Question: What other way do criminals requesting for ransom use when using websites to receive/send virtual currency?

But the proliferation of ransom demands has provided an unhappy reminder of the virtual currency’s continuing appeal to the criminal underworld, long after the authorities shut down the online drug bazaar, Silk Road, where heroin and cocaine were sold using Bitcoin. The latest reminder of Bitcoin’s underbelly came last week with the arrest of two Florida men. The authorities said victims of malware were steered to Coin.mx, a site run by the two men, to buy the Bitcoins to pay the ransom demanded by the malware. The complaint suggested that the criminals also used the site to launder their proceeds.

Answer: to launder their proceeds

But the proliferation of ransom demands has provided an unhappy reminder of the virtual currency’s continuing appeal to the criminal underworld, long after the authorities shut down the online drug bazaar, Silk Road, where heroin and cocaine were sold using Bitcoin. The latest reminder of Bitcoin’s underbelly came last week with the arrest of two Florida men. The authorities said victims of malware were steered to Coin.mx, a site run by the two men, to buy the Bitcoins to pay the ransom demanded by the malware. <hl> The complaint suggested that the criminals also used the site to launder their proceeds . <hl>

But the proliferation of ransom demands has provided an unhappy reminder of the virtual currency’s continuing appeal to the criminal underworld, long after the authorities shut down the online drug bazaar, Silk Road, where heroin and cocaine were sold using Bitcoin. The latest reminder of Bitcoin’s underbelly came last week with the arrest of two Florida men. The authorities said victims of malware were steered to Coin.mx, a site run by the two men, to buy the Bitcoins to pay the ransom demanded by the malware. The complaint suggested that the criminals also used the site <hl> to launder their proceeds <hl>.

The complaint suggested that the criminals also used the site <hl> to launder their proceeds <hl> .


Question: What type of voice Mr. Bridges have that night?

But it also does him a disservice. What if it turns out that this isn’t Mr. Bridges’s true context after all? At the end of his main set — after the sax subsided, after the strolling bass stopped strolling — he stood onstage, clutching an acoustic guitar. Accompanied only by his backup singer, he began to play “River.” It’s the final song on his album, and the one on which the allusions to Mr. Cooke are the strongest, taking advantage of the slickness of Mr. Bridges’s voice. But here, he did something different with it: His voice was raspy, exhausted, unkempt. For the whole night, he’d been a character in some elaborate, underwhelming music trompe l’oeil. But stripped free of context, and unburdened by expectations, he was riveting. And timeless.

Answer: raspy, exhausted, unkempt

But it also does him a disservice. What if it turns out that this isn’t Mr. Bridges’s true context after all? At the end of his main set — after the sax subsided, after the strolling bass stopped strolling — he stood onstage, clutching an acoustic guitar. Accompanied only by his backup singer, he began to play “River.” It’s the final song on his album, and the one on which the allusions to Mr. Cooke are the strongest, taking advantage of the slickness of Mr. Bridges’s voice. <hl> But here, he did something different with it: His voice was raspy, exhausted, unkempt . <hl> For the whole night, he’d been a character in some elaborate, underwhelming music trompe l’oeil. But stripped free of context, and unburdened by expectations, he was riveting. And timeless.

But it also does him a disservice. What if it turns out that this isn’t Mr. Bridges’s true context after all? At the end of his main set — after the sax subsided, after the strolling bass stopped strolling — he stood onstage, clutching an acoustic guitar. Accompanied only by his backup singer, he began to play “River.” It’s the final song on his album, and the one on which the allusions to Mr. Cooke are the strongest, taking advantage of the slickness of Mr. Bridges’s voice. But here, he did something different with it: His voice was <hl> raspy, exhausted, unkempt <hl>. For the whole night, he’d been a character in some elaborate, underwhelming music trompe l’oeil. But stripped free of context, and unburdened by expectations, he was riveting. And timeless.

But here, he did something different with it: His voice was <hl> raspy, exhausted, unkempt <hl> .


Question: What driving range was the couple's first kiss?

“He knew the menu, so he took charge with the ordering, but not in an arrogant, controlling way,” she said. “He was very polite, and I thought to myself that unless I find out that this guy is totally crazy, he’s the perfect guy for me.” Mr. Kaba found Ms. Dawson to be very engaging and always smiling. “She made me feel very comfortable,” he said. So they planned a second date a few days later, at the driving range at Chelsea Piers, where they shared their first kiss. “I’m an average golfer, but she didn’t know how to play the game at all, so I looked even better in her eyes,” Mr. Kaba said.

Answer: Chelsea Piers

“He knew the menu, so he took charge with the ordering, but not in an arrogant, controlling way,” she said. “He was very polite, and I thought to myself that unless I find out that this guy is totally crazy, he’s the perfect guy for me.” Mr. Kaba found Ms. Dawson to be very engaging and always smiling. “She made me feel very comfortable,” he said. <hl> So they planned a second date a few days later, at the driving range at Chelsea Piers , where they shared their first kiss. <hl> “I’m an average golfer, but she didn’t know how to play the game at all, so I looked even better in her eyes,” Mr. Kaba said.

“He knew the menu, so he took charge with the ordering, but not in an arrogant, controlling way,” she said. “He was very polite, and I thought to myself that unless I find out that this guy is totally crazy, he’s the perfect guy for me.” Mr. Kaba found Ms. Dawson to be very engaging and always smiling. “She made me feel very comfortable,” he said. So they planned a second date a few days later, at the driving range at <hl> Chelsea Piers <hl>, where they shared their first kiss. “I’m an average golfer, but she didn’t know how to play the game at all, so I looked even better in her eyes,” Mr. Kaba said.

So they planned a second date a few days later, at the driving range at <hl> Chelsea Piers <hl> , where they shared their first kiss.


Question: Who won the game?

For the first time since 1998, and for the fifth time in league history, the All-Star Game made a stop in New York, infusing the arena with a dose of the basketball skill, celebrity presence and general sense of occasion it has lacked for the last three months, given the struggles of the hometown Knicks. The game capped a multiborough weekend spree of brand-sponsored parties, in-store promotional appearances, charity events and various activities vaguely related to basketball, some of which took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In a leisurely game that grew mildly competitive only in the final minutes, the Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference, 163-158, in front of a well-dressed, sellout crowd. The N.B.A. distributed two-thirds of the tickets to its marketing and broadcast partners and affiliates, the participating players and the players’ union, as well as league alumni. The league said that around 1,800 credentials were issued to various media outlets.

Answer: the Western Conference

For the first time since 1998, and for the fifth time in league history, the All-Star Game made a stop in New York, infusing the arena with a dose of the basketball skill, celebrity presence and general sense of occasion it has lacked for the last three months, given the struggles of the hometown Knicks. The game capped a multiborough weekend spree of brand-sponsored parties, in-store promotional appearances, charity events and various activities vaguely related to basketball, some of which took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. <hl> In a leisurely game that grew mildly competitive only in the final minutes, the Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference, 163-158, in front of a well-dressed, sellout crowd. <hl> The N.B.A. distributed two-thirds of the tickets to its marketing and broadcast partners and affiliates, the participating players and the players’ union, as well as league alumni. The league said that around 1,800 credentials were issued to various media outlets.

For the first time since 1998, and for the fifth time in league history, the All-Star Game made a stop in New York, infusing the arena with a dose of the basketball skill, celebrity presence and general sense of occasion it has lacked for the last three months, given the struggles of the hometown Knicks. The game capped a multiborough weekend spree of brand-sponsored parties, in-store promotional appearances, charity events and various activities vaguely related to basketball, some of which took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In a leisurely game that grew mildly competitive only in the final minutes, <hl> the Western Conference <hl> beat the Eastern Conference, 163-158, in front of a well-dressed, sellout crowd. The N.B.A. distributed two-thirds of the tickets to its marketing and broadcast partners and affiliates, the participating players and the players’ union, as well as league alumni. The league said that around 1,800 credentials were issued to various media outlets.


Question: Where did fililibusters take place?

The next deadline is likely to come in late June, when the Supreme Court decides whether residents of states that use the federal insurance marketplace have wrongfully been given subsidies to purchase insurance. If the justices side with the plaintiffs against the Obama administration, they will have done far more to dismantle the Affordable Care Act than the House and Senate budgets. The documents mandate its repeal and include expedited parliamentary rules, called reconciliation, that ensure that legislation to repeal the act cannot be filibustered in the Senate. Republican leaders in both chambers would move quickly to replace the health care law with a temporary measure that does away with the law’s mandates, regulations and tax increases, and then move toward a broader replacement bill. That first effort would probably be vetoed by Mr. Obama, setting the stage, Republicans hope, for bipartisan negotiations over the summer to find a health care alternative. “That determines when we get to move a robust replacement bill” for the Affordable Care Act, Mr. Ryan said of the Supreme Court decision.

Answer: in the Senate

The next deadline is likely to come in late June, when the Supreme Court decides whether residents of states that use the federal insurance marketplace have wrongfully been given subsidies to purchase insurance. If the justices side with the plaintiffs against the Obama administration, they will have done far more to dismantle the Affordable Care Act than the House and Senate budgets. <hl> The documents mandate its repeal and include expedited parliamentary rules, called reconciliation, that ensure that legislation to repeal the act cannot be filibustered in the Senate . <hl> Republican leaders in both chambers would move quickly to replace the health care law with a temporary measure that does away with the law’s mandates, regulations and tax increases, and then move toward a broader replacement bill. That first effort would probably be vetoed by Mr. Obama, setting the stage, Republicans hope, for bipartisan negotiations over the summer to find a health care alternative. “That determines when we get to move a robust replacement bill” for the Affordable Care Act, Mr. Ryan said of the Supreme Court decision.

The next deadline is likely to come in late June, when the Supreme Court decides whether residents of states that use the federal insurance marketplace have wrongfully been given subsidies to purchase insurance. If the justices side with the plaintiffs against the Obama administration, they will have done far more to dismantle the Affordable Care Act than the House and Senate budgets. The documents mandate its repeal and include expedited parliamentary rules, called reconciliation, that ensure that legislation to repeal the act cannot be filibustered <hl> in the Senate <hl>. Republican leaders in both chambers would move quickly to replace the health care law with a temporary measure that does away with the law’s mandates, regulations and tax increases, and then move toward a broader replacement bill. That first effort would probably be vetoed by Mr. Obama, setting the stage, Republicans hope, for bipartisan negotiations over the summer to find a health care alternative. “That determines when we get to move a robust replacement bill” for the Affordable Care Act, Mr. Ryan said of the Supreme Court decision.

The documents mandate its repeal and include expedited parliamentary rules, called reconciliation, that ensure that legislation to repeal the act cannot be filibustered <hl> in the Senate <hl> .


Question: How many books did Kathleen Parthé write about the village prose?

Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.” She added, “As a writer he may have been a spent force, but as a cultural icon who helped legitimize the latest version of Russian authoritarianism,” he was receiving “a very grand send-off.”

Answer: two

<hl> Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.” <hl> She added, “As a writer he may have been a spent force, but as a cultural icon who helped legitimize the latest version of Russian authoritarianism,” he was receiving “a very grand send-off.”

Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of <hl> two <hl> books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.” She added, “As a writer he may have been a spent force, but as a cultural icon who helped legitimize the latest version of Russian authoritarianism,” he was receiving “a very grand send-off.”


Question: Where will Rory Angelicola be performing?

PATERSON Lambert Castle Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.” June 28 at 5 p.m. $15. Sophia Agranovich, pianist, presents “Carnaval and Fantasie.” July 12 at 5 p.m. $15. Lambert Castle , 3 Valley Road. 973-247-0085 ext. 201; lambertcastle.org.

Answer: Lambert Castle

<hl> PATERSON Lambert Castle Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.” <hl> June 28 at 5 p.m. $15. Sophia Agranovich, pianist, presents “Carnaval and Fantasie.” July 12 at 5 p.m. $15. Lambert Castle , 3 Valley Road. 973-247-0085 ext. 201; lambertcastle.org.

PATERSON <hl> Lambert Castle <hl> Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.” June 28 at 5 p.m. $15. Sophia Agranovich, pianist, presents “Carnaval and Fantasie.” July 12 at 5 p.m. $15. Lambert Castle , 3 Valley Road. 973-247-0085 ext. 201; lambertcastle.org.


Question: Does Swenson believe we can still extract all the water we want?

On a boat ride in July through one of the delta’s channels, Anna Swenson, co-director of a community group called North Delta Cares, spoke of William Mulholland, the famed Los Angeles water boss who, in the early 20th century, purloined the water of the distant Owens Valley on behalf of his city. “William Mulholland is in the grave, and so should his ideas be,” Ms. Swenson said. “The days when you could come up here and stick your straw in to satisfy your insatiable demands — those days are over.”

Answer: those days are over

On a boat ride in July through one of the delta’s channels, Anna Swenson, co-director of a community group called North Delta Cares, spoke of William Mulholland, the famed Los Angeles water boss who, in the early 20th century, purloined the water of the distant Owens Valley on behalf of his city. “William Mulholland is in the grave, and so should his ideas be,” Ms. Swenson said. <hl> “The days when you could come up here and stick your straw in to satisfy your insatiable demands — those days are over . <hl> ”

On a boat ride in July through one of the delta’s channels, Anna Swenson, co-director of a community group called North Delta Cares, spoke of William Mulholland, the famed Los Angeles water boss who, in the early 20th century, purloined the water of the distant Owens Valley on behalf of his city. “William Mulholland is in the grave, and so should his ideas be,” Ms. Swenson said. “The days when you could come up here and stick your straw in to satisfy your insatiable demands — <hl> those days are over <hl>.”

“The days when you could come up here and stick your straw in to satisfy your insatiable demands — <hl> those days are over <hl> .


Question: Which group accused the Chinese government of breaking their pledge to uphold rule of law?

In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of Li Heping, a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep. “This is another blow to the Chinese government’s pledge that it will uphold the rule of law,” a spokesman for the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, a Hong Kong organization, said by telephone. Ms. Yan, Mr. Yu’s wife, said officers at the police station where her husband was being held refused to allow her to see him on Friday. An officer who picked up the phone at the police station refused to confirm whether Mr. Yu was there.

Answer: China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group

In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of Li Heping, a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep. <hl> “This is another blow to the Chinese government’s pledge that it will uphold the rule of law,” a spokesman for the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group , a Hong Kong organization, said by telephone. <hl> Ms. Yan, Mr. Yu’s wife, said officers at the police station where her husband was being held refused to allow her to see him on Friday. An officer who picked up the phone at the police station refused to confirm whether Mr. Yu was there.

In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of Li Heping, a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep. “This is another blow to the Chinese government’s pledge that it will uphold the rule of law,” a spokesman for the <hl> China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group <hl>, a Hong Kong organization, said by telephone. Ms. Yan, Mr. Yu’s wife, said officers at the police station where her husband was being held refused to allow her to see him on Friday. An officer who picked up the phone at the police station refused to confirm whether Mr. Yu was there.

“This is another blow to the Chinese government’s pledge that it will uphold the rule of law,” a spokesman for the <hl> China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group <hl> , a Hong Kong organization, said by telephone.


Question: What did Balducci say the prisoner did?

One day, a gendarme, Balducci (Vincent Martin), rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed (Reda Kateb), on foot. Balducci explains that the prisoner, who’s never named in the Camus story, has cut the throat of a cousin (“like a sheep”) and now Daru needs to take Mohamed to another town for some French justice and certain death. Daru refuses, but when Balducci rides off, the teacher is left with Mohamed and a quandary. After giving Mohamed dinner and a bed, and after a restive night with a gun by his side, Daru wakes to tell Mohamed that he can leave of his own accord. This seems as if it should be an easy call, but Daru’s assumptions about free will don’t pan out. Mohamed refuses to flee.

Answer: cut the throat of a cousin (“like a sheep”)

One day, a gendarme, Balducci (Vincent Martin), rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed (Reda Kateb), on foot. <hl> Balducci explains that the prisoner, who’s never named in the Camus story, has cut the throat of a cousin (“like a sheep”) and now Daru needs to take Mohamed to another town for some French justice and certain death. <hl> Daru refuses, but when Balducci rides off, the teacher is left with Mohamed and a quandary. After giving Mohamed dinner and a bed, and after a restive night with a gun by his side, Daru wakes to tell Mohamed that he can leave of his own accord. This seems as if it should be an easy call, but Daru’s assumptions about free will don’t pan out. Mohamed refuses to flee.

One day, a gendarme, Balducci (Vincent Martin), rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed (Reda Kateb), on foot. Balducci explains that the prisoner, who’s never named in the Camus story, has <hl> cut the throat of a cousin (“like a sheep”) <hl> and now Daru needs to take Mohamed to another town for some French justice and certain death. Daru refuses, but when Balducci rides off, the teacher is left with Mohamed and a quandary. After giving Mohamed dinner and a bed, and after a restive night with a gun by his side, Daru wakes to tell Mohamed that he can leave of his own accord. This seems as if it should be an easy call, but Daru’s assumptions about free will don’t pan out. Mohamed refuses to flee.


Question: Where is porcelain found now?

His dilemma is understandable. Once precious, porcelain is now everywhere, not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices. It has become mundane. “The White Road” eventually becomes a brief against standardized production and industrialization — the opposite of what de Waal loves in hand-potting — and the price paid for it by workers. This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by the Nazis, using slave labor, in Dachau. Still, the link between mass-produced porcelain and oppression hardly seems inevitable, and I can’t help remembering my friend’s coffee set, which was not handmade. Yet it is still a treasure, for reasons never quite acknowledged in “The White Road.” All of its value was acquired after its making. It embodies domesticity (an element strangely absent from what is essentially a book about dishes) and aspiration and above all the dream of holding fast to what can so easily be lost in this merciless world.

Answer: everywhere

His dilemma is understandable. <hl> Once precious, porcelain is now everywhere , not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices. <hl> It has become mundane. “The White Road” eventually becomes a brief against standardized production and industrialization — the opposite of what de Waal loves in hand-potting — and the price paid for it by workers. This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by the Nazis, using slave labor, in Dachau. Still, the link between mass-produced porcelain and oppression hardly seems inevitable, and I can’t help remembering my friend’s coffee set, which was not handmade. Yet it is still a treasure, for reasons never quite acknowledged in “The White Road.” All of its value was acquired after its making. It embodies domesticity (an element strangely absent from what is essentially a book about dishes) and aspiration and above all the dream of holding fast to what can so easily be lost in this merciless world.

His dilemma is understandable. Once precious, porcelain is now <hl> everywhere <hl>, not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices. It has become mundane. “The White Road” eventually becomes a brief against standardized production and industrialization — the opposite of what de Waal loves in hand-potting — and the price paid for it by workers. This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by the Nazis, using slave labor, in Dachau. Still, the link between mass-produced porcelain and oppression hardly seems inevitable, and I can’t help remembering my friend’s coffee set, which was not handmade. Yet it is still a treasure, for reasons never quite acknowledged in “The White Road.” All of its value was acquired after its making. It embodies domesticity (an element strangely absent from what is essentially a book about dishes) and aspiration and above all the dream of holding fast to what can so easily be lost in this merciless world.

Once precious, porcelain is now <hl> everywhere <hl> , not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices.


Question: march marked the _________anniversary?

March marked the 50th anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s historic tour behind the Iron Curtain, as the Soviet bloc was then called. The second stop on the tour was East Berlin, where, on March 22, 1965, he and his All Stars played a memorable two-hour concert. The concert was broadcast on German television and radio; a few years ago, a condensed version found its way to YouTube. More recently, the Louis Armstrong House Museum got ahold of the entire thing, and on Thursday, it held a screening at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Armstrong was at the height of his popularity in 1965; the year before, his single “Hello, Dolly!” had replaced the Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” at the top of the charts. He was a little like Muhammad Ali would become decades later — an African-American icon who was internationally known and universally beloved, though more so abroad than in his own country. During his stay in East Berlin, Armstrong was actually able to cross over into West Berlin without any papers, an unheard of event. “Satchmo,” one of the guards said excitedly upon seeing him. “This is Satchmo!” It didn’t matter that Armstrong’s recordings were nowhere to be found in East Germany. The concert hall was packed, and the crowd was ecstatic. Several times, the East Germans started clapping as soon as they heard the first few bars of a song — making it clear that they already knew it.

Answer: 50th anniversary

<hl> March marked the 50th anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s historic tour behind the Iron Curtain, as the Soviet bloc was then called. <hl> The second stop on the tour was East Berlin, where, on March 22, 1965, he and his All Stars played a memorable two-hour concert. The concert was broadcast on German television and radio; a few years ago, a condensed version found its way to YouTube. More recently, the Louis Armstrong House Museum got ahold of the entire thing, and on Thursday, it held a screening at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Armstrong was at the height of his popularity in 1965; the year before, his single “Hello, Dolly!” had replaced the Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” at the top of the charts. He was a little like Muhammad Ali would become decades later — an African-American icon who was internationally known and universally beloved, though more so abroad than in his own country. During his stay in East Berlin, Armstrong was actually able to cross over into West Berlin without any papers, an unheard of event. “Satchmo,” one of the guards said excitedly upon seeing him. “This is Satchmo!” It didn’t matter that Armstrong’s recordings were nowhere to be found in East Germany. The concert hall was packed, and the crowd was ecstatic. Several times, the East Germans started clapping as soon as they heard the first few bars of a song — making it clear that they already knew it.

March marked the <hl> 50th anniversary <hl> of Louis Armstrong’s historic tour behind the Iron Curtain, as the Soviet bloc was then called. The second stop on the tour was East Berlin, where, on March 22, 1965, he and his All Stars played a memorable two-hour concert. The concert was broadcast on German television and radio; a few years ago, a condensed version found its way to YouTube. More recently, the Louis Armstrong House Museum got ahold of the entire thing, and on Thursday, it held a screening at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Armstrong was at the height of his popularity in 1965; the year before, his single “Hello, Dolly!” had replaced the Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” at the top of the charts. He was a little like Muhammad Ali would become decades later — an African-American icon who was internationally known and universally beloved, though more so abroad than in his own country. During his stay in East Berlin, Armstrong was actually able to cross over into West Berlin without any papers, an unheard of event. “Satchmo,” one of the guards said excitedly upon seeing him. “This is Satchmo!” It didn’t matter that Armstrong’s recordings were nowhere to be found in East Germany. The concert hall was packed, and the crowd was ecstatic. Several times, the East Germans started clapping as soon as they heard the first few bars of a song — making it clear that they already knew it.


Question: What state are the proposals being made in?

Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor New Yorkers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods. The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature, are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.

Answer: New York

<hl> Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor New York ers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods. <hl> The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature, are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor <hl> New York <hl>ers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods. The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature, are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor <hl> New York <hl> ers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.


Question: What kind of fervor was Mr. Obama conjuring with his speech?

Mr. Obama criticized Republicans who are pressing forward with legislation to block the accord, which is on track for a vote in September. Opposition to the agreement, he said, stems from “knee-jerk partisanship that has become all too familiar, rhetoric that renders every decision made to be a disaster, a surrender.” He said hard-liners in Iran who chant “Death to America” were “making common cause with the Republican caucus.” Lawmakers who oppose the deal said they were not persuaded, and some said they resented the president’s tone. Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, said the speech had done a disservice to lawmakers in both parties who “have serious and heartfelt concerns.” “These Democrats and Republicans deserved serious answers today, not some outrageous attempt to equate their search for answers with supporting chants of ‘Death to America,’ ” Mr. McConnell said, adding that Democrats who had declared their opposition would be “especially insulted” by the president’s remarks. “This goes way over the line of civil discourse,” he said. In his speech, the president invoked the legacy of John F. Kennedy, who in 1963 appeared on the same campus to push for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. But in making his case, Mr. Obama was also returning to a theme that helped him rise to power. As a first-term senator, Mr. Obama gained political prominence in part because of his strong opposition to the war in Iraq. It helped him win the 2008 Democratic nomination — defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton, who backed the invasion and later became his secretary of state — and the presidency. Now, as a second-term president working to defend an ambitious diplomatic nonproliferation accord with Iran and protect his legacy, Mr. Obama is conjuring the antiwar fervor that animates his party’s liberal base.

Answer: antiwar fervor

Mr. Obama criticized Republicans who are pressing forward with legislation to block the accord, which is on track for a vote in September. Opposition to the agreement, he said, stems from “knee-jerk partisanship that has become all too familiar, rhetoric that renders every decision made to be a disaster, a surrender.” He said hard-liners in Iran who chant “Death to America” were “making common cause with the Republican caucus.” Lawmakers who oppose the deal said they were not persuaded, and some said they resented the president’s tone. Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, said the speech had done a disservice to lawmakers in both parties who “have serious and heartfelt concerns.” “These Democrats and Republicans deserved serious answers today, not some outrageous attempt to equate their search for answers with supporting chants of ‘Death to America,’ ” Mr. McConnell said, adding that Democrats who had declared their opposition would be “especially insulted” by the president’s remarks. “This goes way over the line of civil discourse,” he said. In his speech, the president invoked the legacy of John F. Kennedy, who in 1963 appeared on the same campus to push for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. But in making his case, Mr. Obama was also returning to a theme that helped him rise to power. As a first-term senator, Mr. Obama gained political prominence in part because of his strong opposition to the war in Iraq. It helped him win the 2008 Democratic nomination — defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton, who backed the invasion and later became his secretary of state — and the presidency. <hl> Now, as a second-term president working to defend an ambitious diplomatic nonproliferation accord with Iran and protect his legacy, Mr. Obama is conjuring the antiwar fervor that animates his party’s liberal base. <hl>

Mr. Obama criticized Republicans who are pressing forward with legislation to block the accord, which is on track for a vote in September. Opposition to the agreement, he said, stems from “knee-jerk partisanship that has become all too familiar, rhetoric that renders every decision made to be a disaster, a surrender.” He said hard-liners in Iran who chant “Death to America” were “making common cause with the Republican caucus.” Lawmakers who oppose the deal said they were not persuaded, and some said they resented the president’s tone. Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, said the speech had done a disservice to lawmakers in both parties who “have serious and heartfelt concerns.” “These Democrats and Republicans deserved serious answers today, not some outrageous attempt to equate their search for answers with supporting chants of ‘Death to America,’ ” Mr. McConnell said, adding that Democrats who had declared their opposition would be “especially insulted” by the president’s remarks. “This goes way over the line of civil discourse,” he said. In his speech, the president invoked the legacy of John F. Kennedy, who in 1963 appeared on the same campus to push for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. But in making his case, Mr. Obama was also returning to a theme that helped him rise to power. As a first-term senator, Mr. Obama gained political prominence in part because of his strong opposition to the war in Iraq. It helped him win the 2008 Democratic nomination — defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton, who backed the invasion and later became his secretary of state — and the presidency. Now, as a second-term president working to defend an ambitious diplomatic nonproliferation accord with Iran and protect his legacy, Mr. Obama is conjuring the <hl> antiwar fervor <hl> that animates his party’s liberal base.


Question: What might damage Mr. Maduro's govenment in the long run?

Mr. Maduro’s theatrics came as antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in the western city of San Cristóbal to denounce the death of a 14-year-old who was fatally shot last week during a protest. Vilifying Americans during a time of growing unrest and a deepening economic crisis might galvanize his base in the short term, but over the long haul it can only damage his government. And history is likely to record it as yet another self-inflicted wound by a leader whose relatively short time in power has been characterized by impulsive, erratic and vengeful behavior.

Answer: Vilifying Americans

Mr. Maduro’s theatrics came as antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in the western city of San Cristóbal to denounce the death of a 14-year-old who was fatally shot last week during a protest. <hl> Vilifying Americans during a time of growing unrest and a deepening economic crisis might galvanize his base in the short term, but over the long haul it can only damage his government. <hl> And history is likely to record it as yet another self-inflicted wound by a leader whose relatively short time in power has been characterized by impulsive, erratic and vengeful behavior.

Mr. Maduro’s theatrics came as antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in the western city of San Cristóbal to denounce the death of a 14-year-old who was fatally shot last week during a protest. <hl> Vilifying Americans <hl> during a time of growing unrest and a deepening economic crisis might galvanize his base in the short term, but over the long haul it can only damage his government. And history is likely to record it as yet another self-inflicted wound by a leader whose relatively short time in power has been characterized by impulsive, erratic and vengeful behavior.


Question: What are the purpose of some scenes?

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

Answer: getting laughs

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

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

In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than <hl> getting laughs <hl> .


Question: What group is being persecuted in the Middle East?

Confronted by the continuing and largely ignored persecution of Catholics and other Christians in the Middle East, it is no surprise that as forthright and courageous a pope as Francis would set aside diplomatic nicety and call genocide what it is: genocide. It is a great pity that as important a country as Turkey should continue to object as strongly as it does to what is by now so clearly the verdict of history, particularly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented and powerful offer of condolences last year to the victims’ grandchildren.

Answer: Christians

<hl> Confronted by the continuing and largely ignored persecution of Catholics and other Christians in the Middle East, it is no surprise that as forthright and courageous a pope as Francis would set aside diplomatic nicety and call genocide what it is: genocide. <hl> It is a great pity that as important a country as Turkey should continue to object as strongly as it does to what is by now so clearly the verdict of history, particularly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented and powerful offer of condolences last year to the victims’ grandchildren.

Confronted by the continuing and largely ignored persecution of Catholics and other <hl> Christians <hl> in the Middle East, it is no surprise that as forthright and courageous a pope as Francis would set aside diplomatic nicety and call genocide what it is: genocide. It is a great pity that as important a country as Turkey should continue to object as strongly as it does to what is by now so clearly the verdict of history, particularly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented and powerful offer of condolences last year to the victims’ grandchildren.


Question: What were inside the two huge boxes?

Amen. Now, another guy with another problem. Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, an online furniture store, which the company insisted on delivering to my office. When the package arrived, FedEx also dropped off two huge boxes that I insisted were not part of my order. The deliveryman insisted otherwise and left them. Inside were two huge pieces of patio furniture. I don’t have a patio. And after getting home with the box containing my lamp, I discovered that it was a shambles of oversize toothpicks. I called Wayfair. The company promised a refund on the lamp but refused to pick up the patio furniture because I didn’t keep the boxes for them. The boxes didn’t fit in my office because it was crowded with patio furniture. Their solution is for me to keep the furniture, sell it on Craigslist or donate it to charity. I don’t like any of these options. I can’t even toss out the furniture without having to pay a bulk disposal fee from a trash company. But the company won’t budge. Maybe you can change their mind.

Answer: patio furniture

Amen. Now, another guy with another problem. Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, an online furniture store, which the company insisted on delivering to my office. When the package arrived, FedEx also dropped off two huge boxes that I insisted were not part of my order. The deliveryman insisted otherwise and left them. <hl> Inside were two huge pieces of patio furniture . <hl> I don’t have a patio. And after getting home with the box containing my lamp, I discovered that it was a shambles of oversize toothpicks. I called Wayfair. The company promised a refund on the lamp but refused to pick up the patio furniture because I didn’t keep the boxes for them. The boxes didn’t fit in my office because it was crowded with patio furniture. Their solution is for me to keep the furniture, sell it on Craigslist or donate it to charity. I don’t like any of these options. I can’t even toss out the furniture without having to pay a bulk disposal fee from a trash company. But the company won’t budge. Maybe you can change their mind.

Amen. Now, another guy with another problem. Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, an online furniture store, which the company insisted on delivering to my office. When the package arrived, FedEx also dropped off two huge boxes that I insisted were not part of my order. The deliveryman insisted otherwise and left them. Inside were two huge pieces of <hl> patio furniture <hl>. I don’t have a patio. And after getting home with the box containing my lamp, I discovered that it was a shambles of oversize toothpicks. I called Wayfair. The company promised a refund on the lamp but refused to pick up the patio furniture because I didn’t keep the boxes for them. The boxes didn’t fit in my office because it was crowded with patio furniture. Their solution is for me to keep the furniture, sell it on Craigslist or donate it to charity. I don’t like any of these options. I can’t even toss out the furniture without having to pay a bulk disposal fee from a trash company. But the company won’t budge. Maybe you can change their mind.

Inside were two huge pieces of <hl> patio furniture <hl> .


Question: What caused Putin to be removed from the G-8 countries?

The applause, of course, is the short-term reason Mr. Putin is coming to the United Nations for the first time in a decade. Because of the Ukraine crisis, he was thrown out of the G-8 countries of leading economic powers, and felt so snubbed at the last G-20 meeting in Australia that he flew home early.

Answer: the Ukraine crisis

The applause, of course, is the short-term reason Mr. Putin is coming to the United Nations for the first time in a decade. <hl> Because of the Ukraine crisis , he was thrown out of the G-8 countries of leading economic powers, and felt so snubbed at the last G-20 meeting in Australia that he flew home early. <hl>

The applause, of course, is the short-term reason Mr. Putin is coming to the United Nations for the first time in a decade. Because of <hl> the Ukraine crisis <hl>, he was thrown out of the G-8 countries of leading economic powers, and felt so snubbed at the last G-20 meeting in Australia that he flew home early.

Because of <hl> the Ukraine crisis <hl> , he was thrown out of the G-8 countries of leading economic powers, and felt so snubbed at the last G-20 meeting in Australia that he flew home early.


Question: When was Simmons contract suppose to end?

But do not expect Simmons to say anything, at least about his departure, until he and ESPN are legally done with each other. Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract.

Answer: just over four months

But do not expect Simmons to say anything, at least about his departure, until he and ESPN are legally done with each other. <hl> Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract. <hl>

But do not expect Simmons to say anything, at least about his departure, until he and ESPN are legally done with each other. Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on <hl> just over four months <hl> left on his contract.


Question: Who helped out financially with getting money for Viagra?

That is in sharp contrast to the introduction of Pfizer’s Viagra, the so-called little blue pill aimed at treating erectile dysfunction in men. Viagra was a blockbuster from the start in 1998 and last year Pfizer sold nearly $1.7 billion of it. With financial help from Sprout, women’s groups and other supporters started a campaign to win F.D.A. approval for Addyi, noting that the agency had approved comparable treatments for men. Sprout’s effort succeeded but the F.D.A.’s approval came with a boxed warning, alerting patients not to take the drug with alcohol. Women with impaired liver function were also advised not to take it. Ms. Whitehead will continue to consult with Valeant and Sprout executives after her departure, according to the statement from Valeant.

Answer: Sprout

That is in sharp contrast to the introduction of Pfizer’s Viagra, the so-called little blue pill aimed at treating erectile dysfunction in men. Viagra was a blockbuster from the start in 1998 and last year Pfizer sold nearly $1.7 billion of it. <hl> With financial help from Sprout , women’s groups and other supporters started a campaign to win F.D.A. approval for Addyi, noting that the agency had approved comparable treatments for men. <hl> Sprout’s effort succeeded but the F.D.A.’s approval came with a boxed warning, alerting patients not to take the drug with alcohol. Women with impaired liver function were also advised not to take it. Ms. Whitehead will continue to consult with Valeant and Sprout executives after her departure, according to the statement from Valeant.

That is in sharp contrast to the introduction of Pfizer’s Viagra, the so-called little blue pill aimed at treating erectile dysfunction in men. Viagra was a blockbuster from the start in 1998 and last year Pfizer sold nearly $1.7 billion of it. With financial help from <hl> Sprout <hl>, women’s groups and other supporters started a campaign to win F.D.A. approval for Addyi, noting that the agency had approved comparable treatments for men. Sprout’s effort succeeded but the F.D.A.’s approval came with a boxed warning, alerting patients not to take the drug with alcohol. Women with impaired liver function were also advised not to take it. Ms. Whitehead will continue to consult with Valeant and Sprout executives after her departure, according to the statement from Valeant.

With financial help from <hl> Sprout <hl> , women’s groups and other supporters started a campaign to win F.D.A. approval for Addyi, noting that the agency had approved comparable treatments for men.


Question: What was the value of the sale of the Patriot missiles?

The United States has been supportive of the intervention, though quietly concerned about its long-term ramifications and the humanitarian impact. Despite misgivings, the United States is preparing to resupply Saudi Arabia with thousands of precision-guided munitions to replenish stocks exhausted by the Yemen campaign. The Pentagon recently approved the sale of 600 Patriot defense missiles, valued at $5.4 billion.

Answer: $5.4 billion

The United States has been supportive of the intervention, though quietly concerned about its long-term ramifications and the humanitarian impact. Despite misgivings, the United States is preparing to resupply Saudi Arabia with thousands of precision-guided munitions to replenish stocks exhausted by the Yemen campaign. <hl> The Pentagon recently approved the sale of 600 Patriot defense missiles, valued at $5.4 billion . <hl>

The United States has been supportive of the intervention, though quietly concerned about its long-term ramifications and the humanitarian impact. Despite misgivings, the United States is preparing to resupply Saudi Arabia with thousands of precision-guided munitions to replenish stocks exhausted by the Yemen campaign. The Pentagon recently approved the sale of 600 Patriot defense missiles, valued at <hl> $5.4 billion <hl>.

The Pentagon recently approved the sale of 600 Patriot defense missiles, valued at <hl> $5.4 billion <hl> .


Question: Who makes faulty guardrails?

Trinity Industries, which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test. It has been almost a year since Trinity stopped shipping its guardrail system, called the ET-Plus, after a jury in a whistle-blower case found that the company had defrauded the federal government when it failed to disclose potentially hazardous changes it made in 2005. More than 30 states also suspended purchase of the guardrails units.

Answer: Trinity Industries

<hl> Trinity Industries , which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test. <hl> It has been almost a year since Trinity stopped shipping its guardrail system, called the ET-Plus, after a jury in a whistle-blower case found that the company had defrauded the federal government when it failed to disclose potentially hazardous changes it made in 2005. More than 30 states also suspended purchase of the guardrails units.

<hl> Trinity Industries <hl>, which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test. It has been almost a year since Trinity stopped shipping its guardrail system, called the ET-Plus, after a jury in a whistle-blower case found that the company had defrauded the federal government when it failed to disclose potentially hazardous changes it made in 2005. More than 30 states also suspended purchase of the guardrails units.

<hl> Trinity Industries <hl> , which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test.


Question: Iran's past activities became what for negotiations?

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.

Answer: acute obstacle

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. <hl> But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations. <hl>

In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.” Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said. Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful. But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an <hl> acute obstacle <hl> in the negotiations.


Question: Who disappeared in an earlier police sweep of lawyers?

Answer: Li Heping

<hl> In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of Li Heping , a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep. <hl> “This is another blow to the Chinese government’s pledge that it will uphold the rule of law,” a spokesman for the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, a Hong Kong organization, said by telephone. Ms. Yan, Mr. Yu’s wife, said officers at the police station where her husband was being held refused to allow her to see him on Friday. An officer who picked up the phone at the police station refused to confirm whether Mr. Yu was there.

In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of <hl> Li Heping <hl>, a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep. “This is another blow to the Chinese government’s pledge that it will uphold the rule of law,” a spokesman for the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, a Hong Kong organization, said by telephone. Ms. Yan, Mr. Yu’s wife, said officers at the police station where her husband was being held refused to allow her to see him on Friday. An officer who picked up the phone at the police station refused to confirm whether Mr. Yu was there.

In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of <hl> Li Heping <hl> , a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep.


Question: Which day of the week did the Senate approve legislation in California regarding health coverage?

The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would make California the first state to extend health coverage to children who are in the country illegally and seek federal authorization to sell private insurance to immigrants without documentation. The bill would allow children under 19 from low-income families to qualify for state-funded Medi-Cal, regardless of their legal status. It would seek a federal waiver for California to sell unsubsidized private insurance through the state’s health exchange. The bill goes to the Assembly. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said whether he would sign it.

Answer: Tuesday

<hl> The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would make California the first state to extend health coverage to children who are in the country illegally and seek federal authorization to sell private insurance to immigrants without documentation. <hl> The bill would allow children under 19 from low-income families to qualify for state-funded Medi-Cal, regardless of their legal status. It would seek a federal waiver for California to sell unsubsidized private insurance through the state’s health exchange. The bill goes to the Assembly. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said whether he would sign it.

The Senate on <hl> Tuesday <hl> approved legislation that would make California the first state to extend health coverage to children who are in the country illegally and seek federal authorization to sell private insurance to immigrants without documentation. The bill would allow children under 19 from low-income families to qualify for state-funded Medi-Cal, regardless of their legal status. It would seek a federal waiver for California to sell unsubsidized private insurance through the state’s health exchange. The bill goes to the Assembly. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said whether he would sign it.


Question: What brand of camera does Sally use?

Soon it becomes clear from the wails that Mann needs to intervene in the dispute. But by the time Jessie comes running up the stairs in tears, shouting “I hate her, Mommy” and disappearing into the woods, the opportunity for peacemaking has slipped away. Our interview falls off into awkward silence. Ten minutes later, however, tears dried, Jessie is prowling around in the cabin, having spontaneously fashioned a skirt and bolero for herself out of green leaves, like a sprite of nature. Acting quickly to seize the moment, Mann sets up her Toyo on the tripod. Disappearing beneath the photographer’s cloth, her hands protruding as they adjust the knobs that control the accordionlike bellows, she tilts and focuses the image that appears upside down on the screen at the back of the camera. The process takes several long minutes.

Answer: Toyo

Soon it becomes clear from the wails that Mann needs to intervene in the dispute. But by the time Jessie comes running up the stairs in tears, shouting “I hate her, Mommy” and disappearing into the woods, the opportunity for peacemaking has slipped away. Our interview falls off into awkward silence. Ten minutes later, however, tears dried, Jessie is prowling around in the cabin, having spontaneously fashioned a skirt and bolero for herself out of green leaves, like a sprite of nature. <hl> Acting quickly to seize the moment, Mann sets up her Toyo on the tripod. <hl> Disappearing beneath the photographer’s cloth, her hands protruding as they adjust the knobs that control the accordionlike bellows, she tilts and focuses the image that appears upside down on the screen at the back of the camera. The process takes several long minutes.

Soon it becomes clear from the wails that Mann needs to intervene in the dispute. But by the time Jessie comes running up the stairs in tears, shouting “I hate her, Mommy” and disappearing into the woods, the opportunity for peacemaking has slipped away. Our interview falls off into awkward silence. Ten minutes later, however, tears dried, Jessie is prowling around in the cabin, having spontaneously fashioned a skirt and bolero for herself out of green leaves, like a sprite of nature. Acting quickly to seize the moment, Mann sets up her <hl> Toyo <hl> on the tripod. Disappearing beneath the photographer’s cloth, her hands protruding as they adjust the knobs that control the accordionlike bellows, she tilts and focuses the image that appears upside down on the screen at the back of the camera. The process takes several long minutes.


Question: Did they succeed in making porcelain?

Augustus set Tschirnhaus up with a character named Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice who came to public attention when he was observed turning silver into gold. Augustus kept him under guard for the next eight years, as Böttger alternated between promising gold by the ton and escaping. Mercurial in both the figurative and literal sense (he ingested a lot of the substance), Böttger’s tempestuous, arrogant personality made him a trying collaborator, but when Augustus ordered him to help Tschirnhaus discover how to make porcelain, he complied. Together, the men succeeded, whereupon the long-suffering Tschirnhaus promptly died.

Answer: the men succeeded

Augustus set Tschirnhaus up with a character named Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice who came to public attention when he was observed turning silver into gold. Augustus kept him under guard for the next eight years, as Böttger alternated between promising gold by the ton and escaping. Mercurial in both the figurative and literal sense (he ingested a lot of the substance), Böttger’s tempestuous, arrogant personality made him a trying collaborator, but when Augustus ordered him to help Tschirnhaus discover how to make porcelain, he complied. <hl> Together, the men succeeded , whereupon the long-suffering Tschirnhaus promptly died. <hl>

Augustus set Tschirnhaus up with a character named Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice who came to public attention when he was observed turning silver into gold. Augustus kept him under guard for the next eight years, as Böttger alternated between promising gold by the ton and escaping. Mercurial in both the figurative and literal sense (he ingested a lot of the substance), Böttger’s tempestuous, arrogant personality made him a trying collaborator, but when Augustus ordered him to help Tschirnhaus discover how to make porcelain, he complied. Together, <hl> the men succeeded <hl>, whereupon the long-suffering Tschirnhaus promptly died.

Together, <hl> the men succeeded <hl> , whereupon the long-suffering Tschirnhaus promptly died.


Question: What eliminated the five year minimum sentence for first time possession crack charges?

A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing crack with a prior criminal record. The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and health exams at the Wellmobile, a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland. Applying for food stamps meant his first attempt at a technology forbidden in prison: the Internet. “I feel like a 5-year-old trying to learn this stuff,” he said, poking hesitantly at a keyboard.

Answer: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners. <hl> The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing crack with a prior criminal record. <hl> The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and health exams at the Wellmobile, a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland. Applying for food stamps meant his first attempt at a technology forbidden in prison: the Internet. “I feel like a 5-year-old trying to learn this stuff,” he said, poking hesitantly at a keyboard.

A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners. The <hl> Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 <hl> eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing crack with a prior criminal record. The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and health exams at the Wellmobile, a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland. Applying for food stamps meant his first attempt at a technology forbidden in prison: the Internet. “I feel like a 5-year-old trying to learn this stuff,” he said, poking hesitantly at a keyboard.


Question: Who extend a wall through?

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Answer: West 57th Street gallery

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. <hl> Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. <hl> “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s <hl> West 57th Street gallery <hl> — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”


Question: Why did the Chinese feminists storm the men's restrooms?

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.

Answer: to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets.

<hl> BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” <hl> Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms <hl> to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. <hl> To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.” Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.


Question: What percentage of American households are not getting enough food to live active, healthy lifestyles?

To the Editor: Re “Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says” (news article, Feb. 26): You rightly highlight the effects of the loss of wholesome food and emissions of greenhouse gases from landfills. With 14 percent of American households not getting enough food to live active, healthy lifestyles, it is unforgivable to allow wasted food to rot in landfills. To address the 60 percent of wasted food in the United States coming from the commercial sector, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Food Recovery Challenge, which asks critical sectors, including grocers and entertainment venues, to reduce excess purchases and donate surplus food to local hunger relief organizations; more than 36,000 tons was donated in 2013. An astounding amount of wasted food also comes from individual consumers. A family of four wastes an estimated $1,600 worth of food each year. By making small changes in how you buy (like creating a shopping list to buy only what you need), prepare and store food, families can lower their grocery bills and reduce their impact on the environment. MATHY STANISLAUS Assistant Administrator, Office of

Answer: 14

To the Editor: Re “Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says” (news article, Feb. 26): You rightly highlight the effects of the loss of wholesome food and emissions of greenhouse gases from landfills. <hl> With 14 percent of American households not getting enough food to live active, healthy lifestyles, it is unforgivable to allow wasted food to rot in landfills. <hl> To address the 60 percent of wasted food in the United States coming from the commercial sector, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Food Recovery Challenge, which asks critical sectors, including grocers and entertainment venues, to reduce excess purchases and donate surplus food to local hunger relief organizations; more than 36,000 tons was donated in 2013. An astounding amount of wasted food also comes from individual consumers. A family of four wastes an estimated $1,600 worth of food each year. By making small changes in how you buy (like creating a shopping list to buy only what you need), prepare and store food, families can lower their grocery bills and reduce their impact on the environment. MATHY STANISLAUS Assistant Administrator, Office of

To the Editor: Re “Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says” (news article, Feb. 26): You rightly highlight the effects of the loss of wholesome food and emissions of greenhouse gases from landfills. With <hl> 14 <hl> percent of American households not getting enough food to live active, healthy lifestyles, it is unforgivable to allow wasted food to rot in landfills. To address the 60 percent of wasted food in the United States coming from the commercial sector, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Food Recovery Challenge, which asks critical sectors, including grocers and entertainment venues, to reduce excess purchases and donate surplus food to local hunger relief organizations; more than 36,000 tons was donated in 2013. An astounding amount of wasted food also comes from individual consumers. A family of four wastes an estimated $1,600 worth of food each year. By making small changes in how you buy (like creating a shopping list to buy only what you need), prepare and store food, families can lower their grocery bills and reduce their impact on the environment. MATHY STANISLAUS Assistant Administrator, Office of


Question: What is becoming a serious economic and environmental issue?

Answer: Food Waste

<hl> To the Editor: Re “ Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says” (news article, Feb. 26): You rightly highlight the effects of the loss of wholesome food and emissions of greenhouse gases from landfills. <hl> With 14 percent of American households not getting enough food to live active, healthy lifestyles, it is unforgivable to allow wasted food to rot in landfills. To address the 60 percent of wasted food in the United States coming from the commercial sector, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Food Recovery Challenge, which asks critical sectors, including grocers and entertainment venues, to reduce excess purchases and donate surplus food to local hunger relief organizations; more than 36,000 tons was donated in 2013. An astounding amount of wasted food also comes from individual consumers. A family of four wastes an estimated $1,600 worth of food each year. By making small changes in how you buy (like creating a shopping list to buy only what you need), prepare and store food, families can lower their grocery bills and reduce their impact on the environment. MATHY STANISLAUS Assistant Administrator, Office of

To the Editor: Re “<hl> Food Waste <hl> Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says” (news article, Feb. 26): You rightly highlight the effects of the loss of wholesome food and emissions of greenhouse gases from landfills. With 14 percent of American households not getting enough food to live active, healthy lifestyles, it is unforgivable to allow wasted food to rot in landfills. To address the 60 percent of wasted food in the United States coming from the commercial sector, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Food Recovery Challenge, which asks critical sectors, including grocers and entertainment venues, to reduce excess purchases and donate surplus food to local hunger relief organizations; more than 36,000 tons was donated in 2013. An astounding amount of wasted food also comes from individual consumers. A family of four wastes an estimated $1,600 worth of food each year. By making small changes in how you buy (like creating a shopping list to buy only what you need), prepare and store food, families can lower their grocery bills and reduce their impact on the environment. MATHY STANISLAUS Assistant Administrator, Office of

To the Editor: Re “ <hl> Food Waste <hl> Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says” (news article, Feb. 26): You rightly highlight the effects of the loss of wholesome food and emissions of greenhouse gases from landfills.


Question: Which country did this scandal affect?

To those lawyers, Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas, who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic. But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal. Mr. Reinaldet looked at the names and asked, not for the last time that day, “Are you serious?” “We were shocked,” he recalled, sitting in a conference room in his law office in downtown Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, one morning in June. “It was kind of like, in Brazil, we know that corruption is a monster. But we never really see the monster. This was like seeing the monster.” What Mr. Youssef described to his lawyers, and then to prosecutors after he signed a plea agreement last year, is a fraud that has destabilized the country’s political system, helped tilt the economy into recession and left thousands unemployed. It has all but devastated Brazil’s status as an up-and-comer on the world stage.

Answer: Brazil

To those lawyers, Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas, who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic. But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal. Mr. Reinaldet looked at the names and asked, not for the last time that day, “Are you serious?” “We were shocked,” he recalled, sitting in a conference room in his law office in downtown Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, one morning in June. <hl> “It was kind of like, in Brazil , we know that corruption is a monster. <hl> But we never really see the monster. This was like seeing the monster.” What Mr. Youssef described to his lawyers, and then to prosecutors after he signed a plea agreement last year, is a fraud that has destabilized the country’s political system, helped tilt the economy into recession and left thousands unemployed. It has all but devastated Brazil’s status as an up-and-comer on the world stage.

To those lawyers, Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas, who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic. But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal. Mr. Reinaldet looked at the names and asked, not for the last time that day, “Are you serious?” “We were shocked,” he recalled, sitting in a conference room in his law office in downtown Curitiba, the capital of the southern state of Paraná, one morning in June. “It was kind of like, in <hl> Brazil <hl>, we know that corruption is a monster. But we never really see the monster. This was like seeing the monster.” What Mr. Youssef described to his lawyers, and then to prosecutors after he signed a plea agreement last year, is a fraud that has destabilized the country’s political system, helped tilt the economy into recession and left thousands unemployed. It has all but devastated Brazil’s status as an up-and-comer on the world stage.

“It was kind of like, in <hl> Brazil <hl> , we know that corruption is a monster.


Question: When will the Saving Face: The Evolution of the Catcher and Goalie Mask last be shown?

MONTCLAIR Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center “Saving Face: The Evolution of the Catcher and Goalie Mask.” Through Oct. 4. $6 for adults, $4 for children. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive. yogiberramuseum.org; 973-655-2378. MORRISTOWN Gallery at 14 Maple “A Sure Hand,” group show. Through Aug. 27. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and by appointment. Gallery at 14 Maple, 14 Maple Avenue. morrisarts.org; 973-285-5115. MORRISTOWN Macculloch Hall Historical Museum “The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast.” Through Aug. 23. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to12; $4 and children under 5, free. “Canals of New Jersey,” about New Jersey’s two towpath canals, the Morris and the Delaware and Raritan. Through Oct. 29. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to 12; $4 and children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue. 973-538-2404; maccullochhall.org.

Answer: Oct. 4

Through Oct. 4 .

MONTCLAIR Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center “Saving Face: The Evolution of the Catcher and Goalie Mask.” <hl> Through Oct. 4 . <hl> $6 for adults, $4 for children. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive. yogiberramuseum.org; 973-655-2378. MORRISTOWN Gallery at 14 Maple “A Sure Hand,” group show. Through Aug. 27. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and by appointment. Gallery at 14 Maple, 14 Maple Avenue. morrisarts.org; 973-285-5115. MORRISTOWN Macculloch Hall Historical Museum “The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast.” Through Aug. 23. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to12; $4 and children under 5, free. “Canals of New Jersey,” about New Jersey’s two towpath canals, the Morris and the Delaware and Raritan. Through Oct. 29. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to 12; $4 and children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue. 973-538-2404; maccullochhall.org.

MONTCLAIR Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center “Saving Face: The Evolution of the Catcher and Goalie Mask.” Through <hl> Oct. 4 <hl>. $6 for adults, $4 for children. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive. yogiberramuseum.org; 973-655-2378. MORRISTOWN Gallery at 14 Maple “A Sure Hand,” group show. Through Aug. 27. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and by appointment. Gallery at 14 Maple, 14 Maple Avenue. morrisarts.org; 973-285-5115. MORRISTOWN Macculloch Hall Historical Museum “The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast.” Through Aug. 23. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to12; $4 and children under 5, free. “Canals of New Jersey,” about New Jersey’s two towpath canals, the Morris and the Delaware and Raritan. Through Oct. 29. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to 12; $4 and children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue. 973-538-2404; maccullochhall.org.


Question: What is the nature of the automobile industry?

Cathy Clegg, the General Motors vice president for North American manufacturing and labor relations, said in a statement about the agreement, “Working with our U.A.W. partners, we developed constructive solutions that benefit employees and provide flexibility for the company to respond to the needs of the marketplace.” David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research, an industry group in Ann Arbor, Mich., said workers should not expect too much, given the industry’s cyclical nature.

Answer: cyclical

Cathy Clegg, the General Motors vice president for North American manufacturing and labor relations, said in a statement about the agreement, “Working with our U.A.W. partners, we developed constructive solutions that benefit employees and provide flexibility for the company to respond to the needs of the marketplace.” <hl> David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research, an industry group in Ann Arbor, Mich., said workers should not expect too much, given the industry’s cyclical nature. <hl>

Cathy Clegg, the General Motors vice president for North American manufacturing and labor relations, said in a statement about the agreement, “Working with our U.A.W. partners, we developed constructive solutions that benefit employees and provide flexibility for the company to respond to the needs of the marketplace.” David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research, an industry group in Ann Arbor, Mich., said workers should not expect too much, given the industry’s <hl> cyclical <hl> nature.


Question: What killed many of the spectators?

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

Answer: explosion

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

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

Many other spectators were killed by the <hl> explosion <hl> .


Question: What is Governor Cuomo's political affiliation?

ALBANY —  In an emerging sign of possible budget-battle lines, Democrats in the New York Assembly rejected proposals on Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo linking an increase in statewide school aid to an array of his proposed changes. They also sided with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bid for longer-term mayoral control of New York City’s schools. The Democrats’ stance, articulated in several proposals released by Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx, keeps a tight focus in Albany on the issue of education, which Mr. Cuomo has promised to make a focus of his nascent second term. In January, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, introduced a series of education proposals, including making a teacher evaluation system rely more heavily on state tests, raising the number of charter schools in the state and allowing failing schools to be taken over by outside groups. That position was criticized by teachers’ unions but praised by supporters of the charter school movement. Mr. Cuomo’s education plan also includes a financial carrot: an increase of $1.1 billion in state aid if his proposals become law. But on Monday, Mr. Heastie suggested that such an approach would not pass muster in the Assembly, which Democrats control.

Answer: Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat,

ALBANY — In an emerging sign of possible budget-battle lines, Democrats in the New York Assembly rejected proposals on Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo linking an increase in statewide school aid to an array of his proposed changes. They also sided with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bid for longer-term mayoral control of New York City’s schools. The Democrats’ stance, articulated in several proposals released by Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx, keeps a tight focus in Albany on the issue of education, which Mr. Cuomo has promised to make a focus of his nascent second term. <hl> In January, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, introduced a series of education proposals, including making a teacher evaluation system rely more heavily on state tests, raising the number of charter schools in the state and allowing failing schools to be taken over by outside groups. <hl> That position was criticized by teachers’ unions but praised by supporters of the charter school movement. Mr. Cuomo’s education plan also includes a financial carrot: an increase of $1.1 billion in state aid if his proposals become law. But on Monday, Mr. Heastie suggested that such an approach would not pass muster in the Assembly, which Democrats control.

ALBANY — In an emerging sign of possible budget-battle lines, Democrats in the New York Assembly rejected proposals on Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo linking an increase in statewide school aid to an array of his proposed changes. They also sided with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bid for longer-term mayoral control of New York City’s schools. The Democrats’ stance, articulated in several proposals released by Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx, keeps a tight focus in Albany on the issue of education, which Mr. Cuomo has promised to make a focus of his nascent second term. In January, <hl> Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, <hl> introduced a series of education proposals, including making a teacher evaluation system rely more heavily on state tests, raising the number of charter schools in the state and allowing failing schools to be taken over by outside groups. That position was criticized by teachers’ unions but praised by supporters of the charter school movement. Mr. Cuomo’s education plan also includes a financial carrot: an increase of $1.1 billion in state aid if his proposals become law. But on Monday, Mr. Heastie suggested that such an approach would not pass muster in the Assembly, which Democrats control.


Question: What area was Joseph Morelle a majority leader for

“He is resolved to fight the case, but realized doing the budget while doing the case would be a distraction,” said a person involved in the discussions this weekend who was not authorized to speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the talks. Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday, the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the Rochester area, and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations.

Answer: Rochester area

“He is resolved to fight the case, but realized doing the budget while doing the case would be a distraction,” said a person involved in the discussions this weekend who was not authorized to speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the talks. <hl> Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday, the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the Rochester area , and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations. <hl>

“He is resolved to fight the case, but realized doing the budget while doing the case would be a distraction,” said a person involved in the discussions this weekend who was not authorized to speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the talks. Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday, the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the <hl> Rochester area <hl>, and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations.

Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday, the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the <hl> Rochester area <hl> , and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations.