Question: What was the first diagnoses Mapstone gave to Sandy?

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

Answer: mild cognitive impairment

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” <hl> After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment . <hl> At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone. Mapstone showed Sandy a line drawing and asked her to copy it, and then to draw it from memory 10 minutes later. He read her a list of words and had her recall as many as she could. He gave her two numbers and two letters and asked her to rearrange them in a particular order: low letter, high letter, low number, high number. Thank goodness that last one wasn’t timed, she thought to herself, as she focused all her mental energy on the task. She felt as gleeful as a kid who had earned a gold star when Mapstone said, “Yes, that’s right.” After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic <hl> mild cognitive impairment <hl>. At first Sandy was relieved — he had said mild, hadn’t he? — but then she caught the look on his face. This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. When Sandy went back to the waiting room to meet Daryl, she was weeping uncontrollably. Between sobs, she explained the diagnosis and the inevitable decline on the horizon. She felt terror at the prospect of becoming a hollowed-out person with no memory, mind or sense of identity, as well as fury that she was powerless to do anything but endure it. With Alzheimer’s disease, she would write, it is “extraordinarily difficult for one’s body to die in tandem with the death of one’s self.” That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her. Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy, as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen. She had some trepidation about her plan to keep a journal of her own deterioration. But she opened a new document, gave it a file name — “Memoir” — and began to type. She tried to describe the maddening capriciousness of “a mind that could be so alive one moment with thought and feeling building toward a next step and then someone erases the blackboard. It’s all gone and I can’t even reconstruct what the topic was. It’s just gone. And I sit with the dark, the blank.”

After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic <hl> mild cognitive impairment <hl> .


Question: Which two ways can results be sorted by?

The Wanderu app’s home screen asks “Where to?” and the temptation to type in all your dream destinations (New Orleans! Arches National Park!) is strong. You can enter the name of a city, but also an exact address or even a landmark. Wanderu is set up to find you a travel option that will get you as close as possible to a specific place. Results can be sorted by time (earliest and latest buses and trains on a given day) and price. Every time someone purchases a trip on Wanderu, the company takes a percentage of the sale from the bus or train company. It doesn’t charge users or use advertising.

Answer: earliest and latest

The Wanderu app’s home screen asks “Where to?” and the temptation to type in all your dream destinations (New Orleans! Arches National Park!) is strong. You can enter the name of a city, but also an exact address or even a landmark. Wanderu is set up to find you a travel option that will get you as close as possible to a specific place. <hl> Results can be sorted by time ( earliest and latest buses and trains on a given day) and price. <hl> Every time someone purchases a trip on Wanderu, the company takes a percentage of the sale from the bus or train company. It doesn’t charge users or use advertising.

The Wanderu app’s home screen asks “Where to?” and the temptation to type in all your dream destinations (New Orleans! Arches National Park!) is strong. You can enter the name of a city, but also an exact address or even a landmark. Wanderu is set up to find you a travel option that will get you as close as possible to a specific place. Results can be sorted by time (<hl> earliest and latest <hl> buses and trains on a given day) and price. Every time someone purchases a trip on Wanderu, the company takes a percentage of the sale from the bus or train company. It doesn’t charge users or use advertising.

Results can be sorted by time ( <hl> earliest and latest <hl> buses and trains on a given day) and price.


Question: In what year did Tunisia's street rebellion occur?

But in singling out Tunisia, whose 2011 street rebellion overthrew an entrenched dictatorship and launched the “Arab Spring,” the Norwegian Nobel committee also underscored the dismal failure of the uprisings that followed in other Arab states. That, presumably, was the committee’s intent, to demonstrate that a national dialogue led by civic groups can lead a country to an outcome far more promising than the coup that put an end to Egypt’s democratic aspirations or the civil strife that sank Libya, Syria and Yemen into anarchic violence.

Answer: 2011

<hl> But in singling out Tunisia, whose 2011 street rebellion overthrew an entrenched dictatorship and launched the “Arab Spring,” the Norwegian Nobel committee also underscored the dismal failure of the uprisings that followed in other Arab states. <hl> That, presumably, was the committee’s intent, to demonstrate that a national dialogue led by civic groups can lead a country to an outcome far more promising than the coup that put an end to Egypt’s democratic aspirations or the civil strife that sank Libya, Syria and Yemen into anarchic violence.

But in singling out Tunisia, whose <hl> 2011 <hl> street rebellion overthrew an entrenched dictatorship and launched the “Arab Spring,” the Norwegian Nobel committee also underscored the dismal failure of the uprisings that followed in other Arab states. That, presumably, was the committee’s intent, to demonstrate that a national dialogue led by civic groups can lead a country to an outcome far more promising than the coup that put an end to Egypt’s democratic aspirations or the civil strife that sank Libya, Syria and Yemen into anarchic violence.


Question: how much did Toys and games increase in the quarter?

Toys and games, a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly 15 percent in the last quarter. In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “25” among the company’s recent successes.

Answer: 15 percent

<hl> Toys and games, a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly 15 percent in the last quarter. <hl> In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “25” among the company’s recent successes.

Toys and games, a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly <hl> 15 percent <hl> in the last quarter. In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “25” among the company’s recent successes.


Question: For how many people will hold Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine?

At 11, Francis will officially meet with President Obama, with topics likely to include climate change, income inequality and the refugee crisis in Europe.  The pope’s views on these issues have made him popular with non-Catholics. Francis will hold Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine for about 30,000 people at 4:15 p.m. The Secret Service is taking the lead in protecting a pope who does not want to stay in his popemobile. Live video from St. Matthew’s Cathedral and live updates of the papal visit. • Cybertruce?

Answer: for about 30,000

At 11, Francis will officially meet with President Obama, with topics likely to include climate change, income inequality and the refugee crisis in Europe. The pope’s views on these issues have made him popular with non-Catholics. <hl> Francis will hold Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine for about 30,000 people at 4:15 p.m. The Secret Service is taking the lead in protecting a pope who does not want to stay in his popemobile. <hl> Live video from St. Matthew’s Cathedral and live updates of the papal visit. • Cybertruce?

At 11, Francis will officially meet with President Obama, with topics likely to include climate change, income inequality and the refugee crisis in Europe. The pope’s views on these issues have made him popular with non-Catholics. Francis will hold Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine <hl> for about 30,000 <hl> people at 4:15 p.m. The Secret Service is taking the lead in protecting a pope who does not want to stay in his popemobile. Live video from St. Matthew’s Cathedral and live updates of the papal visit. • Cybertruce?


Question: What was the author's desire toward his daughter?

I could not change her father’s decision, but I could bring love and honesty into our dialogue about it. I presented digestible facts and hoped they would suffice. But in that moment, as the man’s car disappeared from view, a fact I never considered came to light and took precedence over all others: My alternate reality was mine alone. My daughter didn’t reflect on her absent father at every dance recital and parent-teacher conference, as I did. She simply experienced the moment. It hadn’t occurred to me that I could follow suit. I had taken refuge in what could’ve been, but my task was not to try to restore a life that had slipped away. My job was to be fully present in the life before us, and to see this road not as an alternate route, but as a worthy, viable path — one we could trust.

Answer: to be fully present

I could not change her father’s decision, but I could bring love and honesty into our dialogue about it. I presented digestible facts and hoped they would suffice. But in that moment, as the man’s car disappeared from view, a fact I never considered came to light and took precedence over all others: My alternate reality was mine alone. My daughter didn’t reflect on her absent father at every dance recital and parent-teacher conference, as I did. She simply experienced the moment. It hadn’t occurred to me that I could follow suit. I had taken refuge in what could’ve been, but my task was not to try to restore a life that had slipped away. <hl> My job was to be fully present in the life before us, and to see this road not as an alternate route, but as a worthy, viable path — one we could trust. <hl>

I could not change her father’s decision, but I could bring love and honesty into our dialogue about it. I presented digestible facts and hoped they would suffice. But in that moment, as the man’s car disappeared from view, a fact I never considered came to light and took precedence over all others: My alternate reality was mine alone. My daughter didn’t reflect on her absent father at every dance recital and parent-teacher conference, as I did. She simply experienced the moment. It hadn’t occurred to me that I could follow suit. I had taken refuge in what could’ve been, but my task was not to try to restore a life that had slipped away. My job was <hl> to be fully present <hl> in the life before us, and to see this road not as an alternate route, but as a worthy, viable path — one we could trust.


Question: When did Jacint die?

The exhibition comprises three sections: letters and artwork from the early years of the friendships; illustrations by Picasso that accompany Ramón’s literary works, including newspaper and magazine articles; and the renewed friendship with the Reventós family, beginning in the 1950s. Picasso and Jacint remained in touch until Jacint’s death in 1968. The lifelong connection between the two runs through the exhibition, from lengthy to spontaneous letters: “I’m spending a few days in Paris and would like to see you,” Jacint wrote to Picasso in 1921. “I’m staying at the Grand Hotel. If you have a minute, write me a note and we’ll meet where and when you suggest. I don’t have anything to do.”

Answer: 1968

The exhibition comprises three sections: letters and artwork from the early years of the friendships; illustrations by Picasso that accompany Ramón’s literary works, including newspaper and magazine articles; and the renewed friendship with the Reventós family, beginning in the 1950s. <hl> Picasso and Jacint remained in touch until Jacint’s death in 1968 . <hl> The lifelong connection between the two runs through the exhibition, from lengthy to spontaneous letters: “I’m spending a few days in Paris and would like to see you,” Jacint wrote to Picasso in 1921. “I’m staying at the Grand Hotel. If you have a minute, write me a note and we’ll meet where and when you suggest. I don’t have anything to do.”

The exhibition comprises three sections: letters and artwork from the early years of the friendships; illustrations by Picasso that accompany Ramón’s literary works, including newspaper and magazine articles; and the renewed friendship with the Reventós family, beginning in the 1950s. Picasso and Jacint remained in touch until Jacint’s death in <hl> 1968 <hl>. The lifelong connection between the two runs through the exhibition, from lengthy to spontaneous letters: “I’m spending a few days in Paris and would like to see you,” Jacint wrote to Picasso in 1921. “I’m staying at the Grand Hotel. If you have a minute, write me a note and we’ll meet where and when you suggest. I don’t have anything to do.”

Picasso and Jacint remained in touch until Jacint’s death in <hl> 1968 <hl> .


Question: Who faltered on the final hole?

■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole. Pieters parred the last five holes and finished with a 19-under total of 261.  (AP)

Answer: Lee Slattery

<hl> ■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole. <hl> Pieters parred the last five holes and finished with a 19-under total of 261. (AP)

■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after <hl> Lee Slattery <hl> faltered on the final hole. Pieters parred the last five holes and finished with a 19-under total of 261. (AP)


Question: how much was the point deficit that the Suns overcame?

HEAT 100, LAKERS 94 Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added 6 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and host Miami rallied to beat Los Angeles. The Heat held on to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race and posted two straight home wins for the first time in more than four months. SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had 28 points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat host Orlando. Markief Morris added 23 points and 6 rebounds to help Phoenix end a two-game skid and improve to 4-10 in its last 14. Victor Oladipo led the Magic with a career-high 38 points.

Answer: 15-point

HEAT 100, LAKERS 94 Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added 6 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and host Miami rallied to beat Los Angeles. The Heat held on to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race and posted two straight home wins for the first time in more than four months. <hl> SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had 28 points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat host Orlando. <hl> Markief Morris added 23 points and 6 rebounds to help Phoenix end a two-game skid and improve to 4-10 in its last 14. Victor Oladipo led the Magic with a career-high 38 points.

HEAT 100, LAKERS 94 Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added 6 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and host Miami rallied to beat Los Angeles. The Heat held on to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race and posted two straight home wins for the first time in more than four months. SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had 28 points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a <hl> 15-point <hl> deficit to beat host Orlando. Markief Morris added 23 points and 6 rebounds to help Phoenix end a two-game skid and improve to 4-10 in its last 14. Victor Oladipo led the Magic with a career-high 38 points.


Question: Antagonism has been growing between Germany and who?

Antagonism has been growing between Greece and Germany, Athens’s biggest European lender. “Our battle in Greece is a battle for all Europeans,” Mr. Chondros told a cheering crowd of about 8,000. “We need a European organization against austerity, and that organization has started here today.” Employees of the central bank began moving into the new headquarters, which cost about $1.27 billion, near the end of last year. Away from downtown Frankfurt on a park-like site overlooking the Main River, the 600-foot-high tinted-glass tower is a more potent symbol of the central bank’s power than the generic gray high-rise in central Frankfurt that it previously occupied.

Answer: Greece

<hl> Antagonism has been growing between Greece and Germany, Athens’s biggest European lender. <hl> “Our battle in Greece is a battle for all Europeans,” Mr. Chondros told a cheering crowd of about 8,000. “We need a European organization against austerity, and that organization has started here today.” Employees of the central bank began moving into the new headquarters, which cost about $1.27 billion, near the end of last year. Away from downtown Frankfurt on a park-like site overlooking the Main River, the 600-foot-high tinted-glass tower is a more potent symbol of the central bank’s power than the generic gray high-rise in central Frankfurt that it previously occupied.

Antagonism has been growing between <hl> Greece <hl> and Germany, Athens’s biggest European lender. “Our battle in Greece is a battle for all Europeans,” Mr. Chondros told a cheering crowd of about 8,000. “We need a European organization against austerity, and that organization has started here today.” Employees of the central bank began moving into the new headquarters, which cost about $1.27 billion, near the end of last year. Away from downtown Frankfurt on a park-like site overlooking the Main River, the 600-foot-high tinted-glass tower is a more potent symbol of the central bank’s power than the generic gray high-rise in central Frankfurt that it previously occupied.


Question: How many films did Kenji Mizoguchi have to his credit?

The Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was not only a great artist, but he was also an unusually prolific one. By 1939, the year he completed “The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum,” a breathtaking melodrama opening in a new restoration Friday, he had over 50 films to his credit. Yet, it was only with his 1936 feature “Osaka Elegy” that, by some accounts, Mr. Mizoguchi felt he had finally found his artistic footing. “Chrysanthemum,” set in late 19th-century Japan, tells the story of Kikunosuke (Shotaro Hanayagi), an egotistic Kabuki actor, and Otoku (Kakuko Mori), who sacrifices her own happiness to help him achieve greatness.

Answer: 50 films

The Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was not only a great artist, but he was also an unusually prolific one. <hl> By 1939, the year he completed “The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum,” a breathtaking melodrama opening in a new restoration Friday, he had over 50 films to his credit. <hl> Yet, it was only with his 1936 feature “Osaka Elegy” that, by some accounts, Mr. Mizoguchi felt he had finally found his artistic footing. “Chrysanthemum,” set in late 19th-century Japan, tells the story of Kikunosuke (Shotaro Hanayagi), an egotistic Kabuki actor, and Otoku (Kakuko Mori), who sacrifices her own happiness to help him achieve greatness.

The Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was not only a great artist, but he was also an unusually prolific one. By 1939, the year he completed “The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum,” a breathtaking melodrama opening in a new restoration Friday, he had over <hl> 50 films <hl> to his credit. Yet, it was only with his 1936 feature “Osaka Elegy” that, by some accounts, Mr. Mizoguchi felt he had finally found his artistic footing. “Chrysanthemum,” set in late 19th-century Japan, tells the story of Kikunosuke (Shotaro Hanayagi), an egotistic Kabuki actor, and Otoku (Kakuko Mori), who sacrifices her own happiness to help him achieve greatness.


Question: Where did the Rev. Brian Sauder realize the significance of climate change?

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois, the moment came in a college classroom. Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.

Answer: college classroom

a college classroom .

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois, the moment came in <hl> a college classroom . <hl> Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois, the moment came in a <hl> college classroom <hl>. Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.


Question: Why did David Makovsky think Mr. Obama might have felt the need to hype his case to the public?

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

Answer: in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents

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

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

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


Question: How does the company mentioned in the passage charge it's customers?

That proliferation of start-ups has led to a new complaint from computer security chiefs: overlapping information — sometimes as much as 40 percent — in the reports they receive, none of which is cheap. ISight charges customers based on size, and while it does not disclose pricing, some customers say they pay $500,000 or more annually for the company’s services, as much as five times what low-end services charge. ISight makes 90 percent of its revenue from subscriptions to its six intelligence streams, each focused on a particular threat, including cyberespionage and cybercrime.

Answer: based on size

That proliferation of start-ups has led to a new complaint from computer security chiefs: overlapping information — sometimes as much as 40 percent — in the reports they receive, none of which is cheap. <hl> ISight charges customers based on size , and while it does not disclose pricing, some customers say they pay $500,000 or more annually for the company’s services, as much as five times what low-end services charge. <hl> ISight makes 90 percent of its revenue from subscriptions to its six intelligence streams, each focused on a particular threat, including cyberespionage and cybercrime.

That proliferation of start-ups has led to a new complaint from computer security chiefs: overlapping information — sometimes as much as 40 percent — in the reports they receive, none of which is cheap. ISight charges customers <hl> based on size <hl>, and while it does not disclose pricing, some customers say they pay $500,000 or more annually for the company’s services, as much as five times what low-end services charge. ISight makes 90 percent of its revenue from subscriptions to its six intelligence streams, each focused on a particular threat, including cyberespionage and cybercrime.

ISight charges customers <hl> based on size <hl> , and while it does not disclose pricing, some customers say they pay $500,000 or more annually for the company’s services, as much as five times what low-end services charge.


Question: What city did the media mention that made Porzingis grimace?

Except for publicity events. One day after the T-shirt signing in White Plains, Porzingis appeared at a similar function in the shadow of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a charity in the Bronx. Dressed in track pants and a blue-and-white trimmed Santa hat, he led his charges into an area penned off by barricades and there, in front of reporters, went through the motions of “surprising” them with gifts. The 20-minute photo-op did not leave much room for spontaneity. Looming over everything around him, Porzingis grinned into a firestorm of 100 flashing phones. He was painfully genial, smiling and shaking hands. He approximated laughter at every corny joke about his height. The one authentic moment came when he offered to hold a selfie stick for a picture with the children and his arm shot out to a gasp-inducing length. But then the youths were hustled off and the news media were unleashed. A television news crew put a camera in his face and asked how it felt to be playing in New York. Though he was smiling, his eyes went cold, and the muscles of his lips began to tighten. “I love it here,” Porzingis said. “New York’s the place to be.”

Answer: New York.

Except for publicity events. One day after the T-shirt signing in White Plains, Porzingis appeared at a similar function in the shadow of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a charity in the Bronx. Dressed in track pants and a blue-and-white trimmed Santa hat, he led his charges into an area penned off by barricades and there, in front of reporters, went through the motions of “surprising” them with gifts. The 20-minute photo-op did not leave much room for spontaneity. Looming over everything around him, Porzingis grinned into a firestorm of 100 flashing phones. He was painfully genial, smiling and shaking hands. He approximated laughter at every corny joke about his height. The one authentic moment came when he offered to hold a selfie stick for a picture with the children and his arm shot out to a gasp-inducing length. But then the youths were hustled off and the news media were unleashed. <hl> A television news crew put a camera in his face and asked how it felt to be playing in New York. Though he was smiling, his eyes went cold, and the muscles of his lips began to tighten. <hl> “I love it here,” Porzingis said. “New York’s the place to be.”

Except for publicity events. One day after the T-shirt signing in White Plains, Porzingis appeared at a similar function in the shadow of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a charity in the Bronx. Dressed in track pants and a blue-and-white trimmed Santa hat, he led his charges into an area penned off by barricades and there, in front of reporters, went through the motions of “surprising” them with gifts. The 20-minute photo-op did not leave much room for spontaneity. Looming over everything around him, Porzingis grinned into a firestorm of 100 flashing phones. He was painfully genial, smiling and shaking hands. He approximated laughter at every corny joke about his height. The one authentic moment came when he offered to hold a selfie stick for a picture with the children and his arm shot out to a gasp-inducing length. But then the youths were hustled off and the news media were unleashed. A television news crew put a camera in his face and asked how it felt to be playing in <hl> New York. <hl> Though he was smiling, his eyes went cold, and the muscles of his lips began to tighten. “I love it here,” Porzingis said. “New York’s the place to be.”


Question: How many companies does the conglomerate own?

The conglomerate, which owns 22 companies, including two daily newspapers, Bugun and Millet, stands accused of ties to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric who lives in exile in Pennsylvania. Mr. Gulen’s followers were once allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s moderate Islamist party, but the government now considers them a shadowy underground network to be rooted out through purges of the police, the judiciary and the media. As the police forced camera crews outside the building to stop taking video, journalists retreated to the Bugun control room where Tarik Toros, the broadcaster’s editor in chief, fought the new trustees to keep the channel on the air as long as possible. That struggle was captured by Bugun reporters in dramatic footage that was later posted online with subtitles by Turkey’s Cihan News Agency.

Answer: 22

<hl> The conglomerate, which owns 22 companies, including two daily newspapers, Bugun and Millet, stands accused of ties to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric who lives in exile in Pennsylvania. <hl> Mr. Gulen’s followers were once allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s moderate Islamist party, but the government now considers them a shadowy underground network to be rooted out through purges of the police, the judiciary and the media. As the police forced camera crews outside the building to stop taking video, journalists retreated to the Bugun control room where Tarik Toros, the broadcaster’s editor in chief, fought the new trustees to keep the channel on the air as long as possible. That struggle was captured by Bugun reporters in dramatic footage that was later posted online with subtitles by Turkey’s Cihan News Agency.

The conglomerate, which owns <hl> 22 <hl> companies, including two daily newspapers, Bugun and Millet, stands accused of ties to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric who lives in exile in Pennsylvania. Mr. Gulen’s followers were once allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s moderate Islamist party, but the government now considers them a shadowy underground network to be rooted out through purges of the police, the judiciary and the media. As the police forced camera crews outside the building to stop taking video, journalists retreated to the Bugun control room where Tarik Toros, the broadcaster’s editor in chief, fought the new trustees to keep the channel on the air as long as possible. That struggle was captured by Bugun reporters in dramatic footage that was later posted online with subtitles by Turkey’s Cihan News Agency.


Question: Some people believe Cardinal Ortega is too conciliatory to whom?

“What the church recognizes today and they are addressing is that the first thing you have to address with the Cuban people is trying to meet their basic needs,” said Andy Gomez, a former senior fellow at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami. “Once you start helping them address their basic needs, food and shelter, then you can start talking about religion, social change and some of these other things.” The most powerful figure in the Cuban church is Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the archbishop of Havana, who is set to retire. Detractors attack him as being too conciliatory to the government of President Raúl Castro. Defenders say he is astute and politically savvy in preserving the relevance of the church. According to Catholic clergy and lay members, Cardinal Ortega favors a slower, smoother transition to a more democratic and market-based Cuba, a view shared by some on and off the island who fear that a more dramatic change could bring social and economic turmoil. But some Cuban bishops have wanted a more confrontational approach, while other critics have been upset by the cardinal’s public dismissals of Cuba’s political opposition.

Answer: the government of President Raúl Castro

“What the church recognizes today and they are addressing is that the first thing you have to address with the Cuban people is trying to meet their basic needs,” said Andy Gomez, a former senior fellow at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami. “Once you start helping them address their basic needs, food and shelter, then you can start talking about religion, social change and some of these other things.” The most powerful figure in the Cuban church is Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the archbishop of Havana, who is set to retire. <hl> Detractors attack him as being too conciliatory to the government of President Raúl Castro . <hl> Defenders say he is astute and politically savvy in preserving the relevance of the church. According to Catholic clergy and lay members, Cardinal Ortega favors a slower, smoother transition to a more democratic and market-based Cuba, a view shared by some on and off the island who fear that a more dramatic change could bring social and economic turmoil. But some Cuban bishops have wanted a more confrontational approach, while other critics have been upset by the cardinal’s public dismissals of Cuba’s political opposition.

“What the church recognizes today and they are addressing is that the first thing you have to address with the Cuban people is trying to meet their basic needs,” said Andy Gomez, a former senior fellow at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami. “Once you start helping them address their basic needs, food and shelter, then you can start talking about religion, social change and some of these other things.” The most powerful figure in the Cuban church is Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the archbishop of Havana, who is set to retire. Detractors attack him as being too conciliatory to <hl> the government of President Raúl Castro <hl>. Defenders say he is astute and politically savvy in preserving the relevance of the church. According to Catholic clergy and lay members, Cardinal Ortega favors a slower, smoother transition to a more democratic and market-based Cuba, a view shared by some on and off the island who fear that a more dramatic change could bring social and economic turmoil. But some Cuban bishops have wanted a more confrontational approach, while other critics have been upset by the cardinal’s public dismissals of Cuba’s political opposition.

Detractors attack him as being too conciliatory to <hl> the government of President Raúl Castro <hl> .


Question: What is the name of the play that focuses on Liberia's civil war?

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

Answer: Eclipsed

<hl> An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “ Eclipsed ,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. <hl> It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “<hl> Eclipsed <hl>,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on. It is a stage adaptation of a movie, not a movie. • An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell. It is “Bright Star,” not “Bright Eyes.” The article also referred incorrectly to Mr. Martin’s working relationship with the museum. In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.” And a picture credit with the article misidentified the source of the image “Mountains in Snow: Rocky Mountain Paintings VII.” It was the Thomson Collection/Art Gallery of Ontario, not Michael Cullen. BOOK REVIEW

An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “ <hl> Eclipsed <hl> ,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on.


Question: Who plans to participate in the United Nations Development meeting?

News of Mr. Bashir’s plan to participate in the United Nations development meeting, which takes place after the annual General Assembly, first emerged Aug. 3 when his name appeared on the provisional itinerary of speakers for Sept. 26. The United States, as the United Nations’ host country, is obliged by treaty to issue visas to visiting heads of state, even those it finds distasteful. A State Department spokesman, Mark C. Toner, said then that he was unaware a visa had been requested, but that “we’ve been very clear how we feel about the president of Sudan and that he’s wanted for crimes, and we want to see him held accountable.”

Answer: Mr. Bashir

<hl> News of Mr. Bashir ’s plan to participate in the United Nations development meeting, which takes place after the annual General Assembly, first emerged Aug. 3 when his name appeared on the provisional itinerary of speakers for Sept. 26. <hl> The United States, as the United Nations’ host country, is obliged by treaty to issue visas to visiting heads of state, even those it finds distasteful. A State Department spokesman, Mark C. Toner, said then that he was unaware a visa had been requested, but that “we’ve been very clear how we feel about the president of Sudan and that he’s wanted for crimes, and we want to see him held accountable.”

News of <hl> Mr. Bashir <hl>’s plan to participate in the United Nations development meeting, which takes place after the annual General Assembly, first emerged Aug. 3 when his name appeared on the provisional itinerary of speakers for Sept. 26. The United States, as the United Nations’ host country, is obliged by treaty to issue visas to visiting heads of state, even those it finds distasteful. A State Department spokesman, Mark C. Toner, said then that he was unaware a visa had been requested, but that “we’ve been very clear how we feel about the president of Sudan and that he’s wanted for crimes, and we want to see him held accountable.”

News of <hl> Mr. Bashir <hl> ’s plan to participate in the United Nations development meeting, which takes place after the annual General Assembly, first emerged Aug. 3 when his name appeared on the provisional itinerary of speakers for Sept. 26.


Question: What is difficult to get during the summer?

This summer marks 40 years since Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” made Martha’s Vineyard a household name, setting off the island’s inexorable transformation from remote haven of artists and hippies to high-profile haunt of celebrities and presidents. Yes, in summer, dinner and ferry reservations may be difficult to get, and traffic tests tempers. But what hasn’t changed is what makes the island so magical: breathtaking natural beauty, rich ethnic heritage, a vibrant cultural scene and an abundance of farms and fisheries that feed a savvy foodie community. One thing you won’t find: the popular Monster Shark Tournament, which was discontinued last summer, thanks in part to the shark activist wife, Wendy Benchley, of the “Jaws” author (and screenwriter), Peter Benchley. But you’ll still spot more artists, writers and hippies than you can shake a codfish bone at. 1. Tent City | 2 p.m. From the dock in Oak Bluffs, the green expanse of Ocean Park encircled by ornate Victorian homes looks much like the bustling resort it was more than 130 years ago. Then it was called Cottage City, for the annual Methodist retreat that grew from a few worshipers who camped in tents to hundreds of cottages built around a tabernacle. The nostalgic organ tunes emanating from the 139-year-old Flying Horses carousel can still be heard above the din of Circuit Avenue as you pass the T-shirt and ice-cream shops and enter the oasis of the camp-meeting neighborhood. Walk around the circular 1879 wrought-iron tabernacle and marvel at the colorful Carpenter Gothic-style cottages. Today this nondenominational community is an integral part of the summer scene, hosting art shows, singalongs, films and speakers. Don’t miss the Cottage Museum, where period furnishings, historical materials and a volunteer tell the story of this National Historic Landmark.

Answer: dinner and ferry reservations

This summer marks 40 years since Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” made Martha’s Vineyard a household name, setting off the island’s inexorable transformation from remote haven of artists and hippies to high-profile haunt of celebrities and presidents. <hl> Yes, in summer, dinner and ferry reservations may be difficult to get, and traffic tests tempers. <hl> But what hasn’t changed is what makes the island so magical: breathtaking natural beauty, rich ethnic heritage, a vibrant cultural scene and an abundance of farms and fisheries that feed a savvy foodie community. One thing you won’t find: the popular Monster Shark Tournament, which was discontinued last summer, thanks in part to the shark activist wife, Wendy Benchley, of the “Jaws” author (and screenwriter), Peter Benchley. But you’ll still spot more artists, writers and hippies than you can shake a codfish bone at. 1. Tent City | 2 p.m. From the dock in Oak Bluffs, the green expanse of Ocean Park encircled by ornate Victorian homes looks much like the bustling resort it was more than 130 years ago. Then it was called Cottage City, for the annual Methodist retreat that grew from a few worshipers who camped in tents to hundreds of cottages built around a tabernacle. The nostalgic organ tunes emanating from the 139-year-old Flying Horses carousel can still be heard above the din of Circuit Avenue as you pass the T-shirt and ice-cream shops and enter the oasis of the camp-meeting neighborhood. Walk around the circular 1879 wrought-iron tabernacle and marvel at the colorful Carpenter Gothic-style cottages. Today this nondenominational community is an integral part of the summer scene, hosting art shows, singalongs, films and speakers. Don’t miss the Cottage Museum, where period furnishings, historical materials and a volunteer tell the story of this National Historic Landmark.

This summer marks 40 years since Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” made Martha’s Vineyard a household name, setting off the island’s inexorable transformation from remote haven of artists and hippies to high-profile haunt of celebrities and presidents. Yes, in summer, <hl> dinner and ferry reservations <hl> may be difficult to get, and traffic tests tempers. But what hasn’t changed is what makes the island so magical: breathtaking natural beauty, rich ethnic heritage, a vibrant cultural scene and an abundance of farms and fisheries that feed a savvy foodie community. One thing you won’t find: the popular Monster Shark Tournament, which was discontinued last summer, thanks in part to the shark activist wife, Wendy Benchley, of the “Jaws” author (and screenwriter), Peter Benchley. But you’ll still spot more artists, writers and hippies than you can shake a codfish bone at. 1. Tent City | 2 p.m. From the dock in Oak Bluffs, the green expanse of Ocean Park encircled by ornate Victorian homes looks much like the bustling resort it was more than 130 years ago. Then it was called Cottage City, for the annual Methodist retreat that grew from a few worshipers who camped in tents to hundreds of cottages built around a tabernacle. The nostalgic organ tunes emanating from the 139-year-old Flying Horses carousel can still be heard above the din of Circuit Avenue as you pass the T-shirt and ice-cream shops and enter the oasis of the camp-meeting neighborhood. Walk around the circular 1879 wrought-iron tabernacle and marvel at the colorful Carpenter Gothic-style cottages. Today this nondenominational community is an integral part of the summer scene, hosting art shows, singalongs, films and speakers. Don’t miss the Cottage Museum, where period furnishings, historical materials and a volunteer tell the story of this National Historic Landmark.


Question: what are the natural resonances of instruments?

AS AN INSPIRATION CHEUNG His tonal language doesn’t have much of a relationship with what I do, whereas his approach to time is much more influential for me. You can have stretches of his music that are just dealing with the duration of natural resonances of instruments — attacks and decays — so you have this music that feels like breathing. It’s unpredictable, but very natural.

Answer: attacks and decays

AS AN INSPIRATION CHEUNG His tonal language doesn’t have much of a relationship with what I do, whereas his approach to time is much more influential for me. <hl> You can have stretches of his music that are just dealing with the duration of natural resonances of instruments — attacks and decays — so you have this music that feels like breathing. <hl> It’s unpredictable, but very natural.

AS AN INSPIRATION CHEUNG His tonal language doesn’t have much of a relationship with what I do, whereas his approach to time is much more influential for me. You can have stretches of his music that are just dealing with the duration of natural resonances of instruments — <hl> attacks and decays <hl> — so you have this music that feels like breathing. It’s unpredictable, but very natural.


Question: What bad thing did Volkswagen admit to doing?

Of the proposed regulation, he said, “I see it as nearly impossible for us.” In September of this year, Volkswagen, then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests, setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history. The role of Mr. Hatz, one of the first employees suspended by the company when the crisis broke, is considered a pivotal one in myriad investigations into Volkswagen’s decision-making by prosecutors in the United States, Germany and elsewhere. Mr. Hatz, 56, was one of a coterie of executives from VW’s Audi brand brought over to run the parent company in 2007 by Martin Winterkorn, who was Audi’s chief until he took over as VW’s chief executive that year. One of Mr. Winterkorn’s first moves was to name Mr. Hatz, the head of engines and transmission development at Audi, to do the same job for the entire company. Mr. Hatz’s elevation came during a bitter internal clash about what kind of emissions technology Volkswagen should use to ensure that the company’s diesels would comply with tougher American emissions standards — a clash that ultimately led the company to cheat on emissions tests. While Mr. Hatz was an advocate for diesels, he has also spoken out in the past about the struggle to meet regulations in the American market, according to a review of his statements and public records. Mr. Hatz declined to comment through a spokesman at Porsche, where he has served on the management board as chief of research and development.

Answer: installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests

Of the proposed regulation, he said, “I see it as nearly impossible for us.” <hl> In September of this year, Volkswagen, then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests , setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history. <hl> The role of Mr. Hatz, one of the first employees suspended by the company when the crisis broke, is considered a pivotal one in myriad investigations into Volkswagen’s decision-making by prosecutors in the United States, Germany and elsewhere. Mr. Hatz, 56, was one of a coterie of executives from VW’s Audi brand brought over to run the parent company in 2007 by Martin Winterkorn, who was Audi’s chief until he took over as VW’s chief executive that year. One of Mr. Winterkorn’s first moves was to name Mr. Hatz, the head of engines and transmission development at Audi, to do the same job for the entire company. Mr. Hatz’s elevation came during a bitter internal clash about what kind of emissions technology Volkswagen should use to ensure that the company’s diesels would comply with tougher American emissions standards — a clash that ultimately led the company to cheat on emissions tests. While Mr. Hatz was an advocate for diesels, he has also spoken out in the past about the struggle to meet regulations in the American market, according to a review of his statements and public records. Mr. Hatz declined to comment through a spokesman at Porsche, where he has served on the management board as chief of research and development.

Of the proposed regulation, he said, “I see it as nearly impossible for us.” In September of this year, Volkswagen, then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to <hl> installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests <hl>, setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history. The role of Mr. Hatz, one of the first employees suspended by the company when the crisis broke, is considered a pivotal one in myriad investigations into Volkswagen’s decision-making by prosecutors in the United States, Germany and elsewhere. Mr. Hatz, 56, was one of a coterie of executives from VW’s Audi brand brought over to run the parent company in 2007 by Martin Winterkorn, who was Audi’s chief until he took over as VW’s chief executive that year. One of Mr. Winterkorn’s first moves was to name Mr. Hatz, the head of engines and transmission development at Audi, to do the same job for the entire company. Mr. Hatz’s elevation came during a bitter internal clash about what kind of emissions technology Volkswagen should use to ensure that the company’s diesels would comply with tougher American emissions standards — a clash that ultimately led the company to cheat on emissions tests. While Mr. Hatz was an advocate for diesels, he has also spoken out in the past about the struggle to meet regulations in the American market, according to a review of his statements and public records. Mr. Hatz declined to comment through a spokesman at Porsche, where he has served on the management board as chief of research and development.

In September of this year, Volkswagen, then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to <hl> installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests <hl> , setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history.


Question: Where would the children sit during their father's meetings?

Q. Your father and two of his cousins were then leading the group. How did you negotiate that relationship? A. Working with men from a different generation could have been difficult, and I’m not sure they believed in my vision, but I have to say they were rather benevolent and appreciative of my efforts. My father had always included me and my sister in the business, his office door was always open and even as children we would go in and sit at the end of the conference room and listen to his meetings. His secretary would give us Coca-Cola, which we were not allowed to have at home. He would also take us on business trips, too. Later I realized how much he had exposed me to a lot of things.

Answer: conference room

Q. Your father and two of his cousins were then leading the group. How did you negotiate that relationship? A. Working with men from a different generation could have been difficult, and I’m not sure they believed in my vision, but I have to say they were rather benevolent and appreciative of my efforts. <hl> My father had always included me and my sister in the business, his office door was always open and even as children we would go in and sit at the end of the conference room and listen to his meetings. <hl> His secretary would give us Coca-Cola, which we were not allowed to have at home. He would also take us on business trips, too. Later I realized how much he had exposed me to a lot of things.

Q. Your father and two of his cousins were then leading the group. How did you negotiate that relationship? A. Working with men from a different generation could have been difficult, and I’m not sure they believed in my vision, but I have to say they were rather benevolent and appreciative of my efforts. My father had always included me and my sister in the business, his office door was always open and even as children we would go in and sit at the end of the <hl> conference room <hl> and listen to his meetings. His secretary would give us Coca-Cola, which we were not allowed to have at home. He would also take us on business trips, too. Later I realized how much he had exposed me to a lot of things.


Question: What do murder mysteries have?

Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens. Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008, has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country. It is especially popular among women, ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.

Answer: a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong

<hl> Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens. <hl> Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008, has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country. It is especially popular among women, ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.

Filled with <hl> a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong <hl> murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens. Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008, has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country. It is especially popular among women, ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.


Question: Who was Monday night's game against?

“I was like, ‘All right, we have to lose once in a while,’ ” he said by phone while on his way to Monday night’s game against Miami. “Then Lagares hit the double and Granderson walked, and you just knew it; you just knew it,” he added, referring to Juan Lagares and Curtis Granderson, who started the Mets’ ninth-inning rally. Breuer said that when Daniel Murphy came to the plate, “I said, ‘He’s going to belt a homer,’ and when he did, I laughed — I just couldn’t stop giggling.” The Yankees are an older, less flashy team that lost much of its charisma with the retirements of Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter in 2013 and 2014. The former ace C. C. Sabathia is struggling with a bad knee and the wear and tear of pitching nearly 3,000 innings in his career, and the Yankees’ current top pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, is soldiering on with a slightly torn elbow ligament. Their biggest star is probably Alex Rodriguez, whose unlikely comeback after a season-long suspension has helped keep the Yankees in the pennant race. Although it seems that fans have grudgingly accepted him because he is producing well and not causing trouble, he is not a Jeter-like presence who draws fans to the stadium in droves.

Answer: Miami

<hl> “I was like, ‘All right, we have to lose once in a while,’ ” he said by phone while on his way to Monday night’s game against Miami . <hl> “Then Lagares hit the double and Granderson walked, and you just knew it; you just knew it,” he added, referring to Juan Lagares and Curtis Granderson, who started the Mets’ ninth-inning rally. Breuer said that when Daniel Murphy came to the plate, “I said, ‘He’s going to belt a homer,’ and when he did, I laughed — I just couldn’t stop giggling.” The Yankees are an older, less flashy team that lost much of its charisma with the retirements of Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter in 2013 and 2014. The former ace C. C. Sabathia is struggling with a bad knee and the wear and tear of pitching nearly 3,000 innings in his career, and the Yankees’ current top pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, is soldiering on with a slightly torn elbow ligament. Their biggest star is probably Alex Rodriguez, whose unlikely comeback after a season-long suspension has helped keep the Yankees in the pennant race. Although it seems that fans have grudgingly accepted him because he is producing well and not causing trouble, he is not a Jeter-like presence who draws fans to the stadium in droves.

“I was like, ‘All right, we have to lose once in a while,’ ” he said by phone while on his way to Monday night’s game against <hl> Miami <hl>. “Then Lagares hit the double and Granderson walked, and you just knew it; you just knew it,” he added, referring to Juan Lagares and Curtis Granderson, who started the Mets’ ninth-inning rally. Breuer said that when Daniel Murphy came to the plate, “I said, ‘He’s going to belt a homer,’ and when he did, I laughed — I just couldn’t stop giggling.” The Yankees are an older, less flashy team that lost much of its charisma with the retirements of Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter in 2013 and 2014. The former ace C. C. Sabathia is struggling with a bad knee and the wear and tear of pitching nearly 3,000 innings in his career, and the Yankees’ current top pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, is soldiering on with a slightly torn elbow ligament. Their biggest star is probably Alex Rodriguez, whose unlikely comeback after a season-long suspension has helped keep the Yankees in the pennant race. Although it seems that fans have grudgingly accepted him because he is producing well and not causing trouble, he is not a Jeter-like presence who draws fans to the stadium in droves.

“I was like, ‘All right, we have to lose once in a while,’ ” he said by phone while on his way to Monday night’s game against <hl> Miami <hl> .


Question: What percentage of young men play internet games?

Some in the gaming community have proposed a shift in the meaning of gamer to be akin to cinephile, a person with a deep knowledge and appreciation of the whole medium. Others have argued that the definition should be broad and, in particular, reflect the wide array of people who play. “Marginalized groups have always engaged in gaming,” Kishonna Gray, director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University, said in an email. “They just haven’t been acknowledged by gaming culture yet and they really aren’t catered to.” The Pew survey, which was conducted this summer among a sample of about 2,000 adults, found that young men play games far more than other groups, with 77 percent of 18- to 29-year-old men saying they play, and 57 percent of young women.

Answer: 77 percent of 18- to 29-year-old men

Some in the gaming community have proposed a shift in the meaning of gamer to be akin to cinephile, a person with a deep knowledge and appreciation of the whole medium. Others have argued that the definition should be broad and, in particular, reflect the wide array of people who play. “Marginalized groups have always engaged in gaming,” Kishonna Gray, director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University, said in an email. “They just haven’t been acknowledged by gaming culture yet and they really aren’t catered to.” <hl> The Pew survey, which was conducted this summer among a sample of about 2,000 adults, found that young men play games far more than other groups, with 77 percent of 18- to 29-year-old men saying they play, and 57 percent of young women. <hl>

Some in the gaming community have proposed a shift in the meaning of gamer to be akin to cinephile, a person with a deep knowledge and appreciation of the whole medium. Others have argued that the definition should be broad and, in particular, reflect the wide array of people who play. “Marginalized groups have always engaged in gaming,” Kishonna Gray, director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University, said in an email. “They just haven’t been acknowledged by gaming culture yet and they really aren’t catered to.” The Pew survey, which was conducted this summer among a sample of about 2,000 adults, found that young men play games far more than other groups, with <hl> 77 percent of 18- to 29-year-old men <hl> saying they play, and 57 percent of young women.


Question: What is the cost for Artie Vierkant's talk?

PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Theological Explorations of Love and Lust,” lecture by Deanne Mincer. April 8 at 6 p.m. $15 to $25. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street. 914-788-0100; hvcca.org. PURCHASE Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College An artist talk by Artie Vierkant. April 8 at 6:30 p.m. Free. “Prestige, Identity and Power in Early Kuba Garments,” gallery talk and participatory embroidery. April 12 at 2 p.m. $3 to $5. Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road. 914-251-6100; www.neuberger.org. SCARSDALE Greenburgh Nature Center “Free Energy: A Local Family Saves by Going Solar,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. Free. Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road. greenburghnaturecenter.org; 914-723-3470.

Answer: Free

Free .

PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Theological Explorations of Love and Lust,” lecture by Deanne Mincer. April 8 at 6 p.m. $15 to $25. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street. 914-788-0100; hvcca.org. PURCHASE Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College An artist talk by Artie Vierkant. April 8 at 6:30 p.m. <hl> Free . <hl> “Prestige, Identity and Power in Early Kuba Garments,” gallery talk and participatory embroidery. April 12 at 2 p.m. $3 to $5. Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road. 914-251-6100; www.neuberger.org. SCARSDALE Greenburgh Nature Center “Free Energy: A Local Family Saves by Going Solar,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. Free. Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road. greenburghnaturecenter.org; 914-723-3470.

PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Theological Explorations of Love and Lust,” lecture by Deanne Mincer. April 8 at 6 p.m. $15 to $25. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street. 914-788-0100; hvcca.org. PURCHASE Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College An artist talk by Artie Vierkant. April 8 at 6:30 p.m. <hl> Free <hl>. “Prestige, Identity and Power in Early Kuba Garments,” gallery talk and participatory embroidery. April 12 at 2 p.m. $3 to $5. Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road. 914-251-6100; www.neuberger.org. SCARSDALE Greenburgh Nature Center “Free Energy: A Local Family Saves by Going Solar,” lecture. April 8 at 7 p.m. Free. Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road. greenburghnaturecenter.org; 914-723-3470.


Question: How many pieces are there in the collection?

Success brought a private clientele and the Rubels opened stores on Fifth Avenue and in Palm Beach, Fla. But, by the mid-1950s, the boutiques had closed. The last vestiges of their fame are the vintage pieces that turn up for auction occasionally at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams. Since finding her grand uncles’ archives, Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel has been working on designs and is now reviving the John Rubel brand with the collection La Bohème. Inspired by the shapes and bold colors of Rubel Frères style, the 18 pieces in the collection are made of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, blue and pink sapphires and blue-green tourmalines. “I call it dancing jewelry” she said. “It’s very colorful, very joyful with touches of Art Deco style.” John Rubel’s Modernist-style Rouleau bracelet of curved gold and blue and pink sapphires inspired Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel’s Ginger ring, named for Ginger Rogers, which the buyer can have pavéd with diamonds, emeralds, or sapphires. The Mozambique ruby and diamond ring, named La Divine, was derived from Rubel’s Undersea Flower clip of turquoises, rubies and diamonds.

Answer: 18

Success brought a private clientele and the Rubels opened stores on Fifth Avenue and in Palm Beach, Fla. But, by the mid-1950s, the boutiques had closed. The last vestiges of their fame are the vintage pieces that turn up for auction occasionally at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams. Since finding her grand uncles’ archives, Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel has been working on designs and is now reviving the John Rubel brand with the collection La Bohème. <hl> Inspired by the shapes and bold colors of Rubel Frères style, the 18 pieces in the collection are made of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, blue and pink sapphires and blue-green tourmalines. <hl> “I call it dancing jewelry” she said. “It’s very colorful, very joyful with touches of Art Deco style.” John Rubel’s Modernist-style Rouleau bracelet of curved gold and blue and pink sapphires inspired Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel’s Ginger ring, named for Ginger Rogers, which the buyer can have pavéd with diamonds, emeralds, or sapphires. The Mozambique ruby and diamond ring, named La Divine, was derived from Rubel’s Undersea Flower clip of turquoises, rubies and diamonds.

Success brought a private clientele and the Rubels opened stores on Fifth Avenue and in Palm Beach, Fla. But, by the mid-1950s, the boutiques had closed. The last vestiges of their fame are the vintage pieces that turn up for auction occasionally at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams. Since finding her grand uncles’ archives, Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel has been working on designs and is now reviving the John Rubel brand with the collection La Bohème. Inspired by the shapes and bold colors of Rubel Frères style, the <hl> 18 <hl> pieces in the collection are made of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, blue and pink sapphires and blue-green tourmalines. “I call it dancing jewelry” she said. “It’s very colorful, very joyful with touches of Art Deco style.” John Rubel’s Modernist-style Rouleau bracelet of curved gold and blue and pink sapphires inspired Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel’s Ginger ring, named for Ginger Rogers, which the buyer can have pavéd with diamonds, emeralds, or sapphires. The Mozambique ruby and diamond ring, named La Divine, was derived from Rubel’s Undersea Flower clip of turquoises, rubies and diamonds.


Question: Where is Mr. Saleh going to?

Mr. Atassi scrutinizes Mr. Saleh’s ordinary side, filming him asleep, legs poking from under a comforter, or flinching at the sound of shelling, when he is not giving interviews over Skype to a Western journalist who tells him, “Your voice is very important.” He also Skypes with his wife, now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege. Mr. Saleh tells the camera, presciently, that if anything happens to her, “it would break me more than anything else.” Finally, realizing that he can contribute nothing in Raqqa, Mr. Saleh departs for Turkey. There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. “Like an extraterrestrial,” Mr. Atassi said in an interview.

Answer: Turkey.

Mr. Atassi scrutinizes Mr. Saleh’s ordinary side, filming him asleep, legs poking from under a comforter, or flinching at the sound of shelling, when he is not giving interviews over Skype to a Western journalist who tells him, “Your voice is very important.” He also Skypes with his wife, now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege. Mr. Saleh tells the camera, presciently, that if anything happens to her, “it would break me more than anything else.” <hl> Finally, realizing that he can contribute nothing in Raqqa, Mr. Saleh departs for Turkey. There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. <hl> “Like an extraterrestrial,” Mr. Atassi said in an interview.

Mr. Atassi scrutinizes Mr. Saleh’s ordinary side, filming him asleep, legs poking from under a comforter, or flinching at the sound of shelling, when he is not giving interviews over Skype to a Western journalist who tells him, “Your voice is very important.” He also Skypes with his wife, now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege. Mr. Saleh tells the camera, presciently, that if anything happens to her, “it would break me more than anything else.” Finally, realizing that he can contribute nothing in Raqqa, Mr. Saleh departs for <hl> Turkey. <hl> There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. “Like an extraterrestrial,” Mr. Atassi said in an interview.


Question: What movie covers the end of Dan Rather's career?

‘Trumbo’ (R, 2:04) This clunker about the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) tells a great-man story with a patchwork of fact and fiction, mixing in the odd bit of newsreel with a great many dull, visually flat and poorly lighted dramatic scenes. Jay Roach directed. (Dargis) ★ ‘Truth’ (R, 2:01) The title of “Truth,” a gripping, beautifully executed journalistic thriller about the events that ended Dan Rather’s career as a CBS anchorman, should probably be appended with a question mark. More than most docudramas about fairly recent events, it is so well-written and acted that it conveys an eerie illusion of veracity. (Holden) ‘Victor Frankenstein’ (PG-13, 1:49) A pop romp that exhumes Mary Shelley’s famous monster-maker (James McAvoy) for a jaunty bromance with his bestie, Igor (Daniel Radcliffe). It’s a hyperventilated resurrection, larded with cheerful violence and self-regarding smiles. (Dargis)

Answer: Truth

(Dargis) ★ ‘ Truth ’ (R, 2:01)

‘Trumbo’ (R, 2:04) This clunker about the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) tells a great-man story with a patchwork of fact and fiction, mixing in the odd bit of newsreel with a great many dull, visually flat and poorly lighted dramatic scenes. Jay Roach directed. <hl> (Dargis) ★ ‘ Truth ’ (R, 2:01) <hl> The title of “Truth,” a gripping, beautifully executed journalistic thriller about the events that ended Dan Rather’s career as a CBS anchorman, should probably be appended with a question mark. More than most docudramas about fairly recent events, it is so well-written and acted that it conveys an eerie illusion of veracity. (Holden) ‘Victor Frankenstein’ (PG-13, 1:49) A pop romp that exhumes Mary Shelley’s famous monster-maker (James McAvoy) for a jaunty bromance with his bestie, Igor (Daniel Radcliffe). It’s a hyperventilated resurrection, larded with cheerful violence and self-regarding smiles. (Dargis)

‘Trumbo’ (R, 2:04) This clunker about the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) tells a great-man story with a patchwork of fact and fiction, mixing in the odd bit of newsreel with a great many dull, visually flat and poorly lighted dramatic scenes. Jay Roach directed. (Dargis) ★ ‘<hl> Truth <hl>’ (R, 2:01) The title of “Truth,” a gripping, beautifully executed journalistic thriller about the events that ended Dan Rather’s career as a CBS anchorman, should probably be appended with a question mark. More than most docudramas about fairly recent events, it is so well-written and acted that it conveys an eerie illusion of veracity. (Holden) ‘Victor Frankenstein’ (PG-13, 1:49) A pop romp that exhumes Mary Shelley’s famous monster-maker (James McAvoy) for a jaunty bromance with his bestie, Igor (Daniel Radcliffe). It’s a hyperventilated resurrection, larded with cheerful violence and self-regarding smiles. (Dargis)

(Dargis) ★ ‘ <hl> Truth <hl> ’ (R, 2:01)


Question: Were there any deaths reported?

No deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City, where the incident took place, outside of Taipei. The injured, many suffering from serious burns and smoke inhalation, were overwhelmingly young, in their 20s or younger, with one 18-year-old woman receiving burns on 90 percent of her body, according to the official Central News Agency.

Answer: No

<hl> No deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City, where the incident took place, outside of Taipei. <hl> The injured, many suffering from serious burns and smoke inhalation, were overwhelmingly young, in their 20s or younger, with one 18-year-old woman receiving burns on 90 percent of her body, according to the official Central News Agency.

<hl> No <hl> deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City, where the incident took place, outside of Taipei. The injured, many suffering from serious burns and smoke inhalation, were overwhelmingly young, in their 20s or younger, with one 18-year-old woman receiving burns on 90 percent of her body, according to the official Central News Agency.


Question: What organization what the perpetrator a member of?

Four more attacks were reported on Thursday. A Palestinian gunman drove up to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and opened fire on the soldiers there, according to the military. The assailant was shot and killed, and one soldier and one bystander were wounded. Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service. Hours later, in Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian resident of the West Bank, the authorities said. A Palestinian doctor from a nearby clinic gave first aid. Police officers at the scene fatally shot the assailant. At night, a gunman fired at an Israeli vehicle near a West Bank settlement, causing no injuries. And two Palestinians stabbed a soldier in Hebron and were subsequently killed.

Answer: Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service

Four more attacks were reported on Thursday. A Palestinian gunman drove up to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and opened fire on the soldiers there, according to the military. The assailant was shot and killed, and one soldier and one bystander were wounded. <hl> Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service . <hl> Hours later, in Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian resident of the West Bank, the authorities said. A Palestinian doctor from a nearby clinic gave first aid. Police officers at the scene fatally shot the assailant. At night, a gunman fired at an Israeli vehicle near a West Bank settlement, causing no injuries. And two Palestinians stabbed a soldier in Hebron and were subsequently killed.

Four more attacks were reported on Thursday. A Palestinian gunman drove up to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and opened fire on the soldiers there, according to the military. The assailant was shot and killed, and one soldier and one bystander were wounded. Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the <hl> Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service <hl>. Hours later, in Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian resident of the West Bank, the authorities said. A Palestinian doctor from a nearby clinic gave first aid. Police officers at the scene fatally shot the assailant. At night, a gunman fired at an Israeli vehicle near a West Bank settlement, causing no injuries. And two Palestinians stabbed a soldier in Hebron and were subsequently killed.

Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the <hl> Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service <hl> .


Question: Katie Goldstein is a member of what advocacy group?

But that would be a setback for both Mr. de Blasio and tenant activists who hope to impose restrictions on landlords of rent-stabilized apartments. “It’s really siding with the real estate industry, rather than New York tenants,” said Katie Goldstein of Tenants and Neighbors, an advocacy group. “It’d be a disaster. Renewal would mean leaving the broken system intact.” Keith L. T. Wright, a Democrat and the chairman of the Assembly’s housing committee, agreed. “It would be political and governmental malpractice if we do not reform rent regulations and 421-a,” he said.

Answer: Tenants and Neighbors

But that would be a setback for both Mr. de Blasio and tenant activists who hope to impose restrictions on landlords of rent-stabilized apartments. <hl> “It’s really siding with the real estate industry, rather than New York tenants,” said Katie Goldstein of Tenants and Neighbors , an advocacy group. <hl> “It’d be a disaster. Renewal would mean leaving the broken system intact.” Keith L. T. Wright, a Democrat and the chairman of the Assembly’s housing committee, agreed. “It would be political and governmental malpractice if we do not reform rent regulations and 421-a,” he said.

But that would be a setback for both Mr. de Blasio and tenant activists who hope to impose restrictions on landlords of rent-stabilized apartments. “It’s really siding with the real estate industry, rather than New York tenants,” said Katie Goldstein of <hl> Tenants and Neighbors <hl>, an advocacy group. “It’d be a disaster. Renewal would mean leaving the broken system intact.” Keith L. T. Wright, a Democrat and the chairman of the Assembly’s housing committee, agreed. “It would be political and governmental malpractice if we do not reform rent regulations and 421-a,” he said.

“It’s really siding with the real estate industry, rather than New York tenants,” said Katie Goldstein of <hl> Tenants and Neighbors <hl> , an advocacy group.


Question: Which Old Testament Book in the Bible has God granting dominion to human beings over all other beings?

Answer: Genesis

<hl> Among Christians and Jews, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” <hl>

Among Christians and Jews, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of <hl> Genesis <hl> when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”


Question: What type of energy supplies are American rabbis requesting that governments find way to lower the cost of?

Perhaps the biggest question now is whether rising concern about the environment among religious groups will translate into stronger political demands that governments find ways to reduce the cost of low-carbon energy supplies, improve their reliability and speed their deployment. This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued a letter of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand. “The hope is that over and over in our history, when our country faced the need for profound change, it has been our communities of moral commitment, religious covenant and spiritual search that have arisen to meet the need,” the rabbis declared. “So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”

Answer: low-carbon

<hl> Perhaps the biggest question now is whether rising concern about the environment among religious groups will translate into stronger political demands that governments find ways to reduce the cost of low-carbon energy supplies, improve their reliability and speed their deployment. <hl> This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued a letter of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand. “The hope is that over and over in our history, when our country faced the need for profound change, it has been our communities of moral commitment, religious covenant and spiritual search that have arisen to meet the need,” the rabbis declared. “So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”

Perhaps the biggest question now is whether rising concern about the environment among religious groups will translate into stronger political demands that governments find ways to reduce the cost of <hl> low-carbon <hl> energy supplies, improve their reliability and speed their deployment. This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued a letter of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand. “The hope is that over and over in our history, when our country faced the need for profound change, it has been our communities of moral commitment, religious covenant and spiritual search that have arisen to meet the need,” the rabbis declared. “So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”


Question: What was the final score of the game?

Syndergaard then gave the type of performance that defines a player’s season, the kind that can instill confidence in a rookie and propel him to new heights. He suffocated the Dodgers, holding them to two hits and one run in six innings. He pitched even with Kershaw, perhaps even better, and gave the Mets’ porous offense the chance to squeak out a 2-1 win. Syndergaard pitched so well that, afterward, a reporter asked him if this start had stamped him as one of the best young pitchers in baseball, and he did not scoff at the question. “I hope so,” Syndergaard said. “But, I mean, I certainly don’t think I’m there yet to carry the name as Clayton Kershaw does. But hopefully I’ll get there.”

Answer: 2-1

Syndergaard then gave the type of performance that defines a player’s season, the kind that can instill confidence in a rookie and propel him to new heights. He suffocated the Dodgers, holding them to two hits and one run in six innings. <hl> He pitched even with Kershaw, perhaps even better, and gave the Mets’ porous offense the chance to squeak out a 2-1 win. <hl> Syndergaard pitched so well that, afterward, a reporter asked him if this start had stamped him as one of the best young pitchers in baseball, and he did not scoff at the question. “I hope so,” Syndergaard said. “But, I mean, I certainly don’t think I’m there yet to carry the name as Clayton Kershaw does. But hopefully I’ll get there.”

Syndergaard then gave the type of performance that defines a player’s season, the kind that can instill confidence in a rookie and propel him to new heights. He suffocated the Dodgers, holding them to two hits and one run in six innings. He pitched even with Kershaw, perhaps even better, and gave the Mets’ porous offense the chance to squeak out a <hl> 2-1 <hl> win. Syndergaard pitched so well that, afterward, a reporter asked him if this start had stamped him as one of the best young pitchers in baseball, and he did not scoff at the question. “I hope so,” Syndergaard said. “But, I mean, I certainly don’t think I’m there yet to carry the name as Clayton Kershaw does. But hopefully I’ll get there.”


Question: Who sued?

Mr. Robins sued under a part of the credit law that provides damages of up to $1,000 without proof of direct harm, and he sought to represent a class of people with similar claims. Spokeo responded that Congress did not have the power to create a legal right to sue for plaintiffs who have suffered no direct and concrete injuries. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last year disagreed. “A plaintiff can suffer a violation of the statutory right without suffering actual damages,” a unanimous three-judge panel ruled.

Answer: Mr. Robins

<hl> Mr. Robins sued under a part of the credit law that provides damages of up to $1,000 without proof of direct harm, and he sought to represent a class of people with similar claims. <hl> Spokeo responded that Congress did not have the power to create a legal right to sue for plaintiffs who have suffered no direct and concrete injuries. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last year disagreed. “A plaintiff can suffer a violation of the statutory right without suffering actual damages,” a unanimous three-judge panel ruled.

<hl> Mr. Robins <hl> sued under a part of the credit law that provides damages of up to $1,000 without proof of direct harm, and he sought to represent a class of people with similar claims. Spokeo responded that Congress did not have the power to create a legal right to sue for plaintiffs who have suffered no direct and concrete injuries. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last year disagreed. “A plaintiff can suffer a violation of the statutory right without suffering actual damages,” a unanimous three-judge panel ruled.


Question: What was the name of the housing project Ms. White lived on?

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

Answer: Estell Village

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

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