The British tabloids portrayed Nicholas Leeson as a working-class villain who single-handedly brought down Barings PLC, a 233-year-old London merchant bank that helped finance the Napoleonic wars.
Can we say the following?
Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank.

no

The Pharos, a monumental lighthouse built around 280 BC and standing 330 ft high, lit the entrance to Alexandria harbour for centuries, but archeologists have never been able to identify positively any remains.
Can we say the following?
The Pharos Lighthouse was built around 280 BC.

yes

Nagin defended his plan to return up to 180,000 people to the city, within a week and a half, despite concerns about the short supply of drinking water and heavily polluted floodwaters.
Can we say the following?
Thousands of people are expected to return to New Orleans this week, as areas of the city are opened up to residents.

no

From a research point of view, this is the first time we could identify what appears to be typical Parkinson's disease cases before people develop symptoms, says Mayo Clinic neuroscientist Matthew Farrer. "We know if someone inherits the mutation they are going to get Parkinson's disease." The mutation was discovered by sequencing the LRRK2 gene in families with Parkinson's from the US, Norway, Ireland and Poland.
Can we say the following?
A genetic mutation has been linked with Parkinson's disease.
yes