Question: Who was the first Asian to model for Valentino?

The 26-year-old Chinese model Fei Fei Sun has, over the last five years, established herself as a well-known name in the industry. (Early in her career, she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to appear in his Chanel Shanghai show and, in 2012, became the first Asian face of Valentino.) This year, she appeared in T’s portfolio examining what feels beautiful now. Read more: The Face 10. Liya Kebede The Ethiopian model Liya Kebede has been a successful model for years — but T fell in love with her all over again in 2015. She appeared in our big beauty portfolio featuring 11 different versions of beauty today. Read more: The Face

Answer: Fei Fei Sun

<hl> The 26-year-old Chinese model Fei Fei Sun has, over the last five years, established herself as a well-known name in the industry. <hl> (Early in her career, she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to appear in his Chanel Shanghai show and, in 2012, became the first Asian face of Valentino.) This year, she appeared in T’s portfolio examining what feels beautiful now. Read more: The Face 10. Liya Kebede The Ethiopian model Liya Kebede has been a successful model for years — but T fell in love with her all over again in 2015. She appeared in our big beauty portfolio featuring 11 different versions of beauty today. Read more: The Face

The 26-year-old Chinese model <hl> Fei Fei Sun <hl> has, over the last five years, established herself as a well-known name in the industry. (Early in her career, she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to appear in his Chanel Shanghai show and, in 2012, became the first Asian face of Valentino.) This year, she appeared in T’s portfolio examining what feels beautiful now. Read more: The Face 10. Liya Kebede The Ethiopian model Liya Kebede has been a successful model for years — but T fell in love with her all over again in 2015. She appeared in our big beauty portfolio featuring 11 different versions of beauty today. Read more: The Face


Question: mayor bill de Blasio's housing plan is set to take how long to finish?

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: 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 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. <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 . <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 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 <hl> over 10 years <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 <hl> over 10 years <hl> .


Question: In how many situations does giving someone health care actually end up saving money?

This argument for the cost savings from universal health coverage makes some intuitive sense, but it’s wrong. There’s strong evidence from a variety of sources that people who have health insurance spend more on medical care than people who don’t. It also turns out that almost all preventive health care costs more than it saves. Those facts don’t mean that giving people health insurance is a waste of money, since those dollars spent may improve their health and financial security. But there are only a few situations in which giving someone more health care will actually end up saving money.

Answer: only a few

This argument for the cost savings from universal health coverage makes some intuitive sense, but it’s wrong. There’s strong evidence from a variety of sources that people who have health insurance spend more on medical care than people who don’t. It also turns out that almost all preventive health care costs more than it saves. Those facts don’t mean that giving people health insurance is a waste of money, since those dollars spent may improve their health and financial security. <hl> But there are only a few situations in which giving someone more health care will actually end up saving money. <hl>

This argument for the cost savings from universal health coverage makes some intuitive sense, but it’s wrong. There’s strong evidence from a variety of sources that people who have health insurance spend more on medical care than people who don’t. It also turns out that almost all preventive health care costs more than it saves. Those facts don’t mean that giving people health insurance is a waste of money, since those dollars spent may improve their health and financial security. But there are <hl> only a few <hl> situations in which giving someone more health care will actually end up saving money.


Question: Who was the rest left up to?

“We actually saw tape that showed him working. He’s done a lot of conditioning-type work. So I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. We’ll monitor that.” But in the end, an impasse remained. No date for Pierre-Paul to rejoin the team. No contract. No timetable of any kind. The season begins Sunday night. “Nothing’s changed,” Coughlin said. “We’ve taken this path and we’re on it, and we’ll stay on it. Hopefully at some point in time, Jason will be ready to play, and we’ll get the green light. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll stay where we are.” The rest is up to Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers.

Answer: Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers

“We actually saw tape that showed him working. He’s done a lot of conditioning-type work. So I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. We’ll monitor that.” But in the end, an impasse remained. No date for Pierre-Paul to rejoin the team. No contract. No timetable of any kind. The season begins Sunday night. “Nothing’s changed,” Coughlin said. “We’ve taken this path and we’re on it, and we’ll stay on it. Hopefully at some point in time, Jason will be ready to play, and we’ll get the green light. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll stay where we are.” <hl> The rest is up to Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers . <hl>

“We actually saw tape that showed him working. He’s done a lot of conditioning-type work. So I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. We’ll monitor that.” But in the end, an impasse remained. No date for Pierre-Paul to rejoin the team. No contract. No timetable of any kind. The season begins Sunday night. “Nothing’s changed,” Coughlin said. “We’ve taken this path and we’re on it, and we’ll stay on it. Hopefully at some point in time, Jason will be ready to play, and we’ll get the green light. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll stay where we are.” The rest is up to <hl> Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers <hl>.

The rest is up to <hl> Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers <hl> .


Question: What would cause a distraction during the case?

“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: doing the budget

<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. <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.

“He is resolved to fight the case, but realized <hl> doing the budget <hl> 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.


Question: Which fared better, Mr. Ades's "Origin of the Harp" or George Benjamine's "Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra"?

The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “Origin of the Harp,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading. An early work inspired by a painting of the same name by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, this enigmatic chamber tone poem is scored for clarinets, violas and cellos, instruments whose dark sonorities combine to luminous effect, along with percussion, including a rainstick. George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,” a glistening, texturally rich work, fared better, its complexity revealed in clear detail here. Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr, Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.

Answer: George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,”

The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “Origin of the Harp,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading. An early work inspired by a painting of the same name by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, this enigmatic chamber tone poem is scored for clarinets, violas and cellos, instruments whose dark sonorities combine to luminous effect, along with percussion, including a rainstick. <hl> George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,” a glistening, texturally rich work, fared better, its complexity revealed in clear detail here. <hl> Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr, Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.

The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “Origin of the Harp,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading. An early work inspired by a painting of the same name by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, this enigmatic chamber tone poem is scored for clarinets, violas and cellos, instruments whose dark sonorities combine to luminous effect, along with percussion, including a rainstick. <hl> George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,” <hl> a glistening, texturally rich work, fared better, its complexity revealed in clear detail here. Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr, Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.


Question: Which team did Bulls play in their Game 1 of playoff?

“I was just tired,” Rose said. That scene was all too reminiscent of the night that everything changed for the Bulls and their star point guard, then 23. They were the top seed in the Eastern Conference, seeking a playoff rematch against LeBron James and the Miami Heat. Late in Game 1 of their playoff opener against Philadelphia, as Rose drove, his knee gave out. The 76ers then dispatched the Bulls. What followed has been well chronicled, with Rose’s career taking on the arc of a tragic novel. The A.C.L. injury cost him all of the next year; his teammates, many battling injuries themselves, fought valiantly in the playoffs, beating the Nets in seven games before succumbing to the Heat.

Answer: Philadelphia

“I was just tired,” Rose said. That scene was all too reminiscent of the night that everything changed for the Bulls and their star point guard, then 23. They were the top seed in the Eastern Conference, seeking a playoff rematch against LeBron James and the Miami Heat. <hl> Late in Game 1 of their playoff opener against Philadelphia , as Rose drove, his knee gave out. <hl> The 76ers then dispatched the Bulls. What followed has been well chronicled, with Rose’s career taking on the arc of a tragic novel. The A.C.L. injury cost him all of the next year; his teammates, many battling injuries themselves, fought valiantly in the playoffs, beating the Nets in seven games before succumbing to the Heat.

“I was just tired,” Rose said. That scene was all too reminiscent of the night that everything changed for the Bulls and their star point guard, then 23. They were the top seed in the Eastern Conference, seeking a playoff rematch against LeBron James and the Miami Heat. Late in Game 1 of their playoff opener against <hl> Philadelphia <hl>, as Rose drove, his knee gave out. The 76ers then dispatched the Bulls. What followed has been well chronicled, with Rose’s career taking on the arc of a tragic novel. The A.C.L. injury cost him all of the next year; his teammates, many battling injuries themselves, fought valiantly in the playoffs, beating the Nets in seven games before succumbing to the Heat.

Late in Game 1 of their playoff opener against <hl> Philadelphia <hl> , as Rose drove, his knee gave out.


Question: Which party did Kevin Rudd belong to?

But Mr. Turnbull will have to lead not only the lawmakers in his own party — 44 of whom did not vote for him on Monday night, against 54 who did — but also a country where policy in recent years often seems to have been made on the run, and often in response to flagging opinion polls. Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd, who became prime minister in 2007.

Answer: Labor Party

But Mr. Turnbull will have to lead not only the lawmakers in his own party — 44 of whom did not vote for him on Monday night, against 54 who did — but also a country where policy in recent years often seems to have been made on the run, and often in response to flagging opinion polls. <hl> Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd, who became prime minister in 2007. <hl>

But Mr. Turnbull will have to lead not only the lawmakers in his own party — 44 of whom did not vote for him on Monday night, against 54 who did — but also a country where policy in recent years often seems to have been made on the run, and often in response to flagging opinion polls. Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the <hl> Labor Party <hl> government of Kevin Rudd, who became prime minister in 2007.


Question: Clint Dempsey will regain the captaincy after what event?

“Clint is about scoring goals,” Klinsmann said. “We need Clint Dempsey badly with the national team. We need him in a good spirit.” He added, “The best thing for everyone right now is to let him concentrate really on playing and doing what he does best.” It is unclear if Dempsey will regain the captaincy after the Gold Cup. The Americans open the Gold Cup, the regional championship tournament, on Tuesday against Honduras in Frisco, Tex.

Answer: Gold Cup

“Clint is about scoring goals,” Klinsmann said. “We need Clint Dempsey badly with the national team. We need him in a good spirit.” He added, “The best thing for everyone right now is to let him concentrate really on playing and doing what he does best.” <hl> It is unclear if Dempsey will regain the captaincy after the Gold Cup . <hl> The Americans open the Gold Cup, the regional championship tournament, on Tuesday against Honduras in Frisco, Tex.

“Clint is about scoring goals,” Klinsmann said. “We need Clint Dempsey badly with the national team. We need him in a good spirit.” He added, “The best thing for everyone right now is to let him concentrate really on playing and doing what he does best.” It is unclear if Dempsey will regain the captaincy after the <hl> Gold Cup <hl>. The Americans open the Gold Cup, the regional championship tournament, on Tuesday against Honduras in Frisco, Tex.

It is unclear if Dempsey will regain the captaincy after the <hl> Gold Cup <hl> .


Question: What subject should Christians treat with sensitivity?

ROME —  Catholics should not try to convert Jews, but should work together with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on Thursday in a far-reaching document meant to solidify its increasingly positive relations with Jews. Despite a long history of mutual suspicion and conflict, Christianity and Judaism are deeply intertwined, and Christians should treat the subject of the Holocaust with sensitivity and repel any anti-Semitic tendencies, the Vatican wrote. Titled “The Gifts and Calling of God Are Irrevocable,” the document was issued by the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with Jews. Addressing an issue that has been a sore point between the two faiths for centuries, the commission wrote that the church was “obliged to view evangelization to Jews, who believe in the one God, in a different manner from that to people of other religions and world views.” It specified that “the Catholic Church neither conducts nor supports any specific institutional mission work directed towards Jews.” Analysts said the language in the document seemed intended to put the issue to rest.

Answer: the Holocaust

ROME — Catholics should not try to convert Jews, but should work together with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on Thursday in a far-reaching document meant to solidify its increasingly positive relations with Jews. <hl> Despite a long history of mutual suspicion and conflict, Christianity and Judaism are deeply intertwined, and Christians should treat the subject of the Holocaust with sensitivity and repel any anti-Semitic tendencies, the Vatican wrote. <hl> Titled “The Gifts and Calling of God Are Irrevocable,” the document was issued by the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with Jews. Addressing an issue that has been a sore point between the two faiths for centuries, the commission wrote that the church was “obliged to view evangelization to Jews, who believe in the one God, in a different manner from that to people of other religions and world views.” It specified that “the Catholic Church neither conducts nor supports any specific institutional mission work directed towards Jews.” Analysts said the language in the document seemed intended to put the issue to rest.

ROME — Catholics should not try to convert Jews, but should work together with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on Thursday in a far-reaching document meant to solidify its increasingly positive relations with Jews. Despite a long history of mutual suspicion and conflict, Christianity and Judaism are deeply intertwined, and Christians should treat the subject of <hl> the Holocaust <hl> with sensitivity and repel any anti-Semitic tendencies, the Vatican wrote. Titled “The Gifts and Calling of God Are Irrevocable,” the document was issued by the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with Jews. Addressing an issue that has been a sore point between the two faiths for centuries, the commission wrote that the church was “obliged to view evangelization to Jews, who believe in the one God, in a different manner from that to people of other religions and world views.” It specified that “the Catholic Church neither conducts nor supports any specific institutional mission work directed towards Jews.” Analysts said the language in the document seemed intended to put the issue to rest.


Question: Why is groundwater unsafe to use?

Where there are no longer rivers and lakes to be tapped, desperate farmers and municipalities are turning to dwindling groundwater supplies. Drillers report that they are increasingly coming up dry, even at depths of more than 600 feet. When they do find water, they say, it is often polluted with heavy metals and arsenic, released as the drill bits break through sediment. The changing landscape is all too visible in Kerman Province. In a not-so-distant past, the area was a beltway of green stretching for hundreds of square miles, using groundwater to produce grain and pistachios. Now, the sun bakes treeless plains that are increasingly giving way to deserts. During storms, the dead trees lose their branches, turning them into stumps, while the dust swirls about in ever-growing quantities.

Answer: polluted with heavy metals and arsenic

Where there are no longer rivers and lakes to be tapped, desperate farmers and municipalities are turning to dwindling groundwater supplies. Drillers report that they are increasingly coming up dry, even at depths of more than 600 feet. <hl> When they do find water, they say, it is often polluted with heavy metals and arsenic , released as the drill bits break through sediment. <hl> The changing landscape is all too visible in Kerman Province. In a not-so-distant past, the area was a beltway of green stretching for hundreds of square miles, using groundwater to produce grain and pistachios. Now, the sun bakes treeless plains that are increasingly giving way to deserts. During storms, the dead trees lose their branches, turning them into stumps, while the dust swirls about in ever-growing quantities.

Where there are no longer rivers and lakes to be tapped, desperate farmers and municipalities are turning to dwindling groundwater supplies. Drillers report that they are increasingly coming up dry, even at depths of more than 600 feet. When they do find water, they say, it is often <hl> polluted with heavy metals and arsenic <hl>, released as the drill bits break through sediment. The changing landscape is all too visible in Kerman Province. In a not-so-distant past, the area was a beltway of green stretching for hundreds of square miles, using groundwater to produce grain and pistachios. Now, the sun bakes treeless plains that are increasingly giving way to deserts. During storms, the dead trees lose their branches, turning them into stumps, while the dust swirls about in ever-growing quantities.

When they do find water, they say, it is often <hl> polluted with heavy metals and arsenic <hl> , released as the drill bits break through sediment.


Question: When did Times talk to Dawkins?

Not long after Dawkins’s backboard-shattering spree, the league introduced the so-called breakaway rim, which yields to downward pressure and then snaps back to the horizontal, minimizing the potential for destruction. “The first one was an accident, but I wanted to see if I could do it again when I got back to Philadelphia,” Dawkins recalled in the 2004 Times interview, referring to his most smashingly spectacular dunks. “All the fans were hollering, ‘You’ve got to do one for the home crowd,’ so I went ahead and brought it down.

Answer: 2004

Not long after Dawkins’s backboard-shattering spree, the league introduced the so-called breakaway rim, which yields to downward pressure and then snaps back to the horizontal, minimizing the potential for destruction. <hl> “The first one was an accident, but I wanted to see if I could do it again when I got back to Philadelphia,” Dawkins recalled in the 2004 Times interview, referring to his most smashingly spectacular dunks. <hl> “All the fans were hollering, ‘You’ve got to do one for the home crowd,’ so I went ahead and brought it down.

Not long after Dawkins’s backboard-shattering spree, the league introduced the so-called breakaway rim, which yields to downward pressure and then snaps back to the horizontal, minimizing the potential for destruction. “The first one was an accident, but I wanted to see if I could do it again when I got back to Philadelphia,” Dawkins recalled in the <hl> 2004 <hl> Times interview, referring to his most smashingly spectacular dunks. “All the fans were hollering, ‘You’ve got to do one for the home crowd,’ so I went ahead and brought it down.


Question: What type of arrangement was scrapped?

“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007. But internal friction within the company was already building. Mr. Bernhard unexpectedly did not attend that auto show, and soon resigned. Behind the scenes, Mr. Hatz was part of a faction at the company that supported using a less expensive system that did not require urea, according to two Volkswagen managers who were in a position to witness the clashes. The managers requested anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their relationships with Volkswagen. Mr. Hatz’s viewpoint won out and the technology-sharing arrangement was soon scrapped.

Answer: technology-sharing

“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007. But internal friction within the company was already building. Mr. Bernhard unexpectedly did not attend that auto show, and soon resigned. Behind the scenes, Mr. Hatz was part of a faction at the company that supported using a less expensive system that did not require urea, according to two Volkswagen managers who were in a position to witness the clashes. The managers requested anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their relationships with Volkswagen. <hl> Mr. Hatz’s viewpoint won out and the technology-sharing arrangement was soon scrapped. <hl>

“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007. But internal friction within the company was already building. Mr. Bernhard unexpectedly did not attend that auto show, and soon resigned. Behind the scenes, Mr. Hatz was part of a faction at the company that supported using a less expensive system that did not require urea, according to two Volkswagen managers who were in a position to witness the clashes. The managers requested anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their relationships with Volkswagen. Mr. Hatz’s viewpoint won out and the <hl> technology-sharing <hl> arrangement was soon scrapped.


Question: When was "The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum" completed?

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

Answer: 1939

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

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

By <hl> 1939 <hl> , the year he completed “The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum,” a breathtaking melodrama opening in a new restoration Friday, he had over 50 films to his credit.


Question: Which fiscal quarter is being discussed in this article?

PARIS — Crédit Agricole and Société Générale, two of France’s largest banks, reported higher third-quarter profits on Thursday as their retail divisions posted improved results. Crédit Agricole, which ranks second only to BNP Paribas among French lenders in terms of assets, posted net income of 930 million euros, about $1 billion, for the three months from July through September, an increase of 15 percent from a year earlier. Its revenue slipped 2 percent to €3.9 billion, it said, though it noted that the figure was broadly stable after accounting for a revaluation of its own debt, loan hedges and other items. It said most business lines had improved, particularly domestic and international retail banking.

Answer: third-quarter

<hl> PARIS — Crédit Agricole and Société Générale, two of France’s largest banks, reported higher third-quarter profits on Thursday as their retail divisions posted improved results. <hl> Crédit Agricole, which ranks second only to BNP Paribas among French lenders in terms of assets, posted net income of 930 million euros, about $1 billion, for the three months from July through September, an increase of 15 percent from a year earlier. Its revenue slipped 2 percent to €3.9 billion, it said, though it noted that the figure was broadly stable after accounting for a revaluation of its own debt, loan hedges and other items. It said most business lines had improved, particularly domestic and international retail banking.

PARIS — Crédit Agricole and Société Générale, two of France’s largest banks, reported higher <hl> third-quarter <hl> profits on Thursday as their retail divisions posted improved results. Crédit Agricole, which ranks second only to BNP Paribas among French lenders in terms of assets, posted net income of 930 million euros, about $1 billion, for the three months from July through September, an increase of 15 percent from a year earlier. Its revenue slipped 2 percent to €3.9 billion, it said, though it noted that the figure was broadly stable after accounting for a revaluation of its own debt, loan hedges and other items. It said most business lines had improved, particularly domestic and international retail banking.


Question: How many people did the terrorist attack injure?

The N.D.S. arrested a number of men in the crowd, including the butcher believed to have stabbed the soldier, said Mr. Khan and other witnesses. That seemed to provoke further anger, with the crowd demanding that Afghan security forces on the scene release their countrymen who had stood up against the foreign soldiers. A spokesman for the American-led coalition, Col. Brian Tribus, said the episode was under investigation. He added that two service members in the convoy had minor injuries. The suicide bombing wounded at least 22 people and killed one, said a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi. But witnesses said the death toll was probably higher.

Answer: 22

The N.D.S. arrested a number of men in the crowd, including the butcher believed to have stabbed the soldier, said Mr. Khan and other witnesses. That seemed to provoke further anger, with the crowd demanding that Afghan security forces on the scene release their countrymen who had stood up against the foreign soldiers. A spokesman for the American-led coalition, Col. Brian Tribus, said the episode was under investigation. He added that two service members in the convoy had minor injuries. <hl> The suicide bombing wounded at least 22 people and killed one, said a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi. <hl> But witnesses said the death toll was probably higher.

The N.D.S. arrested a number of men in the crowd, including the butcher believed to have stabbed the soldier, said Mr. Khan and other witnesses. That seemed to provoke further anger, with the crowd demanding that Afghan security forces on the scene release their countrymen who had stood up against the foreign soldiers. A spokesman for the American-led coalition, Col. Brian Tribus, said the episode was under investigation. He added that two service members in the convoy had minor injuries. The suicide bombing wounded at least <hl> 22 <hl> people and killed one, said a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi. But witnesses said the death toll was probably higher.


Question: did julius erving play on 2 different basketball teams?

If you tried to define New York City basketball strictly by birthplace, you would include players like Michael Jordan, who was born in Brooklyn but grew up elsewhere. And you would exclude Julius Erving, who was born in Nassau County, next to but not part of the city, but who helped to enhance the New York style of play with his wizardry at the famous Rucker Park playground in Harlem before going on to star for the New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers. So clearly there is more to the definition than an original address. And even if you can agree that a player should basically be considered a New York City athlete if he went to high school in one of the five boroughs, is there anything else that traditionally sets apart a New York City basketball player?

Answer: New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers

If you tried to define New York City basketball strictly by birthplace, you would include players like Michael Jordan, who was born in Brooklyn but grew up elsewhere. <hl> And you would exclude Julius Erving, who was born in Nassau County, next to but not part of the city, but who helped to enhance the New York style of play with his wizardry at the famous Rucker Park playground in Harlem before going on to star for the New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers . <hl> So clearly there is more to the definition than an original address. And even if you can agree that a player should basically be considered a New York City athlete if he went to high school in one of the five boroughs, is there anything else that traditionally sets apart a New York City basketball player?

If you tried to define New York City basketball strictly by birthplace, you would include players like Michael Jordan, who was born in Brooklyn but grew up elsewhere. And you would exclude Julius Erving, who was born in Nassau County, next to but not part of the city, but who helped to enhance the New York style of play with his wizardry at the famous Rucker Park playground in Harlem before going on to star for the <hl> New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers <hl>. So clearly there is more to the definition than an original address. And even if you can agree that a player should basically be considered a New York City athlete if he went to high school in one of the five boroughs, is there anything else that traditionally sets apart a New York City basketball player?

And you would exclude Julius Erving, who was born in Nassau County, next to but not part of the city, but who helped to enhance the New York style of play with his wizardry at the famous Rucker Park playground in Harlem before going on to star for the <hl> New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers <hl> .


Question: What aspect of riding the rail lines might worsen in the years ahead?

These troubles have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about 750,000 riders each day on Amtrak and several commuter rail lines. The corridor’s ridership has doubled in the last 30 years even as its old and overloaded infrastructure of tracks, power lines, bridges and tunnels has begun to wear out. And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding, many fear the disruptions will continue to worsen in the years ahead.

Answer: disruptions

These troubles have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about 750,000 riders each day on Amtrak and several commuter rail lines. The corridor’s ridership has doubled in the last 30 years even as its old and overloaded infrastructure of tracks, power lines, bridges and tunnels has begun to wear out. <hl> And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding, many fear the disruptions will continue to worsen in the years ahead. <hl>

These troubles have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about 750,000 riders each day on Amtrak and several commuter rail lines. The corridor’s ridership has doubled in the last 30 years even as its old and overloaded infrastructure of tracks, power lines, bridges and tunnels has begun to wear out. And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding, many fear the <hl> disruptions <hl> will continue to worsen in the years ahead.


Question: What is always preserved ?

But although there are occasional, unprintable mishearings that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation. In almost all of my mishearings, however, there is a similar overall sound, a similar acoustic gestalt, linking what is said and what is heard. Syntax is always preserved, but this does not help; mishearings are likely to capsize meaning, to overwhelm it with phonologically similar but meaningless or absurd sound forms, even though the general form of a sentence is preserved.

Answer: Syntax

But although there are occasional, unprintable mishearings that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation. In almost all of my mishearings, however, there is a similar overall sound, a similar acoustic gestalt, linking what is said and what is heard. <hl> Syntax is always preserved, but this does not help; mishearings are likely to capsize meaning, to overwhelm it with phonologically similar but meaningless or absurd sound forms, even though the general form of a sentence is preserved. <hl>

But although there are occasional, unprintable mishearings that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation. In almost all of my mishearings, however, there is a similar overall sound, a similar acoustic gestalt, linking what is said and what is heard. <hl> Syntax <hl> is always preserved, but this does not help; mishearings are likely to capsize meaning, to overwhelm it with phonologically similar but meaningless or absurd sound forms, even though the general form of a sentence is preserved.


Question: Why did the prosecutor say that Mr. Hincapie's story didn't make any sense?

Prosecutors from the district attorney’s office argued her testimony proved nothing. The crime scene was chaotic, and Ms. Santana had started to run as soon as the violence began; she might not have spotted everyone involved. Eugene R. Hurley III, a senior Manhattan prosecutor, said in his closing argument that Mr. Hincapie’s story made no sense, because the escalator he claimed to have run down was going up at the time. He also emphasized that three other men convicted with Mr. Hincapie — Pascal Carpenter, Emiliano Fernandez and Ricardo Nova — all told the police he had participated in the robbery.

Answer: because the escalator he claimed to have run down was going up at the time

Prosecutors from the district attorney’s office argued her testimony proved nothing. The crime scene was chaotic, and Ms. Santana had started to run as soon as the violence began; she might not have spotted everyone involved. <hl> Eugene R. Hurley III, a senior Manhattan prosecutor, said in his closing argument that Mr. Hincapie’s story made no sense, because the escalator he claimed to have run down was going up at the time . <hl> He also emphasized that three other men convicted with Mr. Hincapie — Pascal Carpenter, Emiliano Fernandez and Ricardo Nova — all told the police he had participated in the robbery.

Prosecutors from the district attorney’s office argued her testimony proved nothing. The crime scene was chaotic, and Ms. Santana had started to run as soon as the violence began; she might not have spotted everyone involved. Eugene R. Hurley III, a senior Manhattan prosecutor, said in his closing argument that Mr. Hincapie’s story made no sense, <hl> because the escalator he claimed to have run down was going up at the time <hl>. He also emphasized that three other men convicted with Mr. Hincapie — Pascal Carpenter, Emiliano Fernandez and Ricardo Nova — all told the police he had participated in the robbery.

Eugene R. Hurley III, a senior Manhattan prosecutor, said in his closing argument that Mr. Hincapie’s story made no sense, <hl> because the escalator he claimed to have run down was going up at the time <hl> .


Question: Who insisted on firing the woman who rightly accused Thomas of harassment?

Dolan announced that Thomas, a Hall of Fame point guard, would serve as president of the W.N.B.A.’s Liberty, the city’s women’s basketball team. “We believe Isiah belongs in basketball,” Madison Square Garden officials said in a statement, “and are grateful that he has committed his considerable talent to help the Liberty succeed.” This statement is fine as far as it goes, particularly if you’ve suffered catastrophic memory loss. Thomas and Dolan last roamed together in the corporate suites at the Garden in 2008. A year before that, a jury found that Thomas had sexually harassed a team executive in the crudest of terms. The executive, now known professionally as Anucha Browne, testified that Thomas had used misogynistic slurs. When she complained to top officials at the Garden, Dolan personally insisted on firing her. Who among us does not believe in repentance and second chances? I called to ask the Garden about Thomas and the boss. Have the two men repented? Do they have second thoughts? Or have they rethought their first thoughts? This email statement arrived in my inbox:

Answer: Dolan personally insisted on firing her.

Dolan announced that Thomas, a Hall of Fame point guard, would serve as president of the W.N.B.A.’s Liberty, the city’s women’s basketball team. “We believe Isiah belongs in basketball,” Madison Square Garden officials said in a statement, “and are grateful that he has committed his considerable talent to help the Liberty succeed.” This statement is fine as far as it goes, particularly if you’ve suffered catastrophic memory loss. Thomas and Dolan last roamed together in the corporate suites at the Garden in 2008. A year before that, a jury found that Thomas had sexually harassed a team executive in the crudest of terms. The executive, now known professionally as Anucha Browne, testified that Thomas had used misogynistic slurs. <hl> When she complained to top officials at the Garden, Dolan personally insisted on firing her. Who among us does not believe in repentance and second chances? <hl> I called to ask the Garden about Thomas and the boss. Have the two men repented? Do they have second thoughts? Or have they rethought their first thoughts? This email statement arrived in my inbox:

Dolan announced that Thomas, a Hall of Fame point guard, would serve as president of the W.N.B.A.’s Liberty, the city’s women’s basketball team. “We believe Isiah belongs in basketball,” Madison Square Garden officials said in a statement, “and are grateful that he has committed his considerable talent to help the Liberty succeed.” This statement is fine as far as it goes, particularly if you’ve suffered catastrophic memory loss. Thomas and Dolan last roamed together in the corporate suites at the Garden in 2008. A year before that, a jury found that Thomas had sexually harassed a team executive in the crudest of terms. The executive, now known professionally as Anucha Browne, testified that Thomas had used misogynistic slurs. When she complained to top officials at the Garden, <hl> Dolan personally insisted on firing her. <hl> Who among us does not believe in repentance and second chances? I called to ask the Garden about Thomas and the boss. Have the two men repented? Do they have second thoughts? Or have they rethought their first thoughts? This email statement arrived in my inbox:


Question: What time the one of the largest corporate scandals of the automotive industry start

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

Answer: September of this year

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

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

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


Question: What new generation of equipment is HP looking to deploy?

”Enterprises are facing a mobile-first world and are looking for solutions that help them transition legacy investments to the new style of I.T.,” Meg Whitman, HP’s chairman and chief executive, said in a statement. “By combining Aruba’s world-class wireless mobility solutions with HP’s leading switching portfolio, HP will offer the simplest, most secure networking solutions to help enterprises easily deploy next-generation mobile networks.” HP expects the deal to add to its earnings in the first full year after closing. Aruba will continue to do business under its own brand and will be led by its chief executive, Dominic Orr. Mr. Orr will report to the head of HP’s enterprise group, Antonio Neri. The deal is expected to close by Oct. 31, pending approval by regulators and Aruba’s shareholders.

Answer: mobile networks

”Enterprises are facing a mobile-first world and are looking for solutions that help them transition legacy investments to the new style of I.T.,” Meg Whitman, HP’s chairman and chief executive, said in a statement. <hl> “By combining Aruba’s world-class wireless mobility solutions with HP’s leading switching portfolio, HP will offer the simplest, most secure networking solutions to help enterprises easily deploy next-generation mobile networks .” <hl> HP expects the deal to add to its earnings in the first full year after closing. Aruba will continue to do business under its own brand and will be led by its chief executive, Dominic Orr. Mr. Orr will report to the head of HP’s enterprise group, Antonio Neri. The deal is expected to close by Oct. 31, pending approval by regulators and Aruba’s shareholders.

”Enterprises are facing a mobile-first world and are looking for solutions that help them transition legacy investments to the new style of I.T.,” Meg Whitman, HP’s chairman and chief executive, said in a statement. “By combining Aruba’s world-class wireless mobility solutions with HP’s leading switching portfolio, HP will offer the simplest, most secure networking solutions to help enterprises easily deploy next-generation <hl> mobile networks <hl>.” HP expects the deal to add to its earnings in the first full year after closing. Aruba will continue to do business under its own brand and will be led by its chief executive, Dominic Orr. Mr. Orr will report to the head of HP’s enterprise group, Antonio Neri. The deal is expected to close by Oct. 31, pending approval by regulators and Aruba’s shareholders.

“By combining Aruba’s world-class wireless mobility solutions with HP’s leading switching portfolio, HP will offer the simplest, most secure networking solutions to help enterprises easily deploy next-generation <hl> mobile networks <hl> .”


Question: Where is High street on market?

Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Ky. Rising Star Chef of the Year Tanya Baker, Boarding House, Chicago Alex Bois, High Street on Market, Philadelphia

Answer: Philadelphia

Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Ky. <hl> Rising Star Chef of the Year Tanya Baker, Boarding House, Chicago Alex Bois, High Street on Market, Philadelphia <hl>

Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Ky. Rising Star Chef of the Year Tanya Baker, Boarding House, Chicago Alex Bois, High Street on Market, <hl> Philadelphia <hl>


Question: What is Ball's story about?

With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing, reconstructing life from its most basic elements. These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strength as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction. In the village’s cemetery, Ball deconstructs death. Noting that gravestones are “irrational” because they prolong suffering while failing to bring back the dead, the claimant wonders: “But, if life is just that, just being reasonable, then there is nothing in it — nothing worthwhile. So, the yearning that we have to keep dead things living — or to make unreasonable things reasonable. That is why a person should live.”

Answer: starting over from nothing

<hl> With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing , reconstructing life from its most basic elements. <hl> These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strength as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction. In the village’s cemetery, Ball deconstructs death. Noting that gravestones are “irrational” because they prolong suffering while failing to bring back the dead, the claimant wonders: “But, if life is just that, just being reasonable, then there is nothing in it — nothing worthwhile. So, the yearning that we have to keep dead things living — or to make unreasonable things reasonable. That is why a person should live.”

With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about <hl> starting over from nothing <hl>, reconstructing life from its most basic elements. These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strength as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction. In the village’s cemetery, Ball deconstructs death. Noting that gravestones are “irrational” because they prolong suffering while failing to bring back the dead, the claimant wonders: “But, if life is just that, just being reasonable, then there is nothing in it — nothing worthwhile. So, the yearning that we have to keep dead things living — or to make unreasonable things reasonable. That is why a person should live.”

With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about <hl> starting over from nothing <hl> , reconstructing life from its most basic elements.


Question: What did Mr. Fox fail to mention in his statement?

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention the federal investigation.

Answer: the federal investigation

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” <hl> He did not mention the federal investigation . <hl>

Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month.” Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni, the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner. In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund. He said that serving as transportation commissioner twice had been “the best job I have ever had.” He did not mention <hl> the federal investigation <hl>.

He did not mention <hl> the federal investigation <hl> .


Question: What can a Christian never be?

“It clearly states that salvation doesn’t come from the Jews’ conversion, but it’s very respectful of their own mission,” said Alberto Melloni, the director of a liberal Catholic research institution, the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna. He called the message “a courageous and important written document of the Catholic Church.” Coming 50 years after the Vatican formally repudiated the idea of collective Jewish guilt for Jesus’ death, the document emphasized the tight and inescapable link between Christianity and Judaism. “A Christian can never be an anti-Semite, especially because of the Jewish roots of Christianity,” it stated. Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Vatican Commission, said on Thursday that the church’s dialogue with Jews was not just interreligious, but “intrareligious, or intrafamiliar.” Jewish leaders praised the document and the way that Catholic-Jewish relations had progressed.

Answer: an anti-Semite

“It clearly states that salvation doesn’t come from the Jews’ conversion, but it’s very respectful of their own mission,” said Alberto Melloni, the director of a liberal Catholic research institution, the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna. He called the message “a courageous and important written document of the Catholic Church.” Coming 50 years after the Vatican formally repudiated the idea of collective Jewish guilt for Jesus’ death, the document emphasized the tight and inescapable link between Christianity and Judaism. <hl> “A Christian can never be an anti-Semite , especially because of the Jewish roots of Christianity,” it stated. <hl> Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Vatican Commission, said on Thursday that the church’s dialogue with Jews was not just interreligious, but “intrareligious, or intrafamiliar.” Jewish leaders praised the document and the way that Catholic-Jewish relations had progressed.

“It clearly states that salvation doesn’t come from the Jews’ conversion, but it’s very respectful of their own mission,” said Alberto Melloni, the director of a liberal Catholic research institution, the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna. He called the message “a courageous and important written document of the Catholic Church.” Coming 50 years after the Vatican formally repudiated the idea of collective Jewish guilt for Jesus’ death, the document emphasized the tight and inescapable link between Christianity and Judaism. “A Christian can never be <hl> an anti-Semite <hl>, especially because of the Jewish roots of Christianity,” it stated. Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Vatican Commission, said on Thursday that the church’s dialogue with Jews was not just interreligious, but “intrareligious, or intrafamiliar.” Jewish leaders praised the document and the way that Catholic-Jewish relations had progressed.

“A Christian can never be <hl> an anti-Semite <hl> , especially because of the Jewish roots of Christianity,” it stated.


Question: When did John Rakis wife die?

She spent about $65,000 of her own money and her mother’s in the five years before her mother died. As for her mother’s money, by the time she died, “it was gone,” Ms. Olson said. John Rakis, a consultant in New York, spent more than $189,000 in less than two years for caregivers and other expenses for his mother-in-law, 92, who has dementia and lives in a housing project in Manhattan. He promised his wife, who died in January 2013, that he would take care of her mother. She left a portion of her life insurance and death benefit money to her mother, and Mr. Rakis spent it on her care. Until it was gone. “The money ran out in June,” Mr. Rakis said. “I was losing sleep.”

Answer: January 2013

She spent about $65,000 of her own money and her mother’s in the five years before her mother died. As for her mother’s money, by the time she died, “it was gone,” Ms. Olson said. John Rakis, a consultant in New York, spent more than $189,000 in less than two years for caregivers and other expenses for his mother-in-law, 92, who has dementia and lives in a housing project in Manhattan. <hl> He promised his wife, who died in January 2013 , that he would take care of her mother. <hl> She left a portion of her life insurance and death benefit money to her mother, and Mr. Rakis spent it on her care. Until it was gone. “The money ran out in June,” Mr. Rakis said. “I was losing sleep.”

She spent about $65,000 of her own money and her mother’s in the five years before her mother died. As for her mother’s money, by the time she died, “it was gone,” Ms. Olson said. John Rakis, a consultant in New York, spent more than $189,000 in less than two years for caregivers and other expenses for his mother-in-law, 92, who has dementia and lives in a housing project in Manhattan. He promised his wife, who died in <hl> January 2013 <hl>, that he would take care of her mother. She left a portion of her life insurance and death benefit money to her mother, and Mr. Rakis spent it on her care. Until it was gone. “The money ran out in June,” Mr. Rakis said. “I was losing sleep.”

He promised his wife, who died in <hl> January 2013 <hl> , that he would take care of her mother.


Question: Whom was the movie Citizen Four about (who's life story?)

There were some moments that went against the usual Oscar formula of tears and gratitude. Patricia Arquette’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce. “We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as Meryl Streep and others roared their approval. “Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden, won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage. Mr. Harris joked that Mr. Snowden “couldn’t be here for some treason.” Oscar nights usually do have their share of political posturing, but this was a particularly passionate evening.

Answer: Edward J. Snowden

There were some moments that went against the usual Oscar formula of tears and gratitude. Patricia Arquette’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce. “We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as Meryl Streep and others roared their approval. <hl> “Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden , won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage. <hl> Mr. Harris joked that Mr. Snowden “couldn’t be here for some treason.” Oscar nights usually do have their share of political posturing, but this was a particularly passionate evening.

There were some moments that went against the usual Oscar formula of tears and gratitude. Patricia Arquette’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce. “We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as Meryl Streep and others roared their approval. “Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker <hl> Edward J. Snowden <hl>, won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage. Mr. Harris joked that Mr. Snowden “couldn’t be here for some treason.” Oscar nights usually do have their share of political posturing, but this was a particularly passionate evening.

“Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker <hl> Edward J. Snowden <hl> , won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage.


Question: What is the main job of the Export-Import Bank?

The public faces of the Ex-Im Bank battle may be mom-and-pop exporters walking the hallways of Capitol Hill in support of the agency, and the ideological spear carriers of the conservative, free-market movement, like Club for Growth and the Heritage Foundation, in opposition. But those message makers mask a behind-the-scenes slugfest between two heavyweights, Boeing and Delta, which have narrower, bottom-line interests and very deep pockets. The normally obscure Export-Import Bank, whose main job is to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad, will cease to exist on July 1 if Congress does not renew its authorization. Delta has spent nearly $10 million on lobbying since 2012, at least in part to kill the Ex-Im Bank or greatly diminish loan guarantees for Boeing customers abroad, according to lobby disclosure forms. Boeing has already put up more than $69 million over that same period on Ex-Im and other interests, according to the documents. “We have been lobbying a lot on this because it’s a very important issue for us,” said Tim Neale, Boeing’s government operations spokesman. “We know our business, and we know there are customers even in times of good credit availability that need a government loan guarantee.”

Answer: to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad

The public faces of the Ex-Im Bank battle may be mom-and-pop exporters walking the hallways of Capitol Hill in support of the agency, and the ideological spear carriers of the conservative, free-market movement, like Club for Growth and the Heritage Foundation, in opposition. But those message makers mask a behind-the-scenes slugfest between two heavyweights, Boeing and Delta, which have narrower, bottom-line interests and very deep pockets. <hl> The normally obscure Export-Import Bank, whose main job is to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad , will cease to exist on July 1 if Congress does not renew its authorization. <hl> Delta has spent nearly $10 million on lobbying since 2012, at least in part to kill the Ex-Im Bank or greatly diminish loan guarantees for Boeing customers abroad, according to lobby disclosure forms. Boeing has already put up more than $69 million over that same period on Ex-Im and other interests, according to the documents. “We have been lobbying a lot on this because it’s a very important issue for us,” said Tim Neale, Boeing’s government operations spokesman. “We know our business, and we know there are customers even in times of good credit availability that need a government loan guarantee.”

The public faces of the Ex-Im Bank battle may be mom-and-pop exporters walking the hallways of Capitol Hill in support of the agency, and the ideological spear carriers of the conservative, free-market movement, like Club for Growth and the Heritage Foundation, in opposition. But those message makers mask a behind-the-scenes slugfest between two heavyweights, Boeing and Delta, which have narrower, bottom-line interests and very deep pockets. The normally obscure Export-Import Bank, whose main job is <hl> to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad <hl>, will cease to exist on July 1 if Congress does not renew its authorization. Delta has spent nearly $10 million on lobbying since 2012, at least in part to kill the Ex-Im Bank or greatly diminish loan guarantees for Boeing customers abroad, according to lobby disclosure forms. Boeing has already put up more than $69 million over that same period on Ex-Im and other interests, according to the documents. “We have been lobbying a lot on this because it’s a very important issue for us,” said Tim Neale, Boeing’s government operations spokesman. “We know our business, and we know there are customers even in times of good credit availability that need a government loan guarantee.”

The normally obscure Export-Import Bank, whose main job is <hl> to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad <hl> , will cease to exist on July 1 if Congress does not renew its authorization.


Question: where did they place the photos of there love interests?

“This knocked me off my feet,” she said, adding, “when I left Sweet Briar, there was no question that I would go on to graduate school.” Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus. She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were Amherst and Williams men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson.

Answer: on their bureaus

“This knocked me off my feet,” she said, adding, “when I left Sweet Briar, there was no question that I would go on to graduate school.” <hl> Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus . <hl> She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were Amherst and Williams men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson.

“This knocked me off my feet,” she said, adding, “when I left Sweet Briar, there was no question that I would go on to graduate school.” Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully <hl> on their bureaus <hl>. She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were Amherst and Williams men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson.

Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully <hl> on their bureaus <hl> .


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

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

Answer: The Wire

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

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

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


Question: What is the name of the Facebook spokesman that is quoted?

Ashlyn Knaur of Huntsville, Ala., recently unfollowed some friends after Mrs. Clinton’s announcement. She also removed the actress Anne Hathaway from her Instagram feed after Ms. Hathaway shared a posting supportive of Mrs. Clinton. Julie Ruby of Normal, Ill., is on the brink of unfollowing her daughter’s mother-in-law for negative comments regarding Mrs. Clinton. And John Thrasher of Cumberland, Md., lost touch with his father over his politics postings on Facebook. “The regular contact between us has been cut because of politics and social media,” Mr. Thrasher said. Mike Massaroli, from Staten Island, says that his postings are often ignored and that he is occasionally unfollowed even by his fraternity brothers, who playfully cast him off as “the dude who is voting for Bernie Sanders” for his frequent praise of the Vermont senator. In theory, Facebook’s algorithm provides for an overall better experience on the site, ranking the number of posts likely to be ignored by the user lower in the news feed. But in the realm of politics, that sometimes has the unintended consequence of engineering the political discourse on Facebook toward the user’s political leanings. “The fundamental principle underpinning news feed is the more you interact with specific types of content and content from specific places, the more likely you are to continue to see” that kind of content, said Andy Stone, a spokesman for Facebook.

Answer: Andy Stone

Ashlyn Knaur of Huntsville, Ala., recently unfollowed some friends after Mrs. Clinton’s announcement. She also removed the actress Anne Hathaway from her Instagram feed after Ms. Hathaway shared a posting supportive of Mrs. Clinton. Julie Ruby of Normal, Ill., is on the brink of unfollowing her daughter’s mother-in-law for negative comments regarding Mrs. Clinton. And John Thrasher of Cumberland, Md., lost touch with his father over his politics postings on Facebook. “The regular contact between us has been cut because of politics and social media,” Mr. Thrasher said. Mike Massaroli, from Staten Island, says that his postings are often ignored and that he is occasionally unfollowed even by his fraternity brothers, who playfully cast him off as “the dude who is voting for Bernie Sanders” for his frequent praise of the Vermont senator. In theory, Facebook’s algorithm provides for an overall better experience on the site, ranking the number of posts likely to be ignored by the user lower in the news feed. But in the realm of politics, that sometimes has the unintended consequence of engineering the political discourse on Facebook toward the user’s political leanings. <hl> “The fundamental principle underpinning news feed is the more you interact with specific types of content and content from specific places, the more likely you are to continue to see” that kind of content, said Andy Stone , a spokesman for Facebook. <hl>

Ashlyn Knaur of Huntsville, Ala., recently unfollowed some friends after Mrs. Clinton’s announcement. She also removed the actress Anne Hathaway from her Instagram feed after Ms. Hathaway shared a posting supportive of Mrs. Clinton. Julie Ruby of Normal, Ill., is on the brink of unfollowing her daughter’s mother-in-law for negative comments regarding Mrs. Clinton. And John Thrasher of Cumberland, Md., lost touch with his father over his politics postings on Facebook. “The regular contact between us has been cut because of politics and social media,” Mr. Thrasher said. Mike Massaroli, from Staten Island, says that his postings are often ignored and that he is occasionally unfollowed even by his fraternity brothers, who playfully cast him off as “the dude who is voting for Bernie Sanders” for his frequent praise of the Vermont senator. In theory, Facebook’s algorithm provides for an overall better experience on the site, ranking the number of posts likely to be ignored by the user lower in the news feed. But in the realm of politics, that sometimes has the unintended consequence of engineering the political discourse on Facebook toward the user’s political leanings. “The fundamental principle underpinning news feed is the more you interact with specific types of content and content from specific places, the more likely you are to continue to see” that kind of content, said <hl> Andy Stone <hl>, a spokesman for Facebook.

“The fundamental principle underpinning news feed is the more you interact with specific types of content and content from specific places, the more likely you are to continue to see” that kind of content, said <hl> Andy Stone <hl> , a spokesman for Facebook.


Question: What is the group that wrote this letter?

We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East. The agreement is comprehensive and covers the main areas of concern over Iran’s nuclear program. It includes intrusive, detailed measures for verification and inspection of Iran’s civil nuclear program, in line with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s additional protocol. In effect, it sharply reduces the amount of enriched uranium Iran can hold and freezes further enrichment for 10 to 15 years.

Answer: Top Level Group

<hl> We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East. <hl> The agreement is comprehensive and covers the main areas of concern over Iran’s nuclear program. It includes intrusive, detailed measures for verification and inspection of Iran’s civil nuclear program, in line with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s additional protocol. In effect, it sharply reduces the amount of enriched uranium Iran can hold and freezes further enrichment for 10 to 15 years.

We, members of the <hl> Top Level Group <hl> of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East. The agreement is comprehensive and covers the main areas of concern over Iran’s nuclear program. It includes intrusive, detailed measures for verification and inspection of Iran’s civil nuclear program, in line with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s additional protocol. In effect, it sharply reduces the amount of enriched uranium Iran can hold and freezes further enrichment for 10 to 15 years.


Question: how much was Ms. Wisniak's condo in Clinton Hill?

After Amelie Wisniak moved to Manhattan from Paris four years ago, a friend told her, “Never leave the island” — Manhattan was the epicenter. At first Ms. Wisniak, an entrepreneur and a founder of SportChaser, a search engine that connects sports fans to bars, heeded that advice — “I never went to Brooklyn,” she said. But she and her boyfriend, Pascal Greilich, a software developer, could not afford to buy the kind of apartment they wanted in Manhattan and grew tired of spending $2,250 a month on rent for a one-bedroom in Hell’s Kitchen. So the couple expanded their horizons, specifically to Clinton Hill, in north-central Brooklyn. They paid $995,000 for a two-bedroom two-bath condominium built in 2007.

Answer: $995,000

After Amelie Wisniak moved to Manhattan from Paris four years ago, a friend told her, “Never leave the island” — Manhattan was the epicenter. At first Ms. Wisniak, an entrepreneur and a founder of SportChaser, a search engine that connects sports fans to bars, heeded that advice — “I never went to Brooklyn,” she said. But she and her boyfriend, Pascal Greilich, a software developer, could not afford to buy the kind of apartment they wanted in Manhattan and grew tired of spending $2,250 a month on rent for a one-bedroom in Hell’s Kitchen. So the couple expanded their horizons, specifically to Clinton Hill, in north-central Brooklyn. <hl> They paid $995,000 for a two-bedroom two-bath condominium built in 2007. <hl>

After Amelie Wisniak moved to Manhattan from Paris four years ago, a friend told her, “Never leave the island” — Manhattan was the epicenter. At first Ms. Wisniak, an entrepreneur and a founder of SportChaser, a search engine that connects sports fans to bars, heeded that advice — “I never went to Brooklyn,” she said. But she and her boyfriend, Pascal Greilich, a software developer, could not afford to buy the kind of apartment they wanted in Manhattan and grew tired of spending $2,250 a month on rent for a one-bedroom in Hell’s Kitchen. So the couple expanded their horizons, specifically to Clinton Hill, in north-central Brooklyn. They paid <hl> $995,000 <hl> for a two-bedroom two-bath condominium built in 2007.


Question: What day was there a tentitive plan set up?

“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: Sunday

“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 <hl> Sunday <hl>, 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.

Under the tentative plan developed on <hl> Sunday <hl> , 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.


Question: What type of motive do officials think is most likely for the theft?

Democratic and Republican lawmakers have been unsparing in their criticism of the personnel agency’s handling of the data breach and its aftermath — and its habit of periodically revising upward the amount of information that was lost. Government officials have not been able to explain publicly why it took more than a year to discover that information was leaving its systems at a tremendous rate. Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, said in a statement on Wednesday that “the massive new number of employees’ fingerprints that was breached is shocking.” He continued, “And it does little to instill confidence in O.P.M. that it took them so long to detect that the number was so much larger than originally thought.” He called for “lifetime identity protection coverage” for the affected employees and contractors. But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft; officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive.

Answer: national security motive

Democratic and Republican lawmakers have been unsparing in their criticism of the personnel agency’s handling of the data breach and its aftermath — and its habit of periodically revising upward the amount of information that was lost. Government officials have not been able to explain publicly why it took more than a year to discover that information was leaving its systems at a tremendous rate. Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, said in a statement on Wednesday that “the massive new number of employees’ fingerprints that was breached is shocking.” He continued, “And it does little to instill confidence in O.P.M. that it took them so long to detect that the number was so much larger than originally thought.” He called for “lifetime identity protection coverage” for the affected employees and contractors. <hl> But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft; officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive . <hl>

Democratic and Republican lawmakers have been unsparing in their criticism of the personnel agency’s handling of the data breach and its aftermath — and its habit of periodically revising upward the amount of information that was lost. Government officials have not been able to explain publicly why it took more than a year to discover that information was leaving its systems at a tremendous rate. Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, said in a statement on Wednesday that “the massive new number of employees’ fingerprints that was breached is shocking.” He continued, “And it does little to instill confidence in O.P.M. that it took them so long to detect that the number was so much larger than originally thought.” He called for “lifetime identity protection coverage” for the affected employees and contractors. But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft; officials say it seems more likely that it was a <hl> national security motive <hl>.

But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft; officials say it seems more likely that it was a <hl> national security motive <hl> .


Question: how does the officials react for the question?

As for the security threats posed by migrants: This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right. So far, whenever I have asked officials that question, they seemed pretty sanguine. They say that there are easier ways for terrorists to infiltrate European countries than to tag along with migrants on a difficult and dangerous journey. Still, some people find it striking that thousands of people have entered Europe with hardly any screening.

Answer: they seemed pretty sanguine.

As for the security threats posed by migrants: This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right. <hl> So far, whenever I have asked officials that question, they seemed pretty sanguine. They say that there are easier ways for terrorists to infiltrate European countries than to tag along with migrants on a difficult and dangerous journey. <hl> Still, some people find it striking that thousands of people have entered Europe with hardly any screening.

As for the security threats posed by migrants: This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right. So far, whenever I have asked officials that question, <hl> they seemed pretty sanguine. <hl> They say that there are easier ways for terrorists to infiltrate European countries than to tag along with migrants on a difficult and dangerous journey. Still, some people find it striking that thousands of people have entered Europe with hardly any screening.


Question: Those who speak Maltese are predominantly what religion?

Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros, about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago. But the residency requirements, meant to make the program more palatable, are only increasing the consternation among critics, who say the program has resulted in the sale of citizenship to the global 0.1 percent. Applicants must show they have rented a property in Malta for 12 months. But they do not necessarily have to spend any time in this Mediterranean island nation, raising the question of what genuine links they are establishing. “It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite. Applications are pouring in, and the program aims to raise €2 billion, more than a quarter of Malta’s gross domestic product. “We want to attract individuals who can add value to our country because of their ideas, and their networks and their businesses and their talent,” said Jonathan Cardona, chief executive of Identity Malta, which administers the Individual Investor Program. Housed in a sprawling, fortresslike 16th-century building once used as a hospital, the Malta citizenship program nods to the country’s multicultural past, punctuated over the years by invasion. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Fatimids, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, French, a European lay religious order and the British all tried to conquer or rule Malta, and many succeeded. Maltese, the official language with English, looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God.

Answer: Roman Catholics

Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros, about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago. But the residency requirements, meant to make the program more palatable, are only increasing the consternation among critics, who say the program has resulted in the sale of citizenship to the global 0.1 percent. Applicants must show they have rented a property in Malta for 12 months. But they do not necessarily have to spend any time in this Mediterranean island nation, raising the question of what genuine links they are establishing. “It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite. Applications are pouring in, and the program aims to raise €2 billion, more than a quarter of Malta’s gross domestic product. “We want to attract individuals who can add value to our country because of their ideas, and their networks and their businesses and their talent,” said Jonathan Cardona, chief executive of Identity Malta, which administers the Individual Investor Program. Housed in a sprawling, fortresslike 16th-century building once used as a hospital, the Malta citizenship program nods to the country’s multicultural past, punctuated over the years by invasion. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Fatimids, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, French, a European lay religious order and the British all tried to conquer or rule Malta, and many succeeded. <hl> Maltese, the official language with English, looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God. <hl>

Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros, about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago. But the residency requirements, meant to make the program more palatable, are only increasing the consternation among critics, who say the program has resulted in the sale of citizenship to the global 0.1 percent. Applicants must show they have rented a property in Malta for 12 months. But they do not necessarily have to spend any time in this Mediterranean island nation, raising the question of what genuine links they are establishing. “It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite. Applications are pouring in, and the program aims to raise €2 billion, more than a quarter of Malta’s gross domestic product. “We want to attract individuals who can add value to our country because of their ideas, and their networks and their businesses and their talent,” said Jonathan Cardona, chief executive of Identity Malta, which administers the Individual Investor Program. Housed in a sprawling, fortresslike 16th-century building once used as a hospital, the Malta citizenship program nods to the country’s multicultural past, punctuated over the years by invasion. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Fatimids, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, French, a European lay religious order and the British all tried to conquer or rule Malta, and many succeeded. Maltese, the official language with English, looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily <hl> Roman Catholics <hl> who pray to Allah, or God.


Question: Who do coloring books seem best suited for?

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

Answer: the preschool set

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

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

Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for <hl> the preschool set <hl> .