Problem: CHAPTER II. THE PATH OF PHILANTHROPY

Mrs. Cecil Grainger may safely have been called a Personality, and one of the proofs of this was that she haunted people who had never seen her. Honora might have looked at her, it is true, on the memorable night of the dinner with Mrs. Holt and Trixton Brent; but--for sufficiently obvious reasons--refrained. It would be an exaggeration to say that Mrs. Grainger became an obsession with our heroine; yet it cannot be denied that, since Honora's arrival at Quicksands, this lady had, in increasing degrees, been the subject of her speculations. The threads of Mrs. Grainger's influence were so ramified, indeed, as to be found in Mrs. Dallam, who declared she was the rudest woman in New York and yet had copied her brougham; in Mr. Cuthbert and Trixton Brent; in Mrs. Kame; in Mrs. Holt, who proclaimed her a tower of strength in charities; and lastly in Mr. Grainger himself, who, although he did not spend much time in his wife's company, had for her an admiration that amounted to awe.

Elizabeth Grainger, who was at once modern and tenaciously conservative, might have been likened to some of the Roman matrons of the aristocracy in the last years of the Republic. Her family, the Pendletons, had traditions: so, for that matter, had the Graingers. But Senator Pendleton, antique homo virtute et fide, had been a Roman of the old school who would have preferred exile after the battle of Philippi; and who, could he have foreseen modern New York and modern finance, would have been more content to die when he did. He had lived in Washington Square. His daughter inherited his executive ability, many of his prejudices (as they would now be called), and his habit of regarding favourable impressions with profound suspicion. She had never known the necessity of making friends: hers she had inherited, and for some reason specially decreed, they were better than those of less fortunate people.
1. Who was modern and tenacious?
2. What was the name of her family?
3. Who could safely be called a Personality?
4. Who did she haunt?
5. Who was said to be the rudest woman in New York?
6. Who was antique homo virtute et fide?
7. Was he from the new school?
8. What was he?
9. Where did he live?
10. Did he have a daughter?
11. What did she inherit from him?
12. And what else?
13. Anything else?
14. Who said Mrs. Grainger was a tower of strength in charities?
15. Who had awe for her?
16. Who was like some of he Roman matrons?
17. Who would've liked exile after the battle of Philippi?
18. Who was with Honora at the dinner?
19. What was an exaggeration?
20. Who arrived at Qucksands?
Answer: 1. Elizabeth Grainger
2. Pendletons
3. Mrs. Cecil Grainger
4. people who had never seen her
5. Mrs. Grainger
6. Senator Pendleton
7. no
8. a Roman of the old school
9. Washington Square
10. yes
11. his executive ability
12. many of his prejudices
13. and his habit of regarding favourable impressions with profound suspicion
14. Mrs. Holt
15. Mr. Grainger
16. Elizabeth Grainger
17. Senator Pendleton
18. Mrs. Holt and Trixton Brent
19. to say that Mrs. Grainger became an obsession with our heroine
20. Honora

Problem: (CNN) -- Patti LaBelle has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a complaint that she verbally and physically assaulted a mother and her 18-month-old daughter in a Manhattan apartment lobby two years ago, the mother's lawyer said Wednesday.

The agreement ends a lawsuit that accused the singer of "yelling, screaming obscenities, throwing water and drenching with water, attempting to strike and physically injure" Roseanna Monk and her child, Genevieve, in the lobby of Trump Place on Manhattan's Upper West Side on November 11, 2010.

LaBelle, her lawyer and representative did not immediately respond to CNN requests for comment on the settlement filed in a federal court in New York.

A jury trial had been scheduled for late November, but U.S. District Judge John Koeltl signed an order dismissing the case at the request of each side Wednesday morning.

LaBelle, who lived in the same apartment building as the Monks at the time, denied the allegations in her initial response to the lawsuit last December, according to court documents.

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Monk's lawyer, Samuel Davis, told CNN Wednesday that it "took a bunch of depositions" before LaBelle "recognized that she was going to have to face the music."

The singer apparently was upset because she thought the child was wandering around the lobby unattended, Davis said.

"LaBelle besieged them with such ferocity, before she doused them with water, that the baby was crying hysterically," Davis said. "LaBelle would not desist."

Davis called the incident violent and traumatic. "The baby went from crying hysterically to vomiting," he said.
1. Who is Monk's lawyer?
2. When was he talking to a news organization?
3. Which one?
4. Did it take a lot of depositions?
5. What does LaBelle do for a living?
6. Was she upset about something involving a child?
7. What was the child doing?
8. Where?
9. Was anyone with the kid?
10. Did LaBelle own her own house at the time?
11. Where was she living then?
12. What did LaBelle deny in her initial response to the lawsuit?
13. When was that?
14. How much did she agree to pay?
15. Why did she agree to pay that?
16. What did the complaint say she did?
17. How long ago?
18. Did the lawsuit say the singer used bad language?
19. Did she use the profane language nicely or in an angry way?
20. What did she throw?
Answer:
1. Samuel Davis
2. Wednesday
3. CNN
4. yes
5. Sings
6. yes
7. wandering around
8. the lobby
9. no
10. unknown
11. an apartment building
12. allegations
13. last December
14. $100,000
15. to settle a complaint
16. assaulted a mother and her 18-month-old daughter
17. two years ago
18. yes
19. angry
20. water