Question: Who wrote Prudence?

The poetics of damage permeates David Treuer’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression. On the evidence here, Treuer believes in bravery. Moreover, he believes that a lack of bravery isn’t just sad, it’s deeply destructive — and the destruction can’t be undone. Cowardice can kill people. While there’s much hope in this lyrical novel, as evidenced by the freedom with which it examines some of the more transgressive interstices of race, sexual orientation and gender, there’s also an obdurate insistence on taking responsibility, particularly if one is a man. Treuer’s perspective is bracingly tough. This author values honor. Who dares to take that kind of stance anymore?

Answer: David Treuer

<hl> The poetics of damage permeates David Treuer ’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression. <hl> On the evidence here, Treuer believes in bravery. Moreover, he believes that a lack of bravery isn’t just sad, it’s deeply destructive — and the destruction can’t be undone. Cowardice can kill people. While there’s much hope in this lyrical novel, as evidenced by the freedom with which it examines some of the more transgressive interstices of race, sexual orientation and gender, there’s also an obdurate insistence on taking responsibility, particularly if one is a man. Treuer’s perspective is bracingly tough. This author values honor. Who dares to take that kind of stance anymore?

The poetics of damage permeates <hl> David Treuer <hl>’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression. On the evidence here, Treuer believes in bravery. Moreover, he believes that a lack of bravery isn’t just sad, it’s deeply destructive — and the destruction can’t be undone. Cowardice can kill people. While there’s much hope in this lyrical novel, as evidenced by the freedom with which it examines some of the more transgressive interstices of race, sexual orientation and gender, there’s also an obdurate insistence on taking responsibility, particularly if one is a man. Treuer’s perspective is bracingly tough. This author values honor. Who dares to take that kind of stance anymore?

The poetics of damage permeates <hl> David Treuer <hl> ’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression.


Question: How many US military trained the Ukrainian in remedial military instructions?

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

Answer: 300

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

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


Question: What is closer to Europe than Tora Bora?

This border-straddling ISIS sanctuary must be eliminated, just as the Afghan safe haven of Al Qaeda was after 9/11 (before the disastrous distraction of Iraq). Raqqa is much closer to Europe than Tora Bora. ISIS has effective terrorists but indifferent soldiers. They are beatable. Kurdish militias — not the U.S. military by any means — have made rapid inroads. They and other local forces can help. But Obama does not have the will. “Let’s assume we send 50,000 troops into Syria,” he said in Turkey. “What happens when there’s a terrorist attack generated from Yemen?” That’s a straw-man game unworthy of the president. Its subtext: Because you can’t solve all the problems of the world, solve none. ISIS in Syria and Iraq is the core of the terrorist threat to Europe and America today. So destroy it.

Answer: Raqqa

This border-straddling ISIS sanctuary must be eliminated, just as the Afghan safe haven of Al Qaeda was after 9/11 (before the disastrous distraction of Iraq). <hl> Raqqa is much closer to Europe than Tora Bora. <hl> ISIS has effective terrorists but indifferent soldiers. They are beatable. Kurdish militias — not the U.S. military by any means — have made rapid inroads. They and other local forces can help. But Obama does not have the will. “Let’s assume we send 50,000 troops into Syria,” he said in Turkey. “What happens when there’s a terrorist attack generated from Yemen?” That’s a straw-man game unworthy of the president. Its subtext: Because you can’t solve all the problems of the world, solve none. ISIS in Syria and Iraq is the core of the terrorist threat to Europe and America today. So destroy it.

This border-straddling ISIS sanctuary must be eliminated, just as the Afghan safe haven of Al Qaeda was after 9/11 (before the disastrous distraction of Iraq). <hl> Raqqa <hl> is much closer to Europe than Tora Bora. ISIS has effective terrorists but indifferent soldiers. They are beatable. Kurdish militias — not the U.S. military by any means — have made rapid inroads. They and other local forces can help. But Obama does not have the will. “Let’s assume we send 50,000 troops into Syria,” he said in Turkey. “What happens when there’s a terrorist attack generated from Yemen?” That’s a straw-man game unworthy of the president. Its subtext: Because you can’t solve all the problems of the world, solve none. ISIS in Syria and Iraq is the core of the terrorist threat to Europe and America today. So destroy it.


Question: who wasnt paying attention when secretary of state george marshall articulated his marshall plan ?

Mary Morris Gamble Booth, class of ’50, traveled to Paris with Sweet Briar’s first junior-year program, which drew students of both sexes from across the country, including, that year, 15 Yale men. It was 1948 when they set sail, and Ms. Booth recounted how one of the Yale men kept trying to sneak up to the first-class deck from third class. “He was wearing white bucks and the British crew did not approve of white buck shoes, so he gave himself away,” she recalled. She said she was not quite paying attention when Secretary of State George Marshall articulated his Marshall Plan at Reid Hall, Sweet Briar’s Left Bank headquarters. Nevertheless, she ended up working for the program in Washington. “This year, I’m chairman of our 65th reunion,” Ms. Booth, 87, said sadly. “When they asked me last year, I said: ‘Sure, how hard can that be? Last year I think four people showed up for their 65th.’ Of course, this year is going to be a mob scene. It’s sort of an alpha and omega. Our reunion, and the last graduation.”

Answer: Ms. Booth

Mary Morris Gamble Booth, class of ’50, traveled to Paris with Sweet Briar’s first junior-year program, which drew students of both sexes from across the country, including, that year, 15 Yale men. <hl> It was 1948 when they set sail, and Ms. Booth recounted how one of the Yale men kept trying to sneak up to the first-class deck from third class. <hl> “He was wearing white bucks and the British crew did not approve of white buck shoes, so he gave himself away,” she recalled. She said she was not quite paying attention when Secretary of State George Marshall articulated his Marshall Plan at Reid Hall, Sweet Briar’s Left Bank headquarters. Nevertheless, she ended up working for the program in Washington. “This year, I’m chairman of our 65th reunion,” Ms. Booth, 87, said sadly. “When they asked me last year, I said: ‘Sure, how hard can that be? Last year I think four people showed up for their 65th.’ Of course, this year is going to be a mob scene. It’s sort of an alpha and omega. Our reunion, and the last graduation.”

Mary Morris Gamble Booth, class of ’50, traveled to Paris with Sweet Briar’s first junior-year program, which drew students of both sexes from across the country, including, that year, 15 Yale men. It was 1948 when they set sail, and <hl> Ms. Booth <hl> recounted how one of the Yale men kept trying to sneak up to the first-class deck from third class. “He was wearing white bucks and the British crew did not approve of white buck shoes, so he gave himself away,” she recalled. She said she was not quite paying attention when Secretary of State George Marshall articulated his Marshall Plan at Reid Hall, Sweet Briar’s Left Bank headquarters. Nevertheless, she ended up working for the program in Washington. “This year, I’m chairman of our 65th reunion,” Ms. Booth, 87, said sadly. “When they asked me last year, I said: ‘Sure, how hard can that be? Last year I think four people showed up for their 65th.’ Of course, this year is going to be a mob scene. It’s sort of an alpha and omega. Our reunion, and the last graduation.”


Question: What is the median salary for a worker with a bachelor's degree?

Today’s economy leaves little doubt about the value of college. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014 the median worker with a bachelor’s degree (and no advanced degree) earned $69,260, compared with $34,540 for the median worker with only a high school diploma. Over a lifetime, that difference accumulates to about $1.5 million. Increasing educational attainment is also the best way to combat growing income inequality. Over the last 40 years, the wages of skilled workers have increased substantially compared with the wages of the unskilled. Most economists agree that a leading cause is skill-biased technological change — the tendency of new technologies to increase the relative demand for skilled workers. College is the main institution that can offset this trend by turning unskilled individuals into skilled ones. Even those who do not attend college benefit when more of their fellow citizens do so. A person who becomes educated leaves the pool of the unskilled. Those left behind face fewer competitors. With fewer unskilled workers vying for the available jobs, wages at the bottom of the economic ladder are bid up. Although increasing college attendance makes a lot of sense, both for individuals and for the nation, the financial hurdle to doing so is higher than ever. The College Board reports that published tuition and fees at a typical private, nonprofit college, adjusted for overall inflation, have increased by 70 percent over the last 20 years. What gives?

Answer: $69,260

Today’s economy leaves little doubt about the value of college. <hl> According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014 the median worker with a bachelor’s degree (and no advanced degree) earned $69,260 , compared with $34,540 for the median worker with only a high school diploma. <hl> Over a lifetime, that difference accumulates to about $1.5 million. Increasing educational attainment is also the best way to combat growing income inequality. Over the last 40 years, the wages of skilled workers have increased substantially compared with the wages of the unskilled. Most economists agree that a leading cause is skill-biased technological change — the tendency of new technologies to increase the relative demand for skilled workers. College is the main institution that can offset this trend by turning unskilled individuals into skilled ones. Even those who do not attend college benefit when more of their fellow citizens do so. A person who becomes educated leaves the pool of the unskilled. Those left behind face fewer competitors. With fewer unskilled workers vying for the available jobs, wages at the bottom of the economic ladder are bid up. Although increasing college attendance makes a lot of sense, both for individuals and for the nation, the financial hurdle to doing so is higher than ever. The College Board reports that published tuition and fees at a typical private, nonprofit college, adjusted for overall inflation, have increased by 70 percent over the last 20 years. What gives?

Today’s economy leaves little doubt about the value of college. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014 the median worker with a bachelor’s degree (and no advanced degree) earned <hl> $69,260 <hl>, compared with $34,540 for the median worker with only a high school diploma. Over a lifetime, that difference accumulates to about $1.5 million. Increasing educational attainment is also the best way to combat growing income inequality. Over the last 40 years, the wages of skilled workers have increased substantially compared with the wages of the unskilled. Most economists agree that a leading cause is skill-biased technological change — the tendency of new technologies to increase the relative demand for skilled workers. College is the main institution that can offset this trend by turning unskilled individuals into skilled ones. Even those who do not attend college benefit when more of their fellow citizens do so. A person who becomes educated leaves the pool of the unskilled. Those left behind face fewer competitors. With fewer unskilled workers vying for the available jobs, wages at the bottom of the economic ladder are bid up. Although increasing college attendance makes a lot of sense, both for individuals and for the nation, the financial hurdle to doing so is higher than ever. The College Board reports that published tuition and fees at a typical private, nonprofit college, adjusted for overall inflation, have increased by 70 percent over the last 20 years. What gives?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014 the median worker with a bachelor’s degree (and no advanced degree) earned <hl> $69,260 <hl> , compared with $34,540 for the median worker with only a high school diploma.


Question: Who is the creator of M TRAIN?

KILLING AND DYING, by Adrian Tomine. (Drawn & Quarterly, $22.95.) The half-dozen vignettes in this graphic collection are pocket epics of romantic, creative and social frustration, set in drably picturesque American landscapes. M TRAIN, by Patti Smith. (Knopf, $25.) In rich, reflective language, the punk-rock poet and singer’s second memoir moves between her interior self and her life in the world. ST. MARKS IS DEAD: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street, by Ada Calhoun. (Norton, $27.95.) A spirited review of the many utopias, personal and political, that thrived in the East Village.

Answer: Patti Smith

M TRAIN, by Patti Smith .

KILLING AND DYING, by Adrian Tomine. (Drawn & Quarterly, $22.95.) The half-dozen vignettes in this graphic collection are pocket epics of romantic, creative and social frustration, set in drably picturesque American landscapes. <hl> M TRAIN, by Patti Smith . <hl> (Knopf, $25.) In rich, reflective language, the punk-rock poet and singer’s second memoir moves between her interior self and her life in the world. ST. MARKS IS DEAD: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street, by Ada Calhoun. (Norton, $27.95.) A spirited review of the many utopias, personal and political, that thrived in the East Village.

KILLING AND DYING, by Adrian Tomine. (Drawn & Quarterly, $22.95.) The half-dozen vignettes in this graphic collection are pocket epics of romantic, creative and social frustration, set in drably picturesque American landscapes. M TRAIN, by <hl> Patti Smith <hl>. (Knopf, $25.) In rich, reflective language, the punk-rock poet and singer’s second memoir moves between her interior self and her life in the world. ST. MARKS IS DEAD: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street, by Ada Calhoun. (Norton, $27.95.) A spirited review of the many utopias, personal and political, that thrived in the East Village.


Question: Where is the Interpublic Group gaining a stronger foothold?

The advertising giant Interpublic Group of Companies is gaining a stronger foothold in Russia. In a deal that has been brewing for years, Interpublic has acquired three Russian creative agencies from ADV, its longtime partner in the country. Interpublic, which is based in New York, has done business in Russia for two decades through ADV, an advertising group that encompasses more than 40 agencies in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. But with the deal, Interpublic will now directly own advertising agencies in one of the top global markets. “We have wanted to own these agencies for years,” said Michael I. Roth, the chairman and chief executive of Interpublic. “We have a number of global clients that operate in Russia that are very important, and it’s important for us to have a relationship with our clients in the markets they compete in.”

Answer: Russia

<hl> The advertising giant Interpublic Group of Companies is gaining a stronger foothold in Russia . <hl> In a deal that has been brewing for years, Interpublic has acquired three Russian creative agencies from ADV, its longtime partner in the country. Interpublic, which is based in New York, has done business in Russia for two decades through ADV, an advertising group that encompasses more than 40 agencies in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. But with the deal, Interpublic will now directly own advertising agencies in one of the top global markets. “We have wanted to own these agencies for years,” said Michael I. Roth, the chairman and chief executive of Interpublic. “We have a number of global clients that operate in Russia that are very important, and it’s important for us to have a relationship with our clients in the markets they compete in.”

The advertising giant Interpublic Group of Companies is gaining a stronger foothold in <hl> Russia <hl>. In a deal that has been brewing for years, Interpublic has acquired three Russian creative agencies from ADV, its longtime partner in the country. Interpublic, which is based in New York, has done business in Russia for two decades through ADV, an advertising group that encompasses more than 40 agencies in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. But with the deal, Interpublic will now directly own advertising agencies in one of the top global markets. “We have wanted to own these agencies for years,” said Michael I. Roth, the chairman and chief executive of Interpublic. “We have a number of global clients that operate in Russia that are very important, and it’s important for us to have a relationship with our clients in the markets they compete in.”

The advertising giant Interpublic Group of Companies is gaining a stronger foothold in <hl> Russia <hl> .


Question: Who is the neurosurgeon that was preparing for the brain surgery?

Each time Ben Carson prepared to cut into a human brain, the neurosurgeon, who was the first to separate twins conjoined at the head, said a prayer. He would scrub his hands, close his eyes and ask for God’s help. “Lord, you be the neurosurgeon,” he has described himself thinking. “I’ll be the hands.” Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a Republican presidential candidate, Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style. So far it has worked — he has overtaken Donald J. Trump in a new national poll of Republicans and is beating him in Iowa, the crucial caucus state. But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump, whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.

Answer: Ben Carson

<hl> Each time Ben Carson prepared to cut into a human brain, the neurosurgeon, who was the first to separate twins conjoined at the head, said a prayer. <hl> He would scrub his hands, close his eyes and ask for God’s help. “Lord, you be the neurosurgeon,” he has described himself thinking. “I’ll be the hands.” Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a Republican presidential candidate, Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style. So far it has worked — he has overtaken Donald J. Trump in a new national poll of Republicans and is beating him in Iowa, the crucial caucus state. But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump, whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.

Each time <hl> Ben Carson <hl> prepared to cut into a human brain, the neurosurgeon, who was the first to separate twins conjoined at the head, said a prayer. He would scrub his hands, close his eyes and ask for God’s help. “Lord, you be the neurosurgeon,” he has described himself thinking. “I’ll be the hands.” Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a Republican presidential candidate, Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style. So far it has worked — he has overtaken Donald J. Trump in a new national poll of Republicans and is beating him in Iowa, the crucial caucus state. But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump, whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.


Question: What day should you brine the bird?

Here is the plan for the next few days. Settle the Thanksgiving menu. (Our menu planner will help with that, and our guide to cooking the meal will answer any questions you have on how to execute it.) Pick up your turkey and set it in the refrigerator to thaw or keep. If you’re brining the bird, you can do that on Tuesday. There’s no need to start now. Go shopping: potatoes both white and sweet; squash; onions; bacon; cauliflower; apples; cranberries; a lot of unsalted butter; flour, both of the all-purpose variety (for pies) and of the finely milled sort (for gravy, because it doesn’t lump); cornmeal; eggs; a case of sparkling water; wine; bourbon; anything you’ll need that will keep for a few days in the pantry or fridge. You can lay in herbs and other perishables on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Answer: Tuesday

Here is the plan for the next few days. Settle the Thanksgiving menu. (Our menu planner will help with that, and our guide to cooking the meal will answer any questions you have on how to execute it.) Pick up your turkey and set it in the refrigerator to thaw or keep. <hl> If you’re brining the bird, you can do that on Tuesday . <hl> There’s no need to start now. Go shopping: potatoes both white and sweet; squash; onions; bacon; cauliflower; apples; cranberries; a lot of unsalted butter; flour, both of the all-purpose variety (for pies) and of the finely milled sort (for gravy, because it doesn’t lump); cornmeal; eggs; a case of sparkling water; wine; bourbon; anything you’ll need that will keep for a few days in the pantry or fridge. You can lay in herbs and other perishables on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Here is the plan for the next few days. Settle the Thanksgiving menu. (Our menu planner will help with that, and our guide to cooking the meal will answer any questions you have on how to execute it.) Pick up your turkey and set it in the refrigerator to thaw or keep. If you’re brining the bird, you can do that on <hl> Tuesday <hl>. There’s no need to start now. Go shopping: potatoes both white and sweet; squash; onions; bacon; cauliflower; apples; cranberries; a lot of unsalted butter; flour, both of the all-purpose variety (for pies) and of the finely milled sort (for gravy, because it doesn’t lump); cornmeal; eggs; a case of sparkling water; wine; bourbon; anything you’ll need that will keep for a few days in the pantry or fridge. You can lay in herbs and other perishables on Tuesday or Wednesday.

If you’re brining the bird, you can do that on <hl> Tuesday <hl> .


Question: what is the name of Adele's record?

Toys and games, a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly 15 percent in the last quarter. In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “25” among the company’s recent successes.

Answer: 25

Toys and games, a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly 15 percent in the last quarter. <hl> In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “ 25 ” among the company’s recent successes. <hl>

Toys and games, a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly 15 percent in the last quarter. In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “<hl> 25 <hl>” among the company’s recent successes.

In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “ <hl> 25 <hl> ” among the company’s recent successes.


Question: What does the writer care about most in a flight experience?

I’m a Delta “Platinum” and I couldn’t care less about the status label. What I want is comfort and convenience, just like everyone else who boards a plane. Solution? Because of location, some seats will always be better than others. But at least we can lobby the F.A.A. to regulate passenger seat size to a comfortable minimum so that there are no horrible seats on a plane (like every middle seat in coach class these days!). In the meantime, please don’t pick on the frequent fliers — we are not the enemy. The airlines created the “class system.” Frequent fliers (me) are simply using the best option we have for getting a better flying experience. (The other option would be to buy a more expensive ticket. But most of us are not 1 percenters — we just have jobs that require travel.)

Answer: What I want is comfort and convenience

I’m a Delta “Platinum” and I couldn’t care less about the status label. <hl> What I want is comfort and convenience , just like everyone else who boards a plane. <hl> Solution? Because of location, some seats will always be better than others. But at least we can lobby the F.A.A. to regulate passenger seat size to a comfortable minimum so that there are no horrible seats on a plane (like every middle seat in coach class these days!). In the meantime, please don’t pick on the frequent fliers — we are not the enemy. The airlines created the “class system.” Frequent fliers (me) are simply using the best option we have for getting a better flying experience. (The other option would be to buy a more expensive ticket. But most of us are not 1 percenters — we just have jobs that require travel.)

I’m a Delta “Platinum” and I couldn’t care less about the status label. <hl> What I want is comfort and convenience <hl>, just like everyone else who boards a plane. Solution? Because of location, some seats will always be better than others. But at least we can lobby the F.A.A. to regulate passenger seat size to a comfortable minimum so that there are no horrible seats on a plane (like every middle seat in coach class these days!). In the meantime, please don’t pick on the frequent fliers — we are not the enemy. The airlines created the “class system.” Frequent fliers (me) are simply using the best option we have for getting a better flying experience. (The other option would be to buy a more expensive ticket. But most of us are not 1 percenters — we just have jobs that require travel.)

<hl> What I want is comfort and convenience <hl> , just like everyone else who boards a plane.


Question: How many dinner guests were present?

But American officials helped the Afghans choreograph some of the more poignant touches, such as inviting the widow of an American general killed in Kabul last year by an Afghan soldier to a speech Mr. Ghani delivered on Monday at the Pentagon, allowing the Afghan leader to thank her publicly for her family’s sacrifice. There was also behind-the-scenes lobbying, and not all of it came for free. Shortly after taking office in September, Mr. Ghani’s government hired the Podesta Group for $50,000 a month to lobby on behalf of Afghanistan and help with public relations, according to filings with the Justice Department. One of the founders of the firm is John D. Podesta, who served as counselor to Mr. Obama and represented the administration at Mr. Ghani’s inauguration. Mr. Podesta is no longer involved with the firm. Mr. Podesta, in fact, was one of the 14 dinner guests on Tuesday to whom Mr. Ghani referred by name in his remarks. As a result of the groundwork laid by many of those guests, the Obama administration was largely in sync with Mr. Ghani even before this week’s visit.

Answer: 14

But American officials helped the Afghans choreograph some of the more poignant touches, such as inviting the widow of an American general killed in Kabul last year by an Afghan soldier to a speech Mr. Ghani delivered on Monday at the Pentagon, allowing the Afghan leader to thank her publicly for her family’s sacrifice. There was also behind-the-scenes lobbying, and not all of it came for free. Shortly after taking office in September, Mr. Ghani’s government hired the Podesta Group for $50,000 a month to lobby on behalf of Afghanistan and help with public relations, according to filings with the Justice Department. One of the founders of the firm is John D. Podesta, who served as counselor to Mr. Obama and represented the administration at Mr. Ghani’s inauguration. Mr. Podesta is no longer involved with the firm. <hl> Mr. Podesta, in fact, was one of the 14 dinner guests on Tuesday to whom Mr. Ghani referred by name in his remarks. <hl> As a result of the groundwork laid by many of those guests, the Obama administration was largely in sync with Mr. Ghani even before this week’s visit.

But American officials helped the Afghans choreograph some of the more poignant touches, such as inviting the widow of an American general killed in Kabul last year by an Afghan soldier to a speech Mr. Ghani delivered on Monday at the Pentagon, allowing the Afghan leader to thank her publicly for her family’s sacrifice. There was also behind-the-scenes lobbying, and not all of it came for free. Shortly after taking office in September, Mr. Ghani’s government hired the Podesta Group for $50,000 a month to lobby on behalf of Afghanistan and help with public relations, according to filings with the Justice Department. One of the founders of the firm is John D. Podesta, who served as counselor to Mr. Obama and represented the administration at Mr. Ghani’s inauguration. Mr. Podesta is no longer involved with the firm. Mr. Podesta, in fact, was one of the <hl> 14 <hl> dinner guests on Tuesday to whom Mr. Ghani referred by name in his remarks. As a result of the groundwork laid by many of those guests, the Obama administration was largely in sync with Mr. Ghani even before this week’s visit.


Question: What does Cook think is the future of TV?

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Answer: apps

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. <hl> Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps . <hl> “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of <hl> apps <hl>. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of <hl> apps <hl> .


Question: What did Dolan testify in court about firing Browne?

After the verdict, Dolan and Thomas made a show of suggesting that the jury was gullible and that they would appeal. “I’m very innocent,” Thomas said immediately afterward, tapping his chest for emphasis. “I will appeal.” He did not. During the trial, Dolan took puffed-chest pride in testifying that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel. “All decisions at the Garden I make on my own,” he said. Yes, well, that worked out, didn’t it? The jury found that Dolan’s decision constituted a retaliatory firing and violated federal law. Dolan’s people vowed that the boss positively, absolutely would appeal. He did not. But he did assure New Yorkers that “the normal operations of M.S.G. and the New York Knicks will continue unabated.”

Answer: that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel.

After the verdict, Dolan and Thomas made a show of suggesting that the jury was gullible and that they would appeal. “I’m very innocent,” Thomas said immediately afterward, tapping his chest for emphasis. “I will appeal.” He did not. <hl> During the trial, Dolan took puffed-chest pride in testifying that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel. “All decisions at the Garden I make on my own,” he said. <hl> Yes, well, that worked out, didn’t it? The jury found that Dolan’s decision constituted a retaliatory firing and violated federal law. Dolan’s people vowed that the boss positively, absolutely would appeal. He did not. But he did assure New Yorkers that “the normal operations of M.S.G. and the New York Knicks will continue unabated.”

After the verdict, Dolan and Thomas made a show of suggesting that the jury was gullible and that they would appeal. “I’m very innocent,” Thomas said immediately afterward, tapping his chest for emphasis. “I will appeal.” He did not. During the trial, Dolan took puffed-chest pride in testifying <hl> that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel. <hl> “All decisions at the Garden I make on my own,” he said. Yes, well, that worked out, didn’t it? The jury found that Dolan’s decision constituted a retaliatory firing and violated federal law. Dolan’s people vowed that the boss positively, absolutely would appeal. He did not. But he did assure New Yorkers that “the normal operations of M.S.G. and the New York Knicks will continue unabated.”


Question: Which international team did Towns play for at the age of 16?

“I always want to be working on the tricks in my bag,” Towns said. “I just wait to develop the trick fully and make sure it’s the best trick I can possibly use.” In other words, his 3-point shot is one such trick. He promised more to come. Towns has always been on an advanced curriculum. At 16, he joined the Dominican Republic’s national team for a summer of exhibitions. Towns said he tried to learn as much as possible from teammates like Al Horford — lessons about the importance of repetition, about the complexities of defending the pick-and-roll. “It put me light-years ahead in terms of my knowledge for the game,” Towns said. “Not so much physically — physically, I couldn’t do anything at that age.”

Answer: Dominican Republic

“I always want to be working on the tricks in my bag,” Towns said. “I just wait to develop the trick fully and make sure it’s the best trick I can possibly use.” In other words, his 3-point shot is one such trick. He promised more to come. Towns has always been on an advanced curriculum. <hl> At 16, he joined the Dominican Republic ’s national team for a summer of exhibitions. <hl> Towns said he tried to learn as much as possible from teammates like Al Horford — lessons about the importance of repetition, about the complexities of defending the pick-and-roll. “It put me light-years ahead in terms of my knowledge for the game,” Towns said. “Not so much physically — physically, I couldn’t do anything at that age.”

“I always want to be working on the tricks in my bag,” Towns said. “I just wait to develop the trick fully and make sure it’s the best trick I can possibly use.” In other words, his 3-point shot is one such trick. He promised more to come. Towns has always been on an advanced curriculum. At 16, he joined the <hl> Dominican Republic <hl>’s national team for a summer of exhibitions. Towns said he tried to learn as much as possible from teammates like Al Horford — lessons about the importance of repetition, about the complexities of defending the pick-and-roll. “It put me light-years ahead in terms of my knowledge for the game,” Towns said. “Not so much physically — physically, I couldn’t do anything at that age.”

At 16, he joined the <hl> Dominican Republic <hl> ’s national team for a summer of exhibitions.


Question: When did the interview with Mr. Yu take place?

In an interview last month, he described weeks of abuse, including sleep deprivation and being tied to a metal chair for hours during questioning. At the time, he said, his interrogators wanted him to confess to having encouraged the pro-democracy demonstrations that shook Hong Kong last year. Mr. Yu said he refused to concede to their demands, and he was later released without charge. He said the police warned him, however, against speaking about his time in custody.

Answer: last month

<hl> In an interview last month , he described weeks of abuse, including sleep deprivation and being tied to a metal chair for hours during questioning. <hl> At the time, he said, his interrogators wanted him to confess to having encouraged the pro-democracy demonstrations that shook Hong Kong last year. Mr. Yu said he refused to concede to their demands, and he was later released without charge. He said the police warned him, however, against speaking about his time in custody.

In an interview <hl> last month <hl>, he described weeks of abuse, including sleep deprivation and being tied to a metal chair for hours during questioning. At the time, he said, his interrogators wanted him to confess to having encouraged the pro-democracy demonstrations that shook Hong Kong last year. Mr. Yu said he refused to concede to their demands, and he was later released without charge. He said the police warned him, however, against speaking about his time in custody.

In an interview <hl> last month <hl> , he described weeks of abuse, including sleep deprivation and being tied to a metal chair for hours during questioning.


Question: How many Tony Awards has Mr. Rylance won?

Mr. Rylance, who has won three Tony Awards, has done relatively little film or television work and isn’t well-known to a broader audience. (That might change after “Wolf Hall” and two current film projects with Steven Spielberg — “The BFG” and “Bridge of Spies.”) But Mr. Callender and his fellow producers weren’t deterred. “Most actors can do one or two things at the same time; great actors can do several things at the same time; Mark Rylance can do hundreds of things at the same time,” he said. “He has one of those faces that can tell a thousand stories.” So sure was Mr. Callender that Mr. Rylance was the right choice that he persuaded the BBC to wait a year while the actor performed in repertory productions of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III” that played in the West End and on Broadway.

Answer: three

<hl> Mr. Rylance, who has won three Tony Awards, has done relatively little film or television work and isn’t well-known to a broader audience. <hl> (That might change after “Wolf Hall” and two current film projects with Steven Spielberg — “The BFG” and “Bridge of Spies.”) But Mr. Callender and his fellow producers weren’t deterred. “Most actors can do one or two things at the same time; great actors can do several things at the same time; Mark Rylance can do hundreds of things at the same time,” he said. “He has one of those faces that can tell a thousand stories.” So sure was Mr. Callender that Mr. Rylance was the right choice that he persuaded the BBC to wait a year while the actor performed in repertory productions of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III” that played in the West End and on Broadway.

Mr. Rylance, who has won <hl> three <hl> Tony Awards, has done relatively little film or television work and isn’t well-known to a broader audience. (That might change after “Wolf Hall” and two current film projects with Steven Spielberg — “The BFG” and “Bridge of Spies.”) But Mr. Callender and his fellow producers weren’t deterred. “Most actors can do one or two things at the same time; great actors can do several things at the same time; Mark Rylance can do hundreds of things at the same time,” he said. “He has one of those faces that can tell a thousand stories.” So sure was Mr. Callender that Mr. Rylance was the right choice that he persuaded the BBC to wait a year while the actor performed in repertory productions of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III” that played in the West End and on Broadway.


Question: How many artists are featured in the exhibition A New World to Come?

★ ‘For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979’ (through Jan. 10) This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by 29 Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s. Most of the works are black and white and driven by abstract concepts, with many focused on the nature of photography itself. It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world. Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Manhattan, 212-832-1155, japansociety.org. (Johnson)

Answer: 29

★ ‘For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979’ (through Jan. 10) <hl> This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by 29 Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s. <hl> Most of the works are black and white and driven by abstract concepts, with many focused on the nature of photography itself. It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world. Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Manhattan, 212-832-1155, japansociety.org. (Johnson)

★ ‘For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979’ (through Jan. 10) This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by <hl> 29 <hl> Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s. Most of the works are black and white and driven by abstract concepts, with many focused on the nature of photography itself. It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world. Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Manhattan, 212-832-1155, japansociety.org. (Johnson)


Question: Where was a civil war taking place?

Along with mounting economic pressures, it seemed that the government was willing to give ground for the sake of stability. Similarly, the rebels, who form an alliance known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front, came to the talks under a new political reality. The regional dynamics that once bolstered them have shifted. With the fall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and a civil war consuming South Sudan, the rebels no longer seemed as able to garner support from neighbors. Yet some analysts question whether the divided Sudanese government can, or even really wants to, reach a deal right now. “The question is whether the government of Sudan, comprised of the ruling National Congress Party, the military and National Security under President Bashir, is cohesive to make the bold steps, which involve politically difficult sacrifices,” said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation. With the end of the rainy season, fighting is expected to resume. Commanders in the Sudanese Army still believe that a military victory over the rebels is possible, and they seem to want to delay negotiations until further gains can be made. Another problem is the dizzying number of competing interests in a country awash in rebel movements. In the provinces of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement-North, once part of the party that now governs the nation of South Sudan, has been fighting an insurgency since 2011.

Answer: South Sudan

Along with mounting economic pressures, it seemed that the government was willing to give ground for the sake of stability. Similarly, the rebels, who form an alliance known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front, came to the talks under a new political reality. The regional dynamics that once bolstered them have shifted. <hl> With the fall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and a civil war consuming South Sudan , the rebels no longer seemed as able to garner support from neighbors. <hl> Yet some analysts question whether the divided Sudanese government can, or even really wants to, reach a deal right now. “The question is whether the government of Sudan, comprised of the ruling National Congress Party, the military and National Security under President Bashir, is cohesive to make the bold steps, which involve politically difficult sacrifices,” said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation. With the end of the rainy season, fighting is expected to resume. Commanders in the Sudanese Army still believe that a military victory over the rebels is possible, and they seem to want to delay negotiations until further gains can be made. Another problem is the dizzying number of competing interests in a country awash in rebel movements. In the provinces of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement-North, once part of the party that now governs the nation of South Sudan, has been fighting an insurgency since 2011.

Along with mounting economic pressures, it seemed that the government was willing to give ground for the sake of stability. Similarly, the rebels, who form an alliance known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front, came to the talks under a new political reality. The regional dynamics that once bolstered them have shifted. With the fall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and a civil war consuming <hl> South Sudan <hl>, the rebels no longer seemed as able to garner support from neighbors. Yet some analysts question whether the divided Sudanese government can, or even really wants to, reach a deal right now. “The question is whether the government of Sudan, comprised of the ruling National Congress Party, the military and National Security under President Bashir, is cohesive to make the bold steps, which involve politically difficult sacrifices,” said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation. With the end of the rainy season, fighting is expected to resume. Commanders in the Sudanese Army still believe that a military victory over the rebels is possible, and they seem to want to delay negotiations until further gains can be made. Another problem is the dizzying number of competing interests in a country awash in rebel movements. In the provinces of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement-North, once part of the party that now governs the nation of South Sudan, has been fighting an insurgency since 2011.

With the fall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and a civil war consuming <hl> South Sudan <hl> , the rebels no longer seemed as able to garner support from neighbors.


Question: When was Sandy's life celebrated?

And just the other day, Robyn went on, Emily had been chatting in the kitchen with her mother and Bev. After Emily walked out, Sandy turned to Bev and asked, “Who is that person’s mother?” “You are,” Bev said, trying not to cry. “I thought so,” Sandy said. ”I thought it might be me.” Emily now understood that Sandy was deteriorating rapidly. Karen organized a small gathering on Sunday, May 18, to celebrate Sandy’s life. It was very intimate, just Sandy, Daryl, Emily, Karen, Bev and Robyn. (Jeremy had moved out West and still wasn’t in contact with his family, though Sandy and Daryl left a voice mail message to let him know when Sandy would die.) At the gathering, Daryl talked about a lawsuit that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed in 1972 against AT&T for sex discrimination in its recruitment practices, in which he and Sandy took the stand together to testify as a team.

Answer: May 18

And just the other day, Robyn went on, Emily had been chatting in the kitchen with her mother and Bev. After Emily walked out, Sandy turned to Bev and asked, “Who is that person’s mother?” “You are,” Bev said, trying not to cry. “I thought so,” Sandy said. ” I thought it might be me.” Emily now understood that Sandy was deteriorating rapidly. <hl> Karen organized a small gathering on Sunday, May 18 , to celebrate Sandy’s life. <hl> It was very intimate, just Sandy, Daryl, Emily, Karen, Bev and Robyn. (Jeremy had moved out West and still wasn’t in contact with his family, though Sandy and Daryl left a voice mail message to let him know when Sandy would die.) At the gathering, Daryl talked about a lawsuit that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed in 1972 against AT&T for sex discrimination in its recruitment practices, in which he and Sandy took the stand together to testify as a team.

And just the other day, Robyn went on, Emily had been chatting in the kitchen with her mother and Bev. After Emily walked out, Sandy turned to Bev and asked, “Who is that person’s mother?” “You are,” Bev said, trying not to cry. “I thought so,” Sandy said. ”I thought it might be me.” Emily now understood that Sandy was deteriorating rapidly. Karen organized a small gathering on Sunday, <hl> May 18 <hl>, to celebrate Sandy’s life. It was very intimate, just Sandy, Daryl, Emily, Karen, Bev and Robyn. (Jeremy had moved out West and still wasn’t in contact with his family, though Sandy and Daryl left a voice mail message to let him know when Sandy would die.) At the gathering, Daryl talked about a lawsuit that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed in 1972 against AT&T for sex discrimination in its recruitment practices, in which he and Sandy took the stand together to testify as a team.

Karen organized a small gathering on Sunday, <hl> May 18 <hl> , to celebrate Sandy’s life.


Question: How many books has Aaron Hicklin stocked in his bookstore?

On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York. In less than one week, he would open the doors to the shop, but at the moment he was still fretfully awaiting the final shipments of his stock. “I’ll be honest, I am really surprised by how many books you need to fill a space,” Hicklin said. “I have about a thousand in here, but you’d never know it. I’ve got to fill these damn shelves!”

Answer: a thousand

On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York. In less than one week, he would open the doors to the shop, but at the moment he was still fretfully awaiting the final shipments of his stock. “I’ll be honest, I am really surprised by how many books you need to fill a space,” Hicklin said. <hl> “I have about a thousand in here, but you’d never know it. <hl> I’ve got to fill these damn shelves!”

On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York. In less than one week, he would open the doors to the shop, but at the moment he was still fretfully awaiting the final shipments of his stock. “I’ll be honest, I am really surprised by how many books you need to fill a space,” Hicklin said. “I have about <hl> a thousand <hl> in here, but you’d never know it. I’ve got to fill these damn shelves!”


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

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

Answer: Twenty-four hours

Twenty-four hours if you take a double.

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

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


Question: Which country has the political will to bail out financial institutions?

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Answer: China

<hl> Of course, the tricky part for China ’s government will be picking the winners and losers. <hl> As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Of course, the tricky part for <hl> China <hl>’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Of course, the tricky part for <hl> China <hl> ’s government will be picking the winners and losers.


Question: Which President was it that recommended passing Automatic IRA legislation?

A wide range of research, for example, has found that people are far more likely to save through a 401(k) savings plan if their employer automatically enrolls them. But only in 2009 were I.R.S. rules put into effect to make clear that is an acceptable practice and what employers must do to make auto-enrollment legal. And the president has proposed more extensive legislation, which hasn’t gone anywhere in Congress, allowing “Automatic I.R.A.s.” This idea, floated years ago by the conservative Heritage Foundation, would create retirement plans run through employers in which people cannot opt out. That would ensure that everyone who works will accumulate retirement savings. The system of retirement savings as it exists today actually requires any American hoping for a comfortable standard of living to have a fair amount of foresight and financial savvy to save enough and put investments in appropriate vehicles. We’re not going back to the paternalistic days when your employer took care of everything and all you needed to do upon turning 65 was cash a pension check every month. But take these proposals together, and you can see a possible vision of what retirement savings in the 21st century might look like if President Obama gets his way. It will still revolve around tax-advantaged individual accounts invested in private accounts, with all the risk that implies. But the system may have a few more built-in safeguards to protect people from themselves.

Answer: President Obama

A wide range of research, for example, has found that people are far more likely to save through a 401(k) savings plan if their employer automatically enrolls them. But only in 2009 were I.R.S. rules put into effect to make clear that is an acceptable practice and what employers must do to make auto-enrollment legal. And the president has proposed more extensive legislation, which hasn’t gone anywhere in Congress, allowing “Automatic I.R.A.s.” This idea, floated years ago by the conservative Heritage Foundation, would create retirement plans run through employers in which people cannot opt out. That would ensure that everyone who works will accumulate retirement savings. The system of retirement savings as it exists today actually requires any American hoping for a comfortable standard of living to have a fair amount of foresight and financial savvy to save enough and put investments in appropriate vehicles. We’re not going back to the paternalistic days when your employer took care of everything and all you needed to do upon turning 65 was cash a pension check every month. <hl> But take these proposals together, and you can see a possible vision of what retirement savings in the 21st century might look like if President Obama gets his way. <hl> It will still revolve around tax-advantaged individual accounts invested in private accounts, with all the risk that implies. But the system may have a few more built-in safeguards to protect people from themselves.

A wide range of research, for example, has found that people are far more likely to save through a 401(k) savings plan if their employer automatically enrolls them. But only in 2009 were I.R.S. rules put into effect to make clear that is an acceptable practice and what employers must do to make auto-enrollment legal. And the president has proposed more extensive legislation, which hasn’t gone anywhere in Congress, allowing “Automatic I.R.A.s.” This idea, floated years ago by the conservative Heritage Foundation, would create retirement plans run through employers in which people cannot opt out. That would ensure that everyone who works will accumulate retirement savings. The system of retirement savings as it exists today actually requires any American hoping for a comfortable standard of living to have a fair amount of foresight and financial savvy to save enough and put investments in appropriate vehicles. We’re not going back to the paternalistic days when your employer took care of everything and all you needed to do upon turning 65 was cash a pension check every month. But take these proposals together, and you can see a possible vision of what retirement savings in the 21st century might look like if <hl> President Obama <hl> gets his way. It will still revolve around tax-advantaged individual accounts invested in private accounts, with all the risk that implies. But the system may have a few more built-in safeguards to protect people from themselves.


Question: Which rookie will be on the forward-line?

“I know he does some acting on the side,” Julien said in a postgame news conference Friday, “but it doesn’t need to be on the ice.” Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “disrespectful,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision. “Diving has never been an option for me,” Lundqvist said. With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games.

Answer: Oscar Lindberg

“I know he does some acting on the side,” Julien said in a postgame news conference Friday, “but it doesn’t need to be on the ice.” Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “disrespectful,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision. “Diving has never been an option for me,” Lundqvist said. <hl> With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games. <hl>

“I know he does some acting on the side,” Julien said in a postgame news conference Friday, “but it doesn’t need to be on the ice.” Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “disrespectful,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision. “Diving has never been an option for me,” Lundqvist said. With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie <hl> Oscar Lindberg <hl> centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games.


Question: How many languages is Secret Garden published in?

Not that it matters. Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller. Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages. It shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Harper Lee, Anthony Doerr and Paula Hawkins. Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.

Answer: 22

Not that it matters. Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller. <hl> Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages. <hl> It shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Harper Lee, Anthony Doerr and Paula Hawkins. Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.

Not that it matters. Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller. Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in <hl> 22 <hl> languages. It shot to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Harper Lee, Anthony Doerr and Paula Hawkins. Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.


Question: What did Ms. Bedford say about Adult coloring books?

“I came back and said I would like to do a coloring book for grown-ups, and it got a bit quiet for a moment,” Ms. Basford said. “Coloring books for adults weren’t as much of a thing then.”

Answer: “Coloring books for adults weren’t as much of a thing then

“I came back and said I would like to do a coloring book for grown-ups, and it got a bit quiet for a moment,” Ms. Basford said. <hl> “Coloring books for adults weren’t as much of a thing then . <hl> ”

“I came back and said I would like to do a coloring book for grown-ups, and it got a bit quiet for a moment,” Ms. Basford said. <hl> “Coloring books for adults weren’t as much of a thing then <hl>.”

<hl> “Coloring books for adults weren’t as much of a thing then <hl> .


Question: Which book tells the story of a boy working at his parents store?

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: Wild Talents

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 “<hl> Wild Talents <hl>” 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.

Opening “ <hl> Wild Talents <hl> ” 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.


Question: What was the negotiations with Iran about?

Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the nuclear issue.” In the Palestinian arena, Mr. Netanyahu has demanded not only the recognition of Israel’s right to exist – something the leadership has already done — but recognition that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. Without that recognition, the prime minister argues, any peace deal would not necessarily portend the end of the long-running conflict. Mr. Netanyahu’s statement on the Iran deal was his lengthiest and most detailed of the past week.

Answer: nuclear issue

<hl> Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the nuclear issue .” <hl> In the Palestinian arena, Mr. Netanyahu has demanded not only the recognition of Israel’s right to exist – something the leadership has already done — but recognition that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. Without that recognition, the prime minister argues, any peace deal would not necessarily portend the end of the long-running conflict. Mr. Netanyahu’s statement on the Iran deal was his lengthiest and most detailed of the past week.

Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the <hl> nuclear issue <hl>.” In the Palestinian arena, Mr. Netanyahu has demanded not only the recognition of Israel’s right to exist – something the leadership has already done — but recognition that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. Without that recognition, the prime minister argues, any peace deal would not necessarily portend the end of the long-running conflict. Mr. Netanyahu’s statement on the Iran deal was his lengthiest and most detailed of the past week.

Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the <hl> nuclear issue <hl> .”


Question: Which borough is located in Bucks County Pennsylvania?

SETTING: This house is on a narrow, wooded road in New Hope, a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City. According to the listing agent, it was among the first modern houses in the area, which is known for its 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, many within districts on the National Register of Historic Places. The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse, long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the James A. Michener Art Museum in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope. Commuter trains stop 12 miles away in Doylestown and 16 miles away in Trenton, N.J., which is also an Amtrak stop.

Answer: New Hope

SETTING: <hl> This house is on a narrow, wooded road in New Hope , a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City. <hl> According to the listing agent, it was among the first modern houses in the area, which is known for its 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, many within districts on the National Register of Historic Places. The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse, long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the James A. Michener Art Museum in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope. Commuter trains stop 12 miles away in Doylestown and 16 miles away in Trenton, N.J., which is also an Amtrak stop.

SETTING: This house is on a narrow, wooded road in <hl> New Hope <hl>, a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City. According to the listing agent, it was among the first modern houses in the area, which is known for its 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, many within districts on the National Register of Historic Places. The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse, long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the James A. Michener Art Museum in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope. Commuter trains stop 12 miles away in Doylestown and 16 miles away in Trenton, N.J., which is also an Amtrak stop.

This house is on a narrow, wooded road in <hl> New Hope <hl> , a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City.


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

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

Answer: free agency

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

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


Question: Who is the grandfather of the children burned in Duma?

Hussein Dawabsheh, a grandfather of the children who were burned in Duma, expressed hope that the perpetrators would be severely punished. “It won’t bring my family back,” he told Ynet, a Hebrew-language news site, “but I want the murderers to look little Ahmad in the eye and see what they have done to him, how they have killed his family.” A prominent Israeli lawyer, Zion Amir, said Thursday that he was representing one of the youths arrested this week. Mr. Amir said on Israel Radio that his client was a minor and had been in custody for two or three days, and that he had not had any access to his client.

Answer: Hussein Dawabsheh

<hl> Hussein Dawabsheh , a grandfather of the children who were burned in Duma, expressed hope that the perpetrators would be severely punished. <hl> “It won’t bring my family back,” he told Ynet, a Hebrew-language news site, “but I want the murderers to look little Ahmad in the eye and see what they have done to him, how they have killed his family.” A prominent Israeli lawyer, Zion Amir, said Thursday that he was representing one of the youths arrested this week. Mr. Amir said on Israel Radio that his client was a minor and had been in custody for two or three days, and that he had not had any access to his client.

<hl> Hussein Dawabsheh <hl>, a grandfather of the children who were burned in Duma, expressed hope that the perpetrators would be severely punished. “It won’t bring my family back,” he told Ynet, a Hebrew-language news site, “but I want the murderers to look little Ahmad in the eye and see what they have done to him, how they have killed his family.” A prominent Israeli lawyer, Zion Amir, said Thursday that he was representing one of the youths arrested this week. Mr. Amir said on Israel Radio that his client was a minor and had been in custody for two or three days, and that he had not had any access to his client.

<hl> Hussein Dawabsheh <hl> , a grandfather of the children who were burned in Duma, expressed hope that the perpetrators would be severely punished.


Question: Social media is encouraged in what type of seats?

“The idea is to allow people to be swept up into a shared mood in a live performance” without disruption, said Graham Dugoni, Yondr’s founder. Some theaters wonder whether embracing the enemy is the shrewder way to go. Several performing arts organizations, including some in the classical music world, have designated “tweet seats” where use of social media during selected performances is encouraged. At the beginning of their new Broadway show, now in previews, the magicians Penn & Teller invite the audience to turn on their cellphones as part of a magic trick.

Answer: tweet seats

“The idea is to allow people to be swept up into a shared mood in a live performance” without disruption, said Graham Dugoni, Yondr’s founder. Some theaters wonder whether embracing the enemy is the shrewder way to go. <hl> Several performing arts organizations, including some in the classical music world, have designated “ tweet seats ” where use of social media during selected performances is encouraged. <hl> At the beginning of their new Broadway show, now in previews, the magicians Penn & Teller invite the audience to turn on their cellphones as part of a magic trick.

“The idea is to allow people to be swept up into a shared mood in a live performance” without disruption, said Graham Dugoni, Yondr’s founder. Some theaters wonder whether embracing the enemy is the shrewder way to go. Several performing arts organizations, including some in the classical music world, have designated “<hl> tweet seats <hl>” where use of social media during selected performances is encouraged. At the beginning of their new Broadway show, now in previews, the magicians Penn & Teller invite the audience to turn on their cellphones as part of a magic trick.

Several performing arts organizations, including some in the classical music world, have designated “ <hl> tweet seats <hl> ” where use of social media during selected performances is encouraged.


Question: How much does it cost to visit the musuem?

Aficionados of lowbrow aesthetics are also heading to Glòries, thanks to the arresting Encants Barcelona, the new home for the area’s historic flea market — a ramped space, open on the sides, with slender columns supporting an angular reflective metal canopy. Since the market moved here in 2013, it’s been drawing 120,000 antiques- and junk-seekers a week to early morning auctions and the stalls that open directly after the last lot has sold. Ironically, the building housing the Barcelona Design Museum — a squat, zinc-clad structure with front and rear cantilevers — hasn’t exactly been celebrated for its exterior form. Some have taken to calling it “the Stapler.” The museum, which unites collections of Catalan decorative arts, graphics, ceramics, textiles and fashion that previously had been scattered throughout the city, was originally to be the building’s sole occupant. But in an effort to make use of its vast interior spaces — and lure people to what is still considered an off-the-beaten-path area — municipal leaders also moved the city’s major design organizations here and named the whole enterprise Design Hub Barcelona, or DHUB, hoping it truly would become a hotbed of design activity. Today, while design professionals show up for events in the building, museum-goers make their way through exhibits that sprawl on four floors, displaying everything from corsets to cruets. The museum, which charges a 5-euro ($5.35) general admission fee, has already drawn about 204,000 visitors. While its holdings may never achieve the popularity of the offerings at the flea market next door, the institution is already helping attract traffic — foot traffic — to the Glòries area. “In the future Glòries will be a place not for cars, but for people,” said Isabel Roig, executive director of Barcelona Design Center, a trade group and one of DHUB’s new tenants.

Answer: 5-euro ($5.35)

Aficionados of lowbrow aesthetics are also heading to Glòries, thanks to the arresting Encants Barcelona, the new home for the area’s historic flea market — a ramped space, open on the sides, with slender columns supporting an angular reflective metal canopy. Since the market moved here in 2013, it’s been drawing 120,000 antiques- and junk-seekers a week to early morning auctions and the stalls that open directly after the last lot has sold. Ironically, the building housing the Barcelona Design Museum — a squat, zinc-clad structure with front and rear cantilevers — hasn’t exactly been celebrated for its exterior form. Some have taken to calling it “the Stapler.” The museum, which unites collections of Catalan decorative arts, graphics, ceramics, textiles and fashion that previously had been scattered throughout the city, was originally to be the building’s sole occupant. But in an effort to make use of its vast interior spaces — and lure people to what is still considered an off-the-beaten-path area — municipal leaders also moved the city’s major design organizations here and named the whole enterprise Design Hub Barcelona, or DHUB, hoping it truly would become a hotbed of design activity. Today, while design professionals show up for events in the building, museum-goers make their way through exhibits that sprawl on four floors, displaying everything from corsets to cruets. <hl> The museum, which charges a 5-euro ($5.35) general admission fee, has already drawn about 204,000 visitors. <hl> While its holdings may never achieve the popularity of the offerings at the flea market next door, the institution is already helping attract traffic — foot traffic — to the Glòries area. “In the future Glòries will be a place not for cars, but for people,” said Isabel Roig, executive director of Barcelona Design Center, a trade group and one of DHUB’s new tenants.

Aficionados of lowbrow aesthetics are also heading to Glòries, thanks to the arresting Encants Barcelona, the new home for the area’s historic flea market — a ramped space, open on the sides, with slender columns supporting an angular reflective metal canopy. Since the market moved here in 2013, it’s been drawing 120,000 antiques- and junk-seekers a week to early morning auctions and the stalls that open directly after the last lot has sold. Ironically, the building housing the Barcelona Design Museum — a squat, zinc-clad structure with front and rear cantilevers — hasn’t exactly been celebrated for its exterior form. Some have taken to calling it “the Stapler.” The museum, which unites collections of Catalan decorative arts, graphics, ceramics, textiles and fashion that previously had been scattered throughout the city, was originally to be the building’s sole occupant. But in an effort to make use of its vast interior spaces — and lure people to what is still considered an off-the-beaten-path area — municipal leaders also moved the city’s major design organizations here and named the whole enterprise Design Hub Barcelona, or DHUB, hoping it truly would become a hotbed of design activity. Today, while design professionals show up for events in the building, museum-goers make their way through exhibits that sprawl on four floors, displaying everything from corsets to cruets. The museum, which charges a <hl> 5-euro ($5.35) <hl> general admission fee, has already drawn about 204,000 visitors. While its holdings may never achieve the popularity of the offerings at the flea market next door, the institution is already helping attract traffic — foot traffic — to the Glòries area. “In the future Glòries will be a place not for cars, but for people,” said Isabel Roig, executive director of Barcelona Design Center, a trade group and one of DHUB’s new tenants.


Question: What movie did Mr. Bratton reference?

“You may recall a few years ago the Tom Cruise movie ‘Minority Report,’ when he was sitting on that glass screen moving all those things around,” Mr. Bratton said. “A few years ago that would have seemed magical. Now, this is real.” His answer about his own future, in response to a question by Tom F. Allon, the president of City & State, at a breakfast in Midtown Manhattan, shed light on just how open Mr. Bratton is to the concept of exiting public service. Mr. de Blasio, in fact, in reacting to the comments, hit political tones in using words usually reserved for when people announce a departure.

Answer: Minority Report,

<hl> “You may recall a few years ago the Tom Cruise movie ‘ Minority Report, ’ when he was sitting on that glass screen moving all those things around,” Mr. Bratton said. <hl> “A few years ago that would have seemed magical. Now, this is real.” His answer about his own future, in response to a question by Tom F. Allon, the president of City & State, at a breakfast in Midtown Manhattan, shed light on just how open Mr. Bratton is to the concept of exiting public service. Mr. de Blasio, in fact, in reacting to the comments, hit political tones in using words usually reserved for when people announce a departure.

“You may recall a few years ago the Tom Cruise movie ‘<hl> Minority Report, <hl>’ when he was sitting on that glass screen moving all those things around,” Mr. Bratton said. “A few years ago that would have seemed magical. Now, this is real.” His answer about his own future, in response to a question by Tom F. Allon, the president of City & State, at a breakfast in Midtown Manhattan, shed light on just how open Mr. Bratton is to the concept of exiting public service. Mr. de Blasio, in fact, in reacting to the comments, hit political tones in using words usually reserved for when people announce a departure.

“You may recall a few years ago the Tom Cruise movie ‘ <hl> Minority Report, <hl> ’ when he was sitting on that glass screen moving all those things around,” Mr. Bratton said.


Question: What was the temperature at 7:29 am?

For some New Yorkers, the subzero wind chill was the occupational hazard of making a living outdoors. Maher Bawady, 43, of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan. By 6:30 a.m., he had had two cups of coffee and was nursing a hot tea on what looked like his worst day on the street in more than 14 years as a vendor. He had to hold each latex glove by a heater so it would stretch over his hand. At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of 3 degrees in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service. As Mr. Morrin explained the meteorological reasons for the cold spell, he evoked a vast snow-covered landscape swept by arctic winds and a jet stream that had shifted south of the metropolitan region in January, opening the door to the coldest blasts in a decade. More snow is expected after midnight, he said, enough to affect the commute on Tuesday morning.

Answer: 3 degrees

For some New Yorkers, the subzero wind chill was the occupational hazard of making a living outdoors. Maher Bawady, 43, of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan. By 6:30 a.m., he had had two cups of coffee and was nursing a hot tea on what looked like his worst day on the street in more than 14 years as a vendor. He had to hold each latex glove by a heater so it would stretch over his hand. <hl> At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of 3 degrees in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service. <hl> As Mr. Morrin explained the meteorological reasons for the cold spell, he evoked a vast snow-covered landscape swept by arctic winds and a jet stream that had shifted south of the metropolitan region in January, opening the door to the coldest blasts in a decade. More snow is expected after midnight, he said, enough to affect the commute on Tuesday morning.

For some New Yorkers, the subzero wind chill was the occupational hazard of making a living outdoors. Maher Bawady, 43, of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan. By 6:30 a.m., he had had two cups of coffee and was nursing a hot tea on what looked like his worst day on the street in more than 14 years as a vendor. He had to hold each latex glove by a heater so it would stretch over his hand. At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of <hl> 3 degrees <hl> in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service. As Mr. Morrin explained the meteorological reasons for the cold spell, he evoked a vast snow-covered landscape swept by arctic winds and a jet stream that had shifted south of the metropolitan region in January, opening the door to the coldest blasts in a decade. More snow is expected after midnight, he said, enough to affect the commute on Tuesday morning.