Question: What exploded into white hot flames?

Answer: magnesium

This took Macklin by surprise. He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar. Meanwhile, Fangio, who was in second position, about 200 meters behind Hawthorn, was coming up to pass the Mercedes of Levegh. Levegh, though, was surprised by Macklin’s Austin-Healey swerving across the track. He could not slow in time. So while racing at 240 kilometers an hour, with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air. It crashed on the embankment on the spectator side of the track and exploded in a ball of flames from the fuel. Levegh, 49, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. His car broke into several pieces. Both the engine and the rear hood, with the air brake, were ripped out of the car and plowed a furrow through the crowd. Worse, the hood spun around like a disc through the packed group of spectators, decapitating dozens of people. Many other spectators were killed by the explosion. <hl> The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the magnesium to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd. <hl>

This took Macklin by surprise. He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar. Meanwhile, Fangio, who was in second position, about 200 meters behind Hawthorn, was coming up to pass the Mercedes of Levegh. Levegh, though, was surprised by Macklin’s Austin-Healey swerving across the track. He could not slow in time. So while racing at 240 kilometers an hour, with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air. It crashed on the embankment on the spectator side of the track and exploded in a ball of flames from the fuel. Levegh, 49, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. His car broke into several pieces. Both the engine and the rear hood, with the air brake, were ripped out of the car and plowed a furrow through the crowd. Worse, the hood spun around like a disc through the packed group of spectators, decapitating dozens of people. Many other spectators were killed by the explosion. The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the <hl> magnesium <hl> to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd.


Question: How old was Levegh when he was killed?

This took Macklin by surprise. He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar. Meanwhile, Fangio, who was in second position, about 200 meters behind Hawthorn, was coming up to pass the Mercedes of Levegh. Levegh, though, was surprised by Macklin’s Austin-Healey swerving across the track. He could not slow in time. So while racing at 240 kilometers an hour, with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air. It crashed on the embankment on the spectator side of the track and exploded in a ball of flames from the fuel. Levegh, 49, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. His car broke into several pieces. Both the engine and the rear hood, with the air brake, were ripped out of the car and plowed a furrow through the crowd. Worse, the hood spun around like a disc through the packed group of spectators, decapitating dozens of people. Many other spectators were killed by the explosion. The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the magnesium to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd.

Answer: 49

This took Macklin by surprise. He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar. Meanwhile, Fangio, who was in second position, about 200 meters behind Hawthorn, was coming up to pass the Mercedes of Levegh. Levegh, though, was surprised by Macklin’s Austin-Healey swerving across the track. He could not slow in time. So while racing at 240 kilometers an hour, with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air. It crashed on the embankment on the spectator side of the track and exploded in a ball of flames from the fuel. <hl> Levegh, 49 , was thrown from the car and killed instantly. <hl> His car broke into several pieces. Both the engine and the rear hood, with the air brake, were ripped out of the car and plowed a furrow through the crowd. Worse, the hood spun around like a disc through the packed group of spectators, decapitating dozens of people. Many other spectators were killed by the explosion. The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the magnesium to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd.

This took Macklin by surprise. He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar. Meanwhile, Fangio, who was in second position, about 200 meters behind Hawthorn, was coming up to pass the Mercedes of Levegh. Levegh, though, was surprised by Macklin’s Austin-Healey swerving across the track. He could not slow in time. So while racing at 240 kilometers an hour, with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air. It crashed on the embankment on the spectator side of the track and exploded in a ball of flames from the fuel. Levegh, <hl> 49 <hl>, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. His car broke into several pieces. Both the engine and the rear hood, with the air brake, were ripped out of the car and plowed a furrow through the crowd. Worse, the hood spun around like a disc through the packed group of spectators, decapitating dozens of people. Many other spectators were killed by the explosion. The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the magnesium to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd.

Levegh, <hl> 49 <hl> , was thrown from the car and killed instantly.


Question: How fast was  Levegh driving when the crash occurred?

Answer: 240 kilometers an hour

This took Macklin by surprise. He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar. Meanwhile, Fangio, who was in second position, about 200 meters behind Hawthorn, was coming up to pass the Mercedes of Levegh. Levegh, though, was surprised by Macklin’s Austin-Healey swerving across the track. He could not slow in time. <hl> So while racing at 240 kilometers an hour , with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air. <hl> It crashed on the embankment on the spectator side of the track and exploded in a ball of flames from the fuel. Levegh, 49, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. His car broke into several pieces. Both the engine and the rear hood, with the air brake, were ripped out of the car and plowed a furrow through the crowd. Worse, the hood spun around like a disc through the packed group of spectators, decapitating dozens of people. Many other spectators were killed by the explosion. The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the magnesium to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd.

This took Macklin by surprise. He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar. Meanwhile, Fangio, who was in second position, about 200 meters behind Hawthorn, was coming up to pass the Mercedes of Levegh. Levegh, though, was surprised by Macklin’s Austin-Healey swerving across the track. He could not slow in time. So while racing at <hl> 240 kilometers an hour <hl>, with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air. It crashed on the embankment on the spectator side of the track and exploded in a ball of flames from the fuel. Levegh, 49, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. His car broke into several pieces. Both the engine and the rear hood, with the air brake, were ripped out of the car and plowed a furrow through the crowd. Worse, the hood spun around like a disc through the packed group of spectators, decapitating dozens of people. Many other spectators were killed by the explosion. The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the magnesium to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd.

So while racing at <hl> 240 kilometers an hour <hl> , with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air.


Question: When did Mercedes withdraw from the race?

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Answer: after midnight

<hl> Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight , with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. <hl> Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Mercedes withdrew from the race <hl> after midnight <hl>, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Mercedes withdrew from the race <hl> after midnight <hl> , with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning.


Question: Who win the race?

Answer: Hawthorn

<hl> Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. <hl> Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with <hl> Hawthorn <hl> winning. Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.


Question: Which country still has a ban on circuit racing?

Answer: Switzerland

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. <hl> Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland , until safety was improved for spectators. <hl> Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and <hl> Switzerland <hl>, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and <hl> Switzerland <hl> , until safety was improved for spectators.


Question: How many countries banned auto racing after the incident?

Answer: Several

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. <hl> Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. <hl> Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.

Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning. <hl> Several <hl> countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators. Switzerland still has a ban on circuit racing in force today.


Question: Which President appointed Justice Ginsburg to the Supreme Court?

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

Answer: President Bill Clinton

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. <hl> In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. <hl> (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, <hl> President Bill Clinton <hl> elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.


Question: Which type of medal was awarded to Steinem?

Answer: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) <hl> She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. <hl> Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the <hl> Presidential Medal of Freedom <hl> in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.


Question: How long was Steinem an editor for a magazine?

Answer: nearly 20 years

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) <hl> Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years , becoming the public face of the women’s movement. <hl> (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for <hl> nearly 20 years <hl>, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for <hl> nearly 20 years <hl> , becoming the public face of the women’s movement.


Question: Who was the second female justice ever appointed to the Supreme Court?

Answer: Justice Ginsburg

<hl> Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. <hl> In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

<hl> Justice Ginsburg <hl> was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.


Question: What did Steinem win awards for?

Answer: media and advocacy

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) <hl> She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy , including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. <hl> Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor. (Justice Ginsburg is the subject of a tribute biography, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik.) Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years, becoming the public face of the women’s movement. (She continues at the magazine as an adviser.) She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in <hl> media and advocacy <hl>, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her new book, “My Life on the Road,” was published last month.

She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in <hl> media and advocacy <hl> , including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.


Question: Which race of women were being sterilized without their permission?

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement. When did you meet? GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get abortions. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.

Answer: African-American

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement. When did you meet? <hl> GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. <hl> RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get abortions. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement. When did you meet? GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young <hl> African-American <hl> women were being sterilized without their permission. RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get abortions. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.


Question: What couldn't women get while sterilization was also happening?

Answer: abortions

We couldn’t get abortions .

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement. When did you meet? GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. RBG: There was an irony. <hl> We couldn’t get abortions . <hl> But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement. When did you meet? GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get <hl> abortions <hl>. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.


Question: Which organization was Ruth a part of?

Answer: A.C.L.U.

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement. When did you meet? <hl> GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. <hl> RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get abortions. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement. When did you meet? GS: When Ruth was at the <hl> A.C.L.U. <hl> What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get abortions. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.


Question: What movement was happening when GS had met Ruth?

Answer: women’s movement

<hl> PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement . <hl> When did you meet? GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get abortions. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the <hl> women’s movement <hl>. When did you meet? GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission. RBG: There was an irony. We couldn’t get abortions. But there was this notorious obstetrician, and if it was a woman’s third child, he would automatically sterilize her.

PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the <hl> women’s movement <hl> .


Question: Whose mother presented disappointment over a less than perfect report card?

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

Answer: RBG

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. <hl> RBG : My mother was a powerful influence. <hl> She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. <hl> RBG <hl>: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

<hl> RBG <hl> : My mother was a powerful influence.


Question: At what age did RBG's mother graduate?

Answer: 15

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. <hl> My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. <hl> GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at <hl> 15 <hl> and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.


Question: Whose mom worked as an editor for the Toledo newspaper?

Answer: GS

<hl> GS : Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. <hl> Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

<hl> GS <hl>: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

<hl> GS <hl> : Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers.


Question: What did RBG's mother do after she graduated high school?

Answer: went to work to support the family

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. <hl> My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. <hl> GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.

GS: Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers. Mine wanted to be a writer and was a journalist long before I was born. First as a reporter, then an editor at a Toledo newspaper. RBG: My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment. PG: Had she been a “perfect report card” kind of girl? RBG: She told a story about bringing home a report card with all A’s to her father. But it didn’t mean anything. She was a girl. My mother graduated from high school at 15 and <hl> went to work to support the family <hl> because the eldest son went to college. GS: So you were receiving her dreams. She was saying the opposite to you: not that your report card didn’t count, but that it did.


Question: What did the sign-up sheets say?

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

Answer: “Men Only.”

<hl> RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. <hl> First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, <hl> “Men Only.” <hl> And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.


Question: Where id GS tried to work at?

Answer: Time magazine

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. <hl> I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine . <hl> And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at <hl> Time magazine <hl>. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at <hl> Time magazine <hl> .


Question: What religion was RBG part of?

Answer: Jewish

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. <hl> First, I was Jewish , and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. <hl> Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was <hl> Jewish <hl>, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

First, I was <hl> Jewish <hl> , and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews.


Question: Who was barely starting to accept Jews?

Answer: Wall Street firms

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. <hl> First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews. <hl> Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.

RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me. First, I was Jewish, and the <hl> Wall Street firms <hl> were just beginning to accept Jews. Then I was a woman. But the killer was my daughter Jane, who was 4 by then. PG: They didn’t even hide why they were rejecting you? GS: No. I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine. And they made it very clear that women researched, and men wrote. No exceptions, in spite of Clare Boothe Luce. PG: You remind me of my grandmother’s line: Rejection is the best thing that can happen. It pushes us. There might not be a Ms. magazine or Notorious R.B.G. without it.


Question: Who worked for no pay for a county attorney?

RBG: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

Answer: Justice O’Connor

<hl> RBG: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. <hl> We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

RBG: <hl> Justice O’Connor <hl> once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?


Question: What school did Justice O'Connor attend?

Answer: Stanford

RBG: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” <hl> She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford . <hl> GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

RBG: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at <hl> Stanford <hl>. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at <hl> Stanford <hl> .


Question: Where was RBG located during 1962 and 1963?

Answer: Sweden

RBG: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? <hl> RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden , in 1962 and ’63. <hl> GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

RBG: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in <hl> Sweden <hl>, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in <hl> Sweden <hl> , in 1962 and ’63.


Question: Who worked on a book on civil procedure?

Answer: RBG

<hl> RBG : Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. <hl> We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

<hl> RBG <hl>: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

<hl> RBG <hl> : Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school.


Question: Who learned Swedish?

Answer: RBG

<hl> RBG : Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. <hl> We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

<hl> RBG <hl>: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school. We’d be retired partners from large law firms today.” She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford. GS: The great thing about obstacles is that they cause you to identify with other groups of people who are facing obstacles. PG: When did you start thinking seriously about women’s equality? RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden, in 1962 and ’63. GS: For which she learned Swedish. Is that not incredible?

<hl> RBG <hl> : Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school.


Question: How many women were law students in Sweden?

RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

Answer: 20 and 25 percent

<hl> RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. <hl> And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

RBG: Between <hl> 20 and 25 percent <hl> of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.


Question: What were women expected to do?

Answer: buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7

RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. <hl> But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7 . <hl> I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to <hl> buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7 <hl>. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

But it was the woman who was expected to <hl> buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7 <hl> .


Question: Who read the book, The Second Sex?

Answer: RBG

<hl> RBG : Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. <hl> And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

<hl> RBG <hl>: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

<hl> RBG <hl> : Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women.


Question: Who lived in India at some point?

Answer: GS

RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. <hl> It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS : For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. <hl> But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” <hl> GS <hl>: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” <hl> GS <hl> : For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it.


Question: Where was it questioned why women should work two jobs while men only one?

Answer: Swedish daily paper

RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. <hl> There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper : “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” <hl> Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women. And there were women on the bench. I went to one proceeding in Stockholm where the presiding judge was eight months pregnant. There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the <hl> Swedish daily paper <hl>: “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?” Inflation was high, and two incomes were often needed. But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7. I remember listening to those conversations. It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS: For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it. But I was slow to see how it applied here. I couldn’t quite bridge that gap until the late ’60s.

There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the <hl> Swedish daily paper <hl> : “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?”


Question: What did people express about equality for women?

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either disinterested or said it was impossible. My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.

Answer: disinterested or said it was impossible

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: <hl> They were either disinterested or said it was impossible . <hl> My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either <hl> disinterested or said it was impossible <hl>. My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.

They were either <hl> disinterested or said it was impossible <hl> .


Question: Who would write an article stating women weren't equal?

Answer: an editor

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either disinterested or said it was impossible. <hl> My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” <hl> But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either disinterested or said it was impossible. My classic experience was <hl> an editor <hl> who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.


Question: What did people believe would happen if women was focused on gender equality?

Answer: her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either disinterested or said it was impossible. My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. <hl> RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished . <hl> It was considered frivolous.

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either disinterested or said it was impossible. My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, <hl> her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished <hl>. It was considered frivolous.

RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, <hl> her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished <hl> .


Question: Who said people considered gender equality to not be of value?

Answer: RBG

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either disinterested or said it was impossible. My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. <hl> RBG : The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. <hl> It was considered frivolous.

PG: How did people respond when you first raised concerns about equality for women? GS: They were either disinterested or said it was impossible. My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.” But right next to it, he would publish an article that said that they weren’t — to be objective. <hl> RBG <hl>: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.

<hl> RBG <hl> : The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished.


Question: Who is the actor that gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life?

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

Answer: Oscar Isaac

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

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


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

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

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

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


Question: Which actor gives an amusing caricature of a machine politician?

Answer: Alfred Molina

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

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

The cast also includes <hl> Alfred Molina <hl> , giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.


Question: Which actor plays the head of the Yonkers housing authority?

Answer: Terry Kinney

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

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


Question: Which actress plays the part of an anti-integration protester?

Answer: Catherine Keener

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

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


Question: Who plays a Dominican immigrant in Show Me a Hero?

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

Answer: Ilfenesh Hadera

<hl> Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. <hl> They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are <hl> Ilfenesh Hadera <hl> as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.


Question: Which actress plays the young black mother?

Answer: Dominique Fishback

<hl> Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. <hl> They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, <hl> Dominique Fishback <hl> as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.


Question: Which actress plays the budding community organizer?

Answer: Natalie Paul

<hl> Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. <hl> They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and <hl> Natalie Paul <hl> as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.


Question: What show is known for the visceral pull of mystery and violence?

Answer: The Wire

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. <hl> It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “ The Wire ,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government. <hl>

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “<hl> The Wire <hl>,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “ <hl> The Wire <hl> ,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.


Question: What show has the emotional highs of music?

Answer: Treme

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. <hl> It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “ Treme ,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government. <hl>

Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer. They all contribute to making “Show Me a Hero” more than worthwhile, and certainly as grounded and authentically textured as any television drama you’re likely to come across. It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “<hl> Treme <hl>,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.

It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “ <hl> Treme <hl> ,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.


Question: what is the very important indication?

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.

Answer: how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population

<hl> “This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population ,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. <hl> Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.

“This is a very important indication of <hl> how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population <hl>,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.

“This is a very important indication of <hl> how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population <hl> ,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.


Question: who is Mario Abou Zeid?

Answer: research analyst

<hl> “This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. <hl> Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a <hl> research analyst <hl> at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.


Question: Across which city has trash pilled up the side walks?

Answer: Beirut

<hl> “This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut . <hl> Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in <hl> Beirut <hl>. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in <hl> Beirut <hl> .


Question: who are the people forced to work outside ?

Answer: Parking and gas station attendants

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. <hl> Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether. <hl>

“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Across the city, trash piles have consumed sidewalks and engulfed parked cars, leaving pedestrians holding their noses and retching as the sweet aromas of rotting food waft through residential areas. <hl> Parking and gas station attendants <hl> forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.


Question: what did Mr Abou Zeid say?

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.

Answer: the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems.

<hl> Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” <hl> Mr. Zeid said. The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.

Mr. Abou Zeid said <hl> the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. <hl> “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.


Question: why did people flee from Syria?

Answer: The civil war

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. <hl> The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. <hl> Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. <hl> The civil war <hl> in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.


Question: how many refugees fled to Lebanon?

Answer: 1.2 million refugees

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. <hl> The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. <hl> Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than <hl> 1.2 million refugees <hl> who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.