Question: What race did David Monti win a Silver medal in?

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games). At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

Answer: an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games)

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” <hl> Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games) . <hl> At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing. “He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail.” Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and <hl> an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games) <hl>. At 40, he enters Sunday’s race among a half-dozen favorites and is expected to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics by finishing among the top three at the United States Olympic marathon trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s. Yet given the persistence of Keflezighi’s career in an event where the top runners often flare as brightly and briefly as shooting stars, said Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, “Meb’s longevity on top is without equal, I think.” A thread that stitches Keflezighi’s triumphs is his success not in time-trial races on flat courses like Berlin but on challenging courses without pacesetters in New York and Boston, and in championship races like the Olympics, where strategy and tactics are as important as sheer speed.

Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and <hl> an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games) <hl> .


Question: What are the names of the infant triplets?

‘Rapunzarella White: A Fairly Fractured Tale’ (Saturday) Yes, it’s fractured, but it’s also blended: In this creative musical retelling, by June Rachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden, Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White are infant triplets abducted by an ill-tempered witch. These heroines aren’t like their traditional selves — Snow White, for instance, is allergic to apples — and neither are their princes, who may be more clumsy than charming. (Through May 9.) At 1 p.m., 13th Street Repertory Theater, 50 West 13th Street, Greenwich Village, 212-352-3101, 13thstreetrep.org.

Answer: Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White

‘Rapunzarella White: A Fairly Fractured Tale’ (Saturday) Yes, it’s fractured, but it’s also blended: <hl> In this creative musical retelling, by June Rachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden, Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White are infant triplets abducted by an ill-tempered witch. <hl> These heroines aren’t like their traditional selves — Snow White, for instance, is allergic to apples — and neither are their princes, who may be more clumsy than charming. (Through May 9.) At 1 p.m., 13th Street Repertory Theater, 50 West 13th Street, Greenwich Village, 212-352-3101, 13thstreetrep.org.

‘Rapunzarella White: A Fairly Fractured Tale’ (Saturday) Yes, it’s fractured, but it’s also blended: In this creative musical retelling, by June Rachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden, <hl> Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White <hl> are infant triplets abducted by an ill-tempered witch. These heroines aren’t like their traditional selves — Snow White, for instance, is allergic to apples — and neither are their princes, who may be more clumsy than charming. (Through May 9.) At 1 p.m., 13th Street Repertory Theater, 50 West 13th Street, Greenwich Village, 212-352-3101, 13thstreetrep.org.


Question: What is College Street Music Hall's website?

MASHANTUCKET Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino Nas, hip-hop. June 26 at 9 p.m. $38 and $68. Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino, 350 Trolley Line Boulevard. 800-200-2882; foxwoods.com. NEW HAVEN College Street Music Hall Blackberry Smoke, rock. June 26 at 8 p.m. $25 to $30. College Street Music Hall, 238 College Street. collegestreetmusichall.com; 877-987-6487. NEW HAVEN International Festival of Arts and Ideas International Festival of Arts and Ideas, performances and conversations covering a range of disciplines. Through June 27. Various prices. International Festival of Arts and Ideas, various locations. 888-278-4332; artidea.org.

Answer: collegestreetmusichall.com

MASHANTUCKET Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino Nas, hip-hop. June 26 at 9 p.m. $38 and $68. Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino, 350 Trolley Line Boulevard. 800-200-2882; foxwoods.com. NEW HAVEN College Street Music Hall Blackberry Smoke, rock. June 26 at 8 p.m. $25 to $30. College Street Music Hall, 238 College Street. <hl> collegestreetmusichall.com ; 877-987-6487. <hl> NEW HAVEN International Festival of Arts and Ideas International Festival of Arts and Ideas, performances and conversations covering a range of disciplines. Through June 27. Various prices. International Festival of Arts and Ideas, various locations. 888-278-4332; artidea.org.

MASHANTUCKET Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino Nas, hip-hop. June 26 at 9 p.m. $38 and $68. Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino, 350 Trolley Line Boulevard. 800-200-2882; foxwoods.com. NEW HAVEN College Street Music Hall Blackberry Smoke, rock. June 26 at 8 p.m. $25 to $30. College Street Music Hall, 238 College Street. <hl> collegestreetmusichall.com <hl>; 877-987-6487. NEW HAVEN International Festival of Arts and Ideas International Festival of Arts and Ideas, performances and conversations covering a range of disciplines. Through June 27. Various prices. International Festival of Arts and Ideas, various locations. 888-278-4332; artidea.org.

<hl> collegestreetmusichall.com <hl> ; 877-987-6487.


Question: What does the union suggest be used in the tentative agreement?

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams, praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

Answer: wage-progression formula

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams, praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” <hl> No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. <hl> In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams, praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the <hl> wage-progression formula <hl> agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.


Question: Who did LVMH hire after online trend becoming more challenging?

Ms. Massenet’s Net-a-Porter has spent most of the past 15 years in the red, although it posted a 1.4 million pound profit on sales of 654 million pounds last year. Still, she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation. The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader. But Yoox may well miss Mr. Massenet’s input. Yoox also loses her just as online luxury is heating up. LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation. McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores. For multibrand websites like Yoox Net-a-Porter, the trends are becoming more challenging.

Answer: LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation.

Ms. Massenet’s Net-a-Porter has spent most of the past 15 years in the red, although it posted a 1.4 million pound profit on sales of 654 million pounds last year. Still, she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation. The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader. But Yoox may well miss Mr. Massenet’s input. Yoox also loses her just as online luxury is heating up. <hl> LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation. McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores. <hl> For multibrand websites like Yoox Net-a-Porter, the trends are becoming more challenging.

Ms. Massenet’s Net-a-Porter has spent most of the past 15 years in the red, although it posted a 1.4 million pound profit on sales of 654 million pounds last year. Still, she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation. The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader. But Yoox may well miss Mr. Massenet’s input. Yoox also loses her just as online luxury is heating up. <hl> LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation. <hl> McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores. For multibrand websites like Yoox Net-a-Porter, the trends are becoming more challenging.


Question: What to you have to be to get into college?

Julia Fortier, a freshman at Haverford College in Pennsylvania who graduated last year from the prestigious Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N.Y., said it had not been uncommon for some of her friends to take five Advanced Placement classes in the same year, while also trying to juggle the extracurricular activities expected by college admissions boards. “You have to get good grades, have all sorts of after-school activities that take up tons of hours, and you have to be happy and social — you have to be everything,” Ms. Fortier said. “That’s a lot of pressure to live up to sometimes.”

Answer: everything

Julia Fortier, a freshman at Haverford College in Pennsylvania who graduated last year from the prestigious Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N.Y., said it had not been uncommon for some of her friends to take five Advanced Placement classes in the same year, while also trying to juggle the extracurricular activities expected by college admissions boards. <hl> “You have to get good grades, have all sorts of after-school activities that take up tons of hours, and you have to be happy and social — you have to be everything ,” Ms. Fortier said. <hl> “That’s a lot of pressure to live up to sometimes.”

Julia Fortier, a freshman at Haverford College in Pennsylvania who graduated last year from the prestigious Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N.Y., said it had not been uncommon for some of her friends to take five Advanced Placement classes in the same year, while also trying to juggle the extracurricular activities expected by college admissions boards. “You have to get good grades, have all sorts of after-school activities that take up tons of hours, and you have to be happy and social — you have to be <hl> everything <hl>,” Ms. Fortier said. “That’s a lot of pressure to live up to sometimes.”

“You have to get good grades, have all sorts of after-school activities that take up tons of hours, and you have to be happy and social — you have to be <hl> everything <hl> ,” Ms. Fortier said.


Question: What podcast did the 'cat or dog' question come from?

“Is Russell Westbrook a cat or a dog?” Westbrook is, in fact, the star point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder, so this was a somewhat jarring question to pose to his fellow players during the National Basketball Association’s All-Star weekend in 2013. Nonetheless, they played along. James Harden thought Westbrook was more of a dog. Dwyane Wade hedged. “He’s a cat-dog,” he said. Finally, Westbrook weighed in. “Wolf,” he said. The cat-or-dog question came from a host of “The Basketball Jones,” an N.B.A. podcast started in 2006 by three Canadian basketball fanatics who will bring their blend of deep basketball analysis and irreverent, goofy attitude to the N.B.A.’s All-Star festivities this weekend in New York.

Answer: The Basketball Jones

“Is Russell Westbrook a cat or a dog?” Westbrook is, in fact, the star point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder, so this was a somewhat jarring question to pose to his fellow players during the National Basketball Association’s All-Star weekend in 2013. Nonetheless, they played along. James Harden thought Westbrook was more of a dog. Dwyane Wade hedged. “He’s a cat-dog,” he said. Finally, Westbrook weighed in. “Wolf,” he said. <hl> The cat-or-dog question came from a host of “ The Basketball Jones ,” an N.B.A. podcast started in 2006 by three Canadian basketball fanatics who will bring their blend of deep basketball analysis and irreverent, goofy attitude to the N.B.A.’s All-Star festivities this weekend in New York. <hl>

“Is Russell Westbrook a cat or a dog?” Westbrook is, in fact, the star point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder, so this was a somewhat jarring question to pose to his fellow players during the National Basketball Association’s All-Star weekend in 2013. Nonetheless, they played along. James Harden thought Westbrook was more of a dog. Dwyane Wade hedged. “He’s a cat-dog,” he said. Finally, Westbrook weighed in. “Wolf,” he said. The cat-or-dog question came from a host of “<hl> The Basketball Jones <hl>,” an N.B.A. podcast started in 2006 by three Canadian basketball fanatics who will bring their blend of deep basketball analysis and irreverent, goofy attitude to the N.B.A.’s All-Star festivities this weekend in New York.

The cat-or-dog question came from a host of “ <hl> The Basketball Jones <hl> ,” an N.B.A. podcast started in 2006 by three Canadian basketball fanatics who will bring their blend of deep basketball analysis and irreverent, goofy attitude to the N.B.A.’s All-Star festivities this weekend in New York.


Question: Which NBA player used to be a star, but is now more of an afterthought?

Persuade Tim Duncan not to retire? Check. Bring back Danny Green on a below-market contract? Check. Get the league’s top free-agent prize in LaMarcus Aldridge? Check. Persuade David West to join the team practically as a volunteer? Check. Enter the season as one of the two or three teams most likely to win it all for roughly the 17th consecutive season? Check. The San Antonio Spurs have some sort of front-office cheat code. James Harden may have been robbed of a Most Valuable Player Award, regardless of how good Stephen Curry’s team was, but the Houston Rockets were a bit of a mirage, offering little beyond the bearded bon vivant. Dwight Howard, once a league darling, has faded, but the team could play more well-rounded basketball this season after adding Ty Lawson.

Answer: Dwight Howard

Persuade Tim Duncan not to retire? Check. Bring back Danny Green on a below-market contract? Check. Get the league’s top free-agent prize in LaMarcus Aldridge? Check. Persuade David West to join the team practically as a volunteer? Check. Enter the season as one of the two or three teams most likely to win it all for roughly the 17th consecutive season? Check. The San Antonio Spurs have some sort of front-office cheat code. James Harden may have been robbed of a Most Valuable Player Award, regardless of how good Stephen Curry’s team was, but the Houston Rockets were a bit of a mirage, offering little beyond the bearded bon vivant. <hl> Dwight Howard , once a league darling, has faded, but the team could play more well-rounded basketball this season after adding Ty Lawson. <hl>

Persuade Tim Duncan not to retire? Check. Bring back Danny Green on a below-market contract? Check. Get the league’s top free-agent prize in LaMarcus Aldridge? Check. Persuade David West to join the team practically as a volunteer? Check. Enter the season as one of the two or three teams most likely to win it all for roughly the 17th consecutive season? Check. The San Antonio Spurs have some sort of front-office cheat code. James Harden may have been robbed of a Most Valuable Player Award, regardless of how good Stephen Curry’s team was, but the Houston Rockets were a bit of a mirage, offering little beyond the bearded bon vivant. <hl> Dwight Howard <hl>, once a league darling, has faded, but the team could play more well-rounded basketball this season after adding Ty Lawson.

<hl> Dwight Howard <hl> , once a league darling, has faded, but the team could play more well-rounded basketball this season after adding Ty Lawson.


Question: How many copies has "Secret Garden" sold?

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: 1.4 million

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 <hl> 1.4 million <hl> 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.


Question: What will persist whether or not marijuana use is legal?

Marijuana is just one of many sources of income for the cartels, which smuggle narcotics across the border to the United States and run kidnapping and extortion rings at home. The criminal infrastructure will persist whether or not marijuana use is legal. “The existing laws don’t reduce violence, either,” said Catalina Pérez Correa González, a law professor at CIDE, a university in Mexico City. The legal ruling on Wednesday barely referred to the bloody backdrop of the drug war. Instead, Justice Arturo Zaldívar wrote an 88-page opinion based on principles of human rights, arguing that the state recognizes an individual’s autonomy to engage in recreational activities that do not harm others.

Answer: The criminal infrastructure

Marijuana is just one of many sources of income for the cartels, which smuggle narcotics across the border to the United States and run kidnapping and extortion rings at home. <hl> The criminal infrastructure will persist whether or not marijuana use is legal. <hl> “The existing laws don’t reduce violence, either,” said Catalina Pérez Correa González, a law professor at CIDE, a university in Mexico City. The legal ruling on Wednesday barely referred to the bloody backdrop of the drug war. Instead, Justice Arturo Zaldívar wrote an 88-page opinion based on principles of human rights, arguing that the state recognizes an individual’s autonomy to engage in recreational activities that do not harm others.

Marijuana is just one of many sources of income for the cartels, which smuggle narcotics across the border to the United States and run kidnapping and extortion rings at home. <hl> The criminal infrastructure <hl> will persist whether or not marijuana use is legal. “The existing laws don’t reduce violence, either,” said Catalina Pérez Correa González, a law professor at CIDE, a university in Mexico City. The legal ruling on Wednesday barely referred to the bloody backdrop of the drug war. Instead, Justice Arturo Zaldívar wrote an 88-page opinion based on principles of human rights, arguing that the state recognizes an individual’s autonomy to engage in recreational activities that do not harm others.


Question: Who couldn't renew his lease?

Zaro’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.

Answer: Zaro

<hl> Zaro ’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro. <hl>

<hl> Zaro <hl>’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.

<hl> Zaro <hl> ’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.


Question: What did David Makovsky think Mr. Obama seem to be doing with his speech?

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents. “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

Answer: “hyping” his case to the public

<hl> David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public , perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents. <hl> “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be <hl> “hyping” his case to the public <hl>, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents. “These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff,” Mr. Makovsky said. “You come to expect a certain high road in political persuasion from this president, and if he feels that the critics are being unfair, call them on that, but don’t say, ‘I see your low road, and I’m going to double it.’ ”

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be <hl> “hyping” his case to the public <hl> , perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents.


Question: What makes his/her to blush ?

But although there are occasional, unprintable mishearings that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation. In almost all of my mishearings, however, there is a similar overall sound, a similar acoustic gestalt, linking what is said and what is heard. Syntax is always preserved, but this does not help; mishearings are likely to capsize meaning, to overwhelm it with phonologically similar but meaningless or absurd sound forms, even though the general form of a sentence is preserved.

Answer: occasional, unprintable mishearings

<hl> But although there are occasional, unprintable mishearings that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation. <hl> In almost all of my mishearings, however, there is a similar overall sound, a similar acoustic gestalt, linking what is said and what is heard. Syntax is always preserved, but this does not help; mishearings are likely to capsize meaning, to overwhelm it with phonologically similar but meaningless or absurd sound forms, even though the general form of a sentence is preserved.

But although there are <hl> occasional, unprintable mishearings <hl> that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation. In almost all of my mishearings, however, there is a similar overall sound, a similar acoustic gestalt, linking what is said and what is heard. Syntax is always preserved, but this does not help; mishearings are likely to capsize meaning, to overwhelm it with phonologically similar but meaningless or absurd sound forms, even though the general form of a sentence is preserved.


Question: What state is J. Patryce Design located in?

Q. Our fireplace surround is outdated brick. Should we replace it before selling? A. “Most people like the idea of a fireplace, even if they barely use it,” said Sandra Smith, a real estate salesperson at Compass, in Manhattan. So “a fireplace brings value to a property.” But whether it’s worth spending the time and money to update the surround on your fireplace depends on a number of factors, she said. If your whole home is in need of renovation, changing the surround is unlikely to make much of a difference in buyers’ eyes. And if the fireplace is nonfunctional, “you should take that into account in determining how much you want to invest,” Ms. Smith said, because some buyers may prefer to use the space for something else, like built-in bookshelves. However, if the rest of your home is in good shape and has an up-to-date look, and you have a working fireplace, an outdated surround needs attention. “The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J. “So it has to be right.”

Answer: N.J.

Q. Our fireplace surround is outdated brick. Should we replace it before selling? A. “Most people like the idea of a fireplace, even if they barely use it,” said Sandra Smith, a real estate salesperson at Compass, in Manhattan. So “a fireplace brings value to a property.” But whether it’s worth spending the time and money to update the surround on your fireplace depends on a number of factors, she said. If your whole home is in need of renovation, changing the surround is unlikely to make much of a difference in buyers’ eyes. And if the fireplace is nonfunctional, “you should take that into account in determining how much you want to invest,” Ms. Smith said, because some buyers may prefer to use the space for something else, like built-in bookshelves. However, if the rest of your home is in good shape and has an up-to-date look, and you have a working fireplace, an outdated surround needs attention. <hl> “The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J. “So it has to be right.” <hl>

Q. Our fireplace surround is outdated brick. Should we replace it before selling? A. “Most people like the idea of a fireplace, even if they barely use it,” said Sandra Smith, a real estate salesperson at Compass, in Manhattan. So “a fireplace brings value to a property.” But whether it’s worth spending the time and money to update the surround on your fireplace depends on a number of factors, she said. If your whole home is in need of renovation, changing the surround is unlikely to make much of a difference in buyers’ eyes. And if the fireplace is nonfunctional, “you should take that into account in determining how much you want to invest,” Ms. Smith said, because some buyers may prefer to use the space for something else, like built-in bookshelves. However, if the rest of your home is in good shape and has an up-to-date look, and you have a working fireplace, an outdated surround needs attention. “The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, <hl> N.J. <hl> “So it has to be right.”


Question: Who retired abruptly?

It never happened, thanks to a mix of injuries, bad luck and a handful of flameouts in the playoffs. The shine on one of hockey’s biggest success stories has dimmed. Dan Bylsma and Ray Shero, the coach and general manager who helped make the Penguins one of the league’s must-see attractions, are gone. Forward Pascal Dupuis, long the glue in a dressing room of diverse personalities, retired abruptly last week because of lingering health concerns. Defenseman Rob Scuderi, brought in more than two years ago to provide the blue line with some needed grit, became a pariah as his game deteriorated and was shipped off to Chicago on Monday night for Trevor Daley. The owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle are shopping the club.

Answer: Pascal Dupuis

It never happened, thanks to a mix of injuries, bad luck and a handful of flameouts in the playoffs. The shine on one of hockey’s biggest success stories has dimmed. Dan Bylsma and Ray Shero, the coach and general manager who helped make the Penguins one of the league’s must-see attractions, are gone. <hl> Forward Pascal Dupuis , long the glue in a dressing room of diverse personalities, retired abruptly last week because of lingering health concerns. <hl> Defenseman Rob Scuderi, brought in more than two years ago to provide the blue line with some needed grit, became a pariah as his game deteriorated and was shipped off to Chicago on Monday night for Trevor Daley. The owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle are shopping the club.

It never happened, thanks to a mix of injuries, bad luck and a handful of flameouts in the playoffs. The shine on one of hockey’s biggest success stories has dimmed. Dan Bylsma and Ray Shero, the coach and general manager who helped make the Penguins one of the league’s must-see attractions, are gone. Forward <hl> Pascal Dupuis <hl>, long the glue in a dressing room of diverse personalities, retired abruptly last week because of lingering health concerns. Defenseman Rob Scuderi, brought in more than two years ago to provide the blue line with some needed grit, became a pariah as his game deteriorated and was shipped off to Chicago on Monday night for Trevor Daley. The owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle are shopping the club.

Forward <hl> Pascal Dupuis <hl> , long the glue in a dressing room of diverse personalities, retired abruptly last week because of lingering health concerns.


Question: What were Ms. Quick's motives?

As she was dying, Ms. Quick told her daughter that she had lied about the men’s involvement in the fire. Mr. Hale said in an interview on Tuesday that Ms. Quick’s motives to lie may have included liability and an insurance payment that she received (though she testified at the men’s trial that she did not receive such a payment). A fire marshal found what he testified was evidence of arson, but Mr. Hale said evolving fire science meant that the 1980 analysis did not hold up today. Experts’ reports that Mr. Villalobos’s lawyer and the district attorney’s office commissioned as they re-examined the case showed no evidence of arson.

Answer: liability and an insurance payment

As she was dying, Ms. Quick told her daughter that she had lied about the men’s involvement in the fire. <hl> Mr. Hale said in an interview on Tuesday that Ms. Quick’s motives to lie may have included liability and an insurance payment that she received (though she testified at the men’s trial that she did not receive such a payment). <hl> A fire marshal found what he testified was evidence of arson, but Mr. Hale said evolving fire science meant that the 1980 analysis did not hold up today. Experts’ reports that Mr. Villalobos’s lawyer and the district attorney’s office commissioned as they re-examined the case showed no evidence of arson.

As she was dying, Ms. Quick told her daughter that she had lied about the men’s involvement in the fire. Mr. Hale said in an interview on Tuesday that Ms. Quick’s motives to lie may have included <hl> liability and an insurance payment <hl> that she received (though she testified at the men’s trial that she did not receive such a payment). A fire marshal found what he testified was evidence of arson, but Mr. Hale said evolving fire science meant that the 1980 analysis did not hold up today. Experts’ reports that Mr. Villalobos’s lawyer and the district attorney’s office commissioned as they re-examined the case showed no evidence of arson.


Question: What would happen to the investment of drug development if the industry isn't regulated?

The expense of prescription drugs has come to the forefront in the presidential campaign with proposals by Bernie Sanders and Mrs. Clinton to rein in drug prices. Patent law also plays a big role in the debate over drug prices, though it is not directly addressed by the two Democratic candidates. Drug manufacturers say that they need to recoup the high cost of drug development by charging high prices during the period they hold effective monopolies. A recent estimate, though contested, put the price of developing a drug from scratch as high as $2.6 billion. Other estimates suggest it could be as low as $161 million. Either way, it’s a lot of money. Without regulatory constraints, results from such an investment could be used by anyone to develop and market drugs.

Answer: an investment could be used by anyone

The expense of prescription drugs has come to the forefront in the presidential campaign with proposals by Bernie Sanders and Mrs. Clinton to rein in drug prices. Patent law also plays a big role in the debate over drug prices, though it is not directly addressed by the two Democratic candidates. Drug manufacturers say that they need to recoup the high cost of drug development by charging high prices during the period they hold effective monopolies. A recent estimate, though contested, put the price of developing a drug from scratch as high as $2.6 billion. Other estimates suggest it could be as low as $161 million. Either way, it’s a lot of money. <hl> Without regulatory constraints, results from such an investment could be used by anyone to develop and market drugs. <hl>

The expense of prescription drugs has come to the forefront in the presidential campaign with proposals by Bernie Sanders and Mrs. Clinton to rein in drug prices. Patent law also plays a big role in the debate over drug prices, though it is not directly addressed by the two Democratic candidates. Drug manufacturers say that they need to recoup the high cost of drug development by charging high prices during the period they hold effective monopolies. A recent estimate, though contested, put the price of developing a drug from scratch as high as $2.6 billion. Other estimates suggest it could be as low as $161 million. Either way, it’s a lot of money. Without regulatory constraints, results from such <hl> an investment could be used by anyone <hl> to develop and market drugs.


Question: Who said, "They don't want to play the game?'

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

Answer: W. McIntyre Burnham

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. <hl> “They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham , a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. <hl> “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “They don’t want to play the game,” said <hl> W. McIntyre Burnham <hl>, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied. “They may be the wave of the future, but I think they may also have trouble getting support.” The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011. Dr. Lam was ending a postdoctoral fellowship, and the two scientists were worried about the direction of neuroscience. As it turned out, they were not the only ones. Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan. The Green Neuroscience Laboratory is affiliated with — and shares offices with — the NeuroLinx Research Institute, which he founded.

“They don’t want to play the game,” said <hl> W. McIntyre Burnham <hl> , a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.


Question: Who is the owner of ABC cocina?

The reviews are a far cry from some of the Twitter reactions that circulated on Wednesday. The debate over the recipe is sure to continue, inspiring songs of protest, Instagrams from ABC Cocina diners and tweets from the converted along the way. (Even the chef Jean-George Vongerichten, the owner of ABC Cocina, left a peaceful message on his Twitter account.) If you’re feeling adventurous, the recipe is here. Our readers have given it a five-star rating. You can also use #NYTCooking on Twitter to show your creation to The Times’s food team, who helped start this culinary chaos.

Answer: Jean-George Vongerichten

The reviews are a far cry from some of the Twitter reactions that circulated on Wednesday. The debate over the recipe is sure to continue, inspiring songs of protest, Instagrams from ABC Cocina diners and tweets from the converted along the way. <hl> (Even the chef Jean-George Vongerichten , the owner of ABC Cocina, left a peaceful message on his Twitter account.) <hl> If you’re feeling adventurous, the recipe is here. Our readers have given it a five-star rating. You can also use #NYTCooking on Twitter to show your creation to The Times’s food team, who helped start this culinary chaos.

The reviews are a far cry from some of the Twitter reactions that circulated on Wednesday. The debate over the recipe is sure to continue, inspiring songs of protest, Instagrams from ABC Cocina diners and tweets from the converted along the way. (Even the chef <hl> Jean-George Vongerichten <hl>, the owner of ABC Cocina, left a peaceful message on his Twitter account.) If you’re feeling adventurous, the recipe is here. Our readers have given it a five-star rating. You can also use #NYTCooking on Twitter to show your creation to The Times’s food team, who helped start this culinary chaos.

(Even the chef <hl> Jean-George Vongerichten <hl> , the owner of ABC Cocina, left a peaceful message on his Twitter account.)


Question: What views was Mr. Medvedchuk known to express?

In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine, including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.” Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign warning against decayed values in the West. In a precursor to Russia’s now frequent charges of fascism against Kiev and the West, Mr. Medvedchuk described the European Union as the modern heir to Germany’s Third Reich. A co-founder of a major law firm in Kiev, he was not always so virulently anti-Western, according to analysts who have followed his career. As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express pro-European views, and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland. Yet, he became so powerful and influential as Mr. Kuchma’s chief of staff, from 2002 to 2005, that there was a joke in Kiev political circles: Mr. Kuchma was serving as president in the Medvedchuk administration. Some Ukrainian analysts believe there is more than a grain of truth in the gag, and that Mr. Putin’s goal is to create a Medvedchuk administration, if not in Kiev, then in Donetsk, where the Kremlin has made clear it would like to see the region granted autonomy similar to that of Chechnya in Russia. In May, with the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepening, Mr. Putin publicly urged that Mr. Medvedchuk be given an important role as a peace negotiator. As soon as Mr. Medvedchuk got involved, the Kremlin issued a statement expressing Mr. Putin’s praise.

Answer: pro-European views

In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine, including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.” Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign warning against decayed values in the West. In a precursor to Russia’s now frequent charges of fascism against Kiev and the West, Mr. Medvedchuk described the European Union as the modern heir to Germany’s Third Reich. A co-founder of a major law firm in Kiev, he was not always so virulently anti-Western, according to analysts who have followed his career. <hl> As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express pro-European views , and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland. <hl> Yet, he became so powerful and influential as Mr. Kuchma’s chief of staff, from 2002 to 2005, that there was a joke in Kiev political circles: Mr. Kuchma was serving as president in the Medvedchuk administration. Some Ukrainian analysts believe there is more than a grain of truth in the gag, and that Mr. Putin’s goal is to create a Medvedchuk administration, if not in Kiev, then in Donetsk, where the Kremlin has made clear it would like to see the region granted autonomy similar to that of Chechnya in Russia. In May, with the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepening, Mr. Putin publicly urged that Mr. Medvedchuk be given an important role as a peace negotiator. As soon as Mr. Medvedchuk got involved, the Kremlin issued a statement expressing Mr. Putin’s praise.

In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine, including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.” Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign warning against decayed values in the West. In a precursor to Russia’s now frequent charges of fascism against Kiev and the West, Mr. Medvedchuk described the European Union as the modern heir to Germany’s Third Reich. A co-founder of a major law firm in Kiev, he was not always so virulently anti-Western, according to analysts who have followed his career. As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express <hl> pro-European views <hl>, and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland. Yet, he became so powerful and influential as Mr. Kuchma’s chief of staff, from 2002 to 2005, that there was a joke in Kiev political circles: Mr. Kuchma was serving as president in the Medvedchuk administration. Some Ukrainian analysts believe there is more than a grain of truth in the gag, and that Mr. Putin’s goal is to create a Medvedchuk administration, if not in Kiev, then in Donetsk, where the Kremlin has made clear it would like to see the region granted autonomy similar to that of Chechnya in Russia. In May, with the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepening, Mr. Putin publicly urged that Mr. Medvedchuk be given an important role as a peace negotiator. As soon as Mr. Medvedchuk got involved, the Kremlin issued a statement expressing Mr. Putin’s praise.

As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express <hl> pro-European views <hl> , and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland.


Question: What is the type of medical scan Sam Querrey will need to have done?

■ Sam Querrey, a semifinalist last week in Memphis, injured his back midmatch and retired from the Delray Beach Open in Florida while leading Alejandro Gonzalez, 6-3, 1-2. “It was just one sudden movement, and I jerked my back,” said Querrey, who will have an M.R.I. exam before deciding whether he can represent the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup against Britain in Glasgow from March 6 to 8. He added: “I’ve had this before, and it’s gotten better in a week. I’m just bummed because I played so well last week.” (AP)

Answer: an M.R.I. exam

■ Sam Querrey, a semifinalist last week in Memphis, injured his back midmatch and retired from the Delray Beach Open in Florida while leading Alejandro Gonzalez, 6-3, 1-2. <hl> “It was just one sudden movement, and I jerked my back,” said Querrey, who will have an M.R.I. exam before deciding whether he can represent the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup against Britain in Glasgow from March 6 to 8. <hl> He added: “I’ve had this before, and it’s gotten better in a week. I’m just bummed because I played so well last week.” (AP)

■ Sam Querrey, a semifinalist last week in Memphis, injured his back midmatch and retired from the Delray Beach Open in Florida while leading Alejandro Gonzalez, 6-3, 1-2. “It was just one sudden movement, and I jerked my back,” said Querrey, who will have <hl> an M.R.I. exam <hl> before deciding whether he can represent the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup against Britain in Glasgow from March 6 to 8. He added: “I’ve had this before, and it’s gotten better in a week. I’m just bummed because I played so well last week.” (AP)


Question: What is Ms. Andino?

Ms. Andino, a medical assistant, guessed that the video games might come sooner than she had planned. “Maybe later we’ll try playing Monopoly,” she said. “It eats up a lot of time.” In Midtown Manhattan, Jeremy Brisiel began the morning with no illusions. “We braved the weather yesterday,” he said, describing an outing to Kidville, a children’s gym and play station, with his daughter, Tallulah, 3. “Today, ‘Frozen’ will probably handle it,” he said, citing the sisters who are the film’s heroines. “Anna and Elsa all day.” But Tallulah and her mother, Melle Powers, an actress and teacher, had a better idea: taking an imaginary trip back to the Caribbean resort where they vacationed last week, making pretend sand castles on their small living room floor.

Answer: a medical assistant

<hl> Ms. Andino, a medical assistant , guessed that the video games might come sooner than she had planned. <hl> “Maybe later we’ll try playing Monopoly,” she said. “It eats up a lot of time.” In Midtown Manhattan, Jeremy Brisiel began the morning with no illusions. “We braved the weather yesterday,” he said, describing an outing to Kidville, a children’s gym and play station, with his daughter, Tallulah, 3. “Today, ‘Frozen’ will probably handle it,” he said, citing the sisters who are the film’s heroines. “Anna and Elsa all day.” But Tallulah and her mother, Melle Powers, an actress and teacher, had a better idea: taking an imaginary trip back to the Caribbean resort where they vacationed last week, making pretend sand castles on their small living room floor.

Ms. Andino, <hl> a medical assistant <hl>, guessed that the video games might come sooner than she had planned. “Maybe later we’ll try playing Monopoly,” she said. “It eats up a lot of time.” In Midtown Manhattan, Jeremy Brisiel began the morning with no illusions. “We braved the weather yesterday,” he said, describing an outing to Kidville, a children’s gym and play station, with his daughter, Tallulah, 3. “Today, ‘Frozen’ will probably handle it,” he said, citing the sisters who are the film’s heroines. “Anna and Elsa all day.” But Tallulah and her mother, Melle Powers, an actress and teacher, had a better idea: taking an imaginary trip back to the Caribbean resort where they vacationed last week, making pretend sand castles on their small living room floor.

Ms. Andino, <hl> a medical assistant <hl> , guessed that the video games might come sooner than she had planned.


Question: what are the names of the daughters?

The British government appointed him to oversee improvements in policing in Northern Ireland in 2000. In 2007, he was appointed senior adviser to the director of the United States Office of National Intelligence, which was established after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate the nation’s secret information gathering. In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Ann Cryan; another son, Kevin; their daughters, Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Answer: Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk

The British government appointed him to oversee improvements in policing in Northern Ireland in 2000. In 2007, he was appointed senior adviser to the director of the United States Office of National Intelligence, which was established after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate the nation’s secret information gathering. <hl> In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Ann Cryan; another son, Kevin; their daughters, Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk ; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. <hl>

The British government appointed him to oversee improvements in policing in Northern Ireland in 2000. In 2007, he was appointed senior adviser to the director of the United States Office of National Intelligence, which was established after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate the nation’s secret information gathering. In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Ann Cryan; another son, Kevin; their daughters, <hl> Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk <hl>; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Ann Cryan; another son, Kevin; their daughters, <hl> Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk <hl> ; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.


Question: What type of people have been denied communion

For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But divorced and remarried Catholics have been denied communion. Mr. Douthat misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience, including intimate experience, of living neighbors.

Answer: divorced and remarried Catholics

For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq. <hl> But divorced and remarried Catholics have been denied communion. <hl> Mr. Douthat misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience, including intimate experience, of living neighbors.

For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But <hl> divorced and remarried Catholics <hl> have been denied communion. Mr. Douthat misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience, including intimate experience, of living neighbors.


Question: Who built the South Africa's Fortress of Racial Prejudice

WHAT a reporter carries out grows, inevitably, from the beliefs and standards carried in. For me, those were set out by the Times editor who first assigned me abroad in 1976, A. M. Rosenthal, and by his successors over the years. Abe called for “keeping the paper straight.” He issued the dictum before my first foreign assignment: apartheid South Africa, a country justly seen as an open-and-shut case of oppression. But even there the need to keep the paper straight demanded, Abe said, that we tell not only the story of the oppressed, but that of all the other major players in South Africa’s tragedy, including the Afrikaner people who built the fortress of racial prejudice that the country had become. Those stories might surprise us, he said, and give us a more textured sense of the truth.

Answer: Afrikaner people

WHAT a reporter carries out grows, inevitably, from the beliefs and standards carried in. For me, those were set out by the Times editor who first assigned me abroad in 1976, A. M. Rosenthal, and by his successors over the years. Abe called for “keeping the paper straight.” He issued the dictum before my first foreign assignment: apartheid South Africa, a country justly seen as an open-and-shut case of oppression. But even there the need to keep the paper straight demanded, Abe said, that we tell not only the story of the oppressed, but <hl> that of all the other major players in South Africa’s tragedy, including the Afrikaner people who built the fortress of racial prejudice that the country had become. <hl> Those stories might surprise us, he said, and give us a more textured sense of the truth.

WHAT a reporter carries out grows, inevitably, from the beliefs and standards carried in. For me, those were set out by the Times editor who first assigned me abroad in 1976, A. M. Rosenthal, and by his successors over the years. Abe called for “keeping the paper straight.” He issued the dictum before my first foreign assignment: apartheid South Africa, a country justly seen as an open-and-shut case of oppression. But even there the need to keep the paper straight demanded, Abe said, that we tell not only the story of the oppressed, but that of all the other major players in South Africa’s tragedy, including the <hl> Afrikaner people <hl> who built the fortress of racial prejudice that the country had become. Those stories might surprise us, he said, and give us a more textured sense of the truth.


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

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

Answer: boys’ wandering hands

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

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

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


Question: What are synthetic cannabinoids?

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

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

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

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


Question: What does he encourage others to do?

This leads him to the central matter he wishes to raise with young people. “Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam.” Read the Quran yourself, he advises. “Have you studied the teachings of the Prophet of Islam and his humane, ethical doctrines? Have you ever received the message of Islam from any sources other than the media?” “Try and find answers yourself,” he writes. “The future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.”

Answer: Try and find answers yourself

This leads him to the central matter he wishes to raise with young people. “Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam.” Read the Quran yourself, he advises. “Have you studied the teachings of the Prophet of Islam and his humane, ethical doctrines? Have you ever received the message of Islam from any sources other than the media?” <hl> “ Try and find answers yourself ,” he writes. <hl> “The future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.”

This leads him to the central matter he wishes to raise with young people. “Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam.” Read the Quran yourself, he advises. “Have you studied the teachings of the Prophet of Islam and his humane, ethical doctrines? Have you ever received the message of Islam from any sources other than the media?” “<hl> Try and find answers yourself <hl>,” he writes. “The future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.”

“ <hl> Try and find answers yourself <hl> ,” he writes.


Question: How many points did Nic Moore score?

S.M.U. 67, TEMPLE 58 Nic Moore scored 18 points, and No. 21 Southern Methodist (22-5, 13-2 American Athletic Conference) rallied from 10 points down in the second half to end a seven-game winning streak by visiting Temple (19-8, 10-4). Women  NOTRE DAME 71, GEORGIA TECH 61 Jewell Loyd scored 31 points and No. 4 Notre Dame survived a scare to beat host Georgia Tech (14-13, 4-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) for its 11th straight win. The Irish (25-2, 12-1) trailed by 34-33 at halftime, and the final margin was the only double-digit lead of the game.

Answer: 18 points

S.M.U. 67, TEMPLE 58 <hl> Nic Moore scored 18 points , and No. 21 Southern Methodist (22-5, 13-2 American Athletic Conference) rallied from 10 points down in the second half to end a seven-game winning streak by visiting Temple (19-8, 10-4). <hl> Women NOTRE DAME 71, GEORGIA TECH 61 Jewell Loyd scored 31 points and No. 4 Notre Dame survived a scare to beat host Georgia Tech (14-13, 4-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) for its 11th straight win. The Irish (25-2, 12-1) trailed by 34-33 at halftime, and the final margin was the only double-digit lead of the game.

S.M.U. 67, TEMPLE 58 Nic Moore scored <hl> 18 points <hl>, and No. 21 Southern Methodist (22-5, 13-2 American Athletic Conference) rallied from 10 points down in the second half to end a seven-game winning streak by visiting Temple (19-8, 10-4). Women NOTRE DAME 71, GEORGIA TECH 61 Jewell Loyd scored 31 points and No. 4 Notre Dame survived a scare to beat host Georgia Tech (14-13, 4-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) for its 11th straight win. The Irish (25-2, 12-1) trailed by 34-33 at halftime, and the final margin was the only double-digit lead of the game.

Nic Moore scored <hl> 18 points <hl> , and No. 21 Southern Methodist (22-5, 13-2 American Athletic Conference) rallied from 10 points down in the second half to end a seven-game winning streak by visiting Temple (19-8, 10-4).


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

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

Answer: encrypted walkie-talkie

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

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

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


Question: What type of government had been elected after the ouster of PResident Zine el-Abidine Ben ali tried to push through a repressive constitution?

For a while, Tunisia had seemed headed for the same fate. An Islamist government elected after the ouster of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali tried to push through a repressive constitution; there were street clashes and assassinations. In the summer of 2013, four organizations — the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers — came together as the National Dialogue Quartet and mediated the formation of an interim government that would lead the country to new elections.

Answer: Islamist

For a while, Tunisia had seemed headed for the same fate. <hl> An Islamist government elected after the ouster of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali tried to push through a repressive constitution; there were street clashes and assassinations. <hl> In the summer of 2013, four organizations — the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers — came together as the National Dialogue Quartet and mediated the formation of an interim government that would lead the country to new elections.

For a while, Tunisia had seemed headed for the same fate. An <hl> Islamist <hl> government elected after the ouster of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali tried to push through a repressive constitution; there were street clashes and assassinations. In the summer of 2013, four organizations — the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers — came together as the National Dialogue Quartet and mediated the formation of an interim government that would lead the country to new elections.


Question: How many US financial institutions fail since the 1990s?

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s, when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed. Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.

Answer: 3,000

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s, when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. <hl> By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed. <hl> Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.

Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s, when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis. Banks and other lending institutions became locked in competitive increases in deposit rates, which drove them to make increasingly risky, high-interest loans. By the mid-1990s, nearly <hl> 3,000 <hl> United States financial institutions had failed. Chinese regulators are hoping to avoid a repeat of the American experience. To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.


Question: What types of devices are hard to disinfect?

The devices are uniquely difficult to disinfect, and there is no expert consensus on the best way to do so now that standard methods have been called into question. Even when health care providers “appear to be doing everything right, there has been transmission of CRE,” said Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director for health care associated infection prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Makers of the special scopes defended their disinfection recommendations. John Haberstock, a spokesman for Pentax Medical, said its cleaning protocols achieved a “high level disinfection of duodenoscopes.” Diane Rainey, a spokeswoman for Fujifilm, said the company’s instructions to providers “are appropriate to maintain patient safety.”

Answer: duodenoscopes

The devices are uniquely difficult to disinfect, and there is no expert consensus on the best way to do so now that standard methods have been called into question. Even when health care providers “appear to be doing everything right, there has been transmission of CRE,” said Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director for health care associated infection prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Makers of the special scopes defended their disinfection recommendations. <hl> John Haberstock, a spokesman for Pentax Medical, said its cleaning protocols achieved a “high level disinfection of duodenoscopes .” <hl> Diane Rainey, a spokeswoman for Fujifilm, said the company’s instructions to providers “are appropriate to maintain patient safety.”

The devices are uniquely difficult to disinfect, and there is no expert consensus on the best way to do so now that standard methods have been called into question. Even when health care providers “appear to be doing everything right, there has been transmission of CRE,” said Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director for health care associated infection prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Makers of the special scopes defended their disinfection recommendations. John Haberstock, a spokesman for Pentax Medical, said its cleaning protocols achieved a “high level disinfection of <hl> duodenoscopes <hl>.” Diane Rainey, a spokeswoman for Fujifilm, said the company’s instructions to providers “are appropriate to maintain patient safety.”

John Haberstock, a spokesman for Pentax Medical, said its cleaning protocols achieved a “high level disinfection of <hl> duodenoscopes <hl> .”


Question: When was Tiant's status as Boston's sports royalty solidified?

“I told him Boston is a good place to play,” Tiant said. “I lived there for 43 years. I live in Maine now, but I lived in Boston for years, and for me, it is my second country. People were great to me, and they are still great to me. They show me respect, admiration and love. They don’t have that anywhere else I’ve been, just in Boston.” Tiant was a larger-than-life figure in Boston: a portly, cigar-smoking character whose starts were big events. He was also known as an exceptional clutch performer. In the memorable 1975 World Series, Tiant won two games against the Cincinnati Reds, including a shutout in Game 1. He also won the final regularly scheduled game of the 1978 season with a two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays that forced the famous one-game playoff with the Yankees. But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as 1972, when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season. Tiant was unable to return to Cuba for 46 years. After leaving Cuba, he did not see his father for 14 years until Luis Tiant Sr. was allowed to come to Boston to watch the 1975 World Series. “It’s sad,” Tiant said. “It was 46 years before I go back to my country, and a lot of my friends and people I played with and went to school with, they died. It’s not a comfortable situation. I didn’t see my father for 14 years. I thought I would never see him again.” Moncada grew teary-eyed when he spoke of his own family. He said that until he left Cuba nine months ago, he had not gone more than a week without seeing his family. But the future might not be as difficult for him as the past was for Tiant. The governments of Cuba and the United States have initiated a process that could lead to a normalization of relations. If that is achieved, it may not be as difficult for the current group of Cuban players to travel home and then return to the United States to play.

Answer: 1972

“I told him Boston is a good place to play,” Tiant said. “I lived there for 43 years. I live in Maine now, but I lived in Boston for years, and for me, it is my second country. People were great to me, and they are still great to me. They show me respect, admiration and love. They don’t have that anywhere else I’ve been, just in Boston.” Tiant was a larger-than-life figure in Boston: a portly, cigar-smoking character whose starts were big events. He was also known as an exceptional clutch performer. In the memorable 1975 World Series, Tiant won two games against the Cincinnati Reds, including a shutout in Game 1. He also won the final regularly scheduled game of the 1978 season with a two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays that forced the famous one-game playoff with the Yankees. <hl> But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as 1972 , when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season. <hl> Tiant was unable to return to Cuba for 46 years. After leaving Cuba, he did not see his father for 14 years until Luis Tiant Sr. was allowed to come to Boston to watch the 1975 World Series. “It’s sad,” Tiant said. “It was 46 years before I go back to my country, and a lot of my friends and people I played with and went to school with, they died. It’s not a comfortable situation. I didn’t see my father for 14 years. I thought I would never see him again.” Moncada grew teary-eyed when he spoke of his own family. He said that until he left Cuba nine months ago, he had not gone more than a week without seeing his family. But the future might not be as difficult for him as the past was for Tiant. The governments of Cuba and the United States have initiated a process that could lead to a normalization of relations. If that is achieved, it may not be as difficult for the current group of Cuban players to travel home and then return to the United States to play.

“I told him Boston is a good place to play,” Tiant said. “I lived there for 43 years. I live in Maine now, but I lived in Boston for years, and for me, it is my second country. People were great to me, and they are still great to me. They show me respect, admiration and love. They don’t have that anywhere else I’ve been, just in Boston.” Tiant was a larger-than-life figure in Boston: a portly, cigar-smoking character whose starts were big events. He was also known as an exceptional clutch performer. In the memorable 1975 World Series, Tiant won two games against the Cincinnati Reds, including a shutout in Game 1. He also won the final regularly scheduled game of the 1978 season with a two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays that forced the famous one-game playoff with the Yankees. But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as <hl> 1972 <hl>, when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season. Tiant was unable to return to Cuba for 46 years. After leaving Cuba, he did not see his father for 14 years until Luis Tiant Sr. was allowed to come to Boston to watch the 1975 World Series. “It’s sad,” Tiant said. “It was 46 years before I go back to my country, and a lot of my friends and people I played with and went to school with, they died. It’s not a comfortable situation. I didn’t see my father for 14 years. I thought I would never see him again.” Moncada grew teary-eyed when he spoke of his own family. He said that until he left Cuba nine months ago, he had not gone more than a week without seeing his family. But the future might not be as difficult for him as the past was for Tiant. The governments of Cuba and the United States have initiated a process that could lead to a normalization of relations. If that is achieved, it may not be as difficult for the current group of Cuban players to travel home and then return to the United States to play.

But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as <hl> 1972 <hl> , when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season.


Question: How much for a crew-neck top?

Both times I visited the mall, I needed respite badly. Once, I sat on the steps in the main atrium and tried to restore steady breathing; it felt as if I had just climbed a mountain and was being choked by thin air. Another time, I left and walked a few blocks to Century 21, which with its air of rank desperation felt more apt for the neighborhood. Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top ($866, on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380).

Answer: $866

Both times I visited the mall, I needed respite badly. Once, I sat on the steps in the main atrium and tried to restore steady breathing; it felt as if I had just climbed a mountain and was being choked by thin air. Another time, I left and walked a few blocks to Century 21, which with its air of rank desperation felt more apt for the neighborhood. <hl> Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top ( $866 , on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380). <hl>

Both times I visited the mall, I needed respite badly. Once, I sat on the steps in the main atrium and tried to restore steady breathing; it felt as if I had just climbed a mountain and was being choked by thin air. Another time, I left and walked a few blocks to Century 21, which with its air of rank desperation felt more apt for the neighborhood. Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top (<hl> $866 <hl>, on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380).

Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top ( <hl> $866 <hl> , on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380).


Question: What criteria was the router test performed on?

To get an idea how each device performed with each router, The Wirecutter’s Wi-Fi expert, David Murphy, tested file transfer speeds, video streaming speeds, music streaming quality and video call quality at a short range of 11 feet and a long range of 43 feet. Most tested devices had 19 percent to 54 percent faster download speeds and shaved 3 to 48 percent off their file-transfer times when paired with the Archer C7 compared with the older 802.11n Netgear router. The devices also did better on the Archer C7’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi network than on its 2.4GHz network at the same locations. In comparison, The Wirecutter could not connect to the Netgear router’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi at its long-distance test location.

Answer: file transfer speeds, video streaming speeds, music streaming quality and video call quality

<hl> To get an idea how each device performed with each router, The Wirecutter’s Wi-Fi expert, David Murphy, tested file transfer speeds, video streaming speeds, music streaming quality and video call quality at a short range of 11 feet and a long range of 43 feet. <hl> Most tested devices had 19 percent to 54 percent faster download speeds and shaved 3 to 48 percent off their file-transfer times when paired with the Archer C7 compared with the older 802.11n Netgear router. The devices also did better on the Archer C7’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi network than on its 2.4GHz network at the same locations. In comparison, The Wirecutter could not connect to the Netgear router’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi at its long-distance test location.

To get an idea how each device performed with each router, The Wirecutter’s Wi-Fi expert, David Murphy, tested <hl> file transfer speeds, video streaming speeds, music streaming quality and video call quality <hl> at a short range of 11 feet and a long range of 43 feet. Most tested devices had 19 percent to 54 percent faster download speeds and shaved 3 to 48 percent off their file-transfer times when paired with the Archer C7 compared with the older 802.11n Netgear router. The devices also did better on the Archer C7’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi network than on its 2.4GHz network at the same locations. In comparison, The Wirecutter could not connect to the Netgear router’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi at its long-distance test location.


Question: What ranch did she devote most of her time after retiring?

After retiring, she devoted most of her time to the McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma, Calif., which she established in 1991 and which is now the country’s largest producer of certified organic estate-produced extra-virgin olive oil. Chronicle Publishing was sold to the Hearst Corporation in 1999. Ms. McEvoy was a founding member of the Peace Corps and a special assistant to the organization’s first director, R. Sargent Shriver. A philanthropist, she was a board member of the University of California, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Symphony, among other organizations.

Answer: McEvoy

<hl> After retiring, she devoted most of her time to the McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma, Calif., which she established in 1991 and which is now the country’s largest producer of certified organic estate-produced extra-virgin olive oil. <hl> Chronicle Publishing was sold to the Hearst Corporation in 1999. Ms. McEvoy was a founding member of the Peace Corps and a special assistant to the organization’s first director, R. Sargent Shriver. A philanthropist, she was a board member of the University of California, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Symphony, among other organizations.

After retiring, she devoted most of her time to the <hl> McEvoy <hl> Ranch in Petaluma, Calif., which she established in 1991 and which is now the country’s largest producer of certified organic estate-produced extra-virgin olive oil. Chronicle Publishing was sold to the Hearst Corporation in 1999. Ms. McEvoy was a founding member of the Peace Corps and a special assistant to the organization’s first director, R. Sargent Shriver. A philanthropist, she was a board member of the University of California, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Symphony, among other organizations.


Question: What did Americans find out about Ukrainians during training?

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

Answer: Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking

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

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

In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the <hl> Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking <hl> , and the group generally in need of instruction.


Question: What are some examples of daily life mentioned?

Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.” Photos show her flanked by military officers, and descending alone from her Air Force jet as secretary of state, as she can be heard, as a candidate, emphasizing the need to be “both secure at home and leading the world.” Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.

Answer: families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work

<hl> Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.” <hl> Photos show her flanked by military officers, and descending alone from her Air Force jet as secretary of state, as she can be heard, as a candidate, emphasizing the need to be “both secure at home and leading the world.” Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.

Black-and-white images depict daily life — <hl> families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work <hl> — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.” Photos show her flanked by military officers, and descending alone from her Air Force jet as secretary of state, as she can be heard, as a candidate, emphasizing the need to be “both secure at home and leading the world.” Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.