Question: Who is Kyrgios's older brother?

Remarks from Kyrgios’s family only worsened his situation. His mother, Nill, said his insult was justified because of Wawrinka’s criticism of Kyrgios months earlier, writing on Twitter, “A sledge for a sledge,” while using an Australian term for an insult. Kyrgios’s older brother, Christos, made crude comments about Vekic and threatening comments toward Wawrinka and was kicked off the air during a radio interview for making a crude pun. (The Cincinnati tournament reportedly denied Christos Kyrgios a credential to the player areas, although he sat in the front row for his brother’s match against Gasquet.) Kyrgios on Tuesday declined to answer any direct questions about his or his family’s remarks. On Saturday — on the same court where Kyrgios eventually lost Tuesday — Kokkinakis was again dragged into the fray, ending up in a heated altercation with the American Ryan Harrison, his opponent in the first round of qualifying. After a testy handshake ended a match full of flare-ups, the two had to be separated by the chair umpire. Harrison then lumped in Kokkinakis — a young Greek-Australian with a prominent earring, like Kyrgios, but generally a far milder presence — with his maligned compatriot.

Answer: Christos

Remarks from Kyrgios’s family only worsened his situation. His mother, Nill, said his insult was justified because of Wawrinka’s criticism of Kyrgios months earlier, writing on Twitter, “A sledge for a sledge,” while using an Australian term for an insult. <hl> Kyrgios’s older brother, Christos , made crude comments about Vekic and threatening comments toward Wawrinka and was kicked off the air during a radio interview for making a crude pun. <hl> (The Cincinnati tournament reportedly denied Christos Kyrgios a credential to the player areas, although he sat in the front row for his brother’s match against Gasquet.) Kyrgios on Tuesday declined to answer any direct questions about his or his family’s remarks. On Saturday — on the same court where Kyrgios eventually lost Tuesday — Kokkinakis was again dragged into the fray, ending up in a heated altercation with the American Ryan Harrison, his opponent in the first round of qualifying. After a testy handshake ended a match full of flare-ups, the two had to be separated by the chair umpire. Harrison then lumped in Kokkinakis — a young Greek-Australian with a prominent earring, like Kyrgios, but generally a far milder presence — with his maligned compatriot.

Remarks from Kyrgios’s family only worsened his situation. His mother, Nill, said his insult was justified because of Wawrinka’s criticism of Kyrgios months earlier, writing on Twitter, “A sledge for a sledge,” while using an Australian term for an insult. Kyrgios’s older brother, <hl> Christos <hl>, made crude comments about Vekic and threatening comments toward Wawrinka and was kicked off the air during a radio interview for making a crude pun. (The Cincinnati tournament reportedly denied Christos Kyrgios a credential to the player areas, although he sat in the front row for his brother’s match against Gasquet.) Kyrgios on Tuesday declined to answer any direct questions about his or his family’s remarks. On Saturday — on the same court where Kyrgios eventually lost Tuesday — Kokkinakis was again dragged into the fray, ending up in a heated altercation with the American Ryan Harrison, his opponent in the first round of qualifying. After a testy handshake ended a match full of flare-ups, the two had to be separated by the chair umpire. Harrison then lumped in Kokkinakis — a young Greek-Australian with a prominent earring, like Kyrgios, but generally a far milder presence — with his maligned compatriot.

Kyrgios’s older brother, <hl> Christos <hl> , made crude comments about Vekic and threatening comments toward Wawrinka and was kicked off the air during a radio interview for making a crude pun.


Question: Who told Stan Wawrinka that someone was sleeping with his girlfriend?

“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said Kyrgios, an Australian who was unseeded. “Rest — I think it’s probably a good thing for me at the moment.” Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.

Answer: Kyrgios

<hl> “I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said Kyrgios , an Australian who was unseeded. <hl> “Rest — I think it’s probably a good thing for me at the moment.” Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.

“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said <hl> Kyrgios <hl>, an Australian who was unseeded. “Rest — I think it’s probably a good thing for me at the moment.” Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.

“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said <hl> Kyrgios <hl> , an Australian who was unseeded.


Question: How many arrests did D.E.A. agents make for synthetic cannabinoids last year?

The local police department, however, announced on April 16 that an autopsy determined the cause to be “synthetic cannabinoid intoxication.” The increases in cases in Mississippi and Alabama demonstrate the challenge facing law enforcement officials. Last year, D.E.A. agents made about 40 arrests and seized more than 400 pounds of synthetic drugs in those states as part of a wider national operation. Yet supply chains clearly remain. “Is it frustrating? Yes, but when you’re in this business what you come to understand is that total eradication of a drug threat just isn’t going to happen,” said Keith Brown, the special agent in charge of the D.E.A.’s New Orleans field division, which covers Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. “Until we can control the demand there’s going to be someone with supply.”

Answer: 40

The local police department, however, announced on April 16 that an autopsy determined the cause to be “synthetic cannabinoid intoxication.” The increases in cases in Mississippi and Alabama demonstrate the challenge facing law enforcement officials. <hl> Last year, D.E.A. agents made about 40 arrests and seized more than 400 pounds of synthetic drugs in those states as part of a wider national operation. <hl> Yet supply chains clearly remain. “Is it frustrating? Yes, but when you’re in this business what you come to understand is that total eradication of a drug threat just isn’t going to happen,” said Keith Brown, the special agent in charge of the D.E.A.’s New Orleans field division, which covers Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. “Until we can control the demand there’s going to be someone with supply.”

The local police department, however, announced on April 16 that an autopsy determined the cause to be “synthetic cannabinoid intoxication.” The increases in cases in Mississippi and Alabama demonstrate the challenge facing law enforcement officials. Last year, D.E.A. agents made about <hl> 40 <hl> arrests and seized more than 400 pounds of synthetic drugs in those states as part of a wider national operation. Yet supply chains clearly remain. “Is it frustrating? Yes, but when you’re in this business what you come to understand is that total eradication of a drug threat just isn’t going to happen,” said Keith Brown, the special agent in charge of the D.E.A.’s New Orleans field division, which covers Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. “Until we can control the demand there’s going to be someone with supply.”


Question: What came sooner than Ms. Andino expected?

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

Answer: video games

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

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


Question: What did Mitch Pugh create?

Encouragingly, some smaller papers have redoubled their investigative efforts, proving that a large staff is not necessary to do important work. At The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., the top editor, Mitch Pugh, has created a four-person investigative team in a newsroom of only 72 staffers. Their series on deadly domestic violence brought reform — and won this year’s Pulitzer for Public Service. “If we’re going to ask readers to spend their money on us, we have to make investigative and public service work a cornerstone,” Mr. Pugh told me. Meanwhile, new players have arrived. In addition to national nonprofits — including ProPublica, the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Center for Public Integrity — many cities now have local ones. (The Texas Tribune probably is foremost.) Local public radio stations are also making a push: At KPCC, for example, the public radio station in Southern California, Melanie Sill’s staff built a database on police shootings. There is “a growing commitment to do more investigative and accountability reporting at stations around the country,” said Jim Schachter of WNYC, which won a national award this year for investigating abuse of power by the city’s Police Department. NPR’s news chief, Michael Oreskes, told me that supporting local investigative work is a major emphasis for him. This activity helps explain the all-time high membership in Investigative Reporters and Editors, which brought a record 1,800 journalists to Philadelphia last June, including many from alternative papers and television stations. I found the sense of mission there invigorating, as young journalists jammed into sessions to hone their craft. But what about the future? Investigative reporting’s transition won’t be a smooth one, said Richard Tofel, president of ProPublica. With newspapers still dominant in many cities, there’s not enough of a gap to create great need for new players, funded in new ways, including through philanthropy.

Answer: a four-person investigative team

Encouragingly, some smaller papers have redoubled their investigative efforts, proving that a large staff is not necessary to do important work. <hl> At The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., the top editor, Mitch Pugh, has created a four-person investigative team in a newsroom of only 72 staffers. <hl> Their series on deadly domestic violence brought reform — and won this year’s Pulitzer for Public Service. “If we’re going to ask readers to spend their money on us, we have to make investigative and public service work a cornerstone,” Mr. Pugh told me. Meanwhile, new players have arrived. In addition to national nonprofits — including ProPublica, the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Center for Public Integrity — many cities now have local ones. (The Texas Tribune probably is foremost.) Local public radio stations are also making a push: At KPCC, for example, the public radio station in Southern California, Melanie Sill’s staff built a database on police shootings. There is “a growing commitment to do more investigative and accountability reporting at stations around the country,” said Jim Schachter of WNYC, which won a national award this year for investigating abuse of power by the city’s Police Department. NPR’s news chief, Michael Oreskes, told me that supporting local investigative work is a major emphasis for him. This activity helps explain the all-time high membership in Investigative Reporters and Editors, which brought a record 1,800 journalists to Philadelphia last June, including many from alternative papers and television stations. I found the sense of mission there invigorating, as young journalists jammed into sessions to hone their craft. But what about the future? Investigative reporting’s transition won’t be a smooth one, said Richard Tofel, president of ProPublica. With newspapers still dominant in many cities, there’s not enough of a gap to create great need for new players, funded in new ways, including through philanthropy.

Encouragingly, some smaller papers have redoubled their investigative efforts, proving that a large staff is not necessary to do important work. At The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., the top editor, Mitch Pugh, has created <hl> a four-person investigative team <hl> in a newsroom of only 72 staffers. Their series on deadly domestic violence brought reform — and won this year’s Pulitzer for Public Service. “If we’re going to ask readers to spend their money on us, we have to make investigative and public service work a cornerstone,” Mr. Pugh told me. Meanwhile, new players have arrived. In addition to national nonprofits — including ProPublica, the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Center for Public Integrity — many cities now have local ones. (The Texas Tribune probably is foremost.) Local public radio stations are also making a push: At KPCC, for example, the public radio station in Southern California, Melanie Sill’s staff built a database on police shootings. There is “a growing commitment to do more investigative and accountability reporting at stations around the country,” said Jim Schachter of WNYC, which won a national award this year for investigating abuse of power by the city’s Police Department. NPR’s news chief, Michael Oreskes, told me that supporting local investigative work is a major emphasis for him. This activity helps explain the all-time high membership in Investigative Reporters and Editors, which brought a record 1,800 journalists to Philadelphia last June, including many from alternative papers and television stations. I found the sense of mission there invigorating, as young journalists jammed into sessions to hone their craft. But what about the future? Investigative reporting’s transition won’t be a smooth one, said Richard Tofel, president of ProPublica. With newspapers still dominant in many cities, there’s not enough of a gap to create great need for new players, funded in new ways, including through philanthropy.


Question: What is said to have killed the economy?

“It will be extremely difficult for the Greek people to accept such an adjustment off the back of five years of economic depression,” Megan Greene, a managing director at the financial firm Manulife who has been monitoring the Greek situation, said in a report. The creditors’ insistence on tough terms reflects years of pent-up frustration with Greece’s slow progress in modernizing the economy. Many claim that austerity is harder than it would have otherwise been had Athens moved swiftly to promote change. Mr. Tsipras and most Greeks say that austerity is what killed the economy, especially after previous governments slashed state spending 20 percent since 2010 under previous bailouts, mainly by cutting pensions, wages, health care and social services, impoverishing many Greeks One of the more contentious new demands from creditors — one that is likely to prompt an outcry among Greeks — is that Greece transfer €50 billion worth of state assets to a fund that would have international monitors. The fund would oversee sales to pay down Greece’s debt and help recapitalize its teetering banks. While many Greeks are bewildered at the situation, some see a silver lining.

Answer: austerity

“It will be extremely difficult for the Greek people to accept such an adjustment off the back of five years of economic depression,” Megan Greene, a managing director at the financial firm Manulife who has been monitoring the Greek situation, said in a report. The creditors’ insistence on tough terms reflects years of pent-up frustration with Greece’s slow progress in modernizing the economy. <hl> Many claim that austerity is harder than it would have otherwise been had Athens moved swiftly to promote change. <hl> Mr. Tsipras and most Greeks say that austerity is what killed the economy, especially after previous governments slashed state spending 20 percent since 2010 under previous bailouts, mainly by cutting pensions, wages, health care and social services, impoverishing many Greeks One of the more contentious new demands from creditors — one that is likely to prompt an outcry among Greeks — is that Greece transfer €50 billion worth of state assets to a fund that would have international monitors. The fund would oversee sales to pay down Greece’s debt and help recapitalize its teetering banks. While many Greeks are bewildered at the situation, some see a silver lining.

“It will be extremely difficult for the Greek people to accept such an adjustment off the back of five years of economic depression,” Megan Greene, a managing director at the financial firm Manulife who has been monitoring the Greek situation, said in a report. The creditors’ insistence on tough terms reflects years of pent-up frustration with Greece’s slow progress in modernizing the economy. Many claim that <hl> austerity <hl> is harder than it would have otherwise been had Athens moved swiftly to promote change. Mr. Tsipras and most Greeks say that austerity is what killed the economy, especially after previous governments slashed state spending 20 percent since 2010 under previous bailouts, mainly by cutting pensions, wages, health care and social services, impoverishing many Greeks One of the more contentious new demands from creditors — one that is likely to prompt an outcry among Greeks — is that Greece transfer €50 billion worth of state assets to a fund that would have international monitors. The fund would oversee sales to pay down Greece’s debt and help recapitalize its teetering banks. While many Greeks are bewildered at the situation, some see a silver lining.


Question: Where was Annu Matthew born?

★ ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ (through Feb. 28) This presentation of more than 300 playthings from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries will be catnip for anyone into antique toys. The show features diminutive vehicles of all kinds from old-time wagons, trains and fully-rigged sailboats, to futuristic cars and a rocket ship. There are naturalistic and anthropomorphic animals, weapons, puzzles, games, dollhouses and architectural construction kits. While many of these items were produced by big manufacturers like BRIO and Playsam, many others are one-of-a-kind wonders like a miniature baking set from around 1900 that includes rolling pins, spatulas and other implements all lovingly carved from wood and fitting into a tray just eight inches long. Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3011, bgc.bard.edu. (Johnson) ★ Gil Batle: ‘Hatched in Prison’ (through Jan. 9) Mr. Batle, 53, served a total of 20 years in five California prisons for fraud and forgery. Now living in the Philippines, he has been recounting his experiences in an unlikely medium. Using a high-speed dental drill, he carves miniature narratives of prison life into the surfaces of ostrich eggs. The 19 examples in this show, all made in the past two years, are amazing for their meticulous craftsmanship and detailed story telling. Ricco Maresca, 529 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-627-4819, riccomaresca.com. (Johnson) ★ Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ‘Indelible Memories’ (through Jan. 16) Ms. Matthew was born in England to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India, and has lived in the United States since. The mostly album-size photographs in this compact but far-ranging gallery survey are about the intensities and confusions of a cultural mixing that makes the artist, psychologically, both a global citizen and an outsider, at home and in transit, wherever she is. And it’s about photography as document and fiction: souvenir, re-enactment and imaginative projection. (Closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.) A beautiful show that could too easily slip away. sepiaEYE, 547 West 27th Street, Chelsea, 212-967-0738, sepiaeye.com. (Cotter) ★ Robert Ryman (through June 18) For nearly 60s years, the Minimalist painter Robert Ryman has had few equals when it comes to doing more with less. White has been his primary, if not quite his only, color, the square his typical format. And yet within these seeming limitations a remarkably fecund and resonant body of work has evolved as demonstrated with unusual clarity (and in natural light) by this small but comprehensive exhibition. Dia: Chelsea, 535 West 22nd Street, 212-989-5566, diaart.org. (Smith) ★ Giorgio Morandi (through June 25) The Italian master of modern still life, and closet abstractionist, is celebrated in a large show devoted foremost to his painting from the 1930s, which are not well known in this country. They reveal a period of struggle during which the artist had settled on what to paint, how to paint was still very much up for grabs. Joel Meyerowitz’s large color photographs of Morandi’s still life objects – which he sometimes altered – are also on view. Reservations are required. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, near Crosby Street, SoHo, 646-370-3596, italianmodernart.org. (Smith)

Answer: in England

★ ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ (through Feb. 28) This presentation of more than 300 playthings from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries will be catnip for anyone into antique toys. The show features diminutive vehicles of all kinds from old-time wagons, trains and fully-rigged sailboats, to futuristic cars and a rocket ship. There are naturalistic and anthropomorphic animals, weapons, puzzles, games, dollhouses and architectural construction kits. While many of these items were produced by big manufacturers like BRIO and Playsam, many others are one-of-a-kind wonders like a miniature baking set from around 1900 that includes rolling pins, spatulas and other implements all lovingly carved from wood and fitting into a tray just eight inches long. Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3011, bgc.bard.edu. (Johnson) ★ Gil Batle: ‘Hatched in Prison’ (through Jan. 9) Mr. Batle, 53, served a total of 20 years in five California prisons for fraud and forgery. Now living in the Philippines, he has been recounting his experiences in an unlikely medium. Using a high-speed dental drill, he carves miniature narratives of prison life into the surfaces of ostrich eggs. The 19 examples in this show, all made in the past two years, are amazing for their meticulous craftsmanship and detailed story telling. Ricco Maresca, 529 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-627-4819, riccomaresca.com. (Johnson) ★ Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ‘Indelible Memories’ (through Jan. 16) <hl> Ms. Matthew was born in England to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India, and has lived in the United States since. <hl> The mostly album-size photographs in this compact but far-ranging gallery survey are about the intensities and confusions of a cultural mixing that makes the artist, psychologically, both a global citizen and an outsider, at home and in transit, wherever she is. And it’s about photography as document and fiction: souvenir, re-enactment and imaginative projection. (Closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.) A beautiful show that could too easily slip away. sepiaEYE, 547 West 27th Street, Chelsea, 212-967-0738, sepiaeye.com. (Cotter) ★ Robert Ryman (through June 18) For nearly 60s years, the Minimalist painter Robert Ryman has had few equals when it comes to doing more with less. White has been his primary, if not quite his only, color, the square his typical format. And yet within these seeming limitations a remarkably fecund and resonant body of work has evolved as demonstrated with unusual clarity (and in natural light) by this small but comprehensive exhibition. Dia: Chelsea, 535 West 22nd Street, 212-989-5566, diaart.org. (Smith) ★ Giorgio Morandi (through June 25) The Italian master of modern still life, and closet abstractionist, is celebrated in a large show devoted foremost to his painting from the 1930s, which are not well known in this country. They reveal a period of struggle during which the artist had settled on what to paint, how to paint was still very much up for grabs. Joel Meyerowitz’s large color photographs of Morandi’s still life objects – which he sometimes altered – are also on view. Reservations are required. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, near Crosby Street, SoHo, 646-370-3596, italianmodernart.org. (Smith)

★ ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ (through Feb. 28) This presentation of more than 300 playthings from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries will be catnip for anyone into antique toys. The show features diminutive vehicles of all kinds from old-time wagons, trains and fully-rigged sailboats, to futuristic cars and a rocket ship. There are naturalistic and anthropomorphic animals, weapons, puzzles, games, dollhouses and architectural construction kits. While many of these items were produced by big manufacturers like BRIO and Playsam, many others are one-of-a-kind wonders like a miniature baking set from around 1900 that includes rolling pins, spatulas and other implements all lovingly carved from wood and fitting into a tray just eight inches long. Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3011, bgc.bard.edu. (Johnson) ★ Gil Batle: ‘Hatched in Prison’ (through Jan. 9) Mr. Batle, 53, served a total of 20 years in five California prisons for fraud and forgery. Now living in the Philippines, he has been recounting his experiences in an unlikely medium. Using a high-speed dental drill, he carves miniature narratives of prison life into the surfaces of ostrich eggs. The 19 examples in this show, all made in the past two years, are amazing for their meticulous craftsmanship and detailed story telling. Ricco Maresca, 529 West 20th Street, Chelsea, 212-627-4819, riccomaresca.com. (Johnson) ★ Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ‘Indelible Memories’ (through Jan. 16) Ms. Matthew was born <hl> in England <hl> to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India, and has lived in the United States since. The mostly album-size photographs in this compact but far-ranging gallery survey are about the intensities and confusions of a cultural mixing that makes the artist, psychologically, both a global citizen and an outsider, at home and in transit, wherever she is. And it’s about photography as document and fiction: souvenir, re-enactment and imaginative projection. (Closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.) A beautiful show that could too easily slip away. sepiaEYE, 547 West 27th Street, Chelsea, 212-967-0738, sepiaeye.com. (Cotter) ★ Robert Ryman (through June 18) For nearly 60s years, the Minimalist painter Robert Ryman has had few equals when it comes to doing more with less. White has been his primary, if not quite his only, color, the square his typical format. And yet within these seeming limitations a remarkably fecund and resonant body of work has evolved as demonstrated with unusual clarity (and in natural light) by this small but comprehensive exhibition. Dia: Chelsea, 535 West 22nd Street, 212-989-5566, diaart.org. (Smith) ★ Giorgio Morandi (through June 25) The Italian master of modern still life, and closet abstractionist, is celebrated in a large show devoted foremost to his painting from the 1930s, which are not well known in this country. They reveal a period of struggle during which the artist had settled on what to paint, how to paint was still very much up for grabs. Joel Meyerowitz’s large color photographs of Morandi’s still life objects – which he sometimes altered – are also on view. Reservations are required. Center for Italian Modern Art, 421 Broome Street, near Crosby Street, SoHo, 646-370-3596, italianmodernart.org. (Smith)


Question: What would the farmers be allowed to do in the wet years?

The new groundwater law that the Legislature passed last year would give farmers stronger incentive to cooperate in such plans. In wet years, they might allow their fields to be flooded in the winter or early spring to recharge the groundwater, and they would then be entitled to pump a certain amount out in dry years. Now, urgent research is underway to figure out what soils and crops can tolerate deliberate flooding. To move floodwater around in the winter, new canals and other infrastructure may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money. If floods come this winter, Mr. Cameron will wish he were in a position to go beyond his 2011 experiment, capturing more water. But, like many farmers, he does not yet have the canals and gear in place to make that work, a big reason the farmers could be forced to watch millions of gallons of floodwater escape to the sea this winter.

Answer: fields to be flooded in the winter

The new groundwater law that the Legislature passed last year would give farmers stronger incentive to cooperate in such plans. <hl> In wet years, they might allow their fields to be flooded in the winter or early spring to recharge the groundwater, and they would then be entitled to pump a certain amount out in dry years. <hl> Now, urgent research is underway to figure out what soils and crops can tolerate deliberate flooding. To move floodwater around in the winter, new canals and other infrastructure may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money. If floods come this winter, Mr. Cameron will wish he were in a position to go beyond his 2011 experiment, capturing more water. But, like many farmers, he does not yet have the canals and gear in place to make that work, a big reason the farmers could be forced to watch millions of gallons of floodwater escape to the sea this winter.

The new groundwater law that the Legislature passed last year would give farmers stronger incentive to cooperate in such plans. In wet years, they might allow their <hl> fields to be flooded in the winter <hl> or early spring to recharge the groundwater, and they would then be entitled to pump a certain amount out in dry years. Now, urgent research is underway to figure out what soils and crops can tolerate deliberate flooding. To move floodwater around in the winter, new canals and other infrastructure may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money. If floods come this winter, Mr. Cameron will wish he were in a position to go beyond his 2011 experiment, capturing more water. But, like many farmers, he does not yet have the canals and gear in place to make that work, a big reason the farmers could be forced to watch millions of gallons of floodwater escape to the sea this winter.


Question: What is the name of the oldest member of Al Qaeda that was tried in the US?

Fourteen years after four men were convicted in a trial stemming from the deadly 1998 bombings of two United States Embassies in East Africa, a third trial in that attack began in Manhattan on Thursday. The defendant, Khaled al-Fawwaz, is one of the earliest and most senior alleged members of Al Qaeda to be tried in the United States. In an opening statement at the trial, a federal prosecutor, Nicholas J. Lewin, depicted Mr. Fawwaz as a loyal and trusted operative who had worked for Osama bin Laden in the 1990s when Al Qaeda was a small, tight-knit group.

Answer: Khaled al-Fawwaz

Fourteen years after four men were convicted in a trial stemming from the deadly 1998 bombings of two United States Embassies in East Africa, a third trial in that attack began in Manhattan on Thursday. <hl> The defendant, Khaled al-Fawwaz , is one of the earliest and most senior alleged members of Al Qaeda to be tried in the United States. <hl> In an opening statement at the trial, a federal prosecutor, Nicholas J. Lewin, depicted Mr. Fawwaz as a loyal and trusted operative who had worked for Osama bin Laden in the 1990s when Al Qaeda was a small, tight-knit group.

Fourteen years after four men were convicted in a trial stemming from the deadly 1998 bombings of two United States Embassies in East Africa, a third trial in that attack began in Manhattan on Thursday. The defendant, <hl> Khaled al-Fawwaz <hl>, is one of the earliest and most senior alleged members of Al Qaeda to be tried in the United States. In an opening statement at the trial, a federal prosecutor, Nicholas J. Lewin, depicted Mr. Fawwaz as a loyal and trusted operative who had worked for Osama bin Laden in the 1990s when Al Qaeda was a small, tight-knit group.

The defendant, <hl> Khaled al-Fawwaz <hl> , is one of the earliest and most senior alleged members of Al Qaeda to be tried in the United States.


Question: What tests did Eichel perform the best in?

McDavid, who tends to be more soft-spoken, said: “It’s not up to me to decide. A lot of people will do a lot of talking, and they’ll judge with their own eyes. I believe in my abilities, and I feel I’m the best player in the draft. I’m not sure, maybe you’ll hear a different answer from Jack.” When it came to testing this week, Eichel was superior to McDavid. Eichel prevailed in five tests: bench press, pull-ups and agility, and vertical and standing broad jumps. Eichel’s results ranked well against other prospects, too. He had the best endurance result (12 minutes 15 seconds) in a grueling test in which the prospects pedal a bike against stiff resistance while wearing an oxygen mask. He ranked fifth in vertical jump, fourth in bench press and fifth in the standing broad jump, and he had the strongest right-hand grip. None of that will alter his or McDavid’s standings, which are cast. Things get more interesting with the next picks, starting with the Arizona Coyotes’ selection in the third slot. Don Maloney, Arizona’s general manager, was reluctant to reveal his hand. He indicated that little of what had happened at the combine would determine his course early in the draft. He did allow, though, that some of his team’s later selections could be affected.

Answer: bench press, pull-ups and agility, and vertical and standing broad jumps

McDavid, who tends to be more soft-spoken, said: “It’s not up to me to decide. A lot of people will do a lot of talking, and they’ll judge with their own eyes. I believe in my abilities, and I feel I’m the best player in the draft. I’m not sure, maybe you’ll hear a different answer from Jack.” When it came to testing this week, Eichel was superior to McDavid. <hl> Eichel prevailed in five tests: bench press, pull-ups and agility, and vertical and standing broad jumps . <hl> Eichel’s results ranked well against other prospects, too. He had the best endurance result (12 minutes 15 seconds) in a grueling test in which the prospects pedal a bike against stiff resistance while wearing an oxygen mask. He ranked fifth in vertical jump, fourth in bench press and fifth in the standing broad jump, and he had the strongest right-hand grip. None of that will alter his or McDavid’s standings, which are cast. Things get more interesting with the next picks, starting with the Arizona Coyotes’ selection in the third slot. Don Maloney, Arizona’s general manager, was reluctant to reveal his hand. He indicated that little of what had happened at the combine would determine his course early in the draft. He did allow, though, that some of his team’s later selections could be affected.

McDavid, who tends to be more soft-spoken, said: “It’s not up to me to decide. A lot of people will do a lot of talking, and they’ll judge with their own eyes. I believe in my abilities, and I feel I’m the best player in the draft. I’m not sure, maybe you’ll hear a different answer from Jack.” When it came to testing this week, Eichel was superior to McDavid. Eichel prevailed in five tests: <hl> bench press, pull-ups and agility, and vertical and standing broad jumps <hl>. Eichel’s results ranked well against other prospects, too. He had the best endurance result (12 minutes 15 seconds) in a grueling test in which the prospects pedal a bike against stiff resistance while wearing an oxygen mask. He ranked fifth in vertical jump, fourth in bench press and fifth in the standing broad jump, and he had the strongest right-hand grip. None of that will alter his or McDavid’s standings, which are cast. Things get more interesting with the next picks, starting with the Arizona Coyotes’ selection in the third slot. Don Maloney, Arizona’s general manager, was reluctant to reveal his hand. He indicated that little of what had happened at the combine would determine his course early in the draft. He did allow, though, that some of his team’s later selections could be affected.

Eichel prevailed in five tests: <hl> bench press, pull-ups and agility, and vertical and standing broad jumps <hl> .


Question: At its peak, Pertrobras accounted for what percent of Brazil's GDP?

In the last decade, Brazil seemed to be on the verge of the kind of sustainable economic boom that its leaders had predicted for years. Ms. Rousseff’s predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had boldly predicted Brazil would rise to greatness in the 21st century, a forecast that seemed entirely plausible when, in 2010, the country’s economy expanded at the rate of 7.5 percent, its greatest performance in 24 years. Brazil, along with China, India and Russia, was regarded as among the world’s most promising emerging markets. Oil was central to Brazil’s strategy, and that gave Petrobras a leading role in the nation’s growing influence — and pride of place. At one time it was the sixth-largest company in the world by market capitalization and accounted for roughly 10 percent of Brazil’s gross domestic product. For perspective, Apple, which has twice Petrobras’s peak market cap, represents 0.5 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product.

Answer: 10

In the last decade, Brazil seemed to be on the verge of the kind of sustainable economic boom that its leaders had predicted for years. <hl> Ms. Rousseff’s predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had boldly predicted Brazil would rise to greatness in the 21st century, a forecast that seemed entirely plausible when, in 20 10 , the country’s economy expanded at the rate of 7.5 percent, its greatest performance in 24 years. <hl> Brazil, along with China, India and Russia, was regarded as among the world’s most promising emerging markets. Oil was central to Brazil’s strategy, and that gave Petrobras a leading role in the nation’s growing influence — and pride of place. At one time it was the sixth-largest company in the world by market capitalization and accounted for roughly 10 percent of Brazil’s gross domestic product. For perspective, Apple, which has twice Petrobras’s peak market cap, represents 0.5 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product.

In the last decade, Brazil seemed to be on the verge of the kind of sustainable economic boom that its leaders had predicted for years. Ms. Rousseff’s predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had boldly predicted Brazil would rise to greatness in the 21st century, a forecast that seemed entirely plausible when, in 20<hl> 10 <hl>, the country’s economy expanded at the rate of 7.5 percent, its greatest performance in 24 years. Brazil, along with China, India and Russia, was regarded as among the world’s most promising emerging markets. Oil was central to Brazil’s strategy, and that gave Petrobras a leading role in the nation’s growing influence — and pride of place. At one time it was the sixth-largest company in the world by market capitalization and accounted for roughly 10 percent of Brazil’s gross domestic product. For perspective, Apple, which has twice Petrobras’s peak market cap, represents 0.5 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product.

Ms. Rousseff’s predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had boldly predicted Brazil would rise to greatness in the 21st century, a forecast that seemed entirely plausible when, in 20 <hl> 10 <hl> , the country’s economy expanded at the rate of 7.5 percent, its greatest performance in 24 years.


Question: What type of man is Mr. Bridges?

Wednesday night, Leon Bridges was wearing a drapy, short-sleeved, wide-collared shirt tucked into high-waisted, form-fitting slacks held up with a thin belt. The look was somewhere between 1957 and 1963, as was the sound. Mr. Bridges is a soul man of the classic sort — or, at least, that’s how the sales pitch goes. Here, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, he was surrounded by his band in static “Ed Sullivan Show” style, singing songs that recalled the peak Sam Cooke era. Mr. Bridges has just released his debut album, “Coming Home” (Columbia). All the parts are there — he recorded his album live to tape, on vintage equipment, with producers obsessed with 1950s soul. He has both an edgeless, soothing voice and a knack for swinging, idea-filled songwriting.

Answer: Music Hall of Williamsburg

Wednesday night, Leon Bridges was wearing a drapy, short-sleeved, wide-collared shirt tucked into high-waisted, form-fitting slacks held up with a thin belt. The look was somewhere between 1957 and 1963, as was the sound. Mr. Bridges is a soul man of the classic sort — or, at least, that’s how the sales pitch goes. <hl> Here, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg , he was surrounded by his band in static “Ed Sullivan Show” style, singing songs that recalled the peak Sam Cooke era. <hl> Mr. Bridges has just released his debut album, “Coming Home” (Columbia). All the parts are there — he recorded his album live to tape, on vintage equipment, with producers obsessed with 1950s soul. He has both an edgeless, soothing voice and a knack for swinging, idea-filled songwriting.

Wednesday night, Leon Bridges was wearing a drapy, short-sleeved, wide-collared shirt tucked into high-waisted, form-fitting slacks held up with a thin belt. The look was somewhere between 1957 and 1963, as was the sound. Mr. Bridges is a soul man of the classic sort — or, at least, that’s how the sales pitch goes. Here, at the <hl> Music Hall of Williamsburg <hl>, he was surrounded by his band in static “Ed Sullivan Show” style, singing songs that recalled the peak Sam Cooke era. Mr. Bridges has just released his debut album, “Coming Home” (Columbia). All the parts are there — he recorded his album live to tape, on vintage equipment, with producers obsessed with 1950s soul. He has both an edgeless, soothing voice and a knack for swinging, idea-filled songwriting.

Here, at the <hl> Music Hall of Williamsburg <hl> , he was surrounded by his band in static “Ed Sullivan Show” style, singing songs that recalled the peak Sam Cooke era.


Question: Who wrote an Op-Ed about Davis on Tuesday?

For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with 30 years’ experience, the change came almost overnight. Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary. As his grandson, Gordon Davis, wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off. John Davis, a self-made black man of achievement and stature in his community at the turn of the 20th century, was, by the end of Wilson’s first term, a broken man. He died in 1928.”

Answer: his grandson, Gordon Davis

For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with 30 years’ experience, the change came almost overnight. Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary. <hl> As his grandson, Gordon Davis , wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off. <hl> John Davis, a self-made black man of achievement and stature in his community at the turn of the 20th century, was, by the end of Wilson’s first term, a broken man. He died in 1928.”

For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with 30 years’ experience, the change came almost overnight. Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary. As <hl> his grandson, Gordon Davis <hl>, wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off. John Davis, a self-made black man of achievement and stature in his community at the turn of the 20th century, was, by the end of Wilson’s first term, a broken man. He died in 1928.”

As <hl> his grandson, Gordon Davis <hl> , wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off.


Question: What did Paul Buttler call the captured video of police cameras?

They began as workaday interactions between the police and the public, often involving minor traffic stops in places like Cincinnati; North Charleston, S.C.; and Waller County, Tex. But they swiftly escalated into violent encounters. And all were captured on video. Those videos, all involving white officers and black civilians, have become ingrained in the nation’s consciousness — to many people, as evidence of bad police conduct. And while they represent just a tiny fraction of police behavior — those that show respectful, peaceful interactions do not make the 24-hour cable news — they have begun to alter public views of police use of force and race relations, experts and police officials say. Videos have provided “corroboration of what African-Americans have been saying for years,” said Paul Butler, a professor at Georgetown University Law School and a former prosecutor, who called them “the C-Span of the streets.” On Thursday, the family of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black man who was shot to death by a University of Cincinnati police officer on July 19, said the officer would never have been prosecuted if his actions had not been captured by the body camera the officer was wearing.

Answer: the C-Span of the streets

They began as workaday interactions between the police and the public, often involving minor traffic stops in places like Cincinnati; North Charleston, S.C.; and Waller County, Tex. But they swiftly escalated into violent encounters. And all were captured on video. Those videos, all involving white officers and black civilians, have become ingrained in the nation’s consciousness — to many people, as evidence of bad police conduct. And while they represent just a tiny fraction of police behavior — those that show respectful, peaceful interactions do not make the 24-hour cable news — they have begun to alter public views of police use of force and race relations, experts and police officials say. <hl> Videos have provided “corroboration of what African-Americans have been saying for years,” said Paul Butler, a professor at Georgetown University Law School and a former prosecutor, who called them “ the C-Span of the streets .” <hl> On Thursday, the family of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black man who was shot to death by a University of Cincinnati police officer on July 19, said the officer would never have been prosecuted if his actions had not been captured by the body camera the officer was wearing.

They began as workaday interactions between the police and the public, often involving minor traffic stops in places like Cincinnati; North Charleston, S.C.; and Waller County, Tex. But they swiftly escalated into violent encounters. And all were captured on video. Those videos, all involving white officers and black civilians, have become ingrained in the nation’s consciousness — to many people, as evidence of bad police conduct. And while they represent just a tiny fraction of police behavior — those that show respectful, peaceful interactions do not make the 24-hour cable news — they have begun to alter public views of police use of force and race relations, experts and police officials say. Videos have provided “corroboration of what African-Americans have been saying for years,” said Paul Butler, a professor at Georgetown University Law School and a former prosecutor, who called them “<hl> the C-Span of the streets <hl>.” On Thursday, the family of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black man who was shot to death by a University of Cincinnati police officer on July 19, said the officer would never have been prosecuted if his actions had not been captured by the body camera the officer was wearing.

Videos have provided “corroboration of what African-Americans have been saying for years,” said Paul Butler, a professor at Georgetown University Law School and a former prosecutor, who called them “ <hl> the C-Span of the streets <hl> .”


Question: What is Manuel the president of?

Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees, said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position. Although many Brazilian evangelicals support tough-on-crime political movements, Mr. Silva Neto’s approach puts him closer to human rights activists on the left. He criticizes incarceration policies that he says target the poor for nonviolent drug charges.

Answer: union representing prison employees

<hl> Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees , said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position. <hl> Although many Brazilian evangelicals support tough-on-crime political movements, Mr. Silva Neto’s approach puts him closer to human rights activists on the left. He criticizes incarceration policies that he says target the poor for nonviolent drug charges.

Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a <hl> union representing prison employees <hl>, said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position. Although many Brazilian evangelicals support tough-on-crime political movements, Mr. Silva Neto’s approach puts him closer to human rights activists on the left. He criticizes incarceration policies that he says target the poor for nonviolent drug charges.

Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a <hl> union representing prison employees <hl> , said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position.


Question: What did Obama pledge in a speech two years ago?

It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent. But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command.

Answer: to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows

<hl> It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows , and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent. <hl> But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command.

It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging <hl> to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows <hl>, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent. But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command.

It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging <hl> to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows <hl> , and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent.


Question: Who worries that bodycam footage will not be made public?

In Philadelphia, where officers have fired at suspects at a rate of nearly once each week during the past eight years and where the city has paid out millions of dollars to victims of police brutality, residents have strongly called for officers to be equipped with body cameras. Activists like Ms. Williams say they fear that much of the video will never be seen publicly. They point to the department’s refusal to publicly release surveillance camera footage of the death of Brandon Tate-Brown, 26, who was shot by the police in December after being stopped for driving with his headlights off.

Answer: Activists

In Philadelphia, where officers have fired at suspects at a rate of nearly once each week during the past eight years and where the city has paid out millions of dollars to victims of police brutality, residents have strongly called for officers to be equipped with body cameras. <hl> Activists like Ms. Williams say they fear that much of the video will never be seen publicly. <hl> They point to the department’s refusal to publicly release surveillance camera footage of the death of Brandon Tate-Brown, 26, who was shot by the police in December after being stopped for driving with his headlights off.

In Philadelphia, where officers have fired at suspects at a rate of nearly once each week during the past eight years and where the city has paid out millions of dollars to victims of police brutality, residents have strongly called for officers to be equipped with body cameras. <hl> Activists <hl> like Ms. Williams say they fear that much of the video will never be seen publicly. They point to the department’s refusal to publicly release surveillance camera footage of the death of Brandon Tate-Brown, 26, who was shot by the police in December after being stopped for driving with his headlights off.


Question: What country has done most of the fighting for the past two years?

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

Answer: Afghanistan

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

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


Question: In what year, did Vladimir Horowitz double up on a solo recital?

On Tuesday evening, this star pianist presented an uncommonly introspective solo recital built around Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata and selections of Spanish music. On Friday he will repeat the program. Mr. Kissin is the first pianist at Carnegie since Vladimir Horowitz in 1979 to double up like this on a solo recital, and his ability to draw big crowds, with additional seats set up behind him onstage, proves the depth of the public’s craving for his blend of technical mastery and eloquent artistry.

Answer: 1979

On Tuesday evening, this star pianist presented an uncommonly introspective solo recital built around Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata and selections of Spanish music. On Friday he will repeat the program. <hl> Mr. Kissin is the first pianist at Carnegie since Vladimir Horowitz in 1979 to double up like this on a solo recital, and his ability to draw big crowds, with additional seats set up behind him onstage, proves the depth of the public’s craving for his blend of technical mastery and eloquent artistry. <hl>

On Tuesday evening, this star pianist presented an uncommonly introspective solo recital built around Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata and selections of Spanish music. On Friday he will repeat the program. Mr. Kissin is the first pianist at Carnegie since Vladimir Horowitz in <hl> 1979 <hl> to double up like this on a solo recital, and his ability to draw big crowds, with additional seats set up behind him onstage, proves the depth of the public’s craving for his blend of technical mastery and eloquent artistry.


Question: How many seats did the governing party win?

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast. The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties. One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.

Answer: 42

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. <hl> Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast. <hl> The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties. One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with <hl> 42 <hl> for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast. The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties. One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.


Question: What jobs does the writer have?

The writer, a clinical social worker, is the author of “Witness to Resilience: Stories of Intimate Violence.”  To the Editor: Jennifer Weiner’s grandmother sounds spirited, energetic and kind. She can create her own “in group,” where only kind women are welcome. MAREA WEXLER
Northampton, Mass., Jan. 20, 2015

Answer: clinical social worker

<hl> The writer, a clinical social worker , is the author of “Witness to Resilience: Stories of Intimate Violence.” <hl> To the Editor: Jennifer Weiner’s grandmother sounds spirited, energetic and kind. She can create her own “in group,” where only kind women are welcome. MAREA WEXLER Northampton, Mass., Jan. 20, 2015

The writer, a <hl> clinical social worker <hl>, is the author of “Witness to Resilience: Stories of Intimate Violence.” To the Editor: Jennifer Weiner’s grandmother sounds spirited, energetic and kind. She can create her own “in group,” where only kind women are welcome. MAREA WEXLER Northampton, Mass., Jan. 20, 2015

The writer, a <hl> clinical social worker <hl> , is the author of “Witness to Resilience: Stories of Intimate Violence.”


Question: What is the name of the spokeswoman for the Diocese of Brooklyn?

Rocio Fidalgo, a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Brooklyn, to which the church belongs, said that from time to time, people leave unwanted children at its churches, though she declined to say how often this happened. “It’s not uncommon,” Ms. Fidalgo said. “But we feel and we believe that these mothers trust our churches in the middle of their desperation.” For the parish priest, the Rev. Christopher Ryan Heanue, 28, the infant’s appearance carried a message of hope. And he saw in it some divine foresight. He had not intended for the crèche to be set up so early in the season. “That was the providential part of this,” he said on Wednesday. The baby, he added, “found in this a home.” “The story went most certainly viral, because it’s a beautiful story,” he said. “I pray that it’s a story that will make people appreciate the gifts of life.”

Answer: Rocio Fidalgo

<hl> Rocio Fidalgo , a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Brooklyn, to which the church belongs, said that from time to time, people leave unwanted children at its churches, though she declined to say how often this happened. <hl> “It’s not uncommon,” Ms. Fidalgo said. “But we feel and we believe that these mothers trust our churches in the middle of their desperation.” For the parish priest, the Rev. Christopher Ryan Heanue, 28, the infant’s appearance carried a message of hope. And he saw in it some divine foresight. He had not intended for the crèche to be set up so early in the season. “That was the providential part of this,” he said on Wednesday. The baby, he added, “found in this a home.” “The story went most certainly viral, because it’s a beautiful story,” he said. “I pray that it’s a story that will make people appreciate the gifts of life.”

<hl> Rocio Fidalgo <hl>, a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Brooklyn, to which the church belongs, said that from time to time, people leave unwanted children at its churches, though she declined to say how often this happened. “It’s not uncommon,” Ms. Fidalgo said. “But we feel and we believe that these mothers trust our churches in the middle of their desperation.” For the parish priest, the Rev. Christopher Ryan Heanue, 28, the infant’s appearance carried a message of hope. And he saw in it some divine foresight. He had not intended for the crèche to be set up so early in the season. “That was the providential part of this,” he said on Wednesday. The baby, he added, “found in this a home.” “The story went most certainly viral, because it’s a beautiful story,” he said. “I pray that it’s a story that will make people appreciate the gifts of life.”

<hl> Rocio Fidalgo <hl> , a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Brooklyn, to which the church belongs, said that from time to time, people leave unwanted children at its churches, though she declined to say how often this happened.


Question: What is Davis's scheduling strategy?

“But I wanted to play the really, really good teams so we could set ourselves apart from everybody else in the SWAC,” Davis said. “There’s some very good coaches in the SWAC, very good coaches. But unfortunately, financially, the resources are just not there. The talent level, our guards in our league can play with anybody. Anybody.” Texas Southern has one starter taller than 6 feet 5 inches. Arizona, by comparison, has four starters taller than 6-7. But that victory at Michigan State? Arizona Coach Sean Miller saw it on television in December. His players know all about it. Davis revealed his scheduling strategy: Play the toughest games over the holidays in December — which is when Texas Southern beat Michigan State and Kansas State. The student sections are depleted, the crowds more sedate, the opposing players distracted. “Some of them are missing their girlfriends,” Davis said. “They want to go home for Christmas. We come in there, Texas Southern — they’re not really respecting us. They’re shooting around, talking, laughing, not really serious. So that’s a good time to play them. In November, we’re in trouble.”

Answer: Play the toughest games over the holidays in December

“But I wanted to play the really, really good teams so we could set ourselves apart from everybody else in the SWAC,” Davis said. “There’s some very good coaches in the SWAC, very good coaches. But unfortunately, financially, the resources are just not there. The talent level, our guards in our league can play with anybody. Anybody.” Texas Southern has one starter taller than 6 feet 5 inches. Arizona, by comparison, has four starters taller than 6-7. But that victory at Michigan State? Arizona Coach Sean Miller saw it on television in December. His players know all about it. <hl> Davis revealed his scheduling strategy: Play the toughest games over the holidays in December — which is when Texas Southern beat Michigan State and Kansas State. <hl> The student sections are depleted, the crowds more sedate, the opposing players distracted. “Some of them are missing their girlfriends,” Davis said. “They want to go home for Christmas. We come in there, Texas Southern — they’re not really respecting us. They’re shooting around, talking, laughing, not really serious. So that’s a good time to play them. In November, we’re in trouble.”

“But I wanted to play the really, really good teams so we could set ourselves apart from everybody else in the SWAC,” Davis said. “There’s some very good coaches in the SWAC, very good coaches. But unfortunately, financially, the resources are just not there. The talent level, our guards in our league can play with anybody. Anybody.” Texas Southern has one starter taller than 6 feet 5 inches. Arizona, by comparison, has four starters taller than 6-7. But that victory at Michigan State? Arizona Coach Sean Miller saw it on television in December. His players know all about it. Davis revealed his scheduling strategy: <hl> Play the toughest games over the holidays in December <hl> — which is when Texas Southern beat Michigan State and Kansas State. The student sections are depleted, the crowds more sedate, the opposing players distracted. “Some of them are missing their girlfriends,” Davis said. “They want to go home for Christmas. We come in there, Texas Southern — they’re not really respecting us. They’re shooting around, talking, laughing, not really serious. So that’s a good time to play them. In November, we’re in trouble.”


Question: What language does Mr. Mortensen also speak other than Arabic and French?

Although astringent by mainstream movie standards, “Far From Men” is shored up with increasingly personalized conversations between Daru and Mohamed that explain the men, their lives and times. At one point, they come across a small detachment of Algerian guerrillas that includes Slimane (Djemel Barek), a former army compatriot of Daru’s, and which for a short, eventful interlude swallows the travelers up. Mr. Oelhoffen sometimes explains too much, but his work with the actors is precise and delicate. Both Mr. Kateb and Mr. Mortensen, who deliver their dialogue in Arabic and French (Mr. Mortensen also speaks a little Spanish), are generous performers and they share the screen easily. They’re playing nomads from separate histories and cultures who, in their radical isolation, turn out to be right at home.

Answer: Spanish

Although astringent by mainstream movie standards, “Far From Men” is shored up with increasingly personalized conversations between Daru and Mohamed that explain the men, their lives and times. At one point, they come across a small detachment of Algerian guerrillas that includes Slimane (Djemel Barek), a former army compatriot of Daru’s, and which for a short, eventful interlude swallows the travelers up. Mr. Oelhoffen sometimes explains too much, but his work with the actors is precise and delicate. <hl> Both Mr. Kateb and Mr. Mortensen, who deliver their dialogue in Arabic and French (Mr. Mortensen also speaks a little Spanish ), are generous performers and they share the screen easily. <hl> They’re playing nomads from separate histories and cultures who, in their radical isolation, turn out to be right at home.

Although astringent by mainstream movie standards, “Far From Men” is shored up with increasingly personalized conversations between Daru and Mohamed that explain the men, their lives and times. At one point, they come across a small detachment of Algerian guerrillas that includes Slimane (Djemel Barek), a former army compatriot of Daru’s, and which for a short, eventful interlude swallows the travelers up. Mr. Oelhoffen sometimes explains too much, but his work with the actors is precise and delicate. Both Mr. Kateb and Mr. Mortensen, who deliver their dialogue in Arabic and French (Mr. Mortensen also speaks a little <hl> Spanish <hl>), are generous performers and they share the screen easily. They’re playing nomads from separate histories and cultures who, in their radical isolation, turn out to be right at home.

Both Mr. Kateb and Mr. Mortensen, who deliver their dialogue in Arabic and French (Mr. Mortensen also speaks a little <hl> Spanish <hl> ), are generous performers and they share the screen easily.


Question: What is the name of the shopping district close to OSU?

SETTING: This house is in Marble Cliff, a village of about 580 people just northwest of downtown Columbus, and one of the city’s first suburbs. The village has large late 19th- and early 20th-century single-family houses on neat tree-lined streets, with some newer construction and business along the Scioto River. Columbus airport is about 15 minutes away; downtown is 10 minutes, as is Short North, a shopping, gallery and dining district near the Ohio State University campus.

Answer: Short North

SETTING: This house is in Marble Cliff, a village of about 580 people just northwest of downtown Columbus, and one of the city’s first suburbs. The village has large late 19th- and early 20th-century single-family houses on neat tree-lined streets, with some newer construction and business along the Scioto River. <hl> Columbus airport is about 15 minutes away; downtown is 10 minutes, as is Short North , a shopping, gallery and dining district near the Ohio State University campus. <hl>

SETTING: This house is in Marble Cliff, a village of about 580 people just northwest of downtown Columbus, and one of the city’s first suburbs. The village has large late 19th- and early 20th-century single-family houses on neat tree-lined streets, with some newer construction and business along the Scioto River. Columbus airport is about 15 minutes away; downtown is 10 minutes, as is <hl> Short North <hl>, a shopping, gallery and dining district near the Ohio State University campus.

Columbus airport is about 15 minutes away; downtown is 10 minutes, as is <hl> Short North <hl> , a shopping, gallery and dining district near the Ohio State University campus.


Question: Where might the attackers have been from?

One set of attackers, believed to be based in Russia and Ukraine, collected about $16.5 million in Bitcoins in a little over a month, primarily from victims in the United States, according to the security firm Sophos. Criminals like the virtual currency because it can be held in a digital wallet that does not have to be registered with any government or financial authority — and because it can be easily exchanged for real money. At the moment, a single Bitcoin can be sold online or on the street for around $290. “The criminal underground very much likes Bitcoin,” said Curt Wilson, a senior threat intelligence analyst at Arbor Networks. “It’s enabled a greater sense of obfuscation.”

Answer: Russia and Ukraine

<hl> One set of attackers, believed to be based in Russia and Ukraine , collected about $16.5 million in Bitcoins in a little over a month, primarily from victims in the United States, according to the security firm Sophos. <hl> Criminals like the virtual currency because it can be held in a digital wallet that does not have to be registered with any government or financial authority — and because it can be easily exchanged for real money. At the moment, a single Bitcoin can be sold online or on the street for around $290. “The criminal underground very much likes Bitcoin,” said Curt Wilson, a senior threat intelligence analyst at Arbor Networks. “It’s enabled a greater sense of obfuscation.”

One set of attackers, believed to be based in <hl> Russia and Ukraine <hl>, collected about $16.5 million in Bitcoins in a little over a month, primarily from victims in the United States, according to the security firm Sophos. Criminals like the virtual currency because it can be held in a digital wallet that does not have to be registered with any government or financial authority — and because it can be easily exchanged for real money. At the moment, a single Bitcoin can be sold online or on the street for around $290. “The criminal underground very much likes Bitcoin,” said Curt Wilson, a senior threat intelligence analyst at Arbor Networks. “It’s enabled a greater sense of obfuscation.”

One set of attackers, believed to be based in <hl> Russia and Ukraine <hl> , collected about $16.5 million in Bitcoins in a little over a month, primarily from victims in the United States, according to the security firm Sophos.


Question: Who will be surprised by the fact that there isn't a risk of overconsumption of cholesterol?

Did recommendations change when these studies were published? No, but they got closer to changing on Thursday, when a government committee urged repeal of the guideline that Americans limit their cholesterol intake to 300 milligrams a day, saying, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” I’m sure this will come as a surprise to a vast majority of Americans, who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously. (The change won’t be official until it is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.)

Answer: a vast majority of Americans

Did recommendations change when these studies were published? No, but they got closer to changing on Thursday, when a government committee urged repeal of the guideline that Americans limit their cholesterol intake to 300 milligrams a day, saying, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” <hl> I’m sure this will come as a surprise to a vast majority of Americans , who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously. <hl> (The change won’t be official until it is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.)

Did recommendations change when these studies were published? No, but they got closer to changing on Thursday, when a government committee urged repeal of the guideline that Americans limit their cholesterol intake to 300 milligrams a day, saying, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” I’m sure this will come as a surprise to <hl> a vast majority of Americans <hl>, who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously. (The change won’t be official until it is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.)

I’m sure this will come as a surprise to <hl> a vast majority of Americans <hl> , who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously.


Question: What is the last name of the person sued by Ganek?

David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him. The lawsuit against Mr. Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, also named as defendants the federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who orchestrated the raid. While legal experts said Mr. Ganek’s lawsuit could be a long shot, it comes at a time when Mr. Bharara’s image as an invincible prosecutor — racking up convictions on Wall Street and setting his sights on Albany’s power brokers — is beginning to fray. Mr. Bharara’s crackdown on Wall Street, for one, is facing judicial challenges. Recently, a federal appeals court ruling overturned the convictions of two hedge fund traders, including Anthony Chiasson, Mr. Ganek’s partner at Level Global. And Sheldon Silver, the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media.

Answer: Bharara

David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. <hl> Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him. <hl> The lawsuit against Mr. Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, also named as defendants the federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who orchestrated the raid. While legal experts said Mr. Ganek’s lawsuit could be a long shot, it comes at a time when Mr. Bharara’s image as an invincible prosecutor — racking up convictions on Wall Street and setting his sights on Albany’s power brokers — is beginning to fray. Mr. Bharara’s crackdown on Wall Street, for one, is facing judicial challenges. Recently, a federal appeals court ruling overturned the convictions of two hedge fund traders, including Anthony Chiasson, Mr. Ganek’s partner at Level Global. And Sheldon Silver, the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media.

David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. <hl> Bharara <hl> on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him. The lawsuit against Mr. Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, also named as defendants the federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who orchestrated the raid. While legal experts said Mr. Ganek’s lawsuit could be a long shot, it comes at a time when Mr. Bharara’s image as an invincible prosecutor — racking up convictions on Wall Street and setting his sights on Albany’s power brokers — is beginning to fray. Mr. Bharara’s crackdown on Wall Street, for one, is facing judicial challenges. Recently, a federal appeals court ruling overturned the convictions of two hedge fund traders, including Anthony Chiasson, Mr. Ganek’s partner at Level Global. And Sheldon Silver, the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media.


Question: What is a concern the United States has regarding the intervention?

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

Answer: humanitarian impact.

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

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


Question: Who is the union president?

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams, praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

Answer: Dennis Williams

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. <hl> In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams , praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” <hl> No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members. In a statement, the union president, <hl> Dennis Williams <hl>, praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.” No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week. In that agreement, entry-level workers eventually reach pay parity with more senior counterparts. But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.

In a statement, the union president, <hl> Dennis Williams <hl> , praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.”


Question: Who is Mr. Ingrasselino?

Through the decades, Mr. Ingrasselino would respond as a police officer and chief to a number of tragedies at the crossing, where Midland Avenue intersects with New Jersey Transit tracks at a sharp angle through his Bergen County town. “It’s not even an accident waiting to happen,” said Mr. Ingrasselino, who retired in 2012. “It’s an accident that’s been happening, over and over. It’s ridiculous.” The grade crossing is, as it turns out, among the most dangerous in the country, according to a little-known metric devised by the Federal Railroad Administration called the “accident prediction value.” The measure takes into account certain physical characteristics of crossings and recent accidents.

Answer: a police officer and chief

<hl> Through the decades, Mr. Ingrasselino would respond as a police officer and chief to a number of tragedies at the crossing, where Midland Avenue intersects with New Jersey Transit tracks at a sharp angle through his Bergen County town. <hl> “It’s not even an accident waiting to happen,” said Mr. Ingrasselino, who retired in 2012. “It’s an accident that’s been happening, over and over. It’s ridiculous.” The grade crossing is, as it turns out, among the most dangerous in the country, according to a little-known metric devised by the Federal Railroad Administration called the “accident prediction value.” The measure takes into account certain physical characteristics of crossings and recent accidents.

Through the decades, Mr. Ingrasselino would respond as <hl> a police officer and chief <hl> to a number of tragedies at the crossing, where Midland Avenue intersects with New Jersey Transit tracks at a sharp angle through his Bergen County town. “It’s not even an accident waiting to happen,” said Mr. Ingrasselino, who retired in 2012. “It’s an accident that’s been happening, over and over. It’s ridiculous.” The grade crossing is, as it turns out, among the most dangerous in the country, according to a little-known metric devised by the Federal Railroad Administration called the “accident prediction value.” The measure takes into account certain physical characteristics of crossings and recent accidents.


Question: What was the United States' goal for Afghanistan?

KABUL, Afghanistan —  With the Afghan security forces gravely challenged by Taliban offensives, the government is moving to rapidly expand the troubled Afghan Local Police program by thousands of members, Afghan and Western officials say. The move to expand the police militias, prompted by the disastrous loss of the northern city of Kunduz to the Taliban almost three weeks ago, is being described by officials speaking privately as an attempt to head off panic in Afghan cities threatened by the insurgents. But the expansion also amounts to an open admission that the United States’ main legacy in Afghanistan — the creation of nationalized police and army forces numbering more than 350,000 members — is failing under pressure even before any final American military withdrawal. On Thursday, President Obama called off that pullout, originally due at year’s end, leaving 9,800 American troops in the country for at least another year.

Answer: the creation of nationalized police and army forces

KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Afghan security forces gravely challenged by Taliban offensives, the government is moving to rapidly expand the troubled Afghan Local Police program by thousands of members, Afghan and Western officials say. The move to expand the police militias, prompted by the disastrous loss of the northern city of Kunduz to the Taliban almost three weeks ago, is being described by officials speaking privately as an attempt to head off panic in Afghan cities threatened by the insurgents. <hl> But the expansion also amounts to an open admission that the United States’ main legacy in Afghanistan — the creation of nationalized police and army forces numbering more than 350,000 members — is failing under pressure even before any final American military withdrawal. <hl> On Thursday, President Obama called off that pullout, originally due at year’s end, leaving 9,800 American troops in the country for at least another year.

KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Afghan security forces gravely challenged by Taliban offensives, the government is moving to rapidly expand the troubled Afghan Local Police program by thousands of members, Afghan and Western officials say. The move to expand the police militias, prompted by the disastrous loss of the northern city of Kunduz to the Taliban almost three weeks ago, is being described by officials speaking privately as an attempt to head off panic in Afghan cities threatened by the insurgents. But the expansion also amounts to an open admission that the United States’ main legacy in Afghanistan — <hl> the creation of nationalized police and army forces <hl> numbering more than 350,000 members — is failing under pressure even before any final American military withdrawal. On Thursday, President Obama called off that pullout, originally due at year’s end, leaving 9,800 American troops in the country for at least another year.


Question: Who did the monk batter with?

Let’s start with an update from our last episode, which you may recall concerned a battle between a monk and United Airlines. The confrontation between a tranquillity-seeking man and an immovable corporation proved irresistible to websites like Yahoo News, Gawker and Boing Boing, to name a few. And a reporter from a local TV station was dispatched to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Abiquiu, N.M., where the monk, Brother Noah, was asked to repeat his not very hostile kiss-off to an unyielding United phone rep: “Thank you for speaking. God bless you. I will pray for you. But you have not been helpful.” The column reverberated enough that the Haggler worried it had disturbed the otherwise placid life of the monastery. But Brother Noah emailed a few days after publication with reassuring words. “I am sure that nobody enters a monastery to become an Internet meme,” he wrote, “but the brothers and I are doing O.K.”

Answer: United Airlines

<hl> Let’s start with an update from our last episode, which you may recall concerned a battle between a monk and United Airlines . <hl> The confrontation between a tranquillity-seeking man and an immovable corporation proved irresistible to websites like Yahoo News, Gawker and Boing Boing, to name a few. And a reporter from a local TV station was dispatched to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Abiquiu, N.M., where the monk, Brother Noah, was asked to repeat his not very hostile kiss-off to an unyielding United phone rep: “Thank you for speaking. God bless you. I will pray for you. But you have not been helpful.” The column reverberated enough that the Haggler worried it had disturbed the otherwise placid life of the monastery. But Brother Noah emailed a few days after publication with reassuring words. “I am sure that nobody enters a monastery to become an Internet meme,” he wrote, “but the brothers and I are doing O.K.”

Let’s start with an update from our last episode, which you may recall concerned a battle between a monk and <hl> United Airlines <hl>. The confrontation between a tranquillity-seeking man and an immovable corporation proved irresistible to websites like Yahoo News, Gawker and Boing Boing, to name a few. And a reporter from a local TV station was dispatched to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Abiquiu, N.M., where the monk, Brother Noah, was asked to repeat his not very hostile kiss-off to an unyielding United phone rep: “Thank you for speaking. God bless you. I will pray for you. But you have not been helpful.” The column reverberated enough that the Haggler worried it had disturbed the otherwise placid life of the monastery. But Brother Noah emailed a few days after publication with reassuring words. “I am sure that nobody enters a monastery to become an Internet meme,” he wrote, “but the brothers and I are doing O.K.”

Let’s start with an update from our last episode, which you may recall concerned a battle between a monk and <hl> United Airlines <hl> .


Question: What type of drinks did the two meet over?

Mr. Foley (left), 48, is a senior vice president and the director of business development for Rubenstein Communications, the public relations firm in New York, where he oversees the introduction of new clients into the firm. He graduated from Fordham. Mr. Foley is a son of George D. Foley of College Station, Tex., and the late Maryursula W. Foley. Mr. Gaden, 53, works in New York as the chief executive of the music publisher Imagem Music USA and the chief executive of the Rodgers and Hammerstein division of the company. He graduated magna cum laude from Hamilton College and received an M.B.A. from Harvard. He is the son of Joel T. Gaden of Jamestown, N.Y., and the late Nancy F. Gaden. The couple met through mutual friends over cocktails in 1995 in New York.

Answer: cocktails

Mr. Foley (left), 48, is a senior vice president and the director of business development for Rubenstein Communications, the public relations firm in New York, where he oversees the introduction of new clients into the firm. He graduated from Fordham. Mr. Foley is a son of George D. Foley of College Station, Tex., and the late Maryursula W. Foley. Mr. Gaden, 53, works in New York as the chief executive of the music publisher Imagem Music USA and the chief executive of the Rodgers and Hammerstein division of the company. He graduated magna cum laude from Hamilton College and received an M.B.A. from Harvard. He is the son of Joel T. Gaden of Jamestown, N.Y., and the late Nancy F. Gaden. <hl> The couple met through mutual friends over cocktails in 1995 in New York. <hl>

Mr. Foley (left), 48, is a senior vice president and the director of business development for Rubenstein Communications, the public relations firm in New York, where he oversees the introduction of new clients into the firm. He graduated from Fordham. Mr. Foley is a son of George D. Foley of College Station, Tex., and the late Maryursula W. Foley. Mr. Gaden, 53, works in New York as the chief executive of the music publisher Imagem Music USA and the chief executive of the Rodgers and Hammerstein division of the company. He graduated magna cum laude from Hamilton College and received an M.B.A. from Harvard. He is the son of Joel T. Gaden of Jamestown, N.Y., and the late Nancy F. Gaden. The couple met through mutual friends over <hl> cocktails <hl> in 1995 in New York.