Question: Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retirement of William P. Sisler in 2017, George Andreou was appointed as Director; the editor-in-chief is Susan Wallace Boehmer.

The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard Square, in New York City, and in London, England. The press co-owns the distributor TriLiteral LLC with MIT Press and Yale University Press.

Notable authors published by HUP include Eudora Welty, Walter Benjamin, E. O. Wilson, John Rawls, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Jay Gould, Helen Vendler, Carol Gilligan, Amartya Sen, David Blight, Martha Nussbaum, and Thomas Piketty.

The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.

HUP owns the Belknap Press imprint, which it inaugurated in May 1954 with the publication of the "Harvard Guide to American History". The John Harvard Library book series is published under the Belknap imprint.

Harvard University Press distributes the Loeb Classical Library and is the publisher of the I Tatti Renaissance Library, the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, and the Murty Classical Library of India. 1. What is the publish house called?
2. When was it created?
3. Is it apart of the school?
4. Are they known for fictional writings?
5. Do they own any other printing businesses?
6. Which one?
7. When was that created?
8. What notable author is printed by that company?
9. Does H UP belong to any national groups related to printing?
10. Which one?
11. Who is the editor in chief?
12. And the director?
13. Who was before him?
14. When did he retire?
15. Where is one of the headquarters located?
16. Any others?
17. Where?
18. Are there any international?
19. Where at? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Harvard University Press
2. January 13, 1913
3. Yes
4. unknown
5. Yes
6. the Belknap Press
7. May 1954
8. John Harvard
9. Yes
10. the Association of American University Presses
11. Susan Wallace Boehmer.
12. George Andreou
13. William P. Sisler
14. 2017
15. Cambridge, Massachusetts
16. Yes
17. in New York City
18. Yes
19. London, England.

Question: Even kids know that we should wait for the traffic light to turn green before crossing a road, but not everybody follows this basic rule. "Chinese style road crossing" has become a hot expression recently. Chinese people "cross roads without thinking about traffic lights, so long as they are part of a crowd", said a post on Sina Weibo. A CCTV news program showed that in only an hour, more than 600 people ran red lights when crossing a road in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Many people say that they jaywalk because the red light lasts too long. Such an opinion is supported by a research team at Tongji University. The team did research on people's waiting times at different road crossings from 2008 to 2010. They found that Chinese people would wait for 70 to 90 seconds before they lost their patience. "People are likely to run the red light when the waiting time is longer than they can bear ,"said Ni Ying, a member of the research team. However, a survey on Sina Weibo shows that nearly half of respondents believe that people jaywalk mainly because they disregard rules. "I always obey traffic rules. Time is important but safety should come first,"wrote "Qixiaoe"on Weibo. Many countries give out punishments to jaywalkers. In Singapore, the maximum can be three months in prison. Some Chinese cities have started taking some actions, too. For example, the first three people in a jaywalking group will be fined 50 yuan in Shijiazhuang. But calling on people to respect rules is more important. "To completely solve the problem, everyone should realize the importance of obeying the traffic rules,"Wang Jianping, a professor at Sichuan University, said to Huaxi Metropolis Daily. 1. What has become a popular expression lately?
2. What does that mean?
3. How many people ran lights in an hour on a CCTV show?
4. Where was that?
5. Why do people say they do it?
6. Who did research on this?
7. When?
8. How long did they find people would wait?
9. Who is Ni Ying?
10. Did another study show something different?
11. Was it on Sina Weibo?
12. It found that people jaywalk why?
13. Who commented on that on Weibo?
14. In Singapore what can the punishment be for jaywalking?
15. What can the fine be in Shijiazhuang?
16. Who can get that fine?
17. Who is Wang Jianping?
18. What does he want people to do?
19. To whom did he say this?
20. So is jaywalking a capital crime in China? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Chinese style road crossing
2. cross roads as part of a crowd without thinking about traffic lights
3. more than 600
4. Shijiazhuang, Hebei
5. the red light lasts too long
6. a research team at Tongji University
7. from 2008 to 2010
8. 70 to 90 seconds
9. a researcher
10. yes
11. yes
12. they disregard rules
13. Qixiaoe
14. three months in prison
15. 50 yuan
16. the first three in a jaywalking group
17. a professor
18. realize the importance of obeying the traffic rules
19. Huaxi Metropolis Daily
20. no

Question: Recently I fully understood that a little favor could really make a big difference. My daughter and I were, accidentally, in time to catch a falling heart just before it hit the ground.

It all started when Charlene, one of my co-volunteers at the library, asked if I could do her duty on Tuesday since her doctor appointment had been unexpectedly changed. I agreed, which meant I was home on Friday instead of volunteering as previously planned.

My daughter, Mary, managers a book store in town. Mid-morning, she called to ask me for help. Would I buy a fifty dollar gift card, birthday card, and cake for one of Mary's assistant managers, Cindy?

Mary explained she had to call Cindy in to take the place of another assistant manager who was sick, but felt terrible about it when she discovered it was Cindy's birthday. Cindy insisted that it was just fine. But that was not what Mary thought, so she gathered enough money from other employees to throw a surprise party for Cindy. Since neither Mary, nor any of the other employees, could leave to pick up the _ , they were turning to me for help. Days later, Mary told me the wonderful rest of the story, "Cindy cried and cried when we surprised her. After the party, Cindy told us that her boyfriend had chosen that morning to break up with her. To top that off, she only had 26 cents left in her bank account."

We were surprised at the series of unexpected events that took place in order to circle Cindy with love and catch her falling heart just before it hit the ground. 1. Who is a volunteer at the library?
2. What did the author request of her?
3. What did the author agree to?
4. What is Mary's job?
5. Where?
6. At what kind of business?
7. What did Mary ask her father to do?
8. For whom?
9. What relation is Cindy to Mary?
10. Why did Mary want her father to buy items for Cindy?
11. What did Mary ask Cindy to do on her birthday?
12. Did she complain?
13. What event did Mary plan for Cindy?
14. Does Cindy know about it?
15. Why couldn't anyone at the bookstore buy the items?
16. Why not?
17. Did Mary's father buy the items?
18. What reaction did Cindy have at the surprise party?
19. What significant event had happened that morning to Cindy?
20. Anything else? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Charlene
2. unknown
3. Do Charlene's duty
4. Manager
5. In town
6. a book store
7. Help her buy some items
8. Cindy
9. Her assistant manager
10. Because it was her birthday
11. Work
12. No
13. Party
14. No
15. They couldn't leave
16. Another assistant manager had called in sick and they were short-handed
17. Yes
18. She cried
19. She realized she needed to learn how to budget, as she only has 26 cents left in her bank account.
20. Also, her boyfriend dumped her.