Question: what was established after  the terrorist attacks of Sept 11

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: United States Office of National Intelligence

The British government appointed him to oversee improvements in policing in Northern Ireland in 2000. <hl> 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.

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 <hl> United States Office of National Intelligence <hl>, 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.

In 2007, he was appointed senior adviser to the director of the <hl> United States Office of National Intelligence <hl> , which was established after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate the nation’s secret information gathering.


Question: Who was impressed by the meeting between Ernest Hemingway and Welles?

Ms. Dow said she was struck by Welles’s account of a wine-soaked session with Ernest Hemingway, who had just won the Nobel Prize for literature. “It should have gone to Isak Dinesen,” Hemingway said, according to Ms. Dow’s description of Welles’s remembrance. Ms. Dow said it would take perhaps five months to arrange the papers for public use. In early June, Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive. It promises to be an unusual affair, one that Welles may have appreciated. One presentation, Mr. Hallman said, will feature music composed for an ensemble that plays toy instruments. Ms. Kodar, he added, may have something else up her sleeve. “She has asked us to tell people she’s planning to do magic tricks with the audience,” Mr. Hallman said.

Answer: Ms. Dow

<hl> Ms. Dow said she was struck by Welles’s account of a wine-soaked session with Ernest Hemingway, who had just won the Nobel Prize for literature. <hl> “It should have gone to Isak Dinesen,” Hemingway said, according to Ms. Dow’s description of Welles’s remembrance. Ms. Dow said it would take perhaps five months to arrange the papers for public use. In early June, Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive. It promises to be an unusual affair, one that Welles may have appreciated. One presentation, Mr. Hallman said, will feature music composed for an ensemble that plays toy instruments. Ms. Kodar, he added, may have something else up her sleeve. “She has asked us to tell people she’s planning to do magic tricks with the audience,” Mr. Hallman said.

<hl> Ms. Dow <hl> said she was struck by Welles’s account of a wine-soaked session with Ernest Hemingway, who had just won the Nobel Prize for literature. “It should have gone to Isak Dinesen,” Hemingway said, according to Ms. Dow’s description of Welles’s remembrance. Ms. Dow said it would take perhaps five months to arrange the papers for public use. In early June, Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive. It promises to be an unusual affair, one that Welles may have appreciated. One presentation, Mr. Hallman said, will feature music composed for an ensemble that plays toy instruments. Ms. Kodar, he added, may have something else up her sleeve. “She has asked us to tell people she’s planning to do magic tricks with the audience,” Mr. Hallman said.


Question: When can art be an important part of the promotional package?

Guggenheim Museum: ‘Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting’ (through Jan. 6) This Italian artist’s prescient paintings from the 1950s and early ‘60s — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim. Unfortunately, he may also inaugurate a bane of current art: the use of found materials so inherently affecting — burlap is one — that they require little of the artist. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Smith) Guggenheim Museum: ‘Photo-Poetics: An Anthology’ (through March 23) Formally complex and expressively reserved, even hermetic. the work by ten photographers in this stimulating show has roots in Conceptualism and takes language, history and speculative thinking as its raw materials. Photographs are structured with the equivalent of poetry’s metrical cadences and internal rhymes, and treated less as generators of translatable ideas than of suggestive metaphors. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film’ (through Feb. 7) Revolutions sell utopias; that’s their job. Art, if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script, can be an important part of the promotional package. That’s the basic tale told by this exhibition of photographs and vintage films of the 1920s and ’30s, but with a question added: What happens to art when the script is drastically revised? Russia was an experiment in progress in the heady years following the 1917 revolution, and avant-garde art, free-spirited by definition, was officially embraced. When Joseph Stalin came to power art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line. Remarkably, the show presents a dozen films — some familiar, some not — full-length, on a rotating schedule of four a day, in a small viewing theater built into one of the Jewish Museum’s galleries. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘Unorthodox’ (through March 27) With about 200 putatively unorthodox works crowded into tightly walled-in spaces, this lively show has the feel of an Outsider Art fair — in a good way. The paintings, drawings, collages, assemblages, ceramics, weavings and videos are variously funny, funky, quirky, eccentric, idiosyncratic and visionary. Are they truly unorthodox by the standards of a contemporary art world wherein no one wants to be thought orthodox? No, but that’s O.K. It’s an entertaining and intermittently exhilarating exhibition nonetheless. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Johnson)

Answer: if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script

Guggenheim Museum: ‘Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting’ (through Jan. 6) This Italian artist’s prescient paintings from the 1950s and early ‘60s — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim. Unfortunately, he may also inaugurate a bane of current art: the use of found materials so inherently affecting — burlap is one — that they require little of the artist. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Smith) Guggenheim Museum: ‘Photo-Poetics: An Anthology’ (through March 23) Formally complex and expressively reserved, even hermetic. the work by ten photographers in this stimulating show has roots in Conceptualism and takes language, history and speculative thinking as its raw materials. Photographs are structured with the equivalent of poetry’s metrical cadences and internal rhymes, and treated less as generators of translatable ideas than of suggestive metaphors. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film’ (through Feb. 7) Revolutions sell utopias; that’s their job. <hl> Art, if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script , can be an important part of the promotional package. <hl> That’s the basic tale told by this exhibition of photographs and vintage films of the 1920s and ’30s, but with a question added: What happens to art when the script is drastically revised? Russia was an experiment in progress in the heady years following the 1917 revolution, and avant-garde art, free-spirited by definition, was officially embraced. When Joseph Stalin came to power art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line. Remarkably, the show presents a dozen films — some familiar, some not — full-length, on a rotating schedule of four a day, in a small viewing theater built into one of the Jewish Museum’s galleries. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘Unorthodox’ (through March 27) With about 200 putatively unorthodox works crowded into tightly walled-in spaces, this lively show has the feel of an Outsider Art fair — in a good way. The paintings, drawings, collages, assemblages, ceramics, weavings and videos are variously funny, funky, quirky, eccentric, idiosyncratic and visionary. Are they truly unorthodox by the standards of a contemporary art world wherein no one wants to be thought orthodox? No, but that’s O.K. It’s an entertaining and intermittently exhilarating exhibition nonetheless. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Johnson)

Guggenheim Museum: ‘Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting’ (through Jan. 6) This Italian artist’s prescient paintings from the 1950s and early ‘60s — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim. Unfortunately, he may also inaugurate a bane of current art: the use of found materials so inherently affecting — burlap is one — that they require little of the artist. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Smith) Guggenheim Museum: ‘Photo-Poetics: An Anthology’ (through March 23) Formally complex and expressively reserved, even hermetic. the work by ten photographers in this stimulating show has roots in Conceptualism and takes language, history and speculative thinking as its raw materials. Photographs are structured with the equivalent of poetry’s metrical cadences and internal rhymes, and treated less as generators of translatable ideas than of suggestive metaphors. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film’ (through Feb. 7) Revolutions sell utopias; that’s their job. Art, <hl> if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script <hl>, can be an important part of the promotional package. That’s the basic tale told by this exhibition of photographs and vintage films of the 1920s and ’30s, but with a question added: What happens to art when the script is drastically revised? Russia was an experiment in progress in the heady years following the 1917 revolution, and avant-garde art, free-spirited by definition, was officially embraced. When Joseph Stalin came to power art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line. Remarkably, the show presents a dozen films — some familiar, some not — full-length, on a rotating schedule of four a day, in a small viewing theater built into one of the Jewish Museum’s galleries. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘Unorthodox’ (through March 27) With about 200 putatively unorthodox works crowded into tightly walled-in spaces, this lively show has the feel of an Outsider Art fair — in a good way. The paintings, drawings, collages, assemblages, ceramics, weavings and videos are variously funny, funky, quirky, eccentric, idiosyncratic and visionary. Are they truly unorthodox by the standards of a contemporary art world wherein no one wants to be thought orthodox? No, but that’s O.K. It’s an entertaining and intermittently exhilarating exhibition nonetheless. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Johnson)

Art, <hl> if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script <hl> , can be an important part of the promotional package.


Question: how much are Redstone's media assets collectively worth?

Probate Judge Clifford L. Klein of the Los Angeles County Superior Court set a new hearing date, tentatively for late January, to consider the motion from Mr. Redstone’s lawyers to dismiss the suit. The judge said that he found no urgency in the matter because of the quality of health care that Mr. Redstone now receives. Meanwhile, no other action is being taken. Mr. Redstone is the executive chairman of Viacom and CBS and controls about 80 percent of the voting stock in the two media companies. While the legal dispute concerns his personal life, the questions about his health have raised broader issues about his role leading a media empire that has a combined market value of $45 billion. Mr. Redstone’s total compensation for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2014, was $13.2 million at Viacom and $10.8 million at CBS.

Answer: $45 billion

Probate Judge Clifford L. Klein of the Los Angeles County Superior Court set a new hearing date, tentatively for late January, to consider the motion from Mr. Redstone’s lawyers to dismiss the suit. The judge said that he found no urgency in the matter because of the quality of health care that Mr. Redstone now receives. Meanwhile, no other action is being taken. Mr. Redstone is the executive chairman of Viacom and CBS and controls about 80 percent of the voting stock in the two media companies. <hl> While the legal dispute concerns his personal life, the questions about his health have raised broader issues about his role leading a media empire that has a combined market value of $45 billion . <hl> Mr. Redstone’s total compensation for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2014, was $13.2 million at Viacom and $10.8 million at CBS.

Probate Judge Clifford L. Klein of the Los Angeles County Superior Court set a new hearing date, tentatively for late January, to consider the motion from Mr. Redstone’s lawyers to dismiss the suit. The judge said that he found no urgency in the matter because of the quality of health care that Mr. Redstone now receives. Meanwhile, no other action is being taken. Mr. Redstone is the executive chairman of Viacom and CBS and controls about 80 percent of the voting stock in the two media companies. While the legal dispute concerns his personal life, the questions about his health have raised broader issues about his role leading a media empire that has a combined market value of <hl> $45 billion <hl>. Mr. Redstone’s total compensation for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2014, was $13.2 million at Viacom and $10.8 million at CBS.

While the legal dispute concerns his personal life, the questions about his health have raised broader issues about his role leading a media empire that has a combined market value of <hl> $45 billion <hl> .


Question: What type of weapon is the armament choice for mass shootings?

It’s always the same story. The San Bernardino murderers were wielding assault rifles, with which they were able to fire an estimated 65-75 bullets in rapid succession. Assault weapons, which seem to be the armament of choice for mass shootings, used to be illegal under a law that expired in 2004. If the law had stayed on the books, how many victims would have survived in San Bernardino, or at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn.? Given the fact that semiautomatic weapons are totally inappropriate for either hunting or home defense, some of us would love to trade them for the possibility of reduced casualties next time somebody decides to go on a rampage. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is an excellent example of the politicians who totally disagree. Last time an assault weapons ban came up, he argued that Americans should not be forced to rely on regular slowpoke rifles “in an environment where the law and order has broken down, whether it’s a hurricane, national disaster, earthquake, terrorist attack, cyberattack where the power goes down and the dam’s broken and chemicals have been released into the air and law enforcement is really not able to respond and people take advantage of that lawless environment.”

Answer: Assault

It’s always the same story. The San Bernardino murderers were wielding assault rifles, with which they were able to fire an estimated 65-75 bullets in rapid succession. <hl> Assault weapons, which seem to be the armament of choice for mass shootings, used to be illegal under a law that expired in 2004. <hl> If the law had stayed on the books, how many victims would have survived in San Bernardino, or at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn.? Given the fact that semiautomatic weapons are totally inappropriate for either hunting or home defense, some of us would love to trade them for the possibility of reduced casualties next time somebody decides to go on a rampage. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is an excellent example of the politicians who totally disagree. Last time an assault weapons ban came up, he argued that Americans should not be forced to rely on regular slowpoke rifles “in an environment where the law and order has broken down, whether it’s a hurricane, national disaster, earthquake, terrorist attack, cyberattack where the power goes down and the dam’s broken and chemicals have been released into the air and law enforcement is really not able to respond and people take advantage of that lawless environment.”

It’s always the same story. The San Bernardino murderers were wielding assault rifles, with which they were able to fire an estimated 65-75 bullets in rapid succession. <hl> Assault <hl> weapons, which seem to be the armament of choice for mass shootings, used to be illegal under a law that expired in 2004. If the law had stayed on the books, how many victims would have survived in San Bernardino, or at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn.? Given the fact that semiautomatic weapons are totally inappropriate for either hunting or home defense, some of us would love to trade them for the possibility of reduced casualties next time somebody decides to go on a rampage. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is an excellent example of the politicians who totally disagree. Last time an assault weapons ban came up, he argued that Americans should not be forced to rely on regular slowpoke rifles “in an environment where the law and order has broken down, whether it’s a hurricane, national disaster, earthquake, terrorist attack, cyberattack where the power goes down and the dam’s broken and chemicals have been released into the air and law enforcement is really not able to respond and people take advantage of that lawless environment.”


Question: How many children did he have?

He even gave a few hints of his closely guarded family life, talking proudly of his two adult daughters, who he said were living in Russia and “taking the first steps of their careers.” Mr. Putin likes to throw in a few surprises on these occasions, as he did two years ago by announcing the release of an imprisoned oil tycoon, Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky. This year, he rose to the defense of Sepp Blatter, the embattled president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, who is under criminal investigation for corruption, saying Mr. Blatter should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And he even inserted himself into the Republican presidential primary contest in the United States, speaking highly of Mr. Trump in remarks after the news conference ended.

Answer: two adult daughters

<hl> He even gave a few hints of his closely guarded family life, talking proudly of his two adult daughters , who he said were living in Russia and “taking the first steps of their careers.” <hl> Mr. Putin likes to throw in a few surprises on these occasions, as he did two years ago by announcing the release of an imprisoned oil tycoon, Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky. This year, he rose to the defense of Sepp Blatter, the embattled president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, who is under criminal investigation for corruption, saying Mr. Blatter should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And he even inserted himself into the Republican presidential primary contest in the United States, speaking highly of Mr. Trump in remarks after the news conference ended.

He even gave a few hints of his closely guarded family life, talking proudly of his <hl> two adult daughters <hl>, who he said were living in Russia and “taking the first steps of their careers.” Mr. Putin likes to throw in a few surprises on these occasions, as he did two years ago by announcing the release of an imprisoned oil tycoon, Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky. This year, he rose to the defense of Sepp Blatter, the embattled president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, who is under criminal investigation for corruption, saying Mr. Blatter should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And he even inserted himself into the Republican presidential primary contest in the United States, speaking highly of Mr. Trump in remarks after the news conference ended.

He even gave a few hints of his closely guarded family life, talking proudly of his <hl> two adult daughters <hl> , who he said were living in Russia and “taking the first steps of their careers.”


Question: What does the Fed think of the economy?

Fed officials keep saying they are data-dependent in their policy choice, and this data backs up the idea that the United States economy is fundamentally in pretty decent shape, with consistent job growth and a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises. But because these numbers take some of the mystery out of the next Fed meeting, it’s worth looking at the questions we still don’t know the answers to. For the Fed, March is the new December. Meaning, the question now turns from “when will they first raise rates?” to “when will they raise rates after that?” What really matters for the economy is not so much what the Fed does 12 days from now, which we pretty much know, but how rapid or slow the path is toward higher rates.

Answer: pretty decent shape

<hl> Fed officials keep saying they are data-dependent in their policy choice, and this data backs up the idea that the United States economy is fundamentally in pretty decent shape , with consistent job growth and a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises. <hl> But because these numbers take some of the mystery out of the next Fed meeting, it’s worth looking at the questions we still don’t know the answers to. For the Fed, March is the new December. Meaning, the question now turns from “when will they first raise rates?” to “when will they raise rates after that?” What really matters for the economy is not so much what the Fed does 12 days from now, which we pretty much know, but how rapid or slow the path is toward higher rates.

Fed officials keep saying they are data-dependent in their policy choice, and this data backs up the idea that the United States economy is fundamentally in <hl> pretty decent shape <hl>, with consistent job growth and a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises. But because these numbers take some of the mystery out of the next Fed meeting, it’s worth looking at the questions we still don’t know the answers to. For the Fed, March is the new December. Meaning, the question now turns from “when will they first raise rates?” to “when will they raise rates after that?” What really matters for the economy is not so much what the Fed does 12 days from now, which we pretty much know, but how rapid or slow the path is toward higher rates.

Fed officials keep saying they are data-dependent in their policy choice, and this data backs up the idea that the United States economy is fundamentally in <hl> pretty decent shape <hl> , with consistent job growth and a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises.


Question: To who does the cost seem unseemly?

The potential cost was enough to raise questions from Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, the chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee, whose district includes Greenwich Village. “I don’t think it’s atypical at any university that there are changes to the president’s residence,” Ms. Glick, a Democrat, said. “The question is, how much did it cost and was that unseemly? Certainly to the average person, and perhaps to the people who are paying their kids’ tuition, which is already pretty eye-popping, that would seem like a high figure.”

Answer: the average person, and perhaps to the people who are paying their kids’ tuition

The potential cost was enough to raise questions from Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, the chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee, whose district includes Greenwich Village. “I don’t think it’s atypical at any university that there are changes to the president’s residence,” Ms. Glick, a Democrat, said. “The question is, how much did it cost and was that unseemly? <hl> Certainly to the average person, and perhaps to the people who are paying their kids’ tuition , which is already pretty eye-popping, that would seem like a high figure.” <hl>

The potential cost was enough to raise questions from Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, the chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee, whose district includes Greenwich Village. “I don’t think it’s atypical at any university that there are changes to the president’s residence,” Ms. Glick, a Democrat, said. “The question is, how much did it cost and was that unseemly? Certainly to <hl> the average person, and perhaps to the people who are paying their kids’ tuition <hl>, which is already pretty eye-popping, that would seem like a high figure.”

Certainly to <hl> the average person, and perhaps to the people who are paying their kids’ tuition <hl> , which is already pretty eye-popping, that would seem like a high figure.”


Question: How large is the recent increase in catalogs?

“J. C. Penney is making a big statement,” said Bruce Cohen, a retail private equity strategist at Kurt Salmon, a consulting firm. “It’s a pronouncement in favor of what all retailers are recognizing — that there are moments when people want to slow down, and there’s still an important place for the catalog.” After years of decline, the number of catalogs mailed in the United States increased in 2013, to 11.9 billion, according to the Direct Marketing Association, a trade group. While that figure is about 60 percent of what it was at its peak in 2007, some analysts say the recent 1 percent rise in mailed catalogs, coupled with the care retailers are putting into them, may signal something of a renaissance. Not all catalogs will rebound in this environment. The parent company of SkyMall, the in-flight shopping magazine, filed for bankruptcy last week. But Paul Swinand, an analyst for Morningstar, called that catalog different from most with its quirky assortment of goods. “It’s not about brand with SkyMall,” he said. “There’s nothing emotional about it.”

Answer: 1 percent

“J. C. Penney is making a big statement,” said Bruce Cohen, a retail private equity strategist at Kurt Salmon, a consulting firm. “It’s a pronouncement in favor of what all retailers are recognizing — that there are moments when people want to slow down, and there’s still an important place for the catalog.” After years of decline, the number of catalogs mailed in the United States increased in 2013, to 11.9 billion, according to the Direct Marketing Association, a trade group. <hl> While that figure is about 60 percent of what it was at its peak in 2007, some analysts say the recent 1 percent rise in mailed catalogs, coupled with the care retailers are putting into them, may signal something of a renaissance. <hl> Not all catalogs will rebound in this environment. The parent company of SkyMall, the in-flight shopping magazine, filed for bankruptcy last week. But Paul Swinand, an analyst for Morningstar, called that catalog different from most with its quirky assortment of goods. “It’s not about brand with SkyMall,” he said. “There’s nothing emotional about it.”

“J. C. Penney is making a big statement,” said Bruce Cohen, a retail private equity strategist at Kurt Salmon, a consulting firm. “It’s a pronouncement in favor of what all retailers are recognizing — that there are moments when people want to slow down, and there’s still an important place for the catalog.” After years of decline, the number of catalogs mailed in the United States increased in 2013, to 11.9 billion, according to the Direct Marketing Association, a trade group. While that figure is about 60 percent of what it was at its peak in 2007, some analysts say the recent <hl> 1 percent <hl> rise in mailed catalogs, coupled with the care retailers are putting into them, may signal something of a renaissance. Not all catalogs will rebound in this environment. The parent company of SkyMall, the in-flight shopping magazine, filed for bankruptcy last week. But Paul Swinand, an analyst for Morningstar, called that catalog different from most with its quirky assortment of goods. “It’s not about brand with SkyMall,” he said. “There’s nothing emotional about it.”


Question: what teams did Texas Southern face along the way?

Texas Southern, from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, represented a potential land mine for the Wildcats. Coach Mike Davis spent six seasons at Indiana, succeeding Bobby Knight, and led the Hoosiers to the national championship game in 2002. Davis created one of the most difficult nonconference schedules in the country, with road games against the likes of Gonzaga, Baylor, Florida and Indiana. Among a slew of experience-building losses were a couple of upsets in late December, at Kansas State and at Michigan State.

Answer: Gonzaga, Baylor, Florida and Indiana

Texas Southern, from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, represented a potential land mine for the Wildcats. Coach Mike Davis spent six seasons at Indiana, succeeding Bobby Knight, and led the Hoosiers to the national championship game in 2002. <hl> Davis created one of the most difficult nonconference schedules in the country, with road games against the likes of Gonzaga, Baylor, Florida and Indiana . <hl> Among a slew of experience-building losses were a couple of upsets in late December, at Kansas State and at Michigan State.

Texas Southern, from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, represented a potential land mine for the Wildcats. Coach Mike Davis spent six seasons at Indiana, succeeding Bobby Knight, and led the Hoosiers to the national championship game in 2002. Davis created one of the most difficult nonconference schedules in the country, with road games against the likes of <hl> Gonzaga, Baylor, Florida and Indiana <hl>. Among a slew of experience-building losses were a couple of upsets in late December, at Kansas State and at Michigan State.

Davis created one of the most difficult nonconference schedules in the country, with road games against the likes of <hl> Gonzaga, Baylor, Florida and Indiana <hl> .


Question: Who is responsible for the killings discussed?

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

Answer: police

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

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


Question: How did the attackers break into the property?

MOGADISHU, Somalia —  Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

Answer: a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. <hl> The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel , which is popular with government officials and foreigners. <hl> Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when <hl> a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel <hl>, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when <hl> a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel <hl> , which is popular with government officials and foreigners.


Question: Who did not attend the auto show?

“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007. But internal friction within the company was already building. Mr. Bernhard unexpectedly did not attend that auto show, and soon resigned. Behind the scenes, Mr. Hatz was part of a faction at the company that supported using a less expensive system that did not require urea, according to two Volkswagen managers who were in a position to witness the clashes. The managers requested anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their relationships with Volkswagen. Mr. Hatz’s viewpoint won out and the technology-sharing arrangement was soon scrapped.

Answer: Mr. Bernhard

“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007. But internal friction within the company was already building. <hl> Mr. Bernhard unexpectedly did not attend that auto show, and soon resigned. <hl> Behind the scenes, Mr. Hatz was part of a faction at the company that supported using a less expensive system that did not require urea, according to two Volkswagen managers who were in a position to witness the clashes. The managers requested anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their relationships with Volkswagen. Mr. Hatz’s viewpoint won out and the technology-sharing arrangement was soon scrapped.

“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007. But internal friction within the company was already building. <hl> Mr. Bernhard <hl> unexpectedly did not attend that auto show, and soon resigned. Behind the scenes, Mr. Hatz was part of a faction at the company that supported using a less expensive system that did not require urea, according to two Volkswagen managers who were in a position to witness the clashes. The managers requested anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their relationships with Volkswagen. Mr. Hatz’s viewpoint won out and the technology-sharing arrangement was soon scrapped.


Question: Who received a $250 coupon from WayFair?

Wayfair thinks so. “We are highly focused on delivering an exceptional shopping experience to all of our customers,” wrote a company spokeswoman, Jane Carpenter. “Unfortunately, in this particular case, there was a mix-up in our delivery process and we did not meet our high standards in terms of experience and service.” The company quickly arranged to pick up that patio furniture and sent Mr. Fisher a $250 coupon for future use. “We hope he will give us another chance,” Ms. Carpenter wrote, “to show him the top-notch shopping experience that more accurately represents Wayfair.” Something you would consider, Mr. Fisher? “I can’t imagine buying anything more complicated than rugs from Wayfair at this point,” he wrote — unaware, apparently, that to Wayfair, rugs are pretty complicated.

Answer: Ms. Carpenter

Wayfair thinks so. “We are highly focused on delivering an exceptional shopping experience to all of our customers,” wrote a company spokeswoman, Jane Carpenter. “Unfortunately, in this particular case, there was a mix-up in our delivery process and we did not meet our high standards in terms of experience and service.” The company quickly arranged to pick up that patio furniture and sent Mr. Fisher a $250 coupon for future use. <hl> “We hope he will give us another chance,” Ms. Carpenter wrote, “to show him the top-notch shopping experience that more accurately represents Wayfair.” <hl> Something you would consider, Mr. Fisher? “I can’t imagine buying anything more complicated than rugs from Wayfair at this point,” he wrote — unaware, apparently, that to Wayfair, rugs are pretty complicated.

Wayfair thinks so. “We are highly focused on delivering an exceptional shopping experience to all of our customers,” wrote a company spokeswoman, Jane Carpenter. “Unfortunately, in this particular case, there was a mix-up in our delivery process and we did not meet our high standards in terms of experience and service.” The company quickly arranged to pick up that patio furniture and sent Mr. Fisher a $250 coupon for future use. “We hope he will give us another chance,” <hl> Ms. Carpenter <hl> wrote, “to show him the top-notch shopping experience that more accurately represents Wayfair.” Something you would consider, Mr. Fisher? “I can’t imagine buying anything more complicated than rugs from Wayfair at this point,” he wrote — unaware, apparently, that to Wayfair, rugs are pretty complicated.


Question: According to the article, has Exxon been a good global citizen?

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

Answer: As a global citizen, Exxon failed miserably,

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

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


Question: Which parties were angry at the new Secret Service director?

WASHINGTON —  Lawmakers from both parties lashed out at the newly appointed director of the Secret Service at a hearing Tuesday, accusing him of doing little to restore the public’s faith in an agency jolted by embarrassing scandals and security breaches. Republican lawmakers seized on accusations that two drunken Secret Service agents crashed a government car into a White House barricade after a party this month. Representative Harold Rogers, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, called the incident “unacceptable” and said it represented a “breakdown, to put it mildly, of the discipline within the ranks of your agency.”

Answer: both

WASHINGTON — <hl> Lawmakers from both parties lashed out at the newly appointed director of the Secret Service at a hearing Tuesday, accusing him of doing little to restore the public’s faith in an agency jolted by embarrassing scandals and security breaches. <hl> Republican lawmakers seized on accusations that two drunken Secret Service agents crashed a government car into a White House barricade after a party this month. Representative Harold Rogers, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, called the incident “unacceptable” and said it represented a “breakdown, to put it mildly, of the discipline within the ranks of your agency.”

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from <hl> both <hl> parties lashed out at the newly appointed director of the Secret Service at a hearing Tuesday, accusing him of doing little to restore the public’s faith in an agency jolted by embarrassing scandals and security breaches. Republican lawmakers seized on accusations that two drunken Secret Service agents crashed a government car into a White House barricade after a party this month. Representative Harold Rogers, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, called the incident “unacceptable” and said it represented a “breakdown, to put it mildly, of the discipline within the ranks of your agency.”


Question: How many films is Pixar releasing this year?

A cave toddler and his pal, Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, will bring a test for Pixar over the Thanksgiving holiday. For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year: “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide. Dinosaurs are a safe box office bet — just look at “Jurassic World” — and every movie Pixar has ever released has been a blockbuster. But whether “The Good Dinosaur” continues that streak will depend on how audiences (and critics) respond to an expensive reworking of the film. As it grappled with creative troubles, Pixar fired a director, replaced most of the voice cast and repeatedly pushed back the movie’s release date. —Brooks Barnes

Answer: the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year

A cave toddler and his pal, Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, will bring a test for Pixar over the Thanksgiving holiday. <hl> For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year : “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide. <hl> Dinosaurs are a safe box office bet — just look at “Jurassic World” — and every movie Pixar has ever released has been a blockbuster. But whether “The Good Dinosaur” continues that streak will depend on how audiences (and critics) respond to an expensive reworking of the film. As it grappled with creative troubles, Pixar fired a director, replaced most of the voice cast and repeatedly pushed back the movie’s release date. —Brooks Barnes

A cave toddler and his pal, Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, will bring a test for Pixar over the Thanksgiving holiday. For the first time in its 29-year history, <hl> the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year <hl>: “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide. Dinosaurs are a safe box office bet — just look at “Jurassic World” — and every movie Pixar has ever released has been a blockbuster. But whether “The Good Dinosaur” continues that streak will depend on how audiences (and critics) respond to an expensive reworking of the film. As it grappled with creative troubles, Pixar fired a director, replaced most of the voice cast and repeatedly pushed back the movie’s release date. —Brooks Barnes

For the first time in its 29-year history, <hl> the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year <hl> : “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide.


Question: What did the Chinese officials insist to the Thai Government?

Many Uighurs have been trying to flee China to Turkey, usually by first traveling overland through Southeast Asian countries to Malaysia. Last year, hundreds of Uighurs in separate groups, most of them women and children, were detained by Thai security forces in the jungles of southern Thailand. They told Thai officials that they were Turkish citizens, and they were later visited by diplomats from the Turkish Embassy in Bangkok. Chinese officials insisted to the Thai government that the migrants be sent back to China. The fate of those migrant Uighurs is unclear.

Answer: that the migrants be sent back to China

Many Uighurs have been trying to flee China to Turkey, usually by first traveling overland through Southeast Asian countries to Malaysia. Last year, hundreds of Uighurs in separate groups, most of them women and children, were detained by Thai security forces in the jungles of southern Thailand. They told Thai officials that they were Turkish citizens, and they were later visited by diplomats from the Turkish Embassy in Bangkok. <hl> Chinese officials insisted to the Thai government that the migrants be sent back to China . <hl> The fate of those migrant Uighurs is unclear.

Many Uighurs have been trying to flee China to Turkey, usually by first traveling overland through Southeast Asian countries to Malaysia. Last year, hundreds of Uighurs in separate groups, most of them women and children, were detained by Thai security forces in the jungles of southern Thailand. They told Thai officials that they were Turkish citizens, and they were later visited by diplomats from the Turkish Embassy in Bangkok. Chinese officials insisted to the Thai government <hl> that the migrants be sent back to China <hl>. The fate of those migrant Uighurs is unclear.

Chinese officials insisted to the Thai government <hl> that the migrants be sent back to China <hl> .


Question: For how many years have most lenders' wholesale units destroyed value?

Investor redemption may be nearing for investment banks. Most lenders’ wholesale units have destroyed value for seven years. Some may have done so again in the first quarter of this year. JPMorgan kicks off results season next week and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, said in his annual letter to shareholders on Wednesday that returns could be attractive in the long run, if not the short term. But if the biggest players cut costs by a relatively modest 2 percent per year while expanding revenue at the same rate, the industry could produce a combined return on equity of more than 12 percent by 2017, a Breakingviews calculator shows.

Answer: seven years

Investor redemption may be nearing for investment banks. <hl> Most lenders’ wholesale units have destroyed value for seven years . <hl> Some may have done so again in the first quarter of this year. JPMorgan kicks off results season next week and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, said in his annual letter to shareholders on Wednesday that returns could be attractive in the long run, if not the short term. But if the biggest players cut costs by a relatively modest 2 percent per year while expanding revenue at the same rate, the industry could produce a combined return on equity of more than 12 percent by 2017, a Breakingviews calculator shows.

Investor redemption may be nearing for investment banks. Most lenders’ wholesale units have destroyed value for <hl> seven years <hl>. Some may have done so again in the first quarter of this year. JPMorgan kicks off results season next week and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, said in his annual letter to shareholders on Wednesday that returns could be attractive in the long run, if not the short term. But if the biggest players cut costs by a relatively modest 2 percent per year while expanding revenue at the same rate, the industry could produce a combined return on equity of more than 12 percent by 2017, a Breakingviews calculator shows.

Most lenders’ wholesale units have destroyed value for <hl> seven years <hl> .


Question: How has DuPont performed in regard to its earning targets?

Trian, which has invested $1.7 billion in DuPont, disputes this and is putting forth an equally vigorous case that DuPont has underperformed. According to Trian, DuPont has repeatedly missed its long-term earnings targets. The firm attributes the rise in DuPont’s stock price to market fluctuations and the influence of Trian’s presence. It also notes that the company’s 2015 earnings per share are expected to be below its 2011 numbers. Trian says that the company is also likely to miss its earnings forecast this year. Trian also claims that DuPont has bloated costs in both administrative and research and development efforts, as well as bad corporate governance practices. DuPont’s acquisition of Danisco was a “disaster,” and DuPont left about $6 billion on the table in the sale of its performance coatings business, Trian said.

Answer: missed its long-term earnings targets

Trian, which has invested $1.7 billion in DuPont, disputes this and is putting forth an equally vigorous case that DuPont has underperformed. <hl> According to Trian, DuPont has repeatedly missed its long-term earnings targets . <hl> The firm attributes the rise in DuPont’s stock price to market fluctuations and the influence of Trian’s presence. It also notes that the company’s 2015 earnings per share are expected to be below its 2011 numbers. Trian says that the company is also likely to miss its earnings forecast this year. Trian also claims that DuPont has bloated costs in both administrative and research and development efforts, as well as bad corporate governance practices. DuPont’s acquisition of Danisco was a “disaster,” and DuPont left about $6 billion on the table in the sale of its performance coatings business, Trian said.

Trian, which has invested $1.7 billion in DuPont, disputes this and is putting forth an equally vigorous case that DuPont has underperformed. According to Trian, DuPont has repeatedly <hl> missed its long-term earnings targets <hl>. The firm attributes the rise in DuPont’s stock price to market fluctuations and the influence of Trian’s presence. It also notes that the company’s 2015 earnings per share are expected to be below its 2011 numbers. Trian says that the company is also likely to miss its earnings forecast this year. Trian also claims that DuPont has bloated costs in both administrative and research and development efforts, as well as bad corporate governance practices. DuPont’s acquisition of Danisco was a “disaster,” and DuPont left about $6 billion on the table in the sale of its performance coatings business, Trian said.

According to Trian, DuPont has repeatedly <hl> missed its long-term earnings targets <hl> .


Question: Who wrote the screenwriting guise "Story"?

Plot has always mattered in comedy, of course, but not as much as jokes. In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs. In television, sitcoms have traditionally relied on thin narratives stretched over seasons (Will Sam and Diane get together on “Cheers”? Will Jim and Pam on “The Office”?) that make it easy to follow the story from week to week.

Answer: Robert McKee

Plot has always mattered in comedy, of course, but not as much as jokes. <hl> In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs. <hl> In television, sitcoms have traditionally relied on thin narratives stretched over seasons (Will Sam and Diane get together on “Cheers”? Will Jim and Pam on “The Office”?) that make it easy to follow the story from week to week.

Plot has always mattered in comedy, of course, but not as much as jokes. In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” <hl> Robert McKee <hl> argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs. In television, sitcoms have traditionally relied on thin narratives stretched over seasons (Will Sam and Diane get together on “Cheers”? Will Jim and Pam on “The Office”?) that make it easy to follow the story from week to week.


Question: Lamesa White and her children moved away from where?

PLANO, Tex. —  Lamesa White and her four children moved in February from the most dangerous public housing project in Dallas to a single-family home in this affluent suburb. On the day she left, one of her daughter’s old schoolmates was shot to death. Ms. White’s escape from the Estell Village housing project — better known as The Pinks because the buildings were once painted that color — was made possible by an experiment in housing policy the federal government began in Dallas in 2011 and is now proposing to expand to most other large metropolitan areas.

Answer: Dallas

<hl> PLANO, Tex. — Lamesa White and her four children moved in February from the most dangerous public housing project in Dallas to a single-family home in this affluent suburb. <hl> On the day she left, one of her daughter’s old schoolmates was shot to death. Ms. White’s escape from the Estell Village housing project — better known as The Pinks because the buildings were once painted that color — was made possible by an experiment in housing policy the federal government began in Dallas in 2011 and is now proposing to expand to most other large metropolitan areas.

PLANO, Tex. — Lamesa White and her four children moved in February from the most dangerous public housing project in <hl> Dallas <hl> to a single-family home in this affluent suburb. On the day she left, one of her daughter’s old schoolmates was shot to death. Ms. White’s escape from the Estell Village housing project — better known as The Pinks because the buildings were once painted that color — was made possible by an experiment in housing policy the federal government began in Dallas in 2011 and is now proposing to expand to most other large metropolitan areas.


Question: Who is the commissioner of the parks department?

In June, the advocacy group New Yorkers for Parks released a critical report comparing the management of capital projects by the parks department with that of other public agencies. While Mr. Silver questioned the fairness of some of the comparisons, he nonetheless said that the slow pace of construction would be a chief focus of his first year as commissioner. Tupper Thomas, executive director of New Yorkers for Parks, called the changes “a great start.” Ms. Thomas previously served as the president of the Prospect Park Alliance and the Prospect Park administrator for the parks department. In both capacities, she saw how long it took to finish projects. She said she especially approved of the idea of standardizing design for certain things, like restrooms, rather than creating each one from scratch. “It totally makes sense,” she said. “You work with the guys in the technical shops who say, ‘Don’t use that flushometer; it doesn’t work.’ It saves time, and the plumbers know what valves to get.” Others, however, are waiting for more aggressive changes, particularly in the area of procurement. No fewer than six city agencies get involved in bidding. Matthew Marienthal, an organizer for East Brooklyn Congregations, a coalition of churches and nonprofit groups, said Mr. Silver should “take the lead” in reforming the procurement process, even if it meant “creating some tension” with the mayor. Last month, the group invited Mr. Silver to speak to 650 residents assembled at St. Barbara’s Church in Bushwick, Brooklyn. They had won pledges from the parks department last year to renovate two neighborhood spaces — Heckscher Playground and Green Central Knoll Park — and they wanted to know when the projects would be finished. Mr. Silver said that Heckscher would be done in spring 2017 and Green Central Knoll in October 2017. Work, however, has not started on either park. Adriane Williams, a leader of East Brooklyn Congregations, told Mr. Silver at the meeting, “We think a process where the most simple of fixes take three years is no process at all, just a mess.”

Answer: Mr. Silver

In June, the advocacy group New Yorkers for Parks released a critical report comparing the management of capital projects by the parks department with that of other public agencies. <hl> While Mr. Silver questioned the fairness of some of the comparisons, he nonetheless said that the slow pace of construction would be a chief focus of his first year as commissioner. <hl> Tupper Thomas, executive director of New Yorkers for Parks, called the changes “a great start.” Ms. Thomas previously served as the president of the Prospect Park Alliance and the Prospect Park administrator for the parks department. In both capacities, she saw how long it took to finish projects. She said she especially approved of the idea of standardizing design for certain things, like restrooms, rather than creating each one from scratch. “It totally makes sense,” she said. “You work with the guys in the technical shops who say, ‘Don’t use that flushometer; it doesn’t work.’ It saves time, and the plumbers know what valves to get.” Others, however, are waiting for more aggressive changes, particularly in the area of procurement. No fewer than six city agencies get involved in bidding. Matthew Marienthal, an organizer for East Brooklyn Congregations, a coalition of churches and nonprofit groups, said Mr. Silver should “take the lead” in reforming the procurement process, even if it meant “creating some tension” with the mayor. Last month, the group invited Mr. Silver to speak to 650 residents assembled at St. Barbara’s Church in Bushwick, Brooklyn. They had won pledges from the parks department last year to renovate two neighborhood spaces — Heckscher Playground and Green Central Knoll Park — and they wanted to know when the projects would be finished. Mr. Silver said that Heckscher would be done in spring 2017 and Green Central Knoll in October 2017. Work, however, has not started on either park. Adriane Williams, a leader of East Brooklyn Congregations, told Mr. Silver at the meeting, “We think a process where the most simple of fixes take three years is no process at all, just a mess.”

In June, the advocacy group New Yorkers for Parks released a critical report comparing the management of capital projects by the parks department with that of other public agencies. While <hl> Mr. Silver <hl> questioned the fairness of some of the comparisons, he nonetheless said that the slow pace of construction would be a chief focus of his first year as commissioner. Tupper Thomas, executive director of New Yorkers for Parks, called the changes “a great start.” Ms. Thomas previously served as the president of the Prospect Park Alliance and the Prospect Park administrator for the parks department. In both capacities, she saw how long it took to finish projects. She said she especially approved of the idea of standardizing design for certain things, like restrooms, rather than creating each one from scratch. “It totally makes sense,” she said. “You work with the guys in the technical shops who say, ‘Don’t use that flushometer; it doesn’t work.’ It saves time, and the plumbers know what valves to get.” Others, however, are waiting for more aggressive changes, particularly in the area of procurement. No fewer than six city agencies get involved in bidding. Matthew Marienthal, an organizer for East Brooklyn Congregations, a coalition of churches and nonprofit groups, said Mr. Silver should “take the lead” in reforming the procurement process, even if it meant “creating some tension” with the mayor. Last month, the group invited Mr. Silver to speak to 650 residents assembled at St. Barbara’s Church in Bushwick, Brooklyn. They had won pledges from the parks department last year to renovate two neighborhood spaces — Heckscher Playground and Green Central Knoll Park — and they wanted to know when the projects would be finished. Mr. Silver said that Heckscher would be done in spring 2017 and Green Central Knoll in October 2017. Work, however, has not started on either park. Adriane Williams, a leader of East Brooklyn Congregations, told Mr. Silver at the meeting, “We think a process where the most simple of fixes take three years is no process at all, just a mess.”


Question: How many sales did Apple's new iPhone make during its initial release?

Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry. Farhad: Howdy, Mike! What’s going on with you? Sorry, I don’t have some kind of funny intro this week. I’m just pretty tired. I need a nap. Mike: I had a root canal on Friday and my dog won’t stop eating our drywall. Other than that, life is grand. Farhad: Sounds fantastic. OK, let’s go through some tech news. Apple announced it sold 13 million new iPhones in its opening weekend — which, like everything with Apple, some people thought was really awesome and others thought was meh. Google unveiled some new Nexus phones, tablets and a Chromecast streaming device. Those were fine and also unexciting — smartphones changed everything and yet, man, are they boring. Mike: I have a seriously difficult time caring about phones now. Every announcement is just “look at this cool new processor we put inside.” Yawn.

Answer: 13 million new iPhones in its opening weekend

Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry. Farhad: Howdy, Mike! What’s going on with you? Sorry, I don’t have some kind of funny intro this week. I’m just pretty tired. I need a nap. Mike: I had a root canal on Friday and my dog won’t stop eating our drywall. Other than that, life is grand. Farhad: Sounds fantastic. OK, let’s go through some tech news. <hl> Apple announced it sold 13 million new iPhones in its opening weekend — which, like everything with Apple, some people thought was really awesome and others thought was meh. <hl> Google unveiled some new Nexus phones, tablets and a Chromecast streaming device. Those were fine and also unexciting — smartphones changed everything and yet, man, are they boring. Mike: I have a seriously difficult time caring about phones now. Every announcement is just “look at this cool new processor we put inside.” Yawn.

Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry. Farhad: Howdy, Mike! What’s going on with you? Sorry, I don’t have some kind of funny intro this week. I’m just pretty tired. I need a nap. Mike: I had a root canal on Friday and my dog won’t stop eating our drywall. Other than that, life is grand. Farhad: Sounds fantastic. OK, let’s go through some tech news. Apple announced it sold <hl> 13 million new iPhones in its opening weekend <hl> — which, like everything with Apple, some people thought was really awesome and others thought was meh. Google unveiled some new Nexus phones, tablets and a Chromecast streaming device. Those were fine and also unexciting — smartphones changed everything and yet, man, are they boring. Mike: I have a seriously difficult time caring about phones now. Every announcement is just “look at this cool new processor we put inside.” Yawn.


Question: When is Open Mike Night?

SLEEPY HOLLOW Hudson Valley Writers’ Center Open Mike Night, poetry, fiction, comedy and more. April 17 at 7:30 p.m. $3. Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Drive. writerscenter.org; 914-332-5953. TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center “In the Name of the Father and the Son: Italian Migrations in the Art of Joseph and William Papaleo,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. $15 and $25. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Place. 914-771-8700; wiccny.org. WHITE PLAINS ArtsWestchester Veera Hiranandani discusses her book “The Whole Story of Half a Girl.” April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. ArtsWestchester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue. artswestchester.org; 914-428-4220.

Answer: April 17 at 7:30 p.m

April 17 at 7:30 p.m .

SLEEPY HOLLOW Hudson Valley Writers’ Center Open Mike Night, poetry, fiction, comedy and more. <hl> April 17 at 7:30 p.m . <hl> $3. Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Drive. writerscenter.org; 914-332-5953. TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center “In the Name of the Father and the Son: Italian Migrations in the Art of Joseph and William Papaleo,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. $15 and $25. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Place. 914-771-8700; wiccny.org. WHITE PLAINS ArtsWestchester Veera Hiranandani discusses her book “The Whole Story of Half a Girl.” April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. ArtsWestchester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue. artswestchester.org; 914-428-4220.

SLEEPY HOLLOW Hudson Valley Writers’ Center Open Mike Night, poetry, fiction, comedy and more. <hl> April 17 at 7:30 p.m <hl>. $3. Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Drive. writerscenter.org; 914-332-5953. TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center “In the Name of the Father and the Son: Italian Migrations in the Art of Joseph and William Papaleo,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. $15 and $25. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Place. 914-771-8700; wiccny.org. WHITE PLAINS ArtsWestchester Veera Hiranandani discusses her book “The Whole Story of Half a Girl.” April 11 at 2 p.m. Free. ArtsWestchester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue. artswestchester.org; 914-428-4220.


Question: What kind of case study is Swanberg's new feature?

“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics. Its scope is narrow and, the title notwithstanding, it plumbs no great depths. But like Mr. Swanberg’s “Drinking Buddies” and “Happy Christmas,” the film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style. The opening titles promise a big ensemble, and a good deal of suspense comes from wondering just when some of those intriguing names will show up. It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does). Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.

Answer: heterosexual ethics

<hl> “Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics . <hl> Its scope is narrow and, the title notwithstanding, it plumbs no great depths. But like Mr. Swanberg’s “Drinking Buddies” and “Happy Christmas,” the film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style. The opening titles promise a big ensemble, and a good deal of suspense comes from wondering just when some of those intriguing names will show up. It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does). Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.

“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in <hl> heterosexual ethics <hl>. Its scope is narrow and, the title notwithstanding, it plumbs no great depths. But like Mr. Swanberg’s “Drinking Buddies” and “Happy Christmas,” the film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style. The opening titles promise a big ensemble, and a good deal of suspense comes from wondering just when some of those intriguing names will show up. It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does). Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.

“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in <hl> heterosexual ethics <hl> .


Question: Who plays the lead actor in the movie, Bridge of Spies?

★ ‘Bridge of Spies’ (PG-13, 2:15) In this gravely moody, perfectly directed thriller about a real 1962 spy swap, Steven Spielberg returns you to the good old bad days of the Cold War and its fictions, with their bottomless political chasms and moral gray areas. Tom Hanks leads a terrific cast that includes Mark Rylance as a Soviet mole and Scott Shepherd as a C.I.A. operative. (Dargis) ★ ‘Brooklyn’ (PG-13, 1:51) Saoirse Ronan gives a remarkably lively and subtle performance as Eilis Lacey, a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to New York in the early 1950s, in John Crowley’s lovely adaptation of the novel by Colm Toibin. (Scott) ‘Burnt’ (R, 1:40) Bradley Cooper plays a once-hot chef who is trying to regain his stature. If reality TV hasn’t provided you with enough tyrannical chefs and images of artfully arranged food, this movie’s for you. (Neil Genzlinger)

Answer: Tom Hanks

★ ‘Bridge of Spies’ (PG-13, 2:15) In this gravely moody, perfectly directed thriller about a real 1962 spy swap, Steven Spielberg returns you to the good old bad days of the Cold War and its fictions, with their bottomless political chasms and moral gray areas. <hl> Tom Hanks leads a terrific cast that includes Mark Rylance as a Soviet mole and Scott Shepherd as a C.I.A. operative. <hl> (Dargis) ★ ‘Brooklyn’ (PG-13, 1:51) Saoirse Ronan gives a remarkably lively and subtle performance as Eilis Lacey, a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to New York in the early 1950s, in John Crowley’s lovely adaptation of the novel by Colm Toibin. (Scott) ‘Burnt’ (R, 1:40) Bradley Cooper plays a once-hot chef who is trying to regain his stature. If reality TV hasn’t provided you with enough tyrannical chefs and images of artfully arranged food, this movie’s for you. (Neil Genzlinger)

★ ‘Bridge of Spies’ (PG-13, 2:15) In this gravely moody, perfectly directed thriller about a real 1962 spy swap, Steven Spielberg returns you to the good old bad days of the Cold War and its fictions, with their bottomless political chasms and moral gray areas. <hl> Tom Hanks <hl> leads a terrific cast that includes Mark Rylance as a Soviet mole and Scott Shepherd as a C.I.A. operative. (Dargis) ★ ‘Brooklyn’ (PG-13, 1:51) Saoirse Ronan gives a remarkably lively and subtle performance as Eilis Lacey, a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to New York in the early 1950s, in John Crowley’s lovely adaptation of the novel by Colm Toibin. (Scott) ‘Burnt’ (R, 1:40) Bradley Cooper plays a once-hot chef who is trying to regain his stature. If reality TV hasn’t provided you with enough tyrannical chefs and images of artfully arranged food, this movie’s for you. (Neil Genzlinger)


Question: What did Mr. Dostum turn his palace into?

Back in his home province of Jowzjan, Mr. Dostum turned his pink palace into a command center and announced that he was coordinating the war efforts there and in the neighboring provinces of Faryab and Sar-i-Pul. Local officials and militia commanders, many of them with fully armed forces despite a costly disarmament campaign, began rallying to his call. Mr. Dostum’s actions have been publicized here as the bravery of a battle-hardened general. But in what is supposed to be a year that tests the ability of the Afghan security forces to fend off enemy threats on their own, his moves have also raised a serious question: Amid a territory-gobbling insurgent offensive, will the strongmen and former warlords prominent in the Afghan government honor the national security system, or will they remobilize militias that in the 1990s caused the chaos that gave rise to the Taliban in the first place?

Answer: command center

<hl> Back in his home province of Jowzjan, Mr. Dostum turned his pink palace into a command center and announced that he was coordinating the war efforts there and in the neighboring provinces of Faryab and Sar-i-Pul. <hl> Local officials and militia commanders, many of them with fully armed forces despite a costly disarmament campaign, began rallying to his call. Mr. Dostum’s actions have been publicized here as the bravery of a battle-hardened general. But in what is supposed to be a year that tests the ability of the Afghan security forces to fend off enemy threats on their own, his moves have also raised a serious question: Amid a territory-gobbling insurgent offensive, will the strongmen and former warlords prominent in the Afghan government honor the national security system, or will they remobilize militias that in the 1990s caused the chaos that gave rise to the Taliban in the first place?

Back in his home province of Jowzjan, Mr. Dostum turned his pink palace into a <hl> command center <hl> and announced that he was coordinating the war efforts there and in the neighboring provinces of Faryab and Sar-i-Pul. Local officials and militia commanders, many of them with fully armed forces despite a costly disarmament campaign, began rallying to his call. Mr. Dostum’s actions have been publicized here as the bravery of a battle-hardened general. But in what is supposed to be a year that tests the ability of the Afghan security forces to fend off enemy threats on their own, his moves have also raised a serious question: Amid a territory-gobbling insurgent offensive, will the strongmen and former warlords prominent in the Afghan government honor the national security system, or will they remobilize militias that in the 1990s caused the chaos that gave rise to the Taliban in the first place?


Question: What did Mr. Brezner say Mr. Williams comedic energy rebound through?

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Answer: the room

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. <hl> “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room ,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. <hl> “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through <hl> the room <hl>,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

“He had comedic energy that rebounded through <hl> the room <hl> ,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985.


Question: What's known of Mr. Hall's leadership?

We don’t yet know how Mr. Hall’s leadership will differ from Mr. Elmendorf’s but we do know that he will face a big challenge. House Republicans have recently changed the rules: The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation are now required to use “dynamic scoring” when evaluating major changes in tax and spending policy. This is the can of worms that awaits Mr. Hall as he takes on his new job. Until now, conventional budget analysis has used a process called static scoring, which assumes that the path of gross domestic product remains the same when the government changes taxes or spending. This procedure has the virtues of simplicity and transparency.

Answer: he will face a big challenge

We don’t yet know how Mr. Hall’s leadership will differ from Mr. Elmendorf’s <hl> but we do know that he will face a big challenge . <hl> House Republicans have recently changed the rules: The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation are now required to use “dynamic scoring” when evaluating major changes in tax and spending policy. This is the can of worms that awaits Mr. Hall as he takes on his new job. Until now, conventional budget analysis has used a process called static scoring, which assumes that the path of gross domestic product remains the same when the government changes taxes or spending. This procedure has the virtues of simplicity and transparency.

We don’t yet know how Mr. Hall’s leadership will differ from Mr. Elmendorf’s but we do know that <hl> he will face a big challenge <hl>. House Republicans have recently changed the rules: The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation are now required to use “dynamic scoring” when evaluating major changes in tax and spending policy. This is the can of worms that awaits Mr. Hall as he takes on his new job. Until now, conventional budget analysis has used a process called static scoring, which assumes that the path of gross domestic product remains the same when the government changes taxes or spending. This procedure has the virtues of simplicity and transparency.

but we do know that <hl> he will face a big challenge <hl> .


Question: What is the Great West Conference a mishmash of?

N.J.I.T. will not quibble about its future home. After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of colleges mostly from the Midwest and the West. But the conference was never granted an automatic bid to the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, and in 2013 it disbanded after five of its six remaining members left for other conferences. From that point, the clock has been ticking for N.J.I.T. to upgrade its facilities to make itself more marketable. “This has been in the works for a while now,” Engles said. “When I would meet with recruits, I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’ but it was just pictures. It was never guaranteed until now.”

Answer: colleges

N.J.I.T. will not quibble about its future home. <hl> After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of colleges mostly from the Midwest and the West. <hl> But the conference was never granted an automatic bid to the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, and in 2013 it disbanded after five of its six remaining members left for other conferences. From that point, the clock has been ticking for N.J.I.T. to upgrade its facilities to make itself more marketable. “This has been in the works for a while now,” Engles said. “When I would meet with recruits, I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’ but it was just pictures. It was never guaranteed until now.”

N.J.I.T. will not quibble about its future home. After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of <hl> colleges <hl> mostly from the Midwest and the West. But the conference was never granted an automatic bid to the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, and in 2013 it disbanded after five of its six remaining members left for other conferences. From that point, the clock has been ticking for N.J.I.T. to upgrade its facilities to make itself more marketable. “This has been in the works for a while now,” Engles said. “When I would meet with recruits, I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’ but it was just pictures. It was never guaranteed until now.”


Question: What series' final episodes will begin airing in April?

10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.” In this episode Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) tries to take money from Avery Markham (Sam Elliott). 10 P.M. (CBS) PERSON OF INTEREST John Reese (Jim Caviezel) has to protect a reckless bounty hunter. Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) follows through on the plot he hatched in Hong Kong. 10:30 (HGTV) HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL Prospective buyers set a budget and work with a real estate agent to find a home abroad. In this episode a couple with a $240,000 budget looks for places in the Turks and Caicos. Conflict sets in when it is revealed that they have different motives for the purchase. What’s Streaming Now MAD MEN This AMC series’s final episodes will be broadcast starting on April 5. The first half of Season 7 is available for streaming now on Netflix. (netflix.com)

Answer: MAD MEN

10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.” In this episode Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) tries to take money from Avery Markham (Sam Elliott). 10 P.M. (CBS) PERSON OF INTEREST John Reese (Jim Caviezel) has to protect a reckless bounty hunter. Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) follows through on the plot he hatched in Hong Kong. 10:30 (HGTV) HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL Prospective buyers set a budget and work with a real estate agent to find a home abroad. In this episode a couple with a $240,000 budget looks for places in the Turks and Caicos. Conflict sets in when it is revealed that they have different motives for the purchase. What’s <hl> Streaming Now MAD MEN This AMC series’s final episodes will be broadcast starting on April 5. <hl> The first half of Season 7 is available for streaming now on Netflix. (netflix.com)

10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.” In this episode Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) tries to take money from Avery Markham (Sam Elliott). 10 P.M. (CBS) PERSON OF INTEREST John Reese (Jim Caviezel) has to protect a reckless bounty hunter. Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) follows through on the plot he hatched in Hong Kong. 10:30 (HGTV) HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL Prospective buyers set a budget and work with a real estate agent to find a home abroad. In this episode a couple with a $240,000 budget looks for places in the Turks and Caicos. Conflict sets in when it is revealed that they have different motives for the purchase. What’s Streaming Now <hl> MAD MEN <hl> This AMC series’s final episodes will be broadcast starting on April 5. The first half of Season 7 is available for streaming now on Netflix. (netflix.com)


Question: There were 49,000 children in foster care in this city at some point; when was that?

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991. Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

Answer: December 1991

<hl> The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991 . <hl> Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in <hl> December 1991 <hl>. Since then, the numbers have steadily declined, in part because of a shift in strategy that seeks to keep families unified as long as possible while addressing underlying problems in the household. On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass. The appearance of the baby last month was celebrated in the parish as a message of hope. Some have taken to calling the boy Emmanuel. The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist. During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.” “I would like to express our gratitude to you in person for taking care of the baby that was found here Thanksgiving week, the start of this very special time of the year,” Ms. McKnight told congregants at the midday Mass. The baby, she reported, was “thriving” in his foster home. “But,” she said, “this little one has come to represent something greater.” She then introduced the agency’s “call to action” on adoption. After the services, Bishop Cisneros said he was hopeful about the campaign.

The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in <hl> December 1991 <hl> .


Question: How many officers have been suspended?

Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in Dannemora, has been removed. More than 60 inmates have filed complaints with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, an organization that assists indigent prisoners. And 10 members of an inmate council at Clinton signed a letter last month to state corrections officials making similar allegations. “We have been daily getting complaints along these lines from around the state,” said Michael Cassidy, a lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services.

Answer: nine

<hl> Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in Dannemora, has been removed. <hl> More than 60 inmates have filed complaints with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, an organization that assists indigent prisoners. And 10 members of an inmate council at Clinton signed a letter last month to state corrections officials making similar allegations. “We have been daily getting complaints along these lines from around the state,” said Michael Cassidy, a lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services.

Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; <hl> nine <hl> officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in Dannemora, has been removed. More than 60 inmates have filed complaints with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, an organization that assists indigent prisoners. And 10 members of an inmate council at Clinton signed a letter last month to state corrections officials making similar allegations. “We have been daily getting complaints along these lines from around the state,” said Michael Cassidy, a lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services.