Question: What happened in the territory that the lizards had just been removed from?

Several years ago, Dr. Leal was studying competition between two species. If he removed all of the trunk-ground anoles, he wondered, would the trunk-crown lizards extend their territory farther down the tree? He ran into a problem, however. He would take the trunk-ground lizards far from their home territory to make room for their upstairs neighbors, and then release them. But in a reptilian version of the children’s song, “The Cat Came Back,” the lizards wouldn’t stay away. “Lizards kept showing up in the territory that had just been scoured for lizards,” he said.

Answer: Lizards kept showing up in the territory that had just been scoured for lizards

Several years ago, Dr. Leal was studying competition between two species. If he removed all of the trunk-ground anoles, he wondered, would the trunk-crown lizards extend their territory farther down the tree? He ran into a problem, however. He would take the trunk-ground lizards far from their home territory to make room for their upstairs neighbors, and then release them. But in a reptilian version of the children’s song, “The Cat Came Back,” the lizards wouldn’t stay away. <hl> “ Lizards kept showing up in the territory that had just been scoured for lizards ,” he said. <hl>

Several years ago, Dr. Leal was studying competition between two species. If he removed all of the trunk-ground anoles, he wondered, would the trunk-crown lizards extend their territory farther down the tree? He ran into a problem, however. He would take the trunk-ground lizards far from their home territory to make room for their upstairs neighbors, and then release them. But in a reptilian version of the children’s song, “The Cat Came Back,” the lizards wouldn’t stay away. “<hl> Lizards kept showing up in the territory that had just been scoured for lizards <hl>,” he said.

“ <hl> Lizards kept showing up in the territory that had just been scoured for lizards <hl> ,” he said.


Question: What was the title of Lucia Berlin's work that was published after her death?

Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.

Answer: A Manual for Cleaning Women

<hl> Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “ A Manual for Cleaning Women ,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler. <hl>

Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “<hl> A Manual for Cleaning Women <hl>,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.

Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “ <hl> A Manual for Cleaning Women <hl> ,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.


Question: What are the names of two tourists who were stranded in New York during the blizzard?

For many New Yorkers this week, as the blizzard panic lifted from the city, the pressing culinary question on Tuesday was, “Now what do I do with all this Dinty Moore?” One answer was just to walk away, perhaps to find a table someplace where the snow outside maintained its fleeting Currier & Ives majesties. Why not? With Tavern on the Green shuttered because of the weather, scenic duty fell to the slight remove of the restaurants of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, where the trees of Central Park displayed dustings of white thingamajigs suspended perilously above their inevitable future as unloved street slush. Quiet descended on the city, cocktails and Pat LaFrieda beef products descended on the polished black tables of the Stone Rose Lounge, and stranded tourists consoled themselves for having to spend an extra night in the world’s greatest city. Poor babies. IN THE SEATS At a tall table facing the fourth-floor windows, Noelle Galperin and Ernie Garcia, from Miami, shed no tears for the flight that was supposed to take them home earlier in the day. Ms. Galperin, 46, is a management consultant; Mr. Garcia, 38, runs a financial services company. Both are self-employed. Neither had pressing needs back home. “That’s the beauty of cellphones,” Ms. Galperin said. “We worked a little bit in the morning, took a conference call, and tomorrow we’ll do a little of that. As self-employed entrepreneurs we’re always working, but it’s not bad. We like it.” As for the weather, which scared away much of the usual bustle, Mr. Garcia said he was happy for a little winter. “It was nice to cool down,” he said. “We came from 80-degree weather, so this is a treat.”

Answer: Noelle Galperin and Ernie Garcia

For many New Yorkers this week, as the blizzard panic lifted from the city, the pressing culinary question on Tuesday was, “Now what do I do with all this Dinty Moore?” One answer was just to walk away, perhaps to find a table someplace where the snow outside maintained its fleeting Currier & Ives majesties. Why not? With Tavern on the Green shuttered because of the weather, scenic duty fell to the slight remove of the restaurants of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, where the trees of Central Park displayed dustings of white thingamajigs suspended perilously above their inevitable future as unloved street slush. Quiet descended on the city, cocktails and Pat LaFrieda beef products descended on the polished black tables of the Stone Rose Lounge, and stranded tourists consoled themselves for having to spend an extra night in the world’s greatest city. Poor babies. IN THE SEATS <hl> At a tall table facing the fourth-floor windows, Noelle Galperin and Ernie Garcia , from Miami, shed no tears for the flight that was supposed to take them home earlier in the day. <hl> Ms. Galperin, 46, is a management consultant; Mr. Garcia, 38, runs a financial services company. Both are self-employed. Neither had pressing needs back home. “That’s the beauty of cellphones,” Ms. Galperin said. “We worked a little bit in the morning, took a conference call, and tomorrow we’ll do a little of that. As self-employed entrepreneurs we’re always working, but it’s not bad. We like it.” As for the weather, which scared away much of the usual bustle, Mr. Garcia said he was happy for a little winter. “It was nice to cool down,” he said. “We came from 80-degree weather, so this is a treat.”

For many New Yorkers this week, as the blizzard panic lifted from the city, the pressing culinary question on Tuesday was, “Now what do I do with all this Dinty Moore?” One answer was just to walk away, perhaps to find a table someplace where the snow outside maintained its fleeting Currier & Ives majesties. Why not? With Tavern on the Green shuttered because of the weather, scenic duty fell to the slight remove of the restaurants of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, where the trees of Central Park displayed dustings of white thingamajigs suspended perilously above their inevitable future as unloved street slush. Quiet descended on the city, cocktails and Pat LaFrieda beef products descended on the polished black tables of the Stone Rose Lounge, and stranded tourists consoled themselves for having to spend an extra night in the world’s greatest city. Poor babies. IN THE SEATS At a tall table facing the fourth-floor windows, <hl> Noelle Galperin and Ernie Garcia <hl>, from Miami, shed no tears for the flight that was supposed to take them home earlier in the day. Ms. Galperin, 46, is a management consultant; Mr. Garcia, 38, runs a financial services company. Both are self-employed. Neither had pressing needs back home. “That’s the beauty of cellphones,” Ms. Galperin said. “We worked a little bit in the morning, took a conference call, and tomorrow we’ll do a little of that. As self-employed entrepreneurs we’re always working, but it’s not bad. We like it.” As for the weather, which scared away much of the usual bustle, Mr. Garcia said he was happy for a little winter. “It was nice to cool down,” he said. “We came from 80-degree weather, so this is a treat.”

At a tall table facing the fourth-floor windows, <hl> Noelle Galperin and Ernie Garcia <hl> , from Miami, shed no tears for the flight that was supposed to take them home earlier in the day.


Question: What does the natural gas from fracking displace?

There was recently a vogue for polemical antifracking documentaries like “Gasland” that purport to show that fracking is causing flammable tap water and other horrors. But a recent Environmental Protection Agency study found that there was no evidence that fracking was causing widespread harm to the nation’s water supply. On the contrary, there’s some evidence that fracking is a net environmental plus. That’s because cheap natural gas from fracking displaces coal. A study by the Breakthrough Institute found coal-powered electricity declined to 37 percent from 50 percent of the generation mix between 2007 and 2012. Because natural gas has just half as much global-warming potential as coal, energy-related carbon emissions have declined more in the U.S. than in any other country over that time. Fracking has also been an enormous boon to the nation’s wealth and the well-being of its people. In a new report called “America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity,” Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee and Gregory J. Pope conclude that gas and oil resources extracted through fracking have already added more than $430 billion to annual gross domestic product and supported more than 2.7 million jobs that pay, on average, twice the median U.S. salary.

Answer: coal

There was recently a vogue for polemical antifracking documentaries like “Gasland” that purport to show that fracking is causing flammable tap water and other horrors. But a recent Environmental Protection Agency study found that there was no evidence that fracking was causing widespread harm to the nation’s water supply. On the contrary, there’s some evidence that fracking is a net environmental plus. <hl> That’s because cheap natural gas from fracking displaces coal . <hl> A study by the Breakthrough Institute found coal-powered electricity declined to 37 percent from 50 percent of the generation mix between 2007 and 2012. Because natural gas has just half as much global-warming potential as coal, energy-related carbon emissions have declined more in the U.S. than in any other country over that time. Fracking has also been an enormous boon to the nation’s wealth and the well-being of its people. In a new report called “America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity,” Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee and Gregory J. Pope conclude that gas and oil resources extracted through fracking have already added more than $430 billion to annual gross domestic product and supported more than 2.7 million jobs that pay, on average, twice the median U.S. salary.

There was recently a vogue for polemical antifracking documentaries like “Gasland” that purport to show that fracking is causing flammable tap water and other horrors. But a recent Environmental Protection Agency study found that there was no evidence that fracking was causing widespread harm to the nation’s water supply. On the contrary, there’s some evidence that fracking is a net environmental plus. That’s because cheap natural gas from fracking displaces <hl> coal <hl>. A study by the Breakthrough Institute found coal-powered electricity declined to 37 percent from 50 percent of the generation mix between 2007 and 2012. Because natural gas has just half as much global-warming potential as coal, energy-related carbon emissions have declined more in the U.S. than in any other country over that time. Fracking has also been an enormous boon to the nation’s wealth and the well-being of its people. In a new report called “America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity,” Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee and Gregory J. Pope conclude that gas and oil resources extracted through fracking have already added more than $430 billion to annual gross domestic product and supported more than 2.7 million jobs that pay, on average, twice the median U.S. salary.

That’s because cheap natural gas from fracking displaces <hl> coal <hl> .


Question: Who is the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank?

FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks. “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.

Answer: Anshu Jain

<hl> FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain , the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks. <hl> “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.

FRANKFURT — <hl> Anshu Jain <hl>, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks. “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.

FRANKFURT — <hl> Anshu Jain <hl> , the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks.


Question: what is the name of the prime minister?

Prime Minister Habib Essid presented his second government in two weeks on Monday, this time including more parties and a position for Islamists. The cabinet he proposed on Jan. 23 consisted of just two parties and did not survive a no-confidence vote. It has now been expanded to involve five parties, including one post — that of employment minister — for the powerful Islamist party, Ennahda. Mr. Essid’s Nida Tunis party won the most seats in October’s election but still needed to form a coalition. The government faces a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, which it is expected to pass.

Answer: Habib Essid

<hl> Prime Minister Habib Essid presented his second government in two weeks on Monday, this time including more parties and a position for Islamists. <hl> The cabinet he proposed on Jan. 23 consisted of just two parties and did not survive a no-confidence vote. It has now been expanded to involve five parties, including one post — that of employment minister — for the powerful Islamist party, Ennahda. Mr. Essid’s Nida Tunis party won the most seats in October’s election but still needed to form a coalition. The government faces a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, which it is expected to pass.

Prime Minister <hl> Habib Essid <hl> presented his second government in two weeks on Monday, this time including more parties and a position for Islamists. The cabinet he proposed on Jan. 23 consisted of just two parties and did not survive a no-confidence vote. It has now been expanded to involve five parties, including one post — that of employment minister — for the powerful Islamist party, Ennahda. Mr. Essid’s Nida Tunis party won the most seats in October’s election but still needed to form a coalition. The government faces a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, which it is expected to pass.


Question: What city did Mr. Brezner later work out of?

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Answer: Los Angeles

<hl> Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles , spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. <hl> “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of <hl> Los Angeles <hl>, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing. “He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985. “It felt like you’d stepped into a wind tunnel.” He added, “If he just did his thing, the effect was that people laughed a lot, but they wouldn’t know who he is.”

Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of <hl> Los Angeles <hl> , spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing.


Question: what is the name of the stadium the mustangs played at?

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

Answer: Gustafson Stadium

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. <hl> The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium . <hl> Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions. “We’re about the business of educating children and educating students, and that has to be our focus moving forward,” Mr. Harris said. On Friday night, the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game. The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at <hl> Gustafson Stadium <hl>. Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14. Still, “I think they sent a message of perseverance,” said Mr. Woods, the superintendent.

The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at <hl> Gustafson Stadium <hl> .


Question: What agency in the US used quantitative easing to push down market interest rates?

FRANKFURT — A strong indication on Friday that the European Central Bank is on the verge of aggressive action to stimulate the economy, just as the Federal Reserve is dialing back its stimulus, helped push the euro to its lowest level against the dollar since 2010. Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, said in an interview published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt that the risk that the central bank would not be able to meet its main task of keeping inflation from being too low or too high was greater than it had been six months ago. At 0.3 percent in November, inflation in the eurozone was far below the central bank’s official target of close to 2 percent. Investors interpreted Mr. Draghi’s comments to mean that the central bank is moving closer to broad-based purchases of government bonds, the same kind of “quantitative easing” that the Fed used to push down market interest rates in the United States — and is phasing out as growth picks up.

Answer: Fed

<hl> FRANKFURT — A strong indication on Friday that the European Central Bank is on the verge of aggressive action to stimulate the economy, just as the Fed eral Reserve is dialing back its stimulus, helped push the euro to its lowest level against the dollar since 2010. <hl> Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, said in an interview published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt that the risk that the central bank would not be able to meet its main task of keeping inflation from being too low or too high was greater than it had been six months ago. At 0.3 percent in November, inflation in the eurozone was far below the central bank’s official target of close to 2 percent. Investors interpreted Mr. Draghi’s comments to mean that the central bank is moving closer to broad-based purchases of government bonds, the same kind of “quantitative easing” that the Fed used to push down market interest rates in the United States — and is phasing out as growth picks up.

FRANKFURT — A strong indication on Friday that the European Central Bank is on the verge of aggressive action to stimulate the economy, just as the <hl> Fed <hl>eral Reserve is dialing back its stimulus, helped push the euro to its lowest level against the dollar since 2010. Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, said in an interview published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt that the risk that the central bank would not be able to meet its main task of keeping inflation from being too low or too high was greater than it had been six months ago. At 0.3 percent in November, inflation in the eurozone was far below the central bank’s official target of close to 2 percent. Investors interpreted Mr. Draghi’s comments to mean that the central bank is moving closer to broad-based purchases of government bonds, the same kind of “quantitative easing” that the Fed used to push down market interest rates in the United States — and is phasing out as growth picks up.

FRANKFURT — A strong indication on Friday that the European Central Bank is on the verge of aggressive action to stimulate the economy, just as the <hl> Fed <hl> eral Reserve is dialing back its stimulus, helped push the euro to its lowest level against the dollar since 2010.


Question: How long after Sandy was initially diagnosed did her disease develop into Alzheimer's?

On a quiet Friday morning in November 2010, Sandy sat down with a mug of honey-ginger tea to read two books that Daryl had brought her. By this point, a year and a half after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease. She had retired from Cornell, but she was doing well. She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex., where Emily was living. Jeremy had temporarily moved back home to be with her. She could read novels, even difficult ones like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell. She saw a few psychotherapy patients. One would later say that even though Sandy was having some trouble remembering words, “it didn’t really matter. In a therapy relationship you’re talking more about emotions — and in that regard, she didn’t miss a beat.”

Answer: a year and a half

On a quiet Friday morning in November 2010, Sandy sat down with a mug of honey-ginger tea to read two books that Daryl had brought her. <hl> By this point, a year and a half after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease. <hl> She had retired from Cornell, but she was doing well. She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex., where Emily was living. Jeremy had temporarily moved back home to be with her. She could read novels, even difficult ones like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell. She saw a few psychotherapy patients. One would later say that even though Sandy was having some trouble remembering words, “it didn’t really matter. In a therapy relationship you’re talking more about emotions — and in that regard, she didn’t miss a beat.”

On a quiet Friday morning in November 2010, Sandy sat down with a mug of honey-ginger tea to read two books that Daryl had brought her. By this point, <hl> a year and a half <hl> after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease. She had retired from Cornell, but she was doing well. She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex., where Emily was living. Jeremy had temporarily moved back home to be with her. She could read novels, even difficult ones like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell. She saw a few psychotherapy patients. One would later say that even though Sandy was having some trouble remembering words, “it didn’t really matter. In a therapy relationship you’re talking more about emotions — and in that regard, she didn’t miss a beat.”


Question: Which German manufacturer had Red Bull directors talked to about getting a new engine for their cars?

The other teams fear that with a better engine, the Red Bull aerodynamics guru, Adrian Newey, who has been responsible for designing many of the championship-winning cars of the last two decades — at Red Bull and previously at Williams and McLaren — would trump them again. The ongoing saga began to unfold in July, when Red Bull, dissatisfied with its Renault engine’s inferior power in the new downsized, hybrid, turbo formula, said it would drop its Renault engine a year before the end of their contract. The French manufacturer had powered Red Bull to all of its championships successes. But it had long felt that it had not received enough credit for those victories, and so when it was jilted by Red Bull, it was loath to help Red Bull find a replacement engine. At the same time, Renault had moved on to a new project that involved possibly buying the Lotus team and returning to the series as a full-fledged car and engine manufacturer. Red Bull, meanwhile, had announced that it was dropping the Renault engine after it had entered into what it considered was an agreement to use the best engine of the new era, made by Mercedes. But Mercedes later said that there was no agreement. Mercedes had indeed spoken to Red Bull directors, the German manufacturer claimed, but any possibility of a deal fell apart because the directors had overlooked some important negotiating points. One of those points involved the eventuality that with a Mercedes engine Red Bull might beat the Mercedes team and therefore Mercedes could benefit, rather than suffer, from the situation through marketing. “We wanted to know from Red Bull about shared ideas and marketing campaigns we could develop for a common future,” said Toto Wolff, the Mercedes motorsport director. “But nothing came out of it. And so the issue was taken care of from our side.” Finding itself with no Renault or Mercedes engine, the Red Bull team turned to Ferrari. But Red Bull wanted to have exactly the same engine that the Ferrari team uses. After starting poorly last season, the Italian manufacturer’s engine has improved this year to the point of being the second-best in the series.

Answer: Mercedes

The other teams fear that with a better engine, the Red Bull aerodynamics guru, Adrian Newey, who has been responsible for designing many of the championship-winning cars of the last two decades — at Red Bull and previously at Williams and McLaren — would trump them again. The ongoing saga began to unfold in July, when Red Bull, dissatisfied with its Renault engine’s inferior power in the new downsized, hybrid, turbo formula, said it would drop its Renault engine a year before the end of their contract. The French manufacturer had powered Red Bull to all of its championships successes. But it had long felt that it had not received enough credit for those victories, and so when it was jilted by Red Bull, it was loath to help Red Bull find a replacement engine. At the same time, Renault had moved on to a new project that involved possibly buying the Lotus team and returning to the series as a full-fledged car and engine manufacturer. <hl> Red Bull, meanwhile, had announced that it was dropping the Renault engine after it had entered into what it considered was an agreement to use the best engine of the new era, made by Mercedes . <hl> But Mercedes later said that there was no agreement. Mercedes had indeed spoken to Red Bull directors, the German manufacturer claimed, but any possibility of a deal fell apart because the directors had overlooked some important negotiating points. One of those points involved the eventuality that with a Mercedes engine Red Bull might beat the Mercedes team and therefore Mercedes could benefit, rather than suffer, from the situation through marketing. “We wanted to know from Red Bull about shared ideas and marketing campaigns we could develop for a common future,” said Toto Wolff, the Mercedes motorsport director. “But nothing came out of it. And so the issue was taken care of from our side.” Finding itself with no Renault or Mercedes engine, the Red Bull team turned to Ferrari. But Red Bull wanted to have exactly the same engine that the Ferrari team uses. After starting poorly last season, the Italian manufacturer’s engine has improved this year to the point of being the second-best in the series.

The other teams fear that with a better engine, the Red Bull aerodynamics guru, Adrian Newey, who has been responsible for designing many of the championship-winning cars of the last two decades — at Red Bull and previously at Williams and McLaren — would trump them again. The ongoing saga began to unfold in July, when Red Bull, dissatisfied with its Renault engine’s inferior power in the new downsized, hybrid, turbo formula, said it would drop its Renault engine a year before the end of their contract. The French manufacturer had powered Red Bull to all of its championships successes. But it had long felt that it had not received enough credit for those victories, and so when it was jilted by Red Bull, it was loath to help Red Bull find a replacement engine. At the same time, Renault had moved on to a new project that involved possibly buying the Lotus team and returning to the series as a full-fledged car and engine manufacturer. Red Bull, meanwhile, had announced that it was dropping the Renault engine after it had entered into what it considered was an agreement to use the best engine of the new era, made by <hl> Mercedes <hl>. But Mercedes later said that there was no agreement. Mercedes had indeed spoken to Red Bull directors, the German manufacturer claimed, but any possibility of a deal fell apart because the directors had overlooked some important negotiating points. One of those points involved the eventuality that with a Mercedes engine Red Bull might beat the Mercedes team and therefore Mercedes could benefit, rather than suffer, from the situation through marketing. “We wanted to know from Red Bull about shared ideas and marketing campaigns we could develop for a common future,” said Toto Wolff, the Mercedes motorsport director. “But nothing came out of it. And so the issue was taken care of from our side.” Finding itself with no Renault or Mercedes engine, the Red Bull team turned to Ferrari. But Red Bull wanted to have exactly the same engine that the Ferrari team uses. After starting poorly last season, the Italian manufacturer’s engine has improved this year to the point of being the second-best in the series.

Red Bull, meanwhile, had announced that it was dropping the Renault engine after it had entered into what it considered was an agreement to use the best engine of the new era, made by <hl> Mercedes <hl> .


Question: What is the first most-watched sports series on Showtime?

Viewers have watched linebacker Jaylon Smith bowling, receiver Corey Robinson playing the ukulele and singing and Day and cornerback Cole Luke coaching a women’s flag-football team. During their off week, crews accompanied some players home. Espinoza said the network was pleased with the weekly 30-minute show. “There’s been a lot of drama within the program,” he said. “Some unexpected injuries, some come-from-behind wins. We couldn’t have scripted it any better.” The first three episodes averaged 663,000 viewers across all platforms. That compares favorably with Showtime’s most popular sports series, “Inside the NFL,” and the show is the third-most-watched program through its streaming service, Espinoza said.

Answer: Inside the NFL

Viewers have watched linebacker Jaylon Smith bowling, receiver Corey Robinson playing the ukulele and singing and Day and cornerback Cole Luke coaching a women’s flag-football team. During their off week, crews accompanied some players home. Espinoza said the network was pleased with the weekly 30-minute show. “There’s been a lot of drama within the program,” he said. “Some unexpected injuries, some come-from-behind wins. We couldn’t have scripted it any better.” The first three episodes averaged 663,000 viewers across all platforms. <hl> That compares favorably with Showtime’s most popular sports series, “ Inside the NFL ,” and the show is the third-most-watched program through its streaming service, Espinoza said. <hl>

Viewers have watched linebacker Jaylon Smith bowling, receiver Corey Robinson playing the ukulele and singing and Day and cornerback Cole Luke coaching a women’s flag-football team. During their off week, crews accompanied some players home. Espinoza said the network was pleased with the weekly 30-minute show. “There’s been a lot of drama within the program,” he said. “Some unexpected injuries, some come-from-behind wins. We couldn’t have scripted it any better.” The first three episodes averaged 663,000 viewers across all platforms. That compares favorably with Showtime’s most popular sports series, “<hl> Inside the NFL <hl>,” and the show is the third-most-watched program through its streaming service, Espinoza said.

That compares favorably with Showtime’s most popular sports series, “ <hl> Inside the NFL <hl> ,” and the show is the third-most-watched program through its streaming service, Espinoza said.


Question: Who will gain competitive advantage due to the weaker euro?

The weaker euro is a mixed blessing for the struggling eurozone economy. European exporters will gain a competitive advantage against foreign rivals because their products will become cheaper for customers who pay in dollars or other currencies that tend to track with the dollar. A weaker euro could also push up inflation — a desirable outcome at the moment — because foreign goods would become more expensive in euro terms. With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November. However, a weaker euro also has negative effects in the eurozone. Because oil is usually priced in dollars, a weak euro cancels out some of the economic benefit from the recent drop in oil prices. Cheaper energy is good for companies because it reduces production costs for factories. Consumers benefit because they pay less for fuel and can spend the money on other things.

Answer: European exporters

The weaker euro is a mixed blessing for the struggling eurozone economy. <hl> European exporters will gain a competitive advantage against foreign rivals because their products will become cheaper for customers who pay in dollars or other currencies that tend to track with the dollar. <hl> A weaker euro could also push up inflation — a desirable outcome at the moment — because foreign goods would become more expensive in euro terms. With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November. However, a weaker euro also has negative effects in the eurozone. Because oil is usually priced in dollars, a weak euro cancels out some of the economic benefit from the recent drop in oil prices. Cheaper energy is good for companies because it reduces production costs for factories. Consumers benefit because they pay less for fuel and can spend the money on other things.

The weaker euro is a mixed blessing for the struggling eurozone economy. <hl> European exporters <hl> will gain a competitive advantage against foreign rivals because their products will become cheaper for customers who pay in dollars or other currencies that tend to track with the dollar. A weaker euro could also push up inflation — a desirable outcome at the moment — because foreign goods would become more expensive in euro terms. With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November. However, a weaker euro also has negative effects in the eurozone. Because oil is usually priced in dollars, a weak euro cancels out some of the economic benefit from the recent drop in oil prices. Cheaper energy is good for companies because it reduces production costs for factories. Consumers benefit because they pay less for fuel and can spend the money on other things.


Question: What killed Dr. Shatz?

“These researchers had deliberately withheld treatment for this group of poor, uneducated, black sharecroppers,” he added, “in order to document what eventually might happen to them. I became incensed. How could physicians, who were trained first and foremost to do no harm, deliberately withhold curative treatment so they could understand the natural history of syphilis?” In 1964, Dr. Schatz was just four years out of medical school and working as a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects. Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, his wife, Barbara, said. He was 83.

Answer: died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu,

“These researchers had deliberately withheld treatment for this group of poor, uneducated, black sharecroppers,” he added, “in order to document what eventually might happen to them. I became incensed. How could physicians, who were trained first and foremost to do no harm, deliberately withhold curative treatment so they could understand the natural history of syphilis?” In 1964, Dr. Schatz was just four years out of medical school and working as a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects. <hl> Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, his wife, Barbara, said. <hl> He was 83.

“These researchers had deliberately withheld treatment for this group of poor, uneducated, black sharecroppers,” he added, “in order to document what eventually might happen to them. I became incensed. How could physicians, who were trained first and foremost to do no harm, deliberately withhold curative treatment so they could understand the natural history of syphilis?” In 1964, Dr. Schatz was just four years out of medical school and working as a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects. Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) <hl> died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, <hl> his wife, Barbara, said. He was 83.


Question: What town was the mass grave found near?

DOHUK, Iraq — Kurdish officials are investigating reports that a mass grave has been found near the town of Sinjar that holds the remains of more than 70 Yazidis, including older women, a Kurdish security official said Saturday. Kurdish and Yazidi fighters retook the town of Sinjar on Friday from the Islamic State, which had controlled it since August 2014. On Saturday, local officials told news agencies that Islamic State members had executed older Yazidi women, ages 40 to about 80, in and around the town, whom they did not want to keep as sex slaves. The Kurdish security official said that the allegations appeared plausible and that mass graves had been found in other areas that had been captured from the Islamic State. A Kurdish government team plans to excavate the site to try to confirm the suspicions. “For now, it seems credible,” said a Kurdish official who asked not to be named to discuss internal reports. However, he said, further investigation must wait for excavation of the site.

Answer: Sinjar

<hl> DOHUK, Iraq — Kurdish officials are investigating reports that a mass grave has been found near the town of Sinjar that holds the remains of more than 70 Yazidis, including older women <hl> , a Kurdish security official said Saturday. Kurdish and Yazidi fighters retook the town of Sinjar on Friday from the Islamic State, which had controlled it since August 2014. On Saturday, local officials told news agencies that Islamic State members had executed older Yazidi women, ages 40 to about 80, in and around the town, whom they did not want to keep as sex slaves. The Kurdish security official said that the allegations appeared plausible and that mass graves had been found in other areas that had been captured from the Islamic State. A Kurdish government team plans to excavate the site to try to confirm the suspicions. “For now, it seems credible,” said a Kurdish official who asked not to be named to discuss internal reports. However, he said, further investigation must wait for excavation of the site.

DOHUK, Iraq — Kurdish officials are investigating reports that a mass grave has been found near the town of <hl> Sinjar <hl> that holds the remains of more than 70 Yazidis, including older women, a Kurdish security official said Saturday. Kurdish and Yazidi fighters retook the town of Sinjar on Friday from the Islamic State, which had controlled it since August 2014. On Saturday, local officials told news agencies that Islamic State members had executed older Yazidi women, ages 40 to about 80, in and around the town, whom they did not want to keep as sex slaves. The Kurdish security official said that the allegations appeared plausible and that mass graves had been found in other areas that had been captured from the Islamic State. A Kurdish government team plans to excavate the site to try to confirm the suspicions. “For now, it seems credible,” said a Kurdish official who asked not to be named to discuss internal reports. However, he said, further investigation must wait for excavation of the site.


Question: On what day did Obama speak to a crowd in Idaho?

Consider Idaho, arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands. After much bluster and protest, Idaho politicians caved and set up a state health care exchange under Obamacare. To the surprise of the experts, Idahoans have embraced the private coverage available under the Affordable Care Act — “one of the most successful enrollments of any state,” as Kaiser Health News reported. Obama was in Boise on Wednesday, speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour. “Now there are 10 black people in Idaho,” was one of the tweets from Boise. The president was fully energized, jocular, primed for a strong finish. A handful of protesters held up the usual hate posters, one comparing him to Hitler. But it did not escape notice that his motorcade passed a Shell station selling regular gasoline for $1.77 a gallon.

Answer: Wednesday

Consider Idaho, arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands. After much bluster and protest, Idaho politicians caved and set up a state health care exchange under Obamacare. To the surprise of the experts, Idahoans have embraced the private coverage available under the Affordable Care Act — “one of the most successful enrollments of any state,” as Kaiser Health News reported. <hl> Obama was in Boise on Wednesday , speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour. <hl> “Now there are 10 black people in Idaho,” was one of the tweets from Boise. The president was fully energized, jocular, primed for a strong finish. A handful of protesters held up the usual hate posters, one comparing him to Hitler. But it did not escape notice that his motorcade passed a Shell station selling regular gasoline for $1.77 a gallon.

Consider Idaho, arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands. After much bluster and protest, Idaho politicians caved and set up a state health care exchange under Obamacare. To the surprise of the experts, Idahoans have embraced the private coverage available under the Affordable Care Act — “one of the most successful enrollments of any state,” as Kaiser Health News reported. Obama was in Boise on <hl> Wednesday <hl>, speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour. “Now there are 10 black people in Idaho,” was one of the tweets from Boise. The president was fully energized, jocular, primed for a strong finish. A handful of protesters held up the usual hate posters, one comparing him to Hitler. But it did not escape notice that his motorcade passed a Shell station selling regular gasoline for $1.77 a gallon.

Obama was in Boise on <hl> Wednesday <hl> , speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour.


Question: Who's pavilion is reminiscent of Noah's ark?

Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive. Next to it sits Hungary’s pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale. To the north, the Palazzo Italia can be seen with its wrapping of spidery threads of white concrete, a patented material that is said to remove impurities from the air. With more than 80 buildings being constructed for the fair, it was getting a workout.

Answer: Hungary’s

Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive. <hl> Next to it sits Hungary’s pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale. <hl> To the north, the Palazzo Italia can be seen with its wrapping of spidery threads of white concrete, a patented material that is said to remove impurities from the air. With more than 80 buildings being constructed for the fair, it was getting a workout.

Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive. Next to it sits <hl> Hungary’s <hl> pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale. To the north, the Palazzo Italia can be seen with its wrapping of spidery threads of white concrete, a patented material that is said to remove impurities from the air. With more than 80 buildings being constructed for the fair, it was getting a workout.


Question: What was the name of the lesser-known work that came after the subject in the passage?

“Black Rage” thrust Dr. Grier into the spotlight. Immediately after the book was published, KRON, the local NBC television station, followed him and Dr. Cobbs on a walk on Fillmore Street as they explained the issues discussed in the book. ABC broadcast a special on the book called “To Be Black.” The prominent black scholar Kenneth B. Clark, a professor of social psychology at City College, criticized “Black Rage” in The New York Times Book Review as simplistic, unscholarly and overly impressed with the originality of its findings. But most critics found the book readable, persuasive and sobering. The authors followed up with “The Jesus Bag” (1971), a critical analysis of the role of religion in black life. It was not nearly as successful as “Black Rage.” After serving as chairman of the department of psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville in the early 1970s, Dr. Grier started a psychiatric practice in San Diego, from which he retired in the 1990s.

Answer: “The Jesus Bag”

“Black Rage” thrust Dr. Grier into the spotlight. Immediately after the book was published, KRON, the local NBC television station, followed him and Dr. Cobbs on a walk on Fillmore Street as they explained the issues discussed in the book. ABC broadcast a special on the book called “To Be Black.” The prominent black scholar Kenneth B. Clark, a professor of social psychology at City College, criticized “Black Rage” in The New York Times Book Review as simplistic, unscholarly and overly impressed with the originality of its findings. But most critics found the book readable, persuasive and sobering. <hl> The authors followed up with “The Jesus Bag” (1971), a critical analysis of the role of religion in black life. <hl> It was not nearly as successful as “Black Rage.” After serving as chairman of the department of psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville in the early 1970s, Dr. Grier started a psychiatric practice in San Diego, from which he retired in the 1990s.

“Black Rage” thrust Dr. Grier into the spotlight. Immediately after the book was published, KRON, the local NBC television station, followed him and Dr. Cobbs on a walk on Fillmore Street as they explained the issues discussed in the book. ABC broadcast a special on the book called “To Be Black.” The prominent black scholar Kenneth B. Clark, a professor of social psychology at City College, criticized “Black Rage” in The New York Times Book Review as simplistic, unscholarly and overly impressed with the originality of its findings. But most critics found the book readable, persuasive and sobering. The authors followed up with <hl> “The Jesus Bag” <hl> (1971), a critical analysis of the role of religion in black life. It was not nearly as successful as “Black Rage.” After serving as chairman of the department of psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville in the early 1970s, Dr. Grier started a psychiatric practice in San Diego, from which he retired in the 1990s.


Question: Who shot the ball that Neuer tried stopping but still passed the goal line?

During that score, the referee never saw that the ball deflected from Giroud’s head onto his forearm, which possibly could have ruled out the goal. The assistant referee beside the post did play a role in the second score. After a shot by Mesut Ozil, Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line. So justice was served. Arsenal, using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic. It is called counterattacking, and it has been alien to Wenger’s philosophy over much of his two decades in London. You possibly could thank Wenger’s assistant, the former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, for the change.

Answer: Mesut Ozil

During that score, the referee never saw that the ball deflected from Giroud’s head onto his forearm, which possibly could have ruled out the goal. The assistant referee beside the post did play a role in the second score. <hl> After a shot by Mesut Ozil , Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line. <hl> So justice was served. Arsenal, using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic. It is called counterattacking, and it has been alien to Wenger’s philosophy over much of his two decades in London. You possibly could thank Wenger’s assistant, the former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, for the change.

During that score, the referee never saw that the ball deflected from Giroud’s head onto his forearm, which possibly could have ruled out the goal. The assistant referee beside the post did play a role in the second score. After a shot by <hl> Mesut Ozil <hl>, Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line. So justice was served. Arsenal, using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic. It is called counterattacking, and it has been alien to Wenger’s philosophy over much of his two decades in London. You possibly could thank Wenger’s assistant, the former Arsenal defender Steve Bould, for the change.

After a shot by <hl> Mesut Ozil <hl> , Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line.


Question: What is McDavid's communication style?

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: soft-spoken

<hl> McDavid, who tends to be more soft-spoken , said: “It’s not up to me to decide. <hl> 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.

McDavid, who tends to be more <hl> soft-spoken <hl>, 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.

McDavid, who tends to be more <hl> soft-spoken <hl> , said: “It’s not up to me to decide.


Question: Is the writer in the majority of user opinions on this essay?

I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and it went right over the heads of some making comments here. If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board. Everyone has been assigned literally several different levels of gold and silver status. It is hilarious and sad. I don’t take it seriously since the costs of tickets is absurd anyway. Roger of Queens: As an infrequent flier with a status somewhere between lead and copper, I am quite pleased with the fact that there are people willing to pay $1,000 for a round trip from N.Y.C. to San Diego, in return for an extra few inches of legroom and a free cocktail. Thanks to their subsidy, I can make the same trip in the back of the plane for $400, which barely even covers my share of the fuel cost.

Answer: it went right over the heads of some making comments here

<hl> I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and it went right over the heads of some making comments here . <hl> If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board. Everyone has been assigned literally several different levels of gold and silver status. It is hilarious and sad. I don’t take it seriously since the costs of tickets is absurd anyway. Roger of Queens: As an infrequent flier with a status somewhere between lead and copper, I am quite pleased with the fact that there are people willing to pay $1,000 for a round trip from N.Y.C. to San Diego, in return for an extra few inches of legroom and a free cocktail. Thanks to their subsidy, I can make the same trip in the back of the plane for $400, which barely even covers my share of the fuel cost.

I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and <hl> it went right over the heads of some making comments here <hl>. If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board. Everyone has been assigned literally several different levels of gold and silver status. It is hilarious and sad. I don’t take it seriously since the costs of tickets is absurd anyway. Roger of Queens: As an infrequent flier with a status somewhere between lead and copper, I am quite pleased with the fact that there are people willing to pay $1,000 for a round trip from N.Y.C. to San Diego, in return for an extra few inches of legroom and a free cocktail. Thanks to their subsidy, I can make the same trip in the back of the plane for $400, which barely even covers my share of the fuel cost.

I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and <hl> it went right over the heads of some making comments here <hl> .


Question: What happened when Joseph Stalin came to power?

Guggenheim Museum: ‘Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting’ (through Jan. 6) This Italian artist’s prescient paintings from the 1950s and early ‘60s — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim. Unfortunately, he may also inaugurate a bane of current art: the use of found materials so inherently affecting — burlap is one — that they require little of the artist. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Smith) Guggenheim Museum: ‘Photo-Poetics: An Anthology’ (through March 23) Formally complex and expressively reserved, even hermetic. the work by ten photographers in this stimulating show has roots in Conceptualism and takes language, history and speculative thinking as its raw materials. Photographs are structured with the equivalent of poetry’s metrical cadences and internal rhymes, and treated less as generators of translatable ideas than of suggestive metaphors. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film’ (through Feb. 7) Revolutions sell utopias; that’s their job. Art, if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script, can be an important part of the promotional package. That’s the basic tale told by this exhibition of photographs and vintage films of the 1920s and ’30s, but with a question added: What happens to art when the script is drastically revised? Russia was an experiment in progress in the heady years following the 1917 revolution, and avant-garde art, free-spirited by definition, was officially embraced. When Joseph Stalin came to power art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line. Remarkably, the show presents a dozen films — some familiar, some not — full-length, on a rotating schedule of four a day, in a small viewing theater built into one of the Jewish Museum’s galleries. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘Unorthodox’ (through March 27) With about 200 putatively unorthodox works crowded into tightly walled-in spaces, this lively show has the feel of an Outsider Art fair — in a good way. The paintings, drawings, collages, assemblages, ceramics, weavings and videos are variously funny, funky, quirky, eccentric, idiosyncratic and visionary. Are they truly unorthodox by the standards of a contemporary art world wherein no one wants to be thought orthodox? No, but that’s O.K. It’s an entertaining and intermittently exhilarating exhibition nonetheless. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Johnson)

Answer: art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line

Guggenheim Museum: ‘Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting’ (through Jan. 6) This Italian artist’s prescient paintings from the 1950s and early ‘60s — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim. Unfortunately, he may also inaugurate a bane of current art: the use of found materials so inherently affecting — burlap is one — that they require little of the artist. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Smith) Guggenheim Museum: ‘Photo-Poetics: An Anthology’ (through March 23) Formally complex and expressively reserved, even hermetic. the work by ten photographers in this stimulating show has roots in Conceptualism and takes language, history and speculative thinking as its raw materials. Photographs are structured with the equivalent of poetry’s metrical cadences and internal rhymes, and treated less as generators of translatable ideas than of suggestive metaphors. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film’ (through Feb. 7) Revolutions sell utopias; that’s their job. Art, if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script, can be an important part of the promotional package. That’s the basic tale told by this exhibition of photographs and vintage films of the 1920s and ’30s, but with a question added: What happens to art when the script is drastically revised? Russia was an experiment in progress in the heady years following the 1917 revolution, and avant-garde art, free-spirited by definition, was officially embraced. <hl> When Joseph Stalin came to power art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line . <hl> Remarkably, the show presents a dozen films — some familiar, some not — full-length, on a rotating schedule of four a day, in a small viewing theater built into one of the Jewish Museum’s galleries. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘Unorthodox’ (through March 27) With about 200 putatively unorthodox works crowded into tightly walled-in spaces, this lively show has the feel of an Outsider Art fair — in a good way. The paintings, drawings, collages, assemblages, ceramics, weavings and videos are variously funny, funky, quirky, eccentric, idiosyncratic and visionary. Are they truly unorthodox by the standards of a contemporary art world wherein no one wants to be thought orthodox? No, but that’s O.K. It’s an entertaining and intermittently exhilarating exhibition nonetheless. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Johnson)

Guggenheim Museum: ‘Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting’ (through Jan. 6) This Italian artist’s prescient paintings from the 1950s and early ‘60s — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim. Unfortunately, he may also inaugurate a bane of current art: the use of found materials so inherently affecting — burlap is one — that they require little of the artist. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Smith) Guggenheim Museum: ‘Photo-Poetics: An Anthology’ (through March 23) Formally complex and expressively reserved, even hermetic. the work by ten photographers in this stimulating show has roots in Conceptualism and takes language, history and speculative thinking as its raw materials. Photographs are structured with the equivalent of poetry’s metrical cadences and internal rhymes, and treated less as generators of translatable ideas than of suggestive metaphors. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, 212-423-3500, guggenheim.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film’ (through Feb. 7) Revolutions sell utopias; that’s their job. Art, if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script, can be an important part of the promotional package. That’s the basic tale told by this exhibition of photographs and vintage films of the 1920s and ’30s, but with a question added: What happens to art when the script is drastically revised? Russia was an experiment in progress in the heady years following the 1917 revolution, and avant-garde art, free-spirited by definition, was officially embraced. When Joseph Stalin came to power <hl> art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line <hl>. Remarkably, the show presents a dozen films — some familiar, some not — full-length, on a rotating schedule of four a day, in a small viewing theater built into one of the Jewish Museum’s galleries. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Cotter) ★ Jewish Museum: ‘Unorthodox’ (through March 27) With about 200 putatively unorthodox works crowded into tightly walled-in spaces, this lively show has the feel of an Outsider Art fair — in a good way. The paintings, drawings, collages, assemblages, ceramics, weavings and videos are variously funny, funky, quirky, eccentric, idiosyncratic and visionary. Are they truly unorthodox by the standards of a contemporary art world wherein no one wants to be thought orthodox? No, but that’s O.K. It’s an entertaining and intermittently exhilarating exhibition nonetheless. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org. (Johnson)

When Joseph Stalin came to power <hl> art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line <hl> .


Question: The Nun's Story takes place around the time of what war?

1:30 P.M. (TCM) THE NUN’S STORY (1959) “The Nun’s Story” was nominated for eight Academy Awards. Unfortunately, it was up against one of the most celebrated films ever, “Ben-Hur,” and came out Oscar-less. But the film was a Hollywood success even without the hardware. Based on Kathryn Hulme’s novel of the same title, this drama stars Audrey Hepburn as a young Belgian who becomes a nursing nun around the time of World War II. Bosley Crowther, writing in The Times, said that the film’s screenwriter, Robert Anderson, and director, Fred Zinnemann, “have derived an equally amazing motion picture of an extraordinary dedicated life.”

Answer: World War II

1:30 P.M. (TCM) THE NUN’S STORY (1959) “The Nun’s Story” was nominated for eight Academy Awards. Unfortunately, it was up against one of the most celebrated films ever, “Ben-Hur,” and came out Oscar-less. But the film was a Hollywood success even without the hardware. <hl> Based on Kathryn Hulme’s novel of the same title, this drama stars Audrey Hepburn as a young Belgian who becomes a nursing nun around the time of World War II . <hl> Bosley Crowther, writing in The Times, said that the film’s screenwriter, Robert Anderson, and director, Fred Zinnemann, “have derived an equally amazing motion picture of an extraordinary dedicated life.”

1:30 P.M. (TCM) THE NUN’S STORY (1959) “The Nun’s Story” was nominated for eight Academy Awards. Unfortunately, it was up against one of the most celebrated films ever, “Ben-Hur,” and came out Oscar-less. But the film was a Hollywood success even without the hardware. Based on Kathryn Hulme’s novel of the same title, this drama stars Audrey Hepburn as a young Belgian who becomes a nursing nun around the time of <hl> World War II <hl>. Bosley Crowther, writing in The Times, said that the film’s screenwriter, Robert Anderson, and director, Fred Zinnemann, “have derived an equally amazing motion picture of an extraordinary dedicated life.”

Based on Kathryn Hulme’s novel of the same title, this drama stars Audrey Hepburn as a young Belgian who becomes a nursing nun around the time of <hl> World War II <hl> .


Question: What does Land's End use to obtain sales?

However small, the recent resurgence in direct mail may be explained by a better understanding of the catalog’s power to drive sales, Mr. Cohen said. He pointed to Lands’ End as an early example. In 2000, that retailer reduced the number of catalogs it sent consumers. It experienced a $100 million drop in sales as a result, according to research by Kurt Salmon. Lands’ End later added a pop-up survey to its website and found that 75 percent of customers who were making purchases had first reviewed the catalog.

Answer: catalog’s power

<hl> However small, the recent resurgence in direct mail may be explained by a better understanding of the catalog’s power to drive sales, Mr. Cohen said. <hl> He pointed to Lands’ End as an early example. In 2000, that retailer reduced the number of catalogs it sent consumers. It experienced a $100 million drop in sales as a result, according to research by Kurt Salmon. Lands’ End later added a pop-up survey to its website and found that 75 percent of customers who were making purchases had first reviewed the catalog.

However small, the recent resurgence in direct mail may be explained by a better understanding of the <hl> catalog’s power <hl> to drive sales, Mr. Cohen said. He pointed to Lands’ End as an early example. In 2000, that retailer reduced the number of catalogs it sent consumers. It experienced a $100 million drop in sales as a result, according to research by Kurt Salmon. Lands’ End later added a pop-up survey to its website and found that 75 percent of customers who were making purchases had first reviewed the catalog.


Question: Which practices specifically led to Unilever saving money at its factories?

“The sustainable living plan is much broader than the sustainable sourcing of agricultural materials,” Mr. Polman said. “It’s really using your business model to address big issues in society and make a positive contribution.” Mr. Polman says the sustainable living plan is profitable as well as ethical. The company claims that efficiency upgrades to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million, since 2008. It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times).

Answer: efficiency upgrades

“The sustainable living plan is much broader than the sustainable sourcing of agricultural materials,” Mr. Polman said. “It’s really using your business model to address big issues in society and make a positive contribution.” Mr. Polman says the sustainable living plan is profitable as well as ethical. <hl> The company claims that efficiency upgrades to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million, since 2008. <hl> It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times).

“The sustainable living plan is much broader than the sustainable sourcing of agricultural materials,” Mr. Polman said. “It’s really using your business model to address big issues in society and make a positive contribution.” Mr. Polman says the sustainable living plan is profitable as well as ethical. The company claims that <hl> efficiency upgrades <hl> to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million, since 2008. It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times).


Question: According to Tempest. what used to be the stories that we used to explain ourselves?

we’re the same beings that began, still living in all of our fury and foulness and friction, everyday odysseys, dreams and decisions ... Myths used to be “the stories we used to explain ourselves,” she observes, and to her, myths, like art, are a way to universalize individual dreams and suffering: They lend continuity and weight to the everyday struggles of life — “deadlines, debts, divorces” — and remind us that every person, every passer-by on the street, has an “epic narrative” within. At times, the people in “Brand New Ancients” recall the tired denizens of Eliot’s “Unreal City” in “The Waste Land” — which, the reader remembers, also mentions Tiresias, as one who has “perceived the scene, and foretold the rest” — trudging through their tedious day jobs, then trudging home in the twilight hour. At the same time, Ms. Tempest also gives us more intimate portraits of these characters that are reminiscent of Joyce’s “Dubliners.” She provides glimpses of them at many points in their lives — in childhood, youth, middle age, and on the downward curve toward death; and struggling with love and loss and fear and pride.

Answer: Myths

we’re the same beings that began, still living in all of our fury and foulness and friction, everyday odysseys, dreams and decisions ... <hl> Myths used to be “the stories we used to explain ourselves,” she observes, and to her, myths, like art, are a way to universalize individual dreams and suffering: They lend continuity and weight to the everyday struggles of life — “deadlines, debts, divorces” — and remind us that every person, every passer-by on the street, has an “epic narrative” within. <hl> At times, the people in “Brand New Ancients” recall the tired denizens of Eliot’s “Unreal City” in “The Waste Land” — which, the reader remembers, also mentions Tiresias, as one who has “perceived the scene, and foretold the rest” — trudging through their tedious day jobs, then trudging home in the twilight hour. At the same time, Ms. Tempest also gives us more intimate portraits of these characters that are reminiscent of Joyce’s “Dubliners.” She provides glimpses of them at many points in their lives — in childhood, youth, middle age, and on the downward curve toward death; and struggling with love and loss and fear and pride.

we’re the same beings that began, still living in all of our fury and foulness and friction, everyday odysseys, dreams and decisions ... <hl> Myths <hl> used to be “the stories we used to explain ourselves,” she observes, and to her, myths, like art, are a way to universalize individual dreams and suffering: They lend continuity and weight to the everyday struggles of life — “deadlines, debts, divorces” — and remind us that every person, every passer-by on the street, has an “epic narrative” within. At times, the people in “Brand New Ancients” recall the tired denizens of Eliot’s “Unreal City” in “The Waste Land” — which, the reader remembers, also mentions Tiresias, as one who has “perceived the scene, and foretold the rest” — trudging through their tedious day jobs, then trudging home in the twilight hour. At the same time, Ms. Tempest also gives us more intimate portraits of these characters that are reminiscent of Joyce’s “Dubliners.” She provides glimpses of them at many points in their lives — in childhood, youth, middle age, and on the downward curve toward death; and struggling with love and loss and fear and pride.


Question: What does Puerto Rico receive from the Federal Government?

Q. How is Puerto Rico different from a state? A. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. It is a distinction that, for years, has carried many of the advantages of being a state and few of the downsides. Most notably, Puerto Rico receives federal assistance, but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes. But the lack of statehood is now hurting the island at its time of greatest need. Unlike states, which can authorize their municipalities to declare bankruptcy, Puerto Rico has no such access to bankruptcy courts for its government entities. That has left the island facing a chaotic debt restructuring with no legal referee. While there are proposals on Capitol Hill to give Puerto Rico bankruptcy powers, the island’s status hurts here, too. Puerto Rico’s lone representative in Congress has no vote, which has hampered the bills’ progress.

Answer: federal assistance

Q. How is Puerto Rico different from a state? A. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. It is a distinction that, for years, has carried many of the advantages of being a state and few of the downsides. <hl> Most notably, Puerto Rico receives federal assistance , but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes. <hl> But the lack of statehood is now hurting the island at its time of greatest need. Unlike states, which can authorize their municipalities to declare bankruptcy, Puerto Rico has no such access to bankruptcy courts for its government entities. That has left the island facing a chaotic debt restructuring with no legal referee. While there are proposals on Capitol Hill to give Puerto Rico bankruptcy powers, the island’s status hurts here, too. Puerto Rico’s lone representative in Congress has no vote, which has hampered the bills’ progress.

Q. How is Puerto Rico different from a state? A. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. It is a distinction that, for years, has carried many of the advantages of being a state and few of the downsides. Most notably, Puerto Rico receives <hl> federal assistance <hl>, but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes. But the lack of statehood is now hurting the island at its time of greatest need. Unlike states, which can authorize their municipalities to declare bankruptcy, Puerto Rico has no such access to bankruptcy courts for its government entities. That has left the island facing a chaotic debt restructuring with no legal referee. While there are proposals on Capitol Hill to give Puerto Rico bankruptcy powers, the island’s status hurts here, too. Puerto Rico’s lone representative in Congress has no vote, which has hampered the bills’ progress.

Most notably, Puerto Rico receives <hl> federal assistance <hl> , but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes.


Question: What is the run time of Meet the Patels?

‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director Gaspar Noé creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears. (Catsoulis) ★ ‘The Martian’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Funny, loose and optimistic. (Dargis) ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (PG-13, 2:11) The second in a series about a racially diverse but otherwise interchangeable set of teenagers adds nothing new to the unkillable dystopian genre, but it’s at least less ponderous than its predecessor. The many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline. (John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, 1:28) This tidy, easygoing documentary — about the efforts of Indian-born parents to marry off their prosperous son (the actor Ravi Patel) through assorted matchmaking means — is a fascinating, good-humored and sometimes dramatic examination of family dynamics. Though Mr. Patel is on camera most often (shot by his wry, understated foil, sister and co-director, Geeta), it’s his parents and the barely seen Geeta who prove most compelling. (Webster)

Answer: 1:28

‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director Gaspar Noé creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears. (Catsoulis) ★ ‘The Martian’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Funny, loose and optimistic. (Dargis) ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (PG-13, 2:11) The second in a series about a racially diverse but otherwise interchangeable set of teenagers adds nothing new to the unkillable dystopian genre, but it’s at least less ponderous than its predecessor. The many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline. <hl> (John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, 1:28 ) <hl> This tidy, easygoing documentary — about the efforts of Indian-born parents to marry off their prosperous son (the actor Ravi Patel) through assorted matchmaking means — is a fascinating, good-humored and sometimes dramatic examination of family dynamics. Though Mr. Patel is on camera most often (shot by his wry, understated foil, sister and co-director, Geeta), it’s his parents and the barely seen Geeta who prove most compelling. (Webster)

‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director Gaspar Noé creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears. (Catsoulis) ★ ‘The Martian’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Funny, loose and optimistic. (Dargis) ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (PG-13, 2:11) The second in a series about a racially diverse but otherwise interchangeable set of teenagers adds nothing new to the unkillable dystopian genre, but it’s at least less ponderous than its predecessor. The many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline. (John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, <hl> 1:28 <hl>) This tidy, easygoing documentary — about the efforts of Indian-born parents to marry off their prosperous son (the actor Ravi Patel) through assorted matchmaking means — is a fascinating, good-humored and sometimes dramatic examination of family dynamics. Though Mr. Patel is on camera most often (shot by his wry, understated foil, sister and co-director, Geeta), it’s his parents and the barely seen Geeta who prove most compelling. (Webster)

(John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, <hl> 1:28 <hl> )


Question: What act about the couple is incriminating

The book begins at the moment when everything collapses. A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere. Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how. (Adultery Rule No. 1: Do not use email! What do you think Snapchat is for?) Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home. She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present.

Answer: wanted to do to each other and how

The book begins at the moment when everything collapses. A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere. <hl> Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how . <hl> (Adultery Rule No. 1: Do not use email! What do you think Snapchat is for?) Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home. She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present.

The book begins at the moment when everything collapses. A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere. Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple <hl> wanted to do to each other and how <hl>. (Adultery Rule No. 1: Do not use email! What do you think Snapchat is for?) Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home. She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present.

Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple <hl> wanted to do to each other and how <hl> .


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

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

Answer: 134,000

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

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


Question: what county office did Mr. Constantine join?

Mr. Constantine once told a State University interviewer that after working in a radiator factory in Buffalo, he joined the Erie County sheriff’s office because “law enforcement was a chance for people of my generation, usually people of ethnic groups — Irish, Italian, Polish — who grew up in city neighborhoods and who had not gone to college, to get into an occupation with a challenging environment that had a great deal of flexibility and autonomy.” “We were looking for excitement and adventure,” he said.

Answer: Erie County sheriff’s office

<hl> Mr. Constantine once told a State University interviewer that after working in a radiator factory in Buffalo, he joined the Erie County sheriff’s office because “law enforcement was a chance for people of my generation, usually people of ethnic groups — Irish, Italian, Polish — who grew up in city neighborhoods and who had not gone to college, to get into an occupation with a challenging environment that had a great deal of flexibility and autonomy.” <hl> “We were looking for excitement and adventure,” he said.

Mr. Constantine once told a State University interviewer that after working in a radiator factory in Buffalo, he joined the <hl> Erie County sheriff’s office <hl> because “law enforcement was a chance for people of my generation, usually people of ethnic groups — Irish, Italian, Polish — who grew up in city neighborhoods and who had not gone to college, to get into an occupation with a challenging environment that had a great deal of flexibility and autonomy.” “We were looking for excitement and adventure,” he said.


Question: Who was 16 when they arrived on this tour?

Rafael Nadal expressed a similar sentiment. “Being young or not, I think, is not an excuse at all,” Nadal, 29, said of the 20-year-old Kyrgios. “I have been 16 when I arrived to this tour. A lot of top players that are there arrived at younger ages than some of them that are there.” He added: “The real thing is, when we are on court and we are saying things outside of court, we are in front of the cameras, in front of the audience. And the most important thing: We are in front of kids. Our sport is a gentleman’s sport. It’s a sport about respect.”

Answer: Rafael Nadal

<hl> Rafael Nadal expressed a similar sentiment. <hl> “Being young or not, I think, is not an excuse at all,” Nadal, 29, said of the 20-year-old Kyrgios. “I have been 16 when I arrived to this tour. A lot of top players that are there arrived at younger ages than some of them that are there.” He added: “The real thing is, when we are on court and we are saying things outside of court, we are in front of the cameras, in front of the audience. And the most important thing: We are in front of kids. Our sport is a gentleman’s sport. It’s a sport about respect.”

<hl> Rafael Nadal <hl> expressed a similar sentiment. “Being young or not, I think, is not an excuse at all,” Nadal, 29, said of the 20-year-old Kyrgios. “I have been 16 when I arrived to this tour. A lot of top players that are there arrived at younger ages than some of them that are there.” He added: “The real thing is, when we are on court and we are saying things outside of court, we are in front of the cameras, in front of the audience. And the most important thing: We are in front of kids. Our sport is a gentleman’s sport. It’s a sport about respect.”


Question: Who is the director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University?

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

Answer: Kishonna Gray

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

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

“Marginalized groups have always engaged in gaming,” <hl> Kishonna Gray <hl> , director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University, said in an email.