input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Panasonic ( "Panasonikku") is the principal brand name of the Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corporation. The company sells a wide range of products under the brand worldwide, including plasma and LCD televisions, DVD and Blu-ray Disc recorders and players, camcorders, telephones, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, shavers, projectors, digital cameras, batteries, laptop computers (under the sub-brand Toughbook), CD players and home stereo equipment, fax machines, scanners, printers, electronic white-boards, electronic components and semiconductors.

The brand uses the marketing slogan "A Better Life, A Better World".

The Panasonic brand was created by Matsushita in 1955 for the Americas region because the National brand, which was its principal brand in its home market of Japan, was already registered by others. The Panasonic brand was created from the elements "pan" - meaning "all" or "bread" - and "sonic" - meaning "sound" - because it was first used for audio equipment. Panasonic also sold the first bread machine.

On January 10, 2008, Matsushita announced that it intended to change the company name to Panasonic Corporation. The proposal to change the company's name was approved at the firm's annual shareholder's meeting on June 26 and the name took effect from October 1, 2008. In parallel the "National" brand, which had been used by the company in Japan for non-audio/visual products (mostly home appliances), was phased out and replaced with the Panasonic brand by March 2010. 1. which catchy phrase is used by a popular brand?
2. which brand?
3. what kind of company is it?
4. from where?
5. when was it created?
6. by who?
7. why?
8. what does the name mean?
9. did they sell bread machines?
10. why did they choose that name?
11. what was the principal brand?
12. when did they add corporation to the name?
13. when did they announce the decision?
14. was it met with approval at the meeting?
15. on what day?
16. and what day did the change officially take place?
17. what is a sub-brand?
18. what does that brand sell?
19. what are some electronics sold by Panasonic?
20. Do they sell TVs?
numbered_answers: 1. "A Better Life, A Better World".
2. Panasonic Corporation
3. electronic company
4. Japan
5. 1955 for Americas region
6. Matsushita
7. because the National brand was already registered by others
8. all" or "bread" / "sound"
9. Yes
10. because it was first used for audio equipment
11. Panasonic
12. 2008
13. January 10, 2008
14. Yes
15. June 26
16. October 1
17. Toughbook
18. laptop computers
19. telephones, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens
20. Yes

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Washington (CNN) -- When the race is done, the balloons have wilted, and the confetti has been swept up, Campaign 2012 may be marked more by its failures than its triumphs.

But here's the starkest failure in these final days before the vote: Neither candidate has made a convincing enough argument for his presidency to break free of the margin of error in the polls.

No matter who is elected, close to as many Americans will have voted against him as for him.

Sure, Barack Obama has generally stayed a point or two ahead of his rival in most battlegrounds, but despite his mighty pushes and the advantage of the bully pulpit he has rarely done any better. And Mitt Romney, while he has managed to relentlessly nip at the president's heels like a dog chasing a car (as opposed to one riding on top), he has never been able to decisively bridge the gap from "also ran" to "front runner."

Mad dash in final bid for votes

The most recent CNN Poll of Polls -- an average of 10 national polls -- has Obama just one point ahead of Romney, 48%-47%. The latest CNN/ORC survey in the battleground state of Ohio has Obama up 50%-47%, and in Florida by just one point, 50%-49%. Both results are well within the polls' margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.

And if both parties are not haunted by the ever-growing mob of voters calling themselves independents, they ought to be.

At least Dr. Rita Kirk at Southern Methodist University thinks so. She is director of the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility. "Independent isn't a party," she says. "It just means 'none of the above.' People are not really satisfied with either party." 1. Who is leading in the most recent poll referenced?
2. Against who?
3. By what percentage?
4. 50-49?
5. What then?
6. What key states were mentioned?
7. Who was leading there?
8. What year is this election?
9. What is going to happen to the balloons?
10. What does the author think the election will be remembered for?
11. Rather then what?
12. Is either person expected to win big?
13. Who is the first female mentioned by name?
14. Where does she work?
15. What is her job title?
16. Of what?
17. What is she quoted as saying?
18. What is it actually?
19. Are these voters happy with either party?
numbered_answers: 1. Obama
2. Romney
3. one point
4. No
5. 48%-47%
6. Ohio and Florida
7. Obama
8. 2012
9. They will wilt
10. its failures
11. its triumphs
12. no
13. Dr. Rita Kirk
14. Southern Methodist University
15. director
16. the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility.
17. Independent isn't a party
18. It just means 'none of the above.
19. no

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Jay Carney is stepping down as White House press secretary, President Barack Obama announced on Friday.

Obama said Carney told him of his decision in April, and Carney later said he plans to leave the position in mid-June.

The President announced that deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will step into the role.

Obama considers Carney "one of my closest friends."

"He's got good judgment. He has good temperament and he's got a good heart, and I will miss him a lot," Obama said.

Carney previously spent 21 years in journalism, including a stint as Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, and Obama noted that he went from one of those asking the questions to the person behind the podium in the White House briefing room.

He is Obama's second press secretary during the more than five years of his presidency.

Carney took over in 2011 when Robert Gibbs stepped down, and has been Obama's chief spokesman through budget battles with Congress, the 2012 reelection, the rocky Obamacare rollout, the controversy over the Benghazi terror attack, the Edward Snowden NSA leaks, and now the scandal engulfing the Veterans Affairs Department.

"It's been an amazing experience," Carney told reporters.

"In midlife you don't often make a whole new set of friends, and not just friends, but people you would fight by and for under any circumstances and that's certainly what I have been lucky enough to get over these past five and a half years," he said.

Carney said that he's had discussions about what's next for him but hasn't made any firm decisions. 1. What did the president announce on friday?
2. When is he planning to leave?
3. When was he notified of this?
4. Who is going to take over?
5. What is his current job?
6. How many has he had in his two terms?
7. Who has good judgement and a good temperment?
numbered_answers:
1. Jay Carney is stepping down as White House press secretary
2. mid-June
3. April,
4. Josh Earnest
5. White House press secretary
6. 2, He is Obama's second press secretary
7. Carney