Question: What name is superstar like Madonna called?

A red-tailed hawk named Pale Male became a celebrity after starring in a film, “The Legend of Pale Male,” that opened at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village in 2010. And one raccoon in Central Park is so well known that he goes by a single name – Rocky – a rarefied status typically afforded to superstars like Madonna or Cher. Unlike hawks and raccoons, however, alligators are not native to New York. Ms. Silver suggested that CockadoodleQ may have at one point been a pet, and in her statement she reminded New Yorkers that it is illegal to keep alligators and other exotic animals as house pets in the city.

Answer: Rocky

A red-tailed hawk named Pale Male became a celebrity after starring in a film, “The Legend of Pale Male,” that opened at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village in 2010. <hl> And one raccoon in Central Park is so well known that he goes by a single name – Rocky – a rarefied status typically afforded to superstars like Madonna or Cher. <hl> Unlike hawks and raccoons, however, alligators are not native to New York. Ms. Silver suggested that CockadoodleQ may have at one point been a pet, and in her statement she reminded New Yorkers that it is illegal to keep alligators and other exotic animals as house pets in the city.

A red-tailed hawk named Pale Male became a celebrity after starring in a film, “The Legend of Pale Male,” that opened at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village in 2010. And one raccoon in Central Park is so well known that he goes by a single name – <hl> Rocky <hl> – a rarefied status typically afforded to superstars like Madonna or Cher. Unlike hawks and raccoons, however, alligators are not native to New York. Ms. Silver suggested that CockadoodleQ may have at one point been a pet, and in her statement she reminded New Yorkers that it is illegal to keep alligators and other exotic animals as house pets in the city.


Question: When did the Yankees hit the most home runs?

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

Answer: 2004

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

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

In <hl> 2004 <hl> , when he was the hitting coach, the team belted 242 homers, the most of any Yankee team in history.


Question: When did Kiev ask the US for help?

From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States. Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine. What eventually arrived was basic training.

Answer: earliest days of the war

<hl> From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States. <hl> Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine. What eventually arrived was basic training.

From the <hl> earliest days of the war <hl>, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States. Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine. What eventually arrived was basic training.

From the <hl> earliest days of the war <hl> , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.


Question: What did the Saudi's term the economic agenda?

WASHINGTON — After more than two years of perceived slights and supposed snubs, the new contours of a revitalized but evolving partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia are beginning to take shape. This month’s visit to Washington by King Salman solidified the defense and security aspects of this new version of an old relationship. The Saudis are also strongly pushing an economic agenda as the centerpiece of what King Salman identified as a “new strategic alliance for the 21st century.” Last May, when President Obama hosted leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council for a summit meeting at Camp David, the Saudi monarch was conspicuously absent. The talk then of a “snub” missed two crucial points. First, the Saudis were trying to ensure that the Camp David meeting was the beginning, not the end, of a new conversation. Second, King Salman did not want to share center stage in his first major trip abroad as king with figures like the deputy prime minister of Oman.

Answer: new strategic alliance for the 21st century

WASHINGTON — After more than two years of perceived slights and supposed snubs, the new contours of a revitalized but evolving partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia are beginning to take shape. This month’s visit to Washington by King Salman solidified the defense and security aspects of this new version of an old relationship. <hl> The Saudis are also strongly pushing an economic agenda as the centerpiece of what King Salman identified as a “ new strategic alliance for the 21st century .” <hl> Last May, when President Obama hosted leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council for a summit meeting at Camp David, the Saudi monarch was conspicuously absent. The talk then of a “snub” missed two crucial points. First, the Saudis were trying to ensure that the Camp David meeting was the beginning, not the end, of a new conversation. Second, King Salman did not want to share center stage in his first major trip abroad as king with figures like the deputy prime minister of Oman.

WASHINGTON — After more than two years of perceived slights and supposed snubs, the new contours of a revitalized but evolving partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia are beginning to take shape. This month’s visit to Washington by King Salman solidified the defense and security aspects of this new version of an old relationship. The Saudis are also strongly pushing an economic agenda as the centerpiece of what King Salman identified as a “<hl> new strategic alliance for the 21st century <hl>.” Last May, when President Obama hosted leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council for a summit meeting at Camp David, the Saudi monarch was conspicuously absent. The talk then of a “snub” missed two crucial points. First, the Saudis were trying to ensure that the Camp David meeting was the beginning, not the end, of a new conversation. Second, King Salman did not want to share center stage in his first major trip abroad as king with figures like the deputy prime minister of Oman.

The Saudis are also strongly pushing an economic agenda as the centerpiece of what King Salman identified as a “ <hl> new strategic alliance for the 21st century <hl> .”


Question: How are people around the world supporting the jailed women?

“If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women’s rights activists — not silencing them,” said Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations. From Morocco to India to New York, supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women. Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.

Answer: supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women.

“If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women’s rights activists — not silencing them,” said Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations. <hl> From Morocco to India to New York, supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women. Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter. <hl>

“If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women’s rights activists — not silencing them,” said Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations. From Morocco to India to New York, <hl> supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women. <hl> Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.


Question: What was the program referred to as?

The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in 2013, was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire. About 455,000 parents, mostly mothers, now receive the payments. But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “stove bonus,” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home. Many educators also worried that the monthly payments of 150 euros, or $163, were most attractive to poorer, often immigrant, families whose children benefit most from early childhood education.

Answer: stove bonus,

The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in 2013, was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire. About 455,000 parents, mostly mothers, now receive the payments. <hl> But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “ stove bonus, ” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home. <hl> Many educators also worried that the monthly payments of 150 euros, or $163, were most attractive to poorer, often immigrant, families whose children benefit most from early childhood education.

The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in 2013, was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire. About 455,000 parents, mostly mothers, now receive the payments. But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “<hl> stove bonus, <hl>” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home. Many educators also worried that the monthly payments of 150 euros, or $163, were most attractive to poorer, often immigrant, families whose children benefit most from early childhood education.

But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “ <hl> stove bonus, <hl> ” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home.


Question: What subjects are Business Insider mainly focused on?

So let’s talk about our business, the media! This week Business Insider, the scrappy tech- and finance-focused digital publication founded by the former stock analyst Henry Blodget, was sold to the German media company Axel Springer for $343 million. It was just one of many dump trucks full of money pulling up to the digital media business. BuzzFeed and Vox recently each announced that they had raised $200 million from NBC Universal. Vice has also raised a boatload. So is this all great news? Should I start shopping for a McMansion?

Answer: scrappy tech- and finance-focused digital publication

So let’s talk about our business, the media! <hl> This week Business Insider, the scrappy tech- and finance-focused digital publication founded by the former stock analyst Henry Blodget, was sold to the German media company Axel Springer for $343 million. <hl> It was just one of many dump trucks full of money pulling up to the digital media business. BuzzFeed and Vox recently each announced that they had raised $200 million from NBC Universal. Vice has also raised a boatload. So is this all great news? Should I start shopping for a McMansion?

So let’s talk about our business, the media! This week Business Insider, the <hl> scrappy tech- and finance-focused digital publication <hl> founded by the former stock analyst Henry Blodget, was sold to the German media company Axel Springer for $343 million. It was just one of many dump trucks full of money pulling up to the digital media business. BuzzFeed and Vox recently each announced that they had raised $200 million from NBC Universal. Vice has also raised a boatload. So is this all great news? Should I start shopping for a McMansion?


Question: Who argued that bond E.T.F.s are good for the markets in general?

The Institute of International Finance, a trade group that represents global banks, also released a letter on Wednesday that warned of the huge buildup of assets in the bond market. The institute’s views on the topic tend to reflect its main constituency, investment banks, which have complained that excessive regulation has hindered their ability to provide liquidity in the market. BlackRock has argued that bond E.T.F.s, and its increasing size, are healthful for the markets in general and that in a low interest rate environment it is to be expected that long-term investors like insurance companies and pension funds invest in higher yielding securities to lock in better returns. Moreover, the industry has said that firms like BlackRock do not invest their own capital in these types of securities — as investment banks did before the crisis — and do not rely on leverage to bolster returns.

Answer: BlackRock

The Institute of International Finance, a trade group that represents global banks, also released a letter on Wednesday that warned of the huge buildup of assets in the bond market. The institute’s views on the topic tend to reflect its main constituency, investment banks, which have complained that excessive regulation has hindered their ability to provide liquidity in the market. <hl> BlackRock has argued that bond E.T.F.s, and its increasing size, are healthful for the markets in general and that in a low interest rate environment it is to be expected that long-term investors like insurance companies and pension funds invest in higher yielding securities to lock in better returns. <hl> Moreover, the industry has said that firms like BlackRock do not invest their own capital in these types of securities — as investment banks did before the crisis — and do not rely on leverage to bolster returns.

The Institute of International Finance, a trade group that represents global banks, also released a letter on Wednesday that warned of the huge buildup of assets in the bond market. The institute’s views on the topic tend to reflect its main constituency, investment banks, which have complained that excessive regulation has hindered their ability to provide liquidity in the market. <hl> BlackRock <hl> has argued that bond E.T.F.s, and its increasing size, are healthful for the markets in general and that in a low interest rate environment it is to be expected that long-term investors like insurance companies and pension funds invest in higher yielding securities to lock in better returns. Moreover, the industry has said that firms like BlackRock do not invest their own capital in these types of securities — as investment banks did before the crisis — and do not rely on leverage to bolster returns.


Question: Which country is Russia a large economic partner with?

The Italian foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, said his country’s position was “not a matter of principle,” and that Italy wanted the union’s national leaders to assess the state of the Minsk agreement before action was taken. “I am sure that we will have a common decision,” he said. Russia is a significant economic partner for Italy. The Italian energy industry has close ties to Gazprom, the Russian state-run natural gas exporter, and important Italian industries like farming and fashion have lost business because of retaliatory measures imposed by Moscow.

Answer: Italy

The Italian foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, said his country’s position was “not a matter of principle,” and <hl> that Italy wanted the union’s national leaders to assess the state of the Minsk agreement before action was taken. <hl> “I am sure that we will have a common decision,” he said. Russia is a significant economic partner for Italy. The Italian energy industry has close ties to Gazprom, the Russian state-run natural gas exporter, and important Italian industries like farming and fashion have lost business because of retaliatory measures imposed by Moscow.

The Italian foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, said his country’s position was “not a matter of principle,” and that <hl> Italy <hl> wanted the union’s national leaders to assess the state of the Minsk agreement before action was taken. “I am sure that we will have a common decision,” he said. Russia is a significant economic partner for Italy. The Italian energy industry has close ties to Gazprom, the Russian state-run natural gas exporter, and important Italian industries like farming and fashion have lost business because of retaliatory measures imposed by Moscow.


Question: Who was shut out in the previous two games?

Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host Flyers, who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game. BLUES 2, SABRES 1 Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and St. Louis came back to win in Buffalo. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues’ second against Buffalo in the last week. KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 Jonathan Quick bounced back from a poor performance and Alec Martinez scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Los Angeles over Florida.

Answer: Flyers

<hl> Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host Flyers , who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game. <hl> BLUES 2, SABRES 1 Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and St. Louis came back to win in Buffalo. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues’ second against Buffalo in the last week. KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 Jonathan Quick bounced back from a poor performance and Alec Martinez scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Los Angeles over Florida.

Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host <hl> Flyers <hl>, who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game. BLUES 2, SABRES 1 Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and St. Louis came back to win in Buffalo. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues’ second against Buffalo in the last week. KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 Jonathan Quick bounced back from a poor performance and Alec Martinez scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Los Angeles over Florida.

Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host <hl> Flyers <hl> , who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game.


Question: Who interviewed Mrs. Clinton?

Moments later, when a college student asked Mrs. Clinton to make a Snapchat video saying, “You’re fired, Donald Trump,” she demurred. “I’m not going to say that,” she said, as if to do so would cross a line. Instead, she agreed to make a lighthearted, quick video for the young man that did not mention Mr. Trump. On Thursday night, when asked about Mr. Trump in an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Mrs. Clinton said, “You know, I have to say, Seth. I no longer think he’s funny," adding that Mr. Trump’s latest comments had “gone way over the line.” Mrs. Clinton is not the only Democrat struggling to settle on a strategy for responding to Mr. Trump’s campaign, the unpredictable Republican race and what Mr. Trump’s appeal says about the mood of the electorate.

Answer: Seth Meyers

Moments later, when a college student asked Mrs. Clinton to make a Snapchat video saying, “You’re fired, Donald Trump,” she demurred. “I’m not going to say that,” she said, as if to do so would cross a line. Instead, she agreed to make a lighthearted, quick video for the young man that did not mention Mr. Trump. <hl> On Thursday night, when asked about Mr. Trump in an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers ,” Mrs. Clinton said, “You know, I have to say, Seth. <hl> I no longer think he’s funny," adding that Mr. Trump’s latest comments had “gone way over the line.” Mrs. Clinton is not the only Democrat struggling to settle on a strategy for responding to Mr. Trump’s campaign, the unpredictable Republican race and what Mr. Trump’s appeal says about the mood of the electorate.

Moments later, when a college student asked Mrs. Clinton to make a Snapchat video saying, “You’re fired, Donald Trump,” she demurred. “I’m not going to say that,” she said, as if to do so would cross a line. Instead, she agreed to make a lighthearted, quick video for the young man that did not mention Mr. Trump. On Thursday night, when asked about Mr. Trump in an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with <hl> Seth Meyers <hl>,” Mrs. Clinton said, “You know, I have to say, Seth. I no longer think he’s funny," adding that Mr. Trump’s latest comments had “gone way over the line.” Mrs. Clinton is not the only Democrat struggling to settle on a strategy for responding to Mr. Trump’s campaign, the unpredictable Republican race and what Mr. Trump’s appeal says about the mood of the electorate.

On Thursday night, when asked about Mr. Trump in an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with <hl> Seth Meyers <hl> ,” Mrs. Clinton said, “You know, I have to say, Seth.


Question: Android version 4.4 is called what?

You should see thumbnails of your Android screen-grabs in the Screenshots area. The Device Folders area also displays images saved or created with other apps, like photos you have downloaded from Twitter posts or pictures you have edited in Adobe Photoshop Express. With gadgets running an older version of Android, like Kit Kat (version 4.4), open the Gallery app, select Album view and then look for the Screenshots folder. If you still do not see a Screenshots folder, check with your phone’s manufacturer. How you take a picture of your Android screen can also vary based on your hardware, but holding down the Power and Volume Down buttons at the same time for a few seconds works on many phones and tablets like the Droid Turbo, the Moto X and Google’s own Nexus devices.

Answer: Kit Kat

You should see thumbnails of your Android screen-grabs in the Screenshots area. The Device Folders area also displays images saved or created with other apps, like photos you have downloaded from Twitter posts or pictures you have edited in Adobe Photoshop Express. <hl> With gadgets running an older version of Android, like Kit Kat (version 4.4), open the Gallery app, select Album view and then look for the Screenshots folder. <hl> If you still do not see a Screenshots folder, check with your phone’s manufacturer. How you take a picture of your Android screen can also vary based on your hardware, but holding down the Power and Volume Down buttons at the same time for a few seconds works on many phones and tablets like the Droid Turbo, the Moto X and Google’s own Nexus devices.

You should see thumbnails of your Android screen-grabs in the Screenshots area. The Device Folders area also displays images saved or created with other apps, like photos you have downloaded from Twitter posts or pictures you have edited in Adobe Photoshop Express. With gadgets running an older version of Android, like <hl> Kit Kat <hl> (version 4.4), open the Gallery app, select Album view and then look for the Screenshots folder. If you still do not see a Screenshots folder, check with your phone’s manufacturer. How you take a picture of your Android screen can also vary based on your hardware, but holding down the Power and Volume Down buttons at the same time for a few seconds works on many phones and tablets like the Droid Turbo, the Moto X and Google’s own Nexus devices.


Question: What two men vowed to spend 889 million dollars to influence the 2016 presidential election?

Trump calls climate change “a total hoax.” He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York. This is a man who has bought into every nutty conspiracy theory, and stoked much of the same, about President Obama’s birth — all without a shred of evidence. But he won’t take the world’s leading scientists at their peer-reviewed word. If this is the kind of judgment you want in the Oval Office, get thee to Trump Tower. And here’s Carson: “I’ll tell you what I think about climate change,” he said earlier this year. “The temperature is either going up or down at any point in time, so it really is not a big deal.” Ah, well. He also believes the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain rather than as tombs for kings and queens. Hey, it’s all there in the Bible, Carson says, for you fact-obsessed archaeologists. How do you explain the boastful ignorance of other leading Republican candidates? It’s a political variant of Upton Sinclair’s line about how “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” In trying to win the support of the Koch brothers, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees. Cruz has gone the extra step of denying the very existence of climate change, an assertion that puts him at odds with three-fourths of the American public. Just pause for a second to soak in the magnitude of this sellout by these candidates to a pair of men who’ve vowed to spend $889 million influencing the 2016 election.

Answer: the Koch brothers

Trump calls climate change “a total hoax.” He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York. This is a man who has bought into every nutty conspiracy theory, and stoked much of the same, about President Obama’s birth — all without a shred of evidence. But he won’t take the world’s leading scientists at their peer-reviewed word. If this is the kind of judgment you want in the Oval Office, get thee to Trump Tower. And here’s Carson: “I’ll tell you what I think about climate change,” he said earlier this year. “The temperature is either going up or down at any point in time, so it really is not a big deal.” Ah, well. He also believes the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain rather than as tombs for kings and queens. Hey, it’s all there in the Bible, Carson says, for you fact-obsessed archaeologists. How do you explain the boastful ignorance of other leading Republican candidates? It’s a political variant of Upton Sinclair’s line about how “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” <hl> In trying to win the support of the Koch brothers , Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees. <hl> Cruz has gone the extra step of denying the very existence of climate change, an assertion that puts him at odds with three-fourths of the American public. Just pause for a second to soak in the magnitude of this sellout by these candidates to a pair of men who’ve vowed to spend $889 million influencing the 2016 election.

Trump calls climate change “a total hoax.” He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York. This is a man who has bought into every nutty conspiracy theory, and stoked much of the same, about President Obama’s birth — all without a shred of evidence. But he won’t take the world’s leading scientists at their peer-reviewed word. If this is the kind of judgment you want in the Oval Office, get thee to Trump Tower. And here’s Carson: “I’ll tell you what I think about climate change,” he said earlier this year. “The temperature is either going up or down at any point in time, so it really is not a big deal.” Ah, well. He also believes the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain rather than as tombs for kings and queens. Hey, it’s all there in the Bible, Carson says, for you fact-obsessed archaeologists. How do you explain the boastful ignorance of other leading Republican candidates? It’s a political variant of Upton Sinclair’s line about how “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” In trying to win the support of <hl> the Koch brothers <hl>, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees. Cruz has gone the extra step of denying the very existence of climate change, an assertion that puts him at odds with three-fourths of the American public. Just pause for a second to soak in the magnitude of this sellout by these candidates to a pair of men who’ve vowed to spend $889 million influencing the 2016 election.

In trying to win the support of <hl> the Koch brothers <hl> , Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees.


Question: What was Sidney Loeb's nationality?

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

Answer: American

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

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


Question: How old was Diego when died?

The death of a 23-year-old man found in a Queens park this week has been ruled a homicide, the police said on Thursday. Passers-by found the man, Diego Piedrahita, lying face down in Forest Park shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the police said, in the area of Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard. Responding officers found him lying unconscious and unresponsive with severe trauma to his head. Emergency medical workers pronounced him dead on the scene shortly thereafter. A trail of blood led to Mr. Piedrahita’s body, and the police also recovered a blood-covered tree branch near his body.

Answer: 23

<hl> The death of a 23 -year-old man found in a Queens park this week has been ruled a homicide, the police said on Thursday. <hl> Passers-by found the man, Diego Piedrahita, lying face down in Forest Park shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the police said, in the area of Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard. Responding officers found him lying unconscious and unresponsive with severe trauma to his head. Emergency medical workers pronounced him dead on the scene shortly thereafter. A trail of blood led to Mr. Piedrahita’s body, and the police also recovered a blood-covered tree branch near his body.

The death of a <hl> 23 <hl>-year-old man found in a Queens park this week has been ruled a homicide, the police said on Thursday. Passers-by found the man, Diego Piedrahita, lying face down in Forest Park shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the police said, in the area of Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard. Responding officers found him lying unconscious and unresponsive with severe trauma to his head. Emergency medical workers pronounced him dead on the scene shortly thereafter. A trail of blood led to Mr. Piedrahita’s body, and the police also recovered a blood-covered tree branch near his body.

The death of a <hl> 23 <hl> -year-old man found in a Queens park this week has been ruled a homicide, the police said on Thursday.


Question: 30,000 migrants travelling north from what country could become stranded in Slovenia?

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia —  Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence at its border with Croatia on Wednesday to stem the inflow of migrants, as winter closes in and countries to the north tighten their own border controls. A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire and construction equipment arrived in the border town of Veliki Obrez at dawn on Wednesday. Soldiers rolled out the wire along the Slovenian bank of the Sotla River, which forms part of the 400-mile border with Croatia. Slovenia is an important country on the migration route through the Balkans because its border with Croatia also forms the southern frontier of Europe’s Schengen area, where passport-free travel is possible. Since Oct. 17, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia and redirected the flow, more than 180,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have entered Slovenia, a nation of two million people. Though the new fence threatens to block the route again just as winter is approaching, migrants have largely been able to find their way around such obstacles. Officials are anticipating that asylum seekers may now turn to Albania and Italy as an alternative routes to more prosperous European countries in the north. Most of the migrants moving through the Balkans have gone on to Austria and then Germany. Slovenia has been saying that it could manage the influx of about 6,000 to 8,000 asylum seekers a day as long as roughly the same number moved on each day. But Austria said recently that it could accept only 6,000 people a day from Slovenia, and Germany has started to tighten some controls on arrivals. As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from Greece could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them. “It’s a big number,” Mr. Cerar said at a news conference on Tuesday, after the government approved construction of the fence. “If we don’t act now, we could have a humanitarian catastrophe on the territory of Slovenia,” he said.

Answer: Greece

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence at its border with Croatia on Wednesday to stem the inflow of migrants, as winter closes in and countries to the north tighten their own border controls. A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire and construction equipment arrived in the border town of Veliki Obrez at dawn on Wednesday. Soldiers rolled out the wire along the Slovenian bank of the Sotla River, which forms part of the 400-mile border with Croatia. Slovenia is an important country on the migration route through the Balkans because its border with Croatia also forms the southern frontier of Europe’s Schengen area, where passport-free travel is possible. Since Oct. 17, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia and redirected the flow, more than 180,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have entered Slovenia, a nation of two million people. Though the new fence threatens to block the route again just as winter is approaching, migrants have largely been able to find their way around such obstacles. Officials are anticipating that asylum seekers may now turn to Albania and Italy as an alternative routes to more prosperous European countries in the north. Most of the migrants moving through the Balkans have gone on to Austria and then Germany. Slovenia has been saying that it could manage the influx of about 6,000 to 8,000 asylum seekers a day as long as roughly the same number moved on each day. But Austria said recently that it could accept only 6,000 people a day from Slovenia, and Germany has started to tighten some controls on arrivals. <hl> As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from Greece could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them. <hl> “It’s a big number,” Mr. Cerar said at a news conference on Tuesday, after the government approved construction of the fence. “If we don’t act now, we could have a humanitarian catastrophe on the territory of Slovenia,” he said.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence at its border with Croatia on Wednesday to stem the inflow of migrants, as winter closes in and countries to the north tighten their own border controls. A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire and construction equipment arrived in the border town of Veliki Obrez at dawn on Wednesday. Soldiers rolled out the wire along the Slovenian bank of the Sotla River, which forms part of the 400-mile border with Croatia. Slovenia is an important country on the migration route through the Balkans because its border with Croatia also forms the southern frontier of Europe’s Schengen area, where passport-free travel is possible. Since Oct. 17, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia and redirected the flow, more than 180,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have entered Slovenia, a nation of two million people. Though the new fence threatens to block the route again just as winter is approaching, migrants have largely been able to find their way around such obstacles. Officials are anticipating that asylum seekers may now turn to Albania and Italy as an alternative routes to more prosperous European countries in the north. Most of the migrants moving through the Balkans have gone on to Austria and then Germany. Slovenia has been saying that it could manage the influx of about 6,000 to 8,000 asylum seekers a day as long as roughly the same number moved on each day. But Austria said recently that it could accept only 6,000 people a day from Slovenia, and Germany has started to tighten some controls on arrivals. As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from <hl> Greece <hl> could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them. “It’s a big number,” Mr. Cerar said at a news conference on Tuesday, after the government approved construction of the fence. “If we don’t act now, we could have a humanitarian catastrophe on the territory of Slovenia,” he said.


Question: What position does Holger Badstuber play?

That is not even half the question of what Bayern needs to know. The team against Barcelona was gutted by injuries, most importantly to its flying wingers, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry. But it was also without the key defenders David Alaba and Holger Badstuber, and aches and fatigue also affected some who did play, like Xabi Alonso, Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger. The Germans among those players deny themselves the excuse that the Champions League semifinals they lost last year and this year sandwiched an event that was just as important to them, and arguably more so: the 2014 World Cup. Age is becoming a factor to the German club, too. Six from the Bavarian team — which peaked two years ago when it won the treble of the Champions League, the Bundesliga and the German Cup in the same season — are now over 30. That need not be a terminal age for a player today, thanks to improved medical and dietary care and rosters that are large enough to rotate star players. However, Ribéry and Robben may never again reach the peak they did in 2013 under Jupp Heynckes’s final season as coach. Ribéry is 32 now and Robben is 31. Alonso is 33, Lahm 31, and dear old Schweinsteiger, though only just 30, looks what he is — a ferocious competitor who has pushed himself through countless knocks and strains while playing for both club and country.

Answer: defenders

That is not even half the question of what Bayern needs to know. The team against Barcelona was gutted by injuries, most importantly to its flying wingers, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry. <hl> But it was also without the key defenders David Alaba and Holger Badstuber, and aches and fatigue also affected some who did play, like Xabi Alonso, Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger. <hl> The Germans among those players deny themselves the excuse that the Champions League semifinals they lost last year and this year sandwiched an event that was just as important to them, and arguably more so: the 2014 World Cup. Age is becoming a factor to the German club, too. Six from the Bavarian team — which peaked two years ago when it won the treble of the Champions League, the Bundesliga and the German Cup in the same season — are now over 30. That need not be a terminal age for a player today, thanks to improved medical and dietary care and rosters that are large enough to rotate star players. However, Ribéry and Robben may never again reach the peak they did in 2013 under Jupp Heynckes’s final season as coach. Ribéry is 32 now and Robben is 31. Alonso is 33, Lahm 31, and dear old Schweinsteiger, though only just 30, looks what he is — a ferocious competitor who has pushed himself through countless knocks and strains while playing for both club and country.

That is not even half the question of what Bayern needs to know. The team against Barcelona was gutted by injuries, most importantly to its flying wingers, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry. But it was also without the key <hl> defenders <hl> David Alaba and Holger Badstuber, and aches and fatigue also affected some who did play, like Xabi Alonso, Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger. The Germans among those players deny themselves the excuse that the Champions League semifinals they lost last year and this year sandwiched an event that was just as important to them, and arguably more so: the 2014 World Cup. Age is becoming a factor to the German club, too. Six from the Bavarian team — which peaked two years ago when it won the treble of the Champions League, the Bundesliga and the German Cup in the same season — are now over 30. That need not be a terminal age for a player today, thanks to improved medical and dietary care and rosters that are large enough to rotate star players. However, Ribéry and Robben may never again reach the peak they did in 2013 under Jupp Heynckes’s final season as coach. Ribéry is 32 now and Robben is 31. Alonso is 33, Lahm 31, and dear old Schweinsteiger, though only just 30, looks what he is — a ferocious competitor who has pushed himself through countless knocks and strains while playing for both club and country.


Question: Which actor plays the party guy who brings cocaine and unattached women in "Digging for Fire"?

To say that their marriage is in trouble would be an exaggeration, but there are tiny cracks in it through which trouble might enter. They spend most of the movie apart. Lee drops Jude off at his grandparents’ house so she can spend a night out with friends. Tim stays behind and involves himself in a bizarre project. He has unearthed a rusty gun and a possibly human bone from a patch of dirt on the far side of the swimming pool, and over the next 24 hours his curiosity blossoms into obsession. He becomes an amateur detective and forensic archaeologist, and also, without quite realizing it, a man digging himself ever deeper into an existential hole. But in the meantime, he has some fun. A few pals show up to drink beer, swim and wield shovels. One (Mike Birbiglia) is the uptight guy. Another (Sam Rockwell) is the party guy, who brings cocaine, unattached women and an even wilder buddy (Mr. Messina).

Answer: Sam Rockwell

To say that their marriage is in trouble would be an exaggeration, but there are tiny cracks in it through which trouble might enter. They spend most of the movie apart. Lee drops Jude off at his grandparents’ house so she can spend a night out with friends. Tim stays behind and involves himself in a bizarre project. He has unearthed a rusty gun and a possibly human bone from a patch of dirt on the far side of the swimming pool, and over the next 24 hours his curiosity blossoms into obsession. He becomes an amateur detective and forensic archaeologist, and also, without quite realizing it, a man digging himself ever deeper into an existential hole. But in the meantime, he has some fun. A few pals show up to drink beer, swim and wield shovels. One (Mike Birbiglia) is the uptight guy. <hl> Another ( Sam Rockwell ) is the party guy, who brings cocaine, unattached women and an even wilder buddy (Mr. Messina). <hl>

To say that their marriage is in trouble would be an exaggeration, but there are tiny cracks in it through which trouble might enter. They spend most of the movie apart. Lee drops Jude off at his grandparents’ house so she can spend a night out with friends. Tim stays behind and involves himself in a bizarre project. He has unearthed a rusty gun and a possibly human bone from a patch of dirt on the far side of the swimming pool, and over the next 24 hours his curiosity blossoms into obsession. He becomes an amateur detective and forensic archaeologist, and also, without quite realizing it, a man digging himself ever deeper into an existential hole. But in the meantime, he has some fun. A few pals show up to drink beer, swim and wield shovels. One (Mike Birbiglia) is the uptight guy. Another (<hl> Sam Rockwell <hl>) is the party guy, who brings cocaine, unattached women and an even wilder buddy (Mr. Messina).

Another ( <hl> Sam Rockwell <hl> ) is the party guy, who brings cocaine, unattached women and an even wilder buddy (Mr. Messina).


Question: Which nation may be less welcoming to foreign banks?

FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks. “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.

Answer: United States

<hl> FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks. <hl> “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.

FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the <hl> United States <hl> had become inhospitable to foreign banks. “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.


Question: What does this person want in an employee?

I typically just start off asking a little bit about how they spent their weekend or something that helps me understand them as a person. From a professional standpoint, I’m looking for people who are curious but who also have a point of view, and so I’ll often ask questions to see if people will give me a specific point of view on an issue, usually within our field. It’s interesting how some people don’t want to do that. They want to kind of hedge their bets. They’re afraid to be wrong, and I don’t want people to be afraid to be wrong. I’m looking for people who are confident enough yet also open enough to have a point of view, but also open to talking about it and maybe changing their mind. I want to see someone who’s constantly thinking and asking questions and wanting to learn more.

Answer: From a professional standpoint, I’m looking for people who are curious but who also have a point of view

I typically just start off asking a little bit about how they spent their weekend or something that helps me understand them as a person. <hl> From a professional standpoint, I’m looking for people who are curious but who also have a point of view , and so I’ll often ask questions to see if people will give me a specific point of view on an issue, usually within our field. <hl> It’s interesting how some people don’t want to do that. They want to kind of hedge their bets. They’re afraid to be wrong, and I don’t want people to be afraid to be wrong. I’m looking for people who are confident enough yet also open enough to have a point of view, but also open to talking about it and maybe changing their mind. I want to see someone who’s constantly thinking and asking questions and wanting to learn more.

I typically just start off asking a little bit about how they spent their weekend or something that helps me understand them as a person. <hl> From a professional standpoint, I’m looking for people who are curious but who also have a point of view <hl>, and so I’ll often ask questions to see if people will give me a specific point of view on an issue, usually within our field. It’s interesting how some people don’t want to do that. They want to kind of hedge their bets. They’re afraid to be wrong, and I don’t want people to be afraid to be wrong. I’m looking for people who are confident enough yet also open enough to have a point of view, but also open to talking about it and maybe changing their mind. I want to see someone who’s constantly thinking and asking questions and wanting to learn more.

<hl> From a professional standpoint, I’m looking for people who are curious but who also have a point of view <hl> , and so I’ll often ask questions to see if people will give me a specific point of view on an issue, usually within our field.


Question: What's the name of Donald Trump's book?

“Fact: Before my son was even born, I was reading out loud to him from Donald Trump’s ‘The Art of the Deal,’” she wrote. “And as for the ‘gesture effect,’ I was practically a mime. And now my son invests in the stock market along with me, turns a profit and is working on a degree in finance. His language and reading skills are phenomenal. I tell you this because it’s not too late for you to start helping your daughter.” It is not clear where — or if — Mr. Harper-Mercer had pursued such a degree. Little has been disclosed about his studies at Umpqua. In California, Mr. Harper-Mercer was enrolled at El Camino College from 2010 to 2012, but officials there would not confirm whether he obtained any degree or certification. Both son and mother moved to Oregon about two years ago; Mr. Mercer said he had not seen either of them since then. Neighbors in the apartment building here where the mother and son lived said that Mr. Harper-Mercer rarely strayed far. They would see him getting the mail or walking down the road to buy a soda at a market, but said he did not appear to have a job in Roseburg and stayed home most of the day.

Answer: The Art of the Deal

<hl> “Fact: Before my son was even born, I was reading out loud to him from Donald Trump’s ‘ The Art of the Deal ,’” she wrote. <hl> “And as for the ‘gesture effect,’ I was practically a mime. And now my son invests in the stock market along with me, turns a profit and is working on a degree in finance. His language and reading skills are phenomenal. I tell you this because it’s not too late for you to start helping your daughter.” It is not clear where — or if — Mr. Harper-Mercer had pursued such a degree. Little has been disclosed about his studies at Umpqua. In California, Mr. Harper-Mercer was enrolled at El Camino College from 2010 to 2012, but officials there would not confirm whether he obtained any degree or certification. Both son and mother moved to Oregon about two years ago; Mr. Mercer said he had not seen either of them since then. Neighbors in the apartment building here where the mother and son lived said that Mr. Harper-Mercer rarely strayed far. They would see him getting the mail or walking down the road to buy a soda at a market, but said he did not appear to have a job in Roseburg and stayed home most of the day.

“Fact: Before my son was even born, I was reading out loud to him from Donald Trump’s ‘<hl> The Art of the Deal <hl>,’” she wrote. “And as for the ‘gesture effect,’ I was practically a mime. And now my son invests in the stock market along with me, turns a profit and is working on a degree in finance. His language and reading skills are phenomenal. I tell you this because it’s not too late for you to start helping your daughter.” It is not clear where — or if — Mr. Harper-Mercer had pursued such a degree. Little has been disclosed about his studies at Umpqua. In California, Mr. Harper-Mercer was enrolled at El Camino College from 2010 to 2012, but officials there would not confirm whether he obtained any degree or certification. Both son and mother moved to Oregon about two years ago; Mr. Mercer said he had not seen either of them since then. Neighbors in the apartment building here where the mother and son lived said that Mr. Harper-Mercer rarely strayed far. They would see him getting the mail or walking down the road to buy a soda at a market, but said he did not appear to have a job in Roseburg and stayed home most of the day.

“Fact: Before my son was even born, I was reading out loud to him from Donald Trump’s ‘ <hl> The Art of the Deal <hl> ,’” she wrote.


Question: Ludewig says development and politics in the city should be like what?

“Urban development and politics here should be like music in the city, where you have both the Philharmonic and nightclubs like Berghain,” Mr. Ludewig argued. “We should have Museum Island and also the Flussbad to show we’re still a city where crazy ideas can become reality.” Opponents of the Flussbad fume about the prospect of bikini-clad bathers despoiling a noble site. But the real embarrassment is the dirty canal. Architectural preservationists fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who conceived the museum quarter. But the walls have been rebuilt untold times over the years, and a mess of lights, moorings and signs have been stuck onto them. They are hardly inviolable.

Answer: music

<hl> “Urban development and politics here should be like music in the city, where you have both the Philharmonic and nightclubs like Berghain <hl> ,” Mr. Ludewig argued. “We should have Museum Island and also the Flussbad to show we’re still a city where crazy ideas can become reality.” Opponents of the Flussbad fume about the prospect of bikini-clad bathers despoiling a noble site. But the real embarrassment is the dirty canal. Architectural preservationists fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who conceived the museum quarter. But the walls have been rebuilt untold times over the years, and a mess of lights, moorings and signs have been stuck onto them. They are hardly inviolable.

“Urban development and politics here should be like <hl> music <hl> in the city, where you have both the Philharmonic and nightclubs like Berghain,” Mr. Ludewig argued. “We should have Museum Island and also the Flussbad to show we’re still a city where crazy ideas can become reality.” Opponents of the Flussbad fume about the prospect of bikini-clad bathers despoiling a noble site. But the real embarrassment is the dirty canal. Architectural preservationists fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who conceived the museum quarter. But the walls have been rebuilt untold times over the years, and a mess of lights, moorings and signs have been stuck onto them. They are hardly inviolable.


Question: If a investment manager fails to make suitable recommendations to their client, what could happen to the manager?

The Labor Department said on Monday that it would try to do something about that last problem. It has set to work on rules that would assign a “fiduciary duty” to investment managers who handle retirement savings accounts. That means that they would need to put their clients in suitable investment products, and could be sued if they didn’t.

Answer: could be sued

The Labor Department said on Monday that it would try to do something about that last problem. It has set to work on rules that would assign a “fiduciary duty” to investment managers who handle retirement savings accounts. <hl> That means that they would need to put their clients in suitable investment products, and could be sued if they didn’t. <hl>

The Labor Department said on Monday that it would try to do something about that last problem. It has set to work on rules that would assign a “fiduciary duty” to investment managers who handle retirement savings accounts. That means that they would need to put their clients in suitable investment products, and <hl> could be sued <hl> if they didn’t.


Question: What did Mr. Maduro tell supporters the moves are meant to do?

In an apparent response to the Obama administration’s recent decision to ban certain Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights violations from traveling to the United States, Mr. Maduro unveiled a no-fly list of his own, declaring former President George W. Bush; former Vice President Dick Cheney; and George Tenet, a former director of the C.I.A., personae non gratae. For good measure, Mr. Maduro warned that the American diplomats who remained in Venezuela must clear any meetings, presumably with anyone, with his government. The moves are meant to combat “imperialist aggression,” he told a throng of supporters on Saturday during a rambling, effusive speech.

Answer: The moves are meant to combat “imperialist aggression,” he told a throng of supporters

In an apparent response to the Obama administration’s recent decision to ban certain Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights violations from traveling to the United States, Mr. Maduro unveiled a no-fly list of his own, declaring former President George W. Bush; former Vice President Dick Cheney; and George Tenet, a former director of the C.I.A., personae non gratae. For good measure, Mr. Maduro warned that the American diplomats who remained in Venezuela must clear any meetings, presumably with anyone, with his government. <hl> The moves are meant to combat “imperialist aggression,” he told a throng of supporters on Saturday during a rambling, effusive speech. <hl>

In an apparent response to the Obama administration’s recent decision to ban certain Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights violations from traveling to the United States, Mr. Maduro unveiled a no-fly list of his own, declaring former President George W. Bush; former Vice President Dick Cheney; and George Tenet, a former director of the C.I.A., personae non gratae. For good measure, Mr. Maduro warned that the American diplomats who remained in Venezuela must clear any meetings, presumably with anyone, with his government. <hl> The moves are meant to combat “imperialist aggression,” he told a throng of supporters <hl> on Saturday during a rambling, effusive speech.


Question: What is the DEA waiting for before they comment to the press?

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling.

Answer: Mueller’s written ruling

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” <hl> A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling . <hl>

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge <hl> Mueller’s written ruling <hl>.

A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge <hl> Mueller’s written ruling <hl> .


Question: Which country is now the leader for Tupperware sales?

Once a fixture in middle-class American kitchens, Tupperware has become a bit of an afterthought in its home country even as its popularity has risen abroad. (Germany was the top marketplace until Indonesia slid past it two years ago.) Indonesia is, in many ways, in Tupperware’s sweet spot. As the economy has taken off in recent years, an expanding middle class now has more disposable income for containers of all shapes and sizes that are sturdier than those found in local markets. And, as in 1960s America, many women stay at home to keep house and raise their children, creating a captive audience for parties run by saleswomen who have begun to sidle past conservative social mores and into the work force.

Answer: Indonesia

Once a fixture in middle-class American kitchens, Tupperware has become a bit of an afterthought in its home country even as its popularity has risen abroad. <hl> (Germany was the top marketplace until Indonesia slid past it two years ago.) <hl> Indonesia is, in many ways, in Tupperware’s sweet spot. As the economy has taken off in recent years, an expanding middle class now has more disposable income for containers of all shapes and sizes that are sturdier than those found in local markets. And, as in 1960s America, many women stay at home to keep house and raise their children, creating a captive audience for parties run by saleswomen who have begun to sidle past conservative social mores and into the work force.

Once a fixture in middle-class American kitchens, Tupperware has become a bit of an afterthought in its home country even as its popularity has risen abroad. (Germany was the top marketplace until <hl> Indonesia <hl> slid past it two years ago.) Indonesia is, in many ways, in Tupperware’s sweet spot. As the economy has taken off in recent years, an expanding middle class now has more disposable income for containers of all shapes and sizes that are sturdier than those found in local markets. And, as in 1960s America, many women stay at home to keep house and raise their children, creating a captive audience for parties run by saleswomen who have begun to sidle past conservative social mores and into the work force.


Question: who plans to introduce a bill that would lower the voting age in their state?

Efforts to lower the voting age have drawn scattered support at the state and local levels across the country. State Representative Javier Martínez, a Democrat in New Mexico, plans to introduce a bill in January that would lower the voting age to 16 in school board elections. Charles Allen, a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, introduced legislation last month that would give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in local and federal elections. To become law, the measure would require a majority of the district’s 13 council members to support it, and for Congress and the president not to overturn it. Joseph Jackson, 17, a member of the youth council in Richmond, Calif., is working on a draft bill that would lower the voting age in his city’s local elections. He and other teenagers said they already have a lot of responsibility because they can drive, work, pay taxes and be tried in adult court for some offenses. “No taxation without representation is what comes to mind,” Mr. Jackson said.

Answer: State Representative Javier Martínez

Efforts to lower the voting age have drawn scattered support at the state and local levels across the country. <hl> State Representative Javier Martínez , a Democrat in New Mexico, plans to introduce a bill in January that would lower the voting age to 16 in school board elections. <hl> Charles Allen, a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, introduced legislation last month that would give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in local and federal elections. To become law, the measure would require a majority of the district’s 13 council members to support it, and for Congress and the president not to overturn it. Joseph Jackson, 17, a member of the youth council in Richmond, Calif., is working on a draft bill that would lower the voting age in his city’s local elections. He and other teenagers said they already have a lot of responsibility because they can drive, work, pay taxes and be tried in adult court for some offenses. “No taxation without representation is what comes to mind,” Mr. Jackson said.

Efforts to lower the voting age have drawn scattered support at the state and local levels across the country. <hl> State Representative Javier Martínez <hl>, a Democrat in New Mexico, plans to introduce a bill in January that would lower the voting age to 16 in school board elections. Charles Allen, a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, introduced legislation last month that would give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in local and federal elections. To become law, the measure would require a majority of the district’s 13 council members to support it, and for Congress and the president not to overturn it. Joseph Jackson, 17, a member of the youth council in Richmond, Calif., is working on a draft bill that would lower the voting age in his city’s local elections. He and other teenagers said they already have a lot of responsibility because they can drive, work, pay taxes and be tried in adult court for some offenses. “No taxation without representation is what comes to mind,” Mr. Jackson said.

<hl> State Representative Javier Martínez <hl> , a Democrat in New Mexico, plans to introduce a bill in January that would lower the voting age to 16 in school board elections.


Question: Who authored the book Great Yorkshire Beer?

“Everybody in the know drinks halves,” said Leigh Linley, author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass, instead of the more traditional imperial pint. “With the amount of choice we have in Yorkshire, it is perfectly acceptable to drink halves and treat each night out as a giant beer festival.” Indeed, I’d heard for years about the pleasures of Yorkshire beer, starting with storied ale breweries like Samuel Smith’s, founded in 1758, and Timothy Taylor, founded a century later. In addition to traditional English ales, the county is also home to up-and-coming craft breweries that produce more modern styles, as well as some of Britain’s ’s most beloved pubs and bars. Armed with Mr. Linley’s book, I decided to take a six-day trip across much of West, South and North Yorkshire this spring, and soak up a sense of this northern English county and its renowned beer culture.

Answer: Leigh Linley

<hl> “Everybody in the know drinks halves,” said Leigh Linley , author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass, instead of the more traditional imperial pint. <hl> “With the amount of choice we have in Yorkshire, it is perfectly acceptable to drink halves and treat each night out as a giant beer festival.” Indeed, I’d heard for years about the pleasures of Yorkshire beer, starting with storied ale breweries like Samuel Smith’s, founded in 1758, and Timothy Taylor, founded a century later. In addition to traditional English ales, the county is also home to up-and-coming craft breweries that produce more modern styles, as well as some of Britain’s ’s most beloved pubs and bars. Armed with Mr. Linley’s book, I decided to take a six-day trip across much of West, South and North Yorkshire this spring, and soak up a sense of this northern English county and its renowned beer culture.

“Everybody in the know drinks halves,” said <hl> Leigh Linley <hl>, author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass, instead of the more traditional imperial pint. “With the amount of choice we have in Yorkshire, it is perfectly acceptable to drink halves and treat each night out as a giant beer festival.” Indeed, I’d heard for years about the pleasures of Yorkshire beer, starting with storied ale breweries like Samuel Smith’s, founded in 1758, and Timothy Taylor, founded a century later. In addition to traditional English ales, the county is also home to up-and-coming craft breweries that produce more modern styles, as well as some of Britain’s ’s most beloved pubs and bars. Armed with Mr. Linley’s book, I decided to take a six-day trip across much of West, South and North Yorkshire this spring, and soak up a sense of this northern English county and its renowned beer culture.

“Everybody in the know drinks halves,” said <hl> Leigh Linley <hl> , author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass, instead of the more traditional imperial pint.


Question: Who were referred to as little green men?

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

Answer: Russian soldiers

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” <hl> “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” <hl> The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the <hl> Russian soldiers <hl> who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.


Question: Thomas stated that he would appeal, did he ever do so?

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

Answer: He did not

“I will appeal.” He did not .

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

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


Question: Is the phenomenon "anchor babies" a real thing?

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

Answer: is real

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

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

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


Question: Who argue against stairwells cut into the canal's retaining walls?

Answer: Architectural preservationists

“Urban development and politics here should be like music in the city, where you have both the Philharmonic and nightclubs like Berghain,” Mr. Ludewig argued. “We should have Museum Island and also the Flussbad to show we’re still a city where crazy ideas can become reality.” Opponents of the Flussbad fume about the prospect of bikini-clad bathers despoiling a noble site. But the real embarrassment is the dirty canal. <hl> Architectural preservationists fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who conceived the museum quarter. <hl> But the walls have been rebuilt untold times over the years, and a mess of lights, moorings and signs have been stuck onto them. They are hardly inviolable.

“Urban development and politics here should be like music in the city, where you have both the Philharmonic and nightclubs like Berghain,” Mr. Ludewig argued. “We should have Museum Island and also the Flussbad to show we’re still a city where crazy ideas can become reality.” Opponents of the Flussbad fume about the prospect of bikini-clad bathers despoiling a noble site. But the real embarrassment is the dirty canal. <hl> Architectural preservationists <hl> fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who conceived the museum quarter. But the walls have been rebuilt untold times over the years, and a mess of lights, moorings and signs have been stuck onto them. They are hardly inviolable.


Question: Which candidate does May have concerns about when it comes to Putin?

“I like Ben Carson because he’s not government, and I’m tired of government,” said Doug May, 70, a retired chief information officer in Bluffton, S.C. Mr. May added, referring to the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin: “What worries me the most about Donald Trump is what he would do if put into a situation where he is sitting down with Putin. With his mouth, I have no idea what he would say to people.” Democratic voters seem more enthusiastic about Mrs. Clinton as the party’s possible nominee than Republicans do about Mr. Trump. Forty-eight percent of Democrats said they would support her enthusiastically, and 35 percent of Republicans said the same of Mr. Trump.

Answer: Donald Trump

“I like Ben Carson because he’s not government, and I’m tired of government,” said Doug May, 70, a retired chief information officer in Bluffton, S.C. <hl> Mr. May added, referring to the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin: “What worries me the most about Donald Trump is what he would do if put into a situation where he is sitting down with Putin. <hl> With his mouth, I have no idea what he would say to people.” Democratic voters seem more enthusiastic about Mrs. Clinton as the party’s possible nominee than Republicans do about Mr. Trump. Forty-eight percent of Democrats said they would support her enthusiastically, and 35 percent of Republicans said the same of Mr. Trump.

“I like Ben Carson because he’s not government, and I’m tired of government,” said Doug May, 70, a retired chief information officer in Bluffton, S.C. Mr. May added, referring to the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin: “What worries me the most about <hl> Donald Trump <hl> is what he would do if put into a situation where he is sitting down with Putin. With his mouth, I have no idea what he would say to people.” Democratic voters seem more enthusiastic about Mrs. Clinton as the party’s possible nominee than Republicans do about Mr. Trump. Forty-eight percent of Democrats said they would support her enthusiastically, and 35 percent of Republicans said the same of Mr. Trump.


Question: What two individuals are to be married Sunday evening?

Cheryl Yvette Dawson and Madifing Kaba are to be married Sunday evening at the Alger House, an event space in Manhattan. The Rev. Jill Flowers, who was ordained by the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, is to officiate. Mrs. Kaba, 33, works in Manhattan as a senior manager specializing in small-merchants pricing strategy for American Express. She graduated from Duke and received an M.B.A. from Columbia. She is a daughter of Annette I. Dawson and Michael Dawson of Hollis, Queens. The bride’s father retired as a mechanic who worked on trains for Metro-North in Manhattan. Her mother retired as an executive assistant at the Manhattan law firm Sidley Austin. Mr. Kaba, 42, is a management consultant in the banking and capital markets advisory group of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manhattan. He graduated from the University of Illinois and received an M.B.A. and a master's in public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Answer: Cheryl Yvette Dawson and Madifing Kaba

<hl> Cheryl Yvette Dawson and Madifing Kaba are to be married Sunday evening at the Alger House, an event space in Manhattan. <hl> The Rev. Jill Flowers, who was ordained by the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, is to officiate. Mrs. Kaba, 33, works in Manhattan as a senior manager specializing in small-merchants pricing strategy for American Express. She graduated from Duke and received an M.B.A. from Columbia. She is a daughter of Annette I. Dawson and Michael Dawson of Hollis, Queens. The bride’s father retired as a mechanic who worked on trains for Metro-North in Manhattan. Her mother retired as an executive assistant at the Manhattan law firm Sidley Austin. Mr. Kaba, 42, is a management consultant in the banking and capital markets advisory group of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manhattan. He graduated from the University of Illinois and received an M.B.A. and a master's in public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

<hl> Cheryl Yvette Dawson and Madifing Kaba <hl> are to be married Sunday evening at the Alger House, an event space in Manhattan. The Rev. Jill Flowers, who was ordained by the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, is to officiate. Mrs. Kaba, 33, works in Manhattan as a senior manager specializing in small-merchants pricing strategy for American Express. She graduated from Duke and received an M.B.A. from Columbia. She is a daughter of Annette I. Dawson and Michael Dawson of Hollis, Queens. The bride’s father retired as a mechanic who worked on trains for Metro-North in Manhattan. Her mother retired as an executive assistant at the Manhattan law firm Sidley Austin. Mr. Kaba, 42, is a management consultant in the banking and capital markets advisory group of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manhattan. He graduated from the University of Illinois and received an M.B.A. and a master's in public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.


Question: Who curated the photo book?

The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.

Answer: DJ Ross One

<hl> The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. <hl> All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.

The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by <hl> DJ Ross One <hl> documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity. All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways: Some emphasize logos, others favor slogans or let photos do the talking; a rare few let artists have their way.


Question: Where are the misstated 5.5 million actually located?

An article on Wednesday about a vote by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to change its definition of marriage to include same-sex marriage misstated the membership of the United Methodist Church. It is 12.8 million worldwide — not 5.5 million, which is the number outside the United States.

Answer: the number outside the United States.

An article on Wednesday about a vote by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to change its definition of marriage to include same-sex marriage misstated the membership of the United Methodist Church. <hl> It is 12.8 million worldwide — not 5.5 million, which is the number outside the United States. <hl>

An article on Wednesday about a vote by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to change its definition of marriage to include same-sex marriage misstated the membership of the United Methodist Church. It is 12.8 million worldwide — not 5.5 million, which is <hl> the number outside the United States. <hl>


Question: Who edited "Backward Ran Sentences?"

Parody ages fast, as its targets drop from public view. So do reviews of long-forgotten plays and movies. Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater. Dour, melancholic, he was considered impossible to please. He committed offenses against basic fairness by showing up drunk to performances or leaving well before they ended. The reviews he wrote are undeniably droll. Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by Thomas Vinciguerra. Page after page of lively, witty, lean prose demonstrates why Gibbs was so appealing to readers. He took down pretensions and uncannily mimicked the great voices of his era. His critique of film reviewers’ lazy vocabulary (“luminous,” “taut,” “haunting”) still stands as a rebuke today (and can equally be applied to book reviewers). Gibbs did in fact respond to quality in the theater, writing at least partial appreciations of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Death of a Salesman” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” although he despised “Waiting for Godot.” While his praise was far rarer than his condemnation, one can’t help feeling affection for a critic who sent the following form reply to readers who wrote in to quarrel with his views: “Dear Sir [or Madam]: You may be right. Sincerely, Wolcott Gibbs.”

Answer: Thomas Vinciguerra

Parody ages fast, as its targets drop from public view. So do reviews of long-forgotten plays and movies. Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater. Dour, melancholic, he was considered impossible to please. He committed offenses against basic fairness by showing up drunk to performances or leaving well before they ended. The reviews he wrote are undeniably droll. <hl> Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by Thomas Vinciguerra . <hl> Page after page of lively, witty, lean prose demonstrates why Gibbs was so appealing to readers. He took down pretensions and uncannily mimicked the great voices of his era. His critique of film reviewers’ lazy vocabulary (“luminous,” “taut,” “haunting”) still stands as a rebuke today (and can equally be applied to book reviewers). Gibbs did in fact respond to quality in the theater, writing at least partial appreciations of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Death of a Salesman” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” although he despised “Waiting for Godot.” While his praise was far rarer than his condemnation, one can’t help feeling affection for a critic who sent the following form reply to readers who wrote in to quarrel with his views: “Dear Sir [or Madam]: You may be right. Sincerely, Wolcott Gibbs.”

Parody ages fast, as its targets drop from public view. So do reviews of long-forgotten plays and movies. Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater. Dour, melancholic, he was considered impossible to please. He committed offenses against basic fairness by showing up drunk to performances or leaving well before they ended. The reviews he wrote are undeniably droll. Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by <hl> Thomas Vinciguerra <hl>. Page after page of lively, witty, lean prose demonstrates why Gibbs was so appealing to readers. He took down pretensions and uncannily mimicked the great voices of his era. His critique of film reviewers’ lazy vocabulary (“luminous,” “taut,” “haunting”) still stands as a rebuke today (and can equally be applied to book reviewers). Gibbs did in fact respond to quality in the theater, writing at least partial appreciations of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Death of a Salesman” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” although he despised “Waiting for Godot.” While his praise was far rarer than his condemnation, one can’t help feeling affection for a critic who sent the following form reply to readers who wrote in to quarrel with his views: “Dear Sir [or Madam]: You may be right. Sincerely, Wolcott Gibbs.”

Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by <hl> Thomas Vinciguerra <hl> .