the past year, paralleling a steep drop in housing starts there. For Cekicler Marble in Eskisehir, that has meant closing three of the company’s nine marble quarries and laying off a third of the 450 workers. The company had designed for sale to China an automated production line that costs $550,000 and helps turn 25-ton blocks of Turkish marble into slim tiles. But after expecting to sell 10 a year, the company actually sold one last year and none this year, with leads for the sale of two next year.

Answer: China

<hl> Turkey has 40 percent of the world’s commercial marble reserves and has been by far the dominant supplier to China , where domestic marble tends to be heavily cracked and often an unattractive yellow. <hl> But the value and tonnage of China’s marble imports have plunged by nearly a third just in the past year, paralleling a steep drop in housing starts there. For Cekicler Marble in Eskisehir, that has meant closing three of the company’s nine marble quarries and laying off a third of the 450 workers. The company had designed for sale to China an automated production line that costs $550,000 and helps turn 25-ton blocks of Turkish marble into slim tiles. But after expecting to sell 10 a year, the company actually sold one last year and none this year, with leads for the sale of two next year.

Turkey has 40 percent of the world’s commercial marble reserves and has been by far the dominant supplier to <hl> China <hl>, where domestic marble tends to be heavily cracked and often an unattractive yellow. But the value and tonnage of China’s marble imports have plunged by nearly a third just in the past year, paralleling a steep drop in housing starts there. For Cekicler Marble in Eskisehir, that has meant closing three of the company’s nine marble quarries and laying off a third of the 450 workers. The company had designed for sale to China an automated production line that costs $550,000 and helps turn 25-ton blocks of Turkish marble into slim tiles. But after expecting to sell 10 a year, the company actually sold one last year and none this year, with leads for the sale of two next year.

Turkey has 40 percent of the world’s commercial marble reserves and has been by far the dominant supplier to <hl> China <hl> , where domestic marble tends to be heavily cracked and often an unattractive yellow.


Question: Who argued against Mr Sisi's police force?

Gamal Eid, executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, noted that only a small demonstration in support of President Sisi appeared to have escaped police violence. So the police killings, including Ms. Sabbagh’s, had sent a clear message. “If you object to Sisi, your blood is permissible,” Mr. Eid said, arguing that Mr. Sisi’s police force was clenching its fist even more tightly than former President Hosni Mubarak’s — “with all its monstrosity.” “We are closer to the Gestapo in East Germany or the Savak political police of Iran” under the Shah, Mr. Eid added.

Answer: Mr. Eid

Gamal Eid, executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, noted that only a small demonstration in support of President Sisi appeared to have escaped police violence. So the police killings, including Ms. Sabbagh’s, had sent a clear message. <hl> “If you object to Sisi, your blood is permissible,” Mr. Eid said, arguing that Mr. Sisi’s police force was clenching its fist even more tightly than former President Hosni Mubarak’s — “with all its monstrosity.” <hl> “We are closer to the Gestapo in East Germany or the Savak political police of Iran” under the Shah, Mr. Eid added.

Gamal Eid, executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, noted that only a small demonstration in support of President Sisi appeared to have escaped police violence. So the police killings, including Ms. Sabbagh’s, had sent a clear message. “If you object to Sisi, your blood is permissible,” <hl> Mr. Eid <hl> said, arguing that Mr. Sisi’s police force was clenching its fist even more tightly than former President Hosni Mubarak’s — “with all its monstrosity.” “We are closer to the Gestapo in East Germany or the Savak political police of Iran” under the Shah, Mr. Eid added.


Question: Mr. Plaats claimed Mr. Carson's religion would not be an issue unless what become central to politics?

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

Answer: theology

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

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


Question: What words did Brahms use to described his Three Intermezzos?

Brahms described his Three Intermezzos (Op. 117) as “lullabies to my sorrows.” Mr. Kissin played them with deep empathy, allowing the notes of the first to cling to one another in a show of quiet, poignant reluctance. In “Granada,” from Albéniz’s “Suite Española,” Mr. Kissin echoed some of the same melancholy but transposed it into a warmer, more sensual sound world. Three other city portraits by Albéniz and the dazzling “Viva Navarra!” by Larregla followed, showcases for Mr. Kissin’s refined play of colors.

Answer: lullabies to my sorrows

as “ lullabies to my sorrows .”

Brahms described his Three Intermezzos (Op. 117) <hl> as “ lullabies to my sorrows .” <hl> Mr. Kissin played them with deep empathy, allowing the notes of the first to cling to one another in a show of quiet, poignant reluctance. In “Granada,” from Albéniz’s “Suite Española,” Mr. Kissin echoed some of the same melancholy but transposed it into a warmer, more sensual sound world. Three other city portraits by Albéniz and the dazzling “Viva Navarra!” by Larregla followed, showcases for Mr. Kissin’s refined play of colors.

Brahms described his Three Intermezzos (Op. 117) as “<hl> lullabies to my sorrows <hl>.” Mr. Kissin played them with deep empathy, allowing the notes of the first to cling to one another in a show of quiet, poignant reluctance. In “Granada,” from Albéniz’s “Suite Española,” Mr. Kissin echoed some of the same melancholy but transposed it into a warmer, more sensual sound world. Three other city portraits by Albéniz and the dazzling “Viva Navarra!” by Larregla followed, showcases for Mr. Kissin’s refined play of colors.

as “ <hl> lullabies to my sorrows <hl> .”


Question: Why would bodycams be beneficial to the public but not necessarily officers?

“We hit the pause button,” Chief Strachan said. “Our view is we don’t want to be part of violating people’s privacy for commercial or voyeuristic reasons. Everyone’s worst day is now going to be put on YouTube for eternity.” Since the death  of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior, as well as to protect them against false charges.

Answer: hold them accountable for their behavior

“We hit the pause button,” Chief Strachan said. “Our view is we don’t want to be part of violating people’s privacy for commercial or voyeuristic reasons. Everyone’s worst day is now going to be put on YouTube for eternity.” <hl> Since the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior , as well as to protect them against false charges. <hl>

“We hit the pause button,” Chief Strachan said. “Our view is we don’t want to be part of violating people’s privacy for commercial or voyeuristic reasons. Everyone’s worst day is now going to be put on YouTube for eternity.” Since the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to <hl> hold them accountable for their behavior <hl>, as well as to protect them against false charges.

Since the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to <hl> hold them accountable for their behavior <hl> , as well as to protect them against false charges.


Question: Where does the intro of "Paris" take place?

And it’s not yet noon in “Paris,” a six-part French mini-series that traverses 24 hours as a dozen seemingly random residents dodge, dart and finally collide. Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower. Oh — and subtitles.

Answer: Eiffel Tower

And it’s not yet noon in “Paris,” a six-part French mini-series that traverses 24 hours as a dozen seemingly random residents dodge, dart and finally collide. <hl> Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower . <hl> Oh — and subtitles.

And it’s not yet noon in “Paris,” a six-part French mini-series that traverses 24 hours as a dozen seemingly random residents dodge, dart and finally collide. Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the <hl> Eiffel Tower <hl>. Oh — and subtitles.

Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the <hl> Eiffel Tower <hl> .


Question: What team is Mattingly currently the manager of?

After retiring as a player, Mattingly was successful as a coach for the Yankees. In 2004, when he was the hitting coach, the team belted 242 homers, the most of any Yankee team in history. Now, of course, he’s the manager of the Dodgers, which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue. After Joe Torre stepped down as manager of the Yankees, I favored Mattingly over Joe Girardi to replace him. Girardi is like the new stadium — he’s fine, spiffy, a good face for the organization. But not for the fans who saw Mattingly in his prime.

Answer: the Dodgers

After retiring as a player, Mattingly was successful as a coach for the Yankees. In 2004, when he was the hitting coach, the team belted 242 homers, the most of any Yankee team in history. <hl> Now, of course, he’s the manager of the Dodgers , which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue. <hl> After Joe Torre stepped down as manager of the Yankees, I favored Mattingly over Joe Girardi to replace him. Girardi is like the new stadium — he’s fine, spiffy, a good face for the organization. But not for the fans who saw Mattingly in his prime.

After retiring as a player, Mattingly was successful as a coach for the Yankees. In 2004, when he was the hitting coach, the team belted 242 homers, the most of any Yankee team in history. Now, of course, he’s the manager of <hl> the Dodgers <hl>, which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue. After Joe Torre stepped down as manager of the Yankees, I favored Mattingly over Joe Girardi to replace him. Girardi is like the new stadium — he’s fine, spiffy, a good face for the organization. But not for the fans who saw Mattingly in his prime.

Now, of course, he’s the manager of <hl> the Dodgers <hl> , which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue.


Question: Who missed the exposed reef and what was his role?

It took a month for Vestas, the sponsor, to commit to rejoining the race. The decision was made to painstakingly remove the mangled boat from the reef and rebuild it in half the original build time at Persico Marine in Genoa, Italy. “We knew that our story could not end on that reef,” Morten Kamp Jorgensen, the team’s communications director, said in an interview this week. “We reshuffled our budgets and organization. This was a race to ensure that Vestas will be remembered as a team that overcame challenges.” An inquiry into the accident revealed that the navigator, Wouter Verbraak, had not zoomed in enough on the boat’s navigation system to see the exposed reef. Investigators found that “at different times the navigator zoomed in on the electronic chart and came to the same incorrect conclusion.” Since the inquiry, small changes have been made to the race’s rules. Officials have said there will be more.

Answer: the navigator, Wouter Verbraak

It took a month for Vestas, the sponsor, to commit to rejoining the race. The decision was made to painstakingly remove the mangled boat from the reef and rebuild it in half the original build time at Persico Marine in Genoa, Italy. “We knew that our story could not end on that reef,” Morten Kamp Jorgensen, the team’s communications director, said in an interview this week. “We reshuffled our budgets and organization. This was a race to ensure that Vestas will be remembered as a team that overcame challenges.” <hl> An inquiry into the accident revealed that the navigator, Wouter Verbraak , had not zoomed in enough on the boat’s navigation system to see the exposed reef. <hl> Investigators found that “at different times the navigator zoomed in on the electronic chart and came to the same incorrect conclusion.” Since the inquiry, small changes have been made to the race’s rules. Officials have said there will be more.

It took a month for Vestas, the sponsor, to commit to rejoining the race. The decision was made to painstakingly remove the mangled boat from the reef and rebuild it in half the original build time at Persico Marine in Genoa, Italy. “We knew that our story could not end on that reef,” Morten Kamp Jorgensen, the team’s communications director, said in an interview this week. “We reshuffled our budgets and organization. This was a race to ensure that Vestas will be remembered as a team that overcame challenges.” An inquiry into the accident revealed that <hl> the navigator, Wouter Verbraak <hl>, had not zoomed in enough on the boat’s navigation system to see the exposed reef. Investigators found that “at different times the navigator zoomed in on the electronic chart and came to the same incorrect conclusion.” Since the inquiry, small changes have been made to the race’s rules. Officials have said there will be more.

An inquiry into the accident revealed that <hl> the navigator, Wouter Verbraak <hl> , had not zoomed in enough on the boat’s navigation system to see the exposed reef.


Question: Should investigate and prosecute the cases?

Whether peacekeepers serve the United Nations or are under their own national commanders — as in the case of the French troops in Bangui — it is ultimately up to the soldiers’ home countries to investigate and prosecute such cases. The United Nations does not have the legal authority to prosecute or punish a country’s soldiers, even when they are serving under the banner of the United Nations. France has announced an official investigation into the accusations against its troops. But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by The New York Times.

Answer: home countries

<hl> Whether peacekeepers serve the United Nations or are under their own national commanders — as in the case of the French troops in Bangui — it is ultimately up to the soldiers’ home countries to investigate and prosecute such cases. <hl> The United Nations does not have the legal authority to prosecute or punish a country’s soldiers, even when they are serving under the banner of the United Nations. France has announced an official investigation into the accusations against its troops. But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by The New York Times.

Whether peacekeepers serve the United Nations or are under their own national commanders — as in the case of the French troops in Bangui — it is ultimately up to the soldiers’ <hl> home countries <hl> to investigate and prosecute such cases. The United Nations does not have the legal authority to prosecute or punish a country’s soldiers, even when they are serving under the banner of the United Nations. France has announced an official investigation into the accusations against its troops. But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by The New York Times.