Question: What type of art does Yazan Halwani combine?

The exhibition looks at this evolution, and then the vital role that music played in the Arab Spring. On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on Jan. 6. But despite the government’s attempt to make his music disappear, El Général’s song quickly became the anthem of the Arab Spring. Toward the end of “Hip-Hop, From the Bronx to the Arab Street,” visitors get a chance to view an exclusive sampling of art works made by international graffiti artists. The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines Arabic calligraphy and graffiti, finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one. It’s another reminder of hip-hop as a cultural form and its role as a platform for artists to spread political and social messages.

Answer: Arabic calligraphy and graffiti

The exhibition looks at this evolution, and then the vital role that music played in the Arab Spring. On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on Jan. 6. But despite the government’s attempt to make his music disappear, El Général’s song quickly became the anthem of the Arab Spring. Toward the end of “Hip-Hop, From the Bronx to the Arab Street,” visitors get a chance to view an exclusive sampling of art works made by international graffiti artists. <hl> The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines Arabic calligraphy and graffiti , finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one. <hl> It’s another reminder of hip-hop as a cultural form and its role as a platform for artists to spread political and social messages.

The exhibition looks at this evolution, and then the vital role that music played in the Arab Spring. On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on Jan. 6. But despite the government’s attempt to make his music disappear, El Général’s song quickly became the anthem of the Arab Spring. Toward the end of “Hip-Hop, From the Bronx to the Arab Street,” visitors get a chance to view an exclusive sampling of art works made by international graffiti artists. The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines <hl> Arabic calligraphy and graffiti <hl>, finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one. It’s another reminder of hip-hop as a cultural form and its role as a platform for artists to spread political and social messages.

The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines <hl> Arabic calligraphy and graffiti <hl> , finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one.


Question: What is structurally changing?

Today, Ms. Post said, “Websites and magazines portray a far more accurate, more realistic reflection of what’s expected from us behaviorally at a wedding, and therefore people are acting better. Most people really want to get it right.” The way parties are structured is also changing. Today’s festivities start with the welcome party, which morphs into the ceremony the following evening, which flows effortlessly into the four-hour postnuptial gala, followed by an after-party. Expect Sunday brunch to close the weekend.

Answer: parties

Today, Ms. Post said, “Websites and magazines portray a far more accurate, more realistic reflection of what’s expected from us behaviorally at a wedding, and therefore people are acting better. Most people really want to get it right.” <hl> The way parties are structured is also changing. <hl> Today’s festivities start with the welcome party, which morphs into the ceremony the following evening, which flows effortlessly into the four-hour postnuptial gala, followed by an after-party. Expect Sunday brunch to close the weekend.

Today, Ms. Post said, “Websites and magazines portray a far more accurate, more realistic reflection of what’s expected from us behaviorally at a wedding, and therefore people are acting better. Most people really want to get it right.” The way <hl> parties <hl> are structured is also changing. Today’s festivities start with the welcome party, which morphs into the ceremony the following evening, which flows effortlessly into the four-hour postnuptial gala, followed by an after-party. Expect Sunday brunch to close the weekend.


Question: According to Laurence D. Fink, what kind of environment do we live in?

“We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money,” said Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors. “We are their agents, and we are investing money for them.” Still, Hyun Song Shin, a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.

Answer: low rate environment

<hl> “We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money <hl> ,” said Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors. “We are their agents, and we are investing money for them.” Still, Hyun Song Shin, a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.

“We live in a <hl> low rate environment <hl> in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money,” said Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors. “We are their agents, and we are investing money for them.” Still, Hyun Song Shin, a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.


Question: Did Dayton beat the Broncos?

It was an ugly game — the teams combined for three baskets in the first 11 minutes of play — that eventually gave way to something of an encore for the Dayton fans who had watched their team rally to beat the Broncos on Wednesday. As time ticked off the clock, their cheers boomed off the rafters of the arena. At the beginning of the second half, when the game was tightly contested, the sophomore guard Kyle Davis picked off an inbounds pass, raced downcourt and laid the ball in the basket. The play fueled a rally that gave Dayton its second win in three days. The Flyers will play third-seeded Oklahoma on Sunday evening in the round of 32.

Answer: beat the Broncos

<hl> It was an ugly game — the teams combined for three baskets in the first 11 minutes of play — that eventually gave way to something of an encore for the Dayton fans who had watched their team rally to beat the Broncos on Wednesday. <hl> As time ticked off the clock, their cheers boomed off the rafters of the arena. At the beginning of the second half, when the game was tightly contested, the sophomore guard Kyle Davis picked off an inbounds pass, raced downcourt and laid the ball in the basket. The play fueled a rally that gave Dayton its second win in three days. The Flyers will play third-seeded Oklahoma on Sunday evening in the round of 32.

It was an ugly game — the teams combined for three baskets in the first 11 minutes of play — that eventually gave way to something of an encore for the Dayton fans who had watched their team rally to <hl> beat the Broncos <hl> on Wednesday. As time ticked off the clock, their cheers boomed off the rafters of the arena. At the beginning of the second half, when the game was tightly contested, the sophomore guard Kyle Davis picked off an inbounds pass, raced downcourt and laid the ball in the basket. The play fueled a rally that gave Dayton its second win in three days. The Flyers will play third-seeded Oklahoma on Sunday evening in the round of 32.


Question: In which color the actually said word was written ?

As my deafness increases, I am more and more prone to mishearing what people say, though this is quite unpredictable; it may happen 20 times, or not at all, in the course of a day. I carefully record these in a little red notebook labeled “PARACUSES” — aberrations in hearing, especially mishearings. I enter what I hear (in red) on one page, what was actually said (in green) on the opposite page, and (in purple) people’s reactions to my mishearings, and the often far-fetched hypotheses I may entertain in an attempt to make sense of what is often essentially nonsensical. After the publication of Freud’s “Psychopathology of Everyday Life” in 1901, such mishearings, along with a range of misreadings, misspeakings, misdoings and slips of the tongue were seen as “Freudian,” an expression of deeply repressed feelings and conflicts.

Answer: green

As my deafness increases, I am more and more prone to mishearing what people say, though this is quite unpredictable; it may happen 20 times, or not at all, in the course of a day. I carefully record these in a little red notebook labeled “PARACUSES” — aberrations in hearing, especially mishearings. <hl> I enter what I hear (in red) on one page, what was actually said (in green ) on the opposite page, and (in purple) people’s reactions to my mishearings, and the often far-fetched hypotheses I may entertain in an attempt to make sense of what is often essentially nonsensical. <hl> After the publication of Freud’s “Psychopathology of Everyday Life” in 1901, such mishearings, along with a range of misreadings, misspeakings, misdoings and slips of the tongue were seen as “Freudian,” an expression of deeply repressed feelings and conflicts.

As my deafness increases, I am more and more prone to mishearing what people say, though this is quite unpredictable; it may happen 20 times, or not at all, in the course of a day. I carefully record these in a little red notebook labeled “PARACUSES” — aberrations in hearing, especially mishearings. I enter what I hear (in red) on one page, what was actually said (in <hl> green <hl>) on the opposite page, and (in purple) people’s reactions to my mishearings, and the often far-fetched hypotheses I may entertain in an attempt to make sense of what is often essentially nonsensical. After the publication of Freud’s “Psychopathology of Everyday Life” in 1901, such mishearings, along with a range of misreadings, misspeakings, misdoings and slips of the tongue were seen as “Freudian,” an expression of deeply repressed feelings and conflicts.

I enter what I hear (in red) on one page, what was actually said (in <hl> green <hl> ) on the opposite page, and (in purple) people’s reactions to my mishearings, and the often far-fetched hypotheses I may entertain in an attempt to make sense of what is often essentially nonsensical.


Question: The cop that recognized Youseff's voice formerly held which occupation?

“You needed a lot of improbable factors aligned for this case to begin,” Mr. Dallagnol said, sitting at a conference table one afternoon. “It was like the gods giving us a window of opportunity.” In 2012, the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station. (This undistinguished institution once housed a carwash, since closed, which gave the investigation its name.) An officer on a wiretapped conversation realized that he was listening to Alberto Youssef. “Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an air traffic controller,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer. “And the cop, he said to himself, ‘I know this guy.’ Pretty soon, they were tapping Youssef’s cellphone.”

Answer: air traffic controller

“You needed a lot of improbable factors aligned for this case to begin,” Mr. Dallagnol said, sitting at a conference table one afternoon. “It was like the gods giving us a window of opportunity.” In 2012, the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station. (This undistinguished institution once housed a carwash, since closed, which gave the investigation its name.) An officer on a wiretapped conversation realized that he was listening to Alberto Youssef. <hl> “Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an air traffic controller ,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer. <hl> “And the cop, he said to himself, ‘I know this guy.’ Pretty soon, they were tapping Youssef’s cellphone.”

“You needed a lot of improbable factors aligned for this case to begin,” Mr. Dallagnol said, sitting at a conference table one afternoon. “It was like the gods giving us a window of opportunity.” In 2012, the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station. (This undistinguished institution once housed a carwash, since closed, which gave the investigation its name.) An officer on a wiretapped conversation realized that he was listening to Alberto Youssef. “Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an <hl> air traffic controller <hl>,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer. “And the cop, he said to himself, ‘I know this guy.’ Pretty soon, they were tapping Youssef’s cellphone.”

“Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an <hl> air traffic controller <hl> ,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer.


Question: What do patents offer to drug companies?

Profits made during their period of market exclusivity are, in large part, why new drugs exist, though an argument could be made that the rewards far outstrip development costs. Nevertheless, few companies will sink hundreds of millions of dollars into even a potentially lifesaving idea without the promise of a return on investment, nor should we reasonably expect them to. That’s why we provide patents for good ideas (and, yes, some not-so-good ideas, too). Except sometimes we don’t. By law, patents can be denied for ideas that may be good, but are not novel or are obvious. This sounds completely sensible, until you think through the consequences. It means that even potentially great drugs might not come to market because they were disclosed in the past — so they’re now not novel — or because they are a natural extension of existing knowledge — so they’re now obvious.

Answer: return on investment

Profits made during their period of market exclusivity are, in large part, why new drugs exist, though an argument could be made that the rewards far outstrip development costs. <hl> Nevertheless, few companies will sink hundreds of millions of dollars into even a potentially lifesaving idea without the promise of a return on investment , nor should we reasonably expect them to. <hl> That’s why we provide patents for good ideas (and, yes, some not-so-good ideas, too). Except sometimes we don’t. By law, patents can be denied for ideas that may be good, but are not novel or are obvious. This sounds completely sensible, until you think through the consequences. It means that even potentially great drugs might not come to market because they were disclosed in the past — so they’re now not novel — or because they are a natural extension of existing knowledge — so they’re now obvious.

Profits made during their period of market exclusivity are, in large part, why new drugs exist, though an argument could be made that the rewards far outstrip development costs. Nevertheless, few companies will sink hundreds of millions of dollars into even a potentially lifesaving idea without the promise of a <hl> return on investment <hl>, nor should we reasonably expect them to. That’s why we provide patents for good ideas (and, yes, some not-so-good ideas, too). Except sometimes we don’t. By law, patents can be denied for ideas that may be good, but are not novel or are obvious. This sounds completely sensible, until you think through the consequences. It means that even potentially great drugs might not come to market because they were disclosed in the past — so they’re now not novel — or because they are a natural extension of existing knowledge — so they’re now obvious.

Nevertheless, few companies will sink hundreds of millions of dollars into even a potentially lifesaving idea without the promise of a <hl> return on investment <hl> , nor should we reasonably expect them to.


Question: Who is Tallulah's mother?

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

Answer: Melle Powers

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

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

But Tallulah and her mother, <hl> Melle Powers <hl> , an actress and teacher, had a better idea: taking an imaginary trip back to the Caribbean resort where they vacationed last week, making pretend sand castles on their small living room floor.


Question: Who missed ways in which Microsoft was vulnerable?

As powerful as Microsoft looked at the time, officials missed ways in which it was vulnerable. For starters, they didn’t anticipate the rise of mobile devices. The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers. In fact, within a few years, unexpected rivals began making such substitutes. In 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and soon after, Google released the Android operating system, which Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers used to take the smartphone global and mainstream.

Answer: officials

<hl> As powerful as Microsoft looked at the time, officials missed ways in which it was vulnerable. <hl> For starters, they didn’t anticipate the rise of mobile devices. The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers. In fact, within a few years, unexpected rivals began making such substitutes. In 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and soon after, Google released the Android operating system, which Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers used to take the smartphone global and mainstream.

As powerful as Microsoft looked at the time, <hl> officials <hl> missed ways in which it was vulnerable. For starters, they didn’t anticipate the rise of mobile devices. The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers. In fact, within a few years, unexpected rivals began making such substitutes. In 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and soon after, Google released the Android operating system, which Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers used to take the smartphone global and mainstream.


Question: How much money did Huckabee ask of families?

On Tuesday, he deployed his affability in making a series of jabs at rivals that, in the mouth of another politician, could have seemed angry. He criticized candidates who deceive taxpayers and “live off the government payroll” while running for higher office — an elbow aimed at most of the current Republican field. “Have the integrity and decency to resign,” Mr. Huckabee said. One problem for his candidacy is likely to be money. Mr. Huckabee raised just over $16 million in 2008, and despite victories in eight nominating contests saw his campaign expire for lack of funds to advertise in major states like Florida. The rules of campaign finance have changed in the new “super PAC” era, when as few as one or two super-wealthy supporters can fund an outside, parallel campaign. But it is unclear whether Mr. Huckabee has yet attracted such support. Unusual for an announcement speech, Mr. Huckabee’s address on Tuesday included a plea for money, specifically donations of $15 or $25 a month. “I will ask you to give something in the name of your children and grandchildren,” he said.

Answer: $15 or $25 a month

On Tuesday, he deployed his affability in making a series of jabs at rivals that, in the mouth of another politician, could have seemed angry. He criticized candidates who deceive taxpayers and “live off the government payroll” while running for higher office — an elbow aimed at most of the current Republican field. “Have the integrity and decency to resign,” Mr. Huckabee said. One problem for his candidacy is likely to be money. Mr. Huckabee raised just over $16 million in 2008, and despite victories in eight nominating contests saw his campaign expire for lack of funds to advertise in major states like Florida. The rules of campaign finance have changed in the new “super PAC” era, when as few as one or two super-wealthy supporters can fund an outside, parallel campaign. But it is unclear whether Mr. Huckabee has yet attracted such support. <hl> Unusual for an announcement speech, Mr. Huckabee’s address on Tuesday included a plea for money, specifically donations of $15 or $25 a month . <hl> “I will ask you to give something in the name of your children and grandchildren,” he said.

On Tuesday, he deployed his affability in making a series of jabs at rivals that, in the mouth of another politician, could have seemed angry. He criticized candidates who deceive taxpayers and “live off the government payroll” while running for higher office — an elbow aimed at most of the current Republican field. “Have the integrity and decency to resign,” Mr. Huckabee said. One problem for his candidacy is likely to be money. Mr. Huckabee raised just over $16 million in 2008, and despite victories in eight nominating contests saw his campaign expire for lack of funds to advertise in major states like Florida. The rules of campaign finance have changed in the new “super PAC” era, when as few as one or two super-wealthy supporters can fund an outside, parallel campaign. But it is unclear whether Mr. Huckabee has yet attracted such support. Unusual for an announcement speech, Mr. Huckabee’s address on Tuesday included a plea for money, specifically donations of <hl> $15 or $25 a month <hl>. “I will ask you to give something in the name of your children and grandchildren,” he said.

Unusual for an announcement speech, Mr. Huckabee’s address on Tuesday included a plea for money, specifically donations of <hl> $15 or $25 a month <hl> .


Question: How is Ms. Basford?

There are, it seems, a lot of them. Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche, Ms. Basford, a 31-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label. Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for the preschool set. So Ms. Basford and her publisher were surprised to learn that there was a robust — and lucrative — market for coloring books aimed at grown-ups. When they first tested the waters with “Secret Garden” a year ago, they released a cautiously optimistic first printing of 16,000 books. “I thought my mom was going to have to buy a lot of copies,” Ms. Basford said. “When the sales started to take off, it was a real shock.”

Answer: 31

There are, it seems, a lot of them. <hl> Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche, Ms. Basford, a 31 -year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label. <hl> Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for the preschool set. So Ms. Basford and her publisher were surprised to learn that there was a robust — and lucrative — market for coloring books aimed at grown-ups. When they first tested the waters with “Secret Garden” a year ago, they released a cautiously optimistic first printing of 16,000 books. “I thought my mom was going to have to buy a lot of copies,” Ms. Basford said. “When the sales started to take off, it was a real shock.”

There are, it seems, a lot of them. Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche, Ms. Basford, a <hl> 31 <hl>-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label. Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for the preschool set. So Ms. Basford and her publisher were surprised to learn that there was a robust — and lucrative — market for coloring books aimed at grown-ups. When they first tested the waters with “Secret Garden” a year ago, they released a cautiously optimistic first printing of 16,000 books. “I thought my mom was going to have to buy a lot of copies,” Ms. Basford said. “When the sales started to take off, it was a real shock.”

Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche, Ms. Basford, a <hl> 31 <hl> -year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label.


Question: At what time will the Golden Dragon Acrobats perform?

The Golden Dragon Acrobats (Saturday) Don’t expect ordinary handsprings and somersaults. This troupe from China specializes in the extreme, like balancing on one hand on a stack of chairs or doing ballet moves while perched on another person’s shoulders. The show also offers music, dance and traditional costumes. At 2 p.m., Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 718-951-4500, brooklyncenter.org.

Answer: 2 p.m.

The Golden Dragon Acrobats (Saturday) Don’t expect ordinary handsprings and somersaults. This troupe from China specializes in the extreme, like balancing on one hand on a stack of chairs or doing ballet moves while perched on another person’s shoulders. The show also offers music, dance and traditional costumes. <hl> At 2 p.m. , Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 718-951-4500, brooklyncenter.org. <hl>

The Golden Dragon Acrobats (Saturday) Don’t expect ordinary handsprings and somersaults. This troupe from China specializes in the extreme, like balancing on one hand on a stack of chairs or doing ballet moves while perched on another person’s shoulders. The show also offers music, dance and traditional costumes. At <hl> 2 p.m. <hl>, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 718-951-4500, brooklyncenter.org.

At <hl> 2 p.m. <hl> , Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 718-951-4500, brooklyncenter.org.


Question: what was the percent of the neighborhood was hispanic in 2009-2013?

The boundaries of the neighborhood, which is about 0.6 square mile, are roughly Flushing Avenue to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the south, Vanderbilt Avenue to the west and Classon Avenue to the east. The United States Census Bureau’s 2009-2013 American Community Survey estimated the population as 39 percent white, 36 percent black, 16 percent Hispanic and 5 percent Asian. The 2010 census showed a 149 percent increase in the white population over 2000 and a decline of 29 percent in the number of blacks. The architecture is a mix of wood-frame houses predating the Civil War, Italianate mansions, carriage houses, brownstones, midrise apartment buildings and three- to five-story brick rowhouses. Some are scrupulously restored while others are shedding paint. Here and there, a featureless tower pierces the sky. Pratt Institute is the neighborhood’s centerpiece, its greensward campus’s brick pathways braiding through a sculpture garden.

Answer: 16

The boundaries of the neighborhood, which is about 0.6 square mile, are roughly Flushing Avenue to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the south, Vanderbilt Avenue to the west and Classon Avenue to the east. <hl> The United States Census Bureau’s 2009-2013 American Community Survey estimated the population as 39 percent white, 36 percent black, 16 percent Hispanic and 5 percent Asian. <hl> The 2010 census showed a 149 percent increase in the white population over 2000 and a decline of 29 percent in the number of blacks. The architecture is a mix of wood-frame houses predating the Civil War, Italianate mansions, carriage houses, brownstones, midrise apartment buildings and three- to five-story brick rowhouses. Some are scrupulously restored while others are shedding paint. Here and there, a featureless tower pierces the sky. Pratt Institute is the neighborhood’s centerpiece, its greensward campus’s brick pathways braiding through a sculpture garden.

The boundaries of the neighborhood, which is about 0.6 square mile, are roughly Flushing Avenue to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the south, Vanderbilt Avenue to the west and Classon Avenue to the east. The United States Census Bureau’s 2009-2013 American Community Survey estimated the population as 39 percent white, 36 percent black, <hl> 16 <hl> percent Hispanic and 5 percent Asian. The 2010 census showed a 149 percent increase in the white population over 2000 and a decline of 29 percent in the number of blacks. The architecture is a mix of wood-frame houses predating the Civil War, Italianate mansions, carriage houses, brownstones, midrise apartment buildings and three- to five-story brick rowhouses. Some are scrupulously restored while others are shedding paint. Here and there, a featureless tower pierces the sky. Pratt Institute is the neighborhood’s centerpiece, its greensward campus’s brick pathways braiding through a sculpture garden.


Question: What type of play was read by Butler?

It made all the difference. Butler, a reserve cornerback and undrafted rookie who was understandably convinced he would be the goat after Kearse had played pinball wizard at his expense, turned out to be quite the contrary. This was not by chance. He recognized an opportunity and made it happen, correctly reading the pick play and slant route the Seahawks were counting on and beating Ricardo Lockette to the ball as he and Lockette collided. It was the first interception of Butler’s N.F.L. career.

Answer: pick

It made all the difference. Butler, a reserve cornerback and undrafted rookie who was understandably convinced he would be the goat after Kearse had played pinball wizard at his expense, turned out to be quite the contrary. This was not by chance. <hl> He recognized an opportunity and made it happen, correctly reading the pick play and slant route the Seahawks were counting on and beating Ricardo Lockette to the ball as he and Lockette collided. <hl> It was the first interception of Butler’s N.F.L. career.

It made all the difference. Butler, a reserve cornerback and undrafted rookie who was understandably convinced he would be the goat after Kearse had played pinball wizard at his expense, turned out to be quite the contrary. This was not by chance. He recognized an opportunity and made it happen, correctly reading the <hl> pick <hl> play and slant route the Seahawks were counting on and beating Ricardo Lockette to the ball as he and Lockette collided. It was the first interception of Butler’s N.F.L. career.


Question: Who was presenting evidence against two motorcyclists?

Answer: Prosecutors

<hl> Prosecutors presenting evidence against two motorcyclists accused of taking part in a gang assault on a young family have put a larger phenomenon on trial: wild motorcycle tours, organized on the Internet, that occasionally rip through New York City, with riders snarling traffic, doing stunts, running red lights and generally creating a nuisance. <hl>

<hl> Prosecutors <hl> presenting evidence against two motorcyclists accused of taking part in a gang assault on a young family have put a larger phenomenon on trial: wild motorcycle tours, organized on the Internet, that occasionally rip through New York City, with riders snarling traffic, doing stunts, running red lights and generally creating a nuisance.


Question: What office does Benjamin Netanyahu hold?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was a fascinating demonstration of political savvy — Israeli political savvy. Here he was in the center of the democratic universe with the guts to tell the United States that it was making a bad deal. To his political base at home, this must have looked heroic. At the same time he made the Republican side of the aisle react like a bunch of sixth graders cheering for Justin Bieber, since the net effect of the speech was to diminish the efforts by the administration to suppress Iran’s hunger for nuclear capacity and make President Obama look weak.

Answer: Prime Minister

<hl> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was a fascinating demonstration of political savvy — Israeli political savvy. <hl> Here he was in the center of the democratic universe with the guts to tell the United States that it was making a bad deal. To his political base at home, this must have looked heroic. At the same time he made the Republican side of the aisle react like a bunch of sixth graders cheering for Justin Bieber, since the net effect of the speech was to diminish the efforts by the administration to suppress Iran’s hunger for nuclear capacity and make President Obama look weak.

<hl> Prime Minister <hl> Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was a fascinating demonstration of political savvy — Israeli political savvy. Here he was in the center of the democratic universe with the guts to tell the United States that it was making a bad deal. To his political base at home, this must have looked heroic. At the same time he made the Republican side of the aisle react like a bunch of sixth graders cheering for Justin Bieber, since the net effect of the speech was to diminish the efforts by the administration to suppress Iran’s hunger for nuclear capacity and make President Obama look weak.


Question: Who is a guest on the "The Late Show"?

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

Answer: Secretary of State John Kerry

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. <hl> On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). <hl> • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, <hl> Secretary of State John Kerry <hl> is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.


Question: Who will direct the Ensemble Signal's performance of Ms. Clyne's chamber opera?

Ms. Clyne is at work on a chamber opera about the poet Emily Dickinson, parts of which will be performed at Miller by the Ensemble Signal under the direction of Brad Lubman. This time, Ms. Clyne used facsimiles of letters by Dickinson to jump-start the creative process, projecting her handwriting onto a wall and retracing the magnified letters with an indelible marker. The end product — fastidiously constructed compositions that typically carry a potent emotional charge — bears no traces of these playful beginnings, although Ms. Wolfe remembers Ms. Clyne turning in scores that were beautifully lettered and bound by hand. But there is a distinct sense of shape and momentum to her music that grows out of a creative process rooted in image and movement.

Answer: Brad Lubman

<hl> Ms. Clyne is at work on a chamber opera about the poet Emily Dickinson, parts of which will be performed at Miller by the Ensemble Signal under the direction of Brad Lubman . <hl> This time, Ms. Clyne used facsimiles of letters by Dickinson to jump-start the creative process, projecting her handwriting onto a wall and retracing the magnified letters with an indelible marker. The end product — fastidiously constructed compositions that typically carry a potent emotional charge — bears no traces of these playful beginnings, although Ms. Wolfe remembers Ms. Clyne turning in scores that were beautifully lettered and bound by hand. But there is a distinct sense of shape and momentum to her music that grows out of a creative process rooted in image and movement.

Ms. Clyne is at work on a chamber opera about the poet Emily Dickinson, parts of which will be performed at Miller by the Ensemble Signal under the direction of <hl> Brad Lubman <hl>. This time, Ms. Clyne used facsimiles of letters by Dickinson to jump-start the creative process, projecting her handwriting onto a wall and retracing the magnified letters with an indelible marker. The end product — fastidiously constructed compositions that typically carry a potent emotional charge — bears no traces of these playful beginnings, although Ms. Wolfe remembers Ms. Clyne turning in scores that were beautifully lettered and bound by hand. But there is a distinct sense of shape and momentum to her music that grows out of a creative process rooted in image and movement.

Ms. Clyne is at work on a chamber opera about the poet Emily Dickinson, parts of which will be performed at Miller by the Ensemble Signal under the direction of <hl> Brad Lubman <hl> .


Question: What job was recently added to Jeb Bush's team to help with his campaign?

Mr. Bush’s campaign, meanwhile, said its candidate is an effective fighter, citing his conservative record as governor of Florida, where he was the “first governor to break the back of the teachers’ union.” “Jeb has taken on the big fights and won, he will do the same as president,” said Tim Miller, the campaign’s communications director. “He twice won hard-fought elections taking on the national Democrat Party in the nation’s largest swing state.” Recently, Mr. Bush has hired a media coach, and has become more willing to take on his rivals, particularly Mr. Trump, dismissing him as “not a serious leader” and “unhinged.”

Answer: media coach

Mr. Bush’s campaign, meanwhile, said its candidate is an effective fighter, citing his conservative record as governor of Florida, where he was the “first governor to break the back of the teachers’ union.” “Jeb has taken on the big fights and won, he will do the same as president,” said Tim Miller, the campaign’s communications director. “He twice won hard-fought elections taking on the national Democrat Party in the nation’s largest swing state.” <hl> Recently, Mr. Bush has hired a media coach , and has become more willing to take on his rivals, particularly Mr. Trump, dismissing him as “not a serious leader” and “unhinged.” <hl>

Mr. Bush’s campaign, meanwhile, said its candidate is an effective fighter, citing his conservative record as governor of Florida, where he was the “first governor to break the back of the teachers’ union.” “Jeb has taken on the big fights and won, he will do the same as president,” said Tim Miller, the campaign’s communications director. “He twice won hard-fought elections taking on the national Democrat Party in the nation’s largest swing state.” Recently, Mr. Bush has hired a <hl> media coach <hl>, and has become more willing to take on his rivals, particularly Mr. Trump, dismissing him as “not a serious leader” and “unhinged.”

Recently, Mr. Bush has hired a <hl> media coach <hl> , and has become more willing to take on his rivals, particularly Mr. Trump, dismissing him as “not a serious leader” and “unhinged.”


Question: Slovenia has gone on the record blaming what country for abondoning migrants at the border?

Tensions have risen over the migrant crisis among the Balkan countries that once made up Yugoslavia. Slovenia has accused Croatia of dumping thousands of desperate people at random locations on the border and leaving them to find their own way across, while Croatia has complained that the European Union has failed to come up with a common strategy to cope with the crisis. European Union leaders met in Malta on Wednesday for their sixth meeting of the year on the issue. Slovenia’s decision to build the fence drew sharp criticism from humanitarian organizations and human rights activists. Last week, an open letter accused the government of failing the migrants by leaving them out in the open, hungry and cold, while the authorities registered them and processed them. Countries elsewhere in Europe have also been raising barriers against the continued flow of asylum seekers. Sweden imposed temporary border controls on Wednesday and called on the European Union to share the burden of dealing with the crisis more widely, Reuters reported.

Answer: Croatia

Tensions have risen over the migrant crisis among the Balkan countries that once made up Yugoslavia. <hl> Slovenia has accused Croatia of dumping thousands of desperate people at random locations on the border and leaving them to find their own way across, while Croatia has complained that the European Union has failed to come up with a common strategy to cope with the crisis. <hl> European Union leaders met in Malta on Wednesday for their sixth meeting of the year on the issue. Slovenia’s decision to build the fence drew sharp criticism from humanitarian organizations and human rights activists. Last week, an open letter accused the government of failing the migrants by leaving them out in the open, hungry and cold, while the authorities registered them and processed them. Countries elsewhere in Europe have also been raising barriers against the continued flow of asylum seekers. Sweden imposed temporary border controls on Wednesday and called on the European Union to share the burden of dealing with the crisis more widely, Reuters reported.

Tensions have risen over the migrant crisis among the Balkan countries that once made up Yugoslavia. Slovenia has accused <hl> Croatia <hl> of dumping thousands of desperate people at random locations on the border and leaving them to find their own way across, while Croatia has complained that the European Union has failed to come up with a common strategy to cope with the crisis. European Union leaders met in Malta on Wednesday for their sixth meeting of the year on the issue. Slovenia’s decision to build the fence drew sharp criticism from humanitarian organizations and human rights activists. Last week, an open letter accused the government of failing the migrants by leaving them out in the open, hungry and cold, while the authorities registered them and processed them. Countries elsewhere in Europe have also been raising barriers against the continued flow of asylum seekers. Sweden imposed temporary border controls on Wednesday and called on the European Union to share the burden of dealing with the crisis more widely, Reuters reported.


Question: Who is Lucious protege?

At a neon-drenched Leviticus, Lucious, still reeling from his estranged son’s pointed emasculation of his music production, coolly sends Hakeem a rap call-to-arms via his Gutter Life Records protégé, Freda Gatz. The missive’s brutally coy hook — “Daddy’s little girl / You’re just daddy’s little girl” — inflames Hakeem as much as it ennobles Gatz, who has been groomed into something between surrogate child and unknowing executor of the barely-hidden id of the man who killed her father in prison. It’s disconcerting, watching the one viable female artist in the Lyon universe take on Lucious’s paternal insecurity rather than the profound contours of her own life story. But despite the petty subject, Gatz’s expert interplay between high masculine and low feminine delivery invigorates the show’s sometimes dull man-child music landscape.

Answer: Freda Gatz.

<hl> At a neon-drenched Leviticus, Lucious, still reeling from his estranged son’s pointed emasculation of his music production, coolly sends Hakeem a rap call-to-arms via his Gutter Life Records protégé, Freda Gatz. The missive’s brutally coy hook — “Daddy’s little girl / You’re just daddy’s little girl” — inflames Hakeem as much as it ennobles Gatz, who has been groomed into something between surrogate child and unknowing executor of the barely-hidden id of the man who killed her father in prison. <hl> It’s disconcerting, watching the one viable female artist in the Lyon universe take on Lucious’s paternal insecurity rather than the profound contours of her own life story. But despite the petty subject, Gatz’s expert interplay between high masculine and low feminine delivery invigorates the show’s sometimes dull man-child music landscape.

At a neon-drenched Leviticus, Lucious, still reeling from his estranged son’s pointed emasculation of his music production, coolly sends Hakeem a rap call-to-arms via his Gutter Life Records protégé, <hl> Freda Gatz. <hl> The missive’s brutally coy hook — “Daddy’s little girl / You’re just daddy’s little girl” — inflames Hakeem as much as it ennobles Gatz, who has been groomed into something between surrogate child and unknowing executor of the barely-hidden id of the man who killed her father in prison. It’s disconcerting, watching the one viable female artist in the Lyon universe take on Lucious’s paternal insecurity rather than the profound contours of her own life story. But despite the petty subject, Gatz’s expert interplay between high masculine and low feminine delivery invigorates the show’s sometimes dull man-child music landscape.


Question: Which movies were named best original and adaptive screenplay?

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game” were named best original and adapted screenplay, respectively, at the Writers Guild of America Awards, given out Saturday in Los Angeles and New York. The script for “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a comedic caper about a charismatic concierge and a young bellboy at a popular 1930s European ski resort, was written by Wes Anderson. “The Imitation Game” was written by Graham Moore and based on Andrew Hodges’s book about the British code-breaker Alan Turing. Other winners included Brian Knappenberger’s “The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz,” about a computer programming prodigy and information activist, for best documentary screenplay; Nic Pizzolatto’s “True Detective,” the HBO mini-series that revisits a 1995 murder case in rural Louisiana 17 years later, for best drama series and best new series; and “Louie,” a fictionalized series starring the comedian Louis CK, for best comedy series (written by Louis CK and Pamela Adlon) and best episodic comedy.

Answer: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game”

<hl> “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game” were named best original and adapted screenplay, respectively, at the Writers Guild of America Awards, given out Saturday in Los Angeles and New York. <hl> The script for “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a comedic caper about a charismatic concierge and a young bellboy at a popular 1930s European ski resort, was written by Wes Anderson. “The Imitation Game” was written by Graham Moore and based on Andrew Hodges’s book about the British code-breaker Alan Turing. Other winners included Brian Knappenberger’s “The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz,” about a computer programming prodigy and information activist, for best documentary screenplay; Nic Pizzolatto’s “True Detective,” the HBO mini-series that revisits a 1995 murder case in rural Louisiana 17 years later, for best drama series and best new series; and “Louie,” a fictionalized series starring the comedian Louis CK, for best comedy series (written by Louis CK and Pamela Adlon) and best episodic comedy.

<hl> “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game” <hl> were named best original and adapted screenplay, respectively, at the Writers Guild of America Awards, given out Saturday in Los Angeles and New York. The script for “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a comedic caper about a charismatic concierge and a young bellboy at a popular 1930s European ski resort, was written by Wes Anderson. “The Imitation Game” was written by Graham Moore and based on Andrew Hodges’s book about the British code-breaker Alan Turing. Other winners included Brian Knappenberger’s “The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz,” about a computer programming prodigy and information activist, for best documentary screenplay; Nic Pizzolatto’s “True Detective,” the HBO mini-series that revisits a 1995 murder case in rural Louisiana 17 years later, for best drama series and best new series; and “Louie,” a fictionalized series starring the comedian Louis CK, for best comedy series (written by Louis CK and Pamela Adlon) and best episodic comedy.


Question: Who is Steve Elmendorf?

Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers. The Republican lobbying firm Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock was all-in for Delta until one of its chiefs, Mark Isakowitz, joined the staff of Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio and a crucial vote on the issue. The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.

Answer: a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers

<hl> Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers . <hl> The Republican lobbying firm Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock was all-in for Delta until one of its chiefs, Mark Isakowitz, joined the staff of Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio and a crucial vote on the issue. The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.

Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, <hl> a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers <hl>. The Republican lobbying firm Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock was all-in for Delta until one of its chiefs, Mark Isakowitz, joined the staff of Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio and a crucial vote on the issue. The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.

Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, <hl> a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers <hl> .


Question: What is the Rangers score against the west?

Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers, with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31. Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, Ala. The Rangers had performed well against Western Conference teams this season, especially on the road; they were 7-1-0 in away games against the West entering Saturday. They had also won four straight in Nashville.

Answer: 7-1-0

Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers, with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31. Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, Ala. <hl> The Rangers had performed well against Western Conference teams this season, especially on the road; they were 7-1-0 in away games against the West entering Saturday. <hl> They had also won four straight in Nashville.

Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers, with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31. Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, Ala. The Rangers had performed well against Western Conference teams this season, especially on the road; they were <hl> 7-1-0 <hl> in away games against the West entering Saturday. They had also won four straight in Nashville.


Question: Kythera is focused on what market?

The deal is subject to the approval of Kythera shareholders and regulators, and it is expected to close in the third quarter. Kythera, which is based in Westlake Village, Calif., was founded in 2005 and is focused on the aesthetic medicine market, including its treatment for submental fullness, also known as double chin. The company has not generated revenue from product sales so far, but it has done so through licensing agreements. It reported a net loss of $135.6 million in 2014. Allergan, which is based in Dublin and has its United States headquarters in Parsippany, N.J., is a pharmaceutical company that provides treatments in dermatology, aesthetics, eye care and for cardiovascular disease. The company posted revenue of $13.1 billion in 2014. JPMorgan Chase and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP advised Allergan, and Goldman Sachs and the law firm Latham & Watkins advised Kythera.

Answer: aesthetic medicine market

The deal is subject to the approval of Kythera shareholders and regulators, and it is expected to close in the third quarter. <hl> Kythera, which is based in Westlake Village, Calif., was founded in 2005 and is focused on the aesthetic medicine market , including its treatment for submental fullness, also known as double chin. <hl> The company has not generated revenue from product sales so far, but it has done so through licensing agreements. It reported a net loss of $135.6 million in 2014. Allergan, which is based in Dublin and has its United States headquarters in Parsippany, N.J., is a pharmaceutical company that provides treatments in dermatology, aesthetics, eye care and for cardiovascular disease. The company posted revenue of $13.1 billion in 2014. JPMorgan Chase and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP advised Allergan, and Goldman Sachs and the law firm Latham & Watkins advised Kythera.

The deal is subject to the approval of Kythera shareholders and regulators, and it is expected to close in the third quarter. Kythera, which is based in Westlake Village, Calif., was founded in 2005 and is focused on the <hl> aesthetic medicine market <hl>, including its treatment for submental fullness, also known as double chin. The company has not generated revenue from product sales so far, but it has done so through licensing agreements. It reported a net loss of $135.6 million in 2014. Allergan, which is based in Dublin and has its United States headquarters in Parsippany, N.J., is a pharmaceutical company that provides treatments in dermatology, aesthetics, eye care and for cardiovascular disease. The company posted revenue of $13.1 billion in 2014. JPMorgan Chase and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP advised Allergan, and Goldman Sachs and the law firm Latham & Watkins advised Kythera.

Kythera, which is based in Westlake Village, Calif., was founded in 2005 and is focused on the <hl> aesthetic medicine market <hl> , including its treatment for submental fullness, also known as double chin.


Question: What was Rolling Stone's newsstand sales in 2004?

Its circulation has held steady at an average of about 1.4 million for the six months ending December 2014, the most recent figure available from the Alliance for Audited Media. But like most other magazines, Rolling Stone’s newsstand sales have diminished significantly, to about 58,000 copies from 134,000 in 2004. Its web traffic is about 13 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore. Men’s Journal has 1.8 million by the same measure, and Us Weekly has nearly 30 million. Both are Wenner Media publications.

Answer: 134,000

Its circulation has held steady at an average of about 1.4 million for the six months ending December 2014, the most recent figure available from the Alliance for Audited Media. <hl> But like most other magazines, Rolling Stone’s newsstand sales have diminished significantly, to about 58,000 copies from 134,000 in 2004. <hl> Its web traffic is about 13 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore. Men’s Journal has 1.8 million by the same measure, and Us Weekly has nearly 30 million. Both are Wenner Media publications.

Its circulation has held steady at an average of about 1.4 million for the six months ending December 2014, the most recent figure available from the Alliance for Audited Media. But like most other magazines, Rolling Stone’s newsstand sales have diminished significantly, to about 58,000 copies from <hl> 134,000 <hl> in 2004. Its web traffic is about 13 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore. Men’s Journal has 1.8 million by the same measure, and Us Weekly has nearly 30 million. Both are Wenner Media publications.


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: What causes drug companies to avoid investing in a drug?

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prescription drug policy proposal, released last week, would hold drug manufacturers accountable to their level of investment in research. But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that cannot be patented. By granting temporary monopolies to innovators, the patent system is widely credited with protecting and promoting innovation. But when it comes to pharmaceuticals, it may be preventing valuable therapies from coming to market. To see evidence of this, just look at the behavior of pharmaceutical firms. When Benjamin Roin, assistant professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management at M.I.T., did so, he discovered that drug companies discard many potentially good ideas because they’re unpatentable. By interviewing academic researchers and industry insiders and scouring medicinal-chemistry textbooks, Mr. Roin learned that “pharmaceutical companies systematically screen their drug candidates to exclude the ones lacking strong patent protection.” It’s obvious why drug innovators would avoid unpatentable ideas: Bringing a drug to market is expensive. In addition to the costs of scientists and laboratories to discover and sift through potentially therapeutic compounds in the first place, demonstrating efficacy and safety to the Food and Drug Administration requires costly clinical trials. Without F.D.A. approval, a drug cannot be marketed.

Answer: cannot be patented

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prescription drug policy proposal, released last week, would hold drug manufacturers accountable to their level of investment in research. <hl> But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that cannot be patented . <hl> By granting temporary monopolies to innovators, the patent system is widely credited with protecting and promoting innovation. But when it comes to pharmaceuticals, it may be preventing valuable therapies from coming to market. To see evidence of this, just look at the behavior of pharmaceutical firms. When Benjamin Roin, assistant professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management at M.I.T., did so, he discovered that drug companies discard many potentially good ideas because they’re unpatentable. By interviewing academic researchers and industry insiders and scouring medicinal-chemistry textbooks, Mr. Roin learned that “pharmaceutical companies systematically screen their drug candidates to exclude the ones lacking strong patent protection.” It’s obvious why drug innovators would avoid unpatentable ideas: Bringing a drug to market is expensive. In addition to the costs of scientists and laboratories to discover and sift through potentially therapeutic compounds in the first place, demonstrating efficacy and safety to the Food and Drug Administration requires costly clinical trials. Without F.D.A. approval, a drug cannot be marketed.

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prescription drug policy proposal, released last week, would hold drug manufacturers accountable to their level of investment in research. But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that <hl> cannot be patented <hl>. By granting temporary monopolies to innovators, the patent system is widely credited with protecting and promoting innovation. But when it comes to pharmaceuticals, it may be preventing valuable therapies from coming to market. To see evidence of this, just look at the behavior of pharmaceutical firms. When Benjamin Roin, assistant professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management at M.I.T., did so, he discovered that drug companies discard many potentially good ideas because they’re unpatentable. By interviewing academic researchers and industry insiders and scouring medicinal-chemistry textbooks, Mr. Roin learned that “pharmaceutical companies systematically screen their drug candidates to exclude the ones lacking strong patent protection.” It’s obvious why drug innovators would avoid unpatentable ideas: Bringing a drug to market is expensive. In addition to the costs of scientists and laboratories to discover and sift through potentially therapeutic compounds in the first place, demonstrating efficacy and safety to the Food and Drug Administration requires costly clinical trials. Without F.D.A. approval, a drug cannot be marketed.

But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that <hl> cannot be patented <hl> .


Question: what city and state do the Permian Panthers play in?

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

Answer: Odessa, Tex

<hl> “I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex . <hl> “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in <hl> Odessa, Tex <hl>. “I think it’s part and parcel of the intensity, the fanaticism and the craziness of what sports has become in this country.” The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game. The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer, told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers. “It was a terrible, horrible decision I made,” Mr. Fieilo, who went on to become a scholarship player for Sam Houston State University, told the newspaper.

“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in <hl> Odessa, Tex <hl> .


Question: How was Frank's diary written?

But everything they say is drawn from works produced two decades apart: “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition,” the unexpurgated version of Frank’s Holocaust journal, and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” a rebuke to Southern white clergymen that Dr. King wrote while imprisoned for civil disobedience in Alabama in 1963. “I tried to match passages,” Ms. Vaughn said. She added that when reading Frank’s diary, which is in epistolary form, she would think, “What does she say that might spark a response from him?”

Answer: epistolary form

But everything they say is drawn from works produced two decades apart: “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition,” the unexpurgated version of Frank’s Holocaust journal, and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” a rebuke to Southern white clergymen that Dr. King wrote while imprisoned for civil disobedience in Alabama in 1963. “I tried to match passages,” Ms. Vaughn said. <hl> She added that when reading Frank’s diary, which is in epistolary form , she would think, “What does she say that might spark a response from him?” <hl>

But everything they say is drawn from works produced two decades apart: “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition,” the unexpurgated version of Frank’s Holocaust journal, and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” a rebuke to Southern white clergymen that Dr. King wrote while imprisoned for civil disobedience in Alabama in 1963. “I tried to match passages,” Ms. Vaughn said. She added that when reading Frank’s diary, which is in <hl> epistolary form <hl>, she would think, “What does she say that might spark a response from him?”

She added that when reading Frank’s diary, which is in <hl> epistolary form <hl> , she would think, “What does she say that might spark a response from him?”


Question: Who attacked Planned Parenthood in Wednesday's debate?

But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”

Answer: Fiorina

<hl> But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. <hl> Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”

But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, <hl> Fiorina <hl> unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”


Question: Who directed "Grave of the Fireflies"?

The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like Isao Takahata’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.) It all leads up to Jan. 1, when “Only Yesterday,” released in Japan in 1991, will have its United States theatrical premiere. 323 Avenue of the Americas, at Third Street, Greenwich Village, 212-924-7771, ifccenter.com. (Alec M. Priester)

Answer: Isao Takahata

<hl> The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like Isao Takahata ’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.) <hl> It all leads up to Jan. 1, when “Only Yesterday,” released in Japan in 1991, will have its United States theatrical premiere. 323 Avenue of the Americas, at Third Street, Greenwich Village, 212-924-7771, ifccenter.com. (Alec M. Priester)

The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like <hl> Isao Takahata <hl>’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.) It all leads up to Jan. 1, when “Only Yesterday,” released in Japan in 1991, will have its United States theatrical premiere. 323 Avenue of the Americas, at Third Street, Greenwich Village, 212-924-7771, ifccenter.com. (Alec M. Priester)

The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like <hl> Isao Takahata <hl> ’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.)


Question: What official is a spokesman for the council?

Separately, Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the council, said, “President Obama has not opened the door to anything larger than an embassy force after 2016.” Mr. Eggers’s comments are in line with what other officials say is being debated within the administration, even if Mr. Obama’s focus is currently on what to do next year, not afterward. Like so many of the plans for Afghanistan laid out in Washington since the war’s outset in 2001, realities on the ground appear to again be forcing American officials to consider revamping their strategy for ending the war. Peace talks appear to be a far-off possibility after a stretch in February and early March in which it appeared that the Taliban might be willing to meet with the Afghan government. So instead of talking about how to end the war, Afghan and American officials are preparing for violence to intensify as the snow melts in the high passes that separate the insurgents from their safe havens in Pakistan and what is known as the fighting season gets underway. Afghan forces, which have done the bulk of the fighting and dying over the past two years, are still very much a work in progress. They managed to keep the Taliban from making significant gains last summer only with help from the American-led coalition.

Answer: Bernadette Meehan

<hl> Separately, Bernadette Meehan , a spokeswoman for the council, said, “President Obama has not opened the door to anything larger than an embassy force after 2016.” <hl> Mr. Eggers’s comments are in line with what other officials say is being debated within the administration, even if Mr. Obama’s focus is currently on what to do next year, not afterward. Like so many of the plans for Afghanistan laid out in Washington since the war’s outset in 2001, realities on the ground appear to again be forcing American officials to consider revamping their strategy for ending the war. Peace talks appear to be a far-off possibility after a stretch in February and early March in which it appeared that the Taliban might be willing to meet with the Afghan government. So instead of talking about how to end the war, Afghan and American officials are preparing for violence to intensify as the snow melts in the high passes that separate the insurgents from their safe havens in Pakistan and what is known as the fighting season gets underway. Afghan forces, which have done the bulk of the fighting and dying over the past two years, are still very much a work in progress. They managed to keep the Taliban from making significant gains last summer only with help from the American-led coalition.

Separately, <hl> Bernadette Meehan <hl>, a spokeswoman for the council, said, “President Obama has not opened the door to anything larger than an embassy force after 2016.” Mr. Eggers’s comments are in line with what other officials say is being debated within the administration, even if Mr. Obama’s focus is currently on what to do next year, not afterward. Like so many of the plans for Afghanistan laid out in Washington since the war’s outset in 2001, realities on the ground appear to again be forcing American officials to consider revamping their strategy for ending the war. Peace talks appear to be a far-off possibility after a stretch in February and early March in which it appeared that the Taliban might be willing to meet with the Afghan government. So instead of talking about how to end the war, Afghan and American officials are preparing for violence to intensify as the snow melts in the high passes that separate the insurgents from their safe havens in Pakistan and what is known as the fighting season gets underway. Afghan forces, which have done the bulk of the fighting and dying over the past two years, are still very much a work in progress. They managed to keep the Taliban from making significant gains last summer only with help from the American-led coalition.

Separately, <hl> Bernadette Meehan <hl> , a spokeswoman for the council, said, “President Obama has not opened the door to anything larger than an embassy force after 2016.”


Question: what was a  shock for my parents ?

“I was filled with social reform zeal,” she said. “It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, that I was going to college. It was really a shock to them, the change between how I was when I went in and when I came out. So we had some rough years.” So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell, who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated.

Answer: that I was going to college

“I was filled with social reform zeal,” she said. <hl> “It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, that I was going to college . <hl> It was really a shock to them, the change between how I was when I went in and when I came out. So we had some rough years.” So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell, who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated.

“I was filled with social reform zeal,” she said. “It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, <hl> that I was going to college <hl>. It was really a shock to them, the change between how I was when I went in and when I came out. So we had some rough years.” So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell, who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated.

“It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, <hl> that I was going to college <hl> .


Question: Where was the war that John Kerry try to find a political solution at?

The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long. In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria. Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army. “Get a sense of that distinction,” he said.

Answer: Syria

The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long. <hl> In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria . <hl> Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army. “Get a sense of that distinction,” he said.

The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long. In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in <hl> Syria <hl>. Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army. “Get a sense of that distinction,” he said.

In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in <hl> Syria <hl> .


Question: What fictional character did Bill Vickery refer to Mr. Hutchinson as?

Some critics of the bill welcomed Mr. Hutchinson’s plan. Walmart, which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.” Proponents of the bill were less positive. In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Hutchinson’s statement, Jerry Cox, the president of the Arkansas-based Family Council, a conservative lobbing group, was more succinct: “No bill or no amendment, that’s our position right now.” Already in his young term, Mr. Hutchinson, who was previously a United States representative and a federal official, has navigated such partisan topics as Medicaid expansion and Common Core and arrived at solutions that, at least in the short term, left most people satisfied. “He’s the MacGyver of American politics,” said Bill Vickery, a lobbyist in Little Rock, referring to the television character famous for his ability to defuse bombs. The governor was flanked at the news conference by Jonathan Dismang, the president pro tem of the Senate, and Jeremy Gillam, the House speaker, both Republicans who have reputations for moderate pragmatism. Both expressed support for the governor but acknowledged the work it would take for the members of their chambers, which have Republican majorities, to go along.

Answer: MacGyver

“He’s the MacGyver of American politics

Some critics of the bill welcomed Mr. Hutchinson’s plan. Walmart, which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.” Proponents of the bill were less positive. In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Hutchinson’s statement, Jerry Cox, the president of the Arkansas-based Family Council, a conservative lobbing group, was more succinct: “No bill or no amendment, that’s our position right now.” Already in his young term, Mr. Hutchinson, who was previously a United States representative and a federal official, has navigated such partisan topics as Medicaid expansion and Common Core and arrived at solutions that, at least in the short term, left most people satisfied. <hl> “He’s the MacGyver of American politics <hl> ,” said Bill Vickery, a lobbyist in Little Rock, referring to the television character famous for his ability to defuse bombs. The governor was flanked at the news conference by Jonathan Dismang, the president pro tem of the Senate, and Jeremy Gillam, the House speaker, both Republicans who have reputations for moderate pragmatism. Both expressed support for the governor but acknowledged the work it would take for the members of their chambers, which have Republican majorities, to go along.

Some critics of the bill welcomed Mr. Hutchinson’s plan. Walmart, which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.” Proponents of the bill were less positive. In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Hutchinson’s statement, Jerry Cox, the president of the Arkansas-based Family Council, a conservative lobbing group, was more succinct: “No bill or no amendment, that’s our position right now.” Already in his young term, Mr. Hutchinson, who was previously a United States representative and a federal official, has navigated such partisan topics as Medicaid expansion and Common Core and arrived at solutions that, at least in the short term, left most people satisfied. “He’s the <hl> MacGyver <hl> of American politics,” said Bill Vickery, a lobbyist in Little Rock, referring to the television character famous for his ability to defuse bombs. The governor was flanked at the news conference by Jonathan Dismang, the president pro tem of the Senate, and Jeremy Gillam, the House speaker, both Republicans who have reputations for moderate pragmatism. Both expressed support for the governor but acknowledged the work it would take for the members of their chambers, which have Republican majorities, to go along.


Question: How many people can seat the Broadway theater?

In preparing for your show, did you think about how it would fit together with David Letterman’s “Late Show”? We would talk about it in terms of atmosphere, and we’d go, what’s the show that’s on before us? It’s “Late Show With David Letterman” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats about 400 to 500 people. OK, well, where would you go after you’ve been to the theater? You’d go to somewhere that feels more intimate. So then we were like, What if we have a bar, and we’ll bring the audience closer? And then what if we have all of our guests out at the same time? I don’t know if we’re right. We could be very, very wrong. Do you expect a recalibration after Stephen Colbert takes over?

Answer: about 400 to 500

In preparing for your show, did you think about how it would fit together with David Letterman’s “Late Show”? We would talk about it in terms of atmosphere, and we’d go, what’s the show that’s on before us? <hl> It’s “Late Show With David Letterman” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats about 400 to 500 people. <hl> OK, well, where would you go after you’ve been to the theater? You’d go to somewhere that feels more intimate. So then we were like, What if we have a bar, and we’ll bring the audience closer? And then what if we have all of our guests out at the same time? I don’t know if we’re right. We could be very, very wrong. Do you expect a recalibration after Stephen Colbert takes over?

In preparing for your show, did you think about how it would fit together with David Letterman’s “Late Show”? We would talk about it in terms of atmosphere, and we’d go, what’s the show that’s on before us? It’s “Late Show With David Letterman” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats <hl> about 400 to 500 <hl> people. OK, well, where would you go after you’ve been to the theater? You’d go to somewhere that feels more intimate. So then we were like, What if we have a bar, and we’ll bring the audience closer? And then what if we have all of our guests out at the same time? I don’t know if we’re right. We could be very, very wrong. Do you expect a recalibration after Stephen Colbert takes over?


Question: How much money has Trian invested in DuPont?

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

Answer: $1.7 billion

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

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