Q: USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, it operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters on Jones Branch Drive in McLean, Virginia. It is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. Its dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional and national newspapers worldwide, through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and its inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features.

With a weekly circulation of 1,021,638 and an approximate daily reach of seven million readers , "USA Today" shares the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States with "The Wall Street Journal" and "The New York Times". "USA Today" is distributed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with an international edition distributed in Canada, Asia and the Pacific Islands, and Europe.

The development of "USA Today" commenced on February 29, 1980, when company staff employed for a task force known as "Project NN" met with Gannett Company chairman Al Neuharth in Cocoa Beach, Florida to develop a national newspaper. Early, regional prototypes included "East Bay Today", an Oakland, California-based publication first published in the late 1970s to serve as the morning edition of the "Oakland Tribune", an afternoon newspaper which Gannett owned at the time. On June 11, 1981, Gannett printed the first prototypes of the proposed publication; the copies, which displayed two proposed design layouts, were mailed to various newsmakers and prominent leaders in journalism for review and input. The Gannett Company's Board of Directors approved the launch of the national newspaper, which would be titled "USA Today", on December 5, 1981; with the launch, Neuharth was appointed president and publisher of the newspaper, adding those responsibilities to his existing position as Gannett's chief executive officer.

1. 1,021,638
2. 7 million readers
3. No
4. Yes
5. yes
6. The Gannett Company
7. True
8. In McLean, Virginia
9. Jones Branch Drive
10. No
11. 42 places total
12. True
13. informational graphics
14. colorized images
15. popular culture stories
16. Al Neuharth
17. Project NN
18. They wanted to develop a national newspaper
19. Cocoa Beach
20. December 5, 1981

Numbered questions:
1. How many copies of USA Today go out per week?
2. How many people read it each day?
3. Are any U.S. newspapers as widely read as it?
4. Can you find the paper in Puerto Rico?
5. What about Alaska?
6. What company owns the paper?
7. True or False: It is their most important publication.
8. Where is the paper headquartered?
9. On what street?
10. Is it only printed there?
11. In how many places is it printed?
12. True or False: The paper has had an influential design.
13. What is one component of the paper's design?
14. And another?
15. And one more?
16. Who chairs the Gannett Company?
17. People from what work group met him in Florida?
18. What was the goal of their meeting?
19. Where in Florida did they meet?
20. When was the paper launched?

CHAPTER XI IN COMMAND OF A GALLEY

William Neave, the governor of the prison, looked astonished indeed when, upon his opening the door, the grand master and the bailiff of the English langue, with the twelve knights behind them, entered. He had been puzzled when, four days before, he had received an order from the grand master that Ahmet, a servitor in the auberge of the English langue, should be permitted to pass the night in his house, with authority to move freely and without question, at any hour, in the courtyard of the gaol, and to depart at any hour, secretly and without observation, by the private gate. Still more had he been surprised when he received the message that the grand master would pay him a secret visit at eleven o'clock at night.

"Let no word be spoken until we are in your apartments," D'Aubusson said in a low voice, as he entered. "But first lead four of these knights and post them so that none can enter the gaol from the house. If there are more than four doors or windows on that side, you must post a larger number. It is imperative that there shall be no communication whatever between your servants and the gaol."

As soon as this was done, the rest of the party were taken to the governor's rooms.

"I can now explain to you all," the grand master said, "the reason of our presence here. I have learned that at twelve tonight there will be a general rising of the slaves in this prison, and that, aided by treachery, they will free themselves from their fetters, overpower and slay such of the guards in their rooms as have not been bribed, throw open the gates, make their way down to the port, burn all the shipping there, and make off in the six galleys manned by them, having first overpowered the sentries in the three forts commanding the entrance, and spiked the guns." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who got a message that he would be visited by the grand master?
2. where did he work?
3. was he the governor there?
4. what he shocked when he opened his door?
5. how many days before that did he receive an order?
6. when was the grand master suppose to visit him?
7. what is his name?
8. did he tell neave to post four knights?
9. who was given authority to move around as they wished?
10. was he the bailiff?
11. what gate was he suppose to use?
12. who was going to start a riot in the prison?
13. were some of the guards bribed?
14. what would they burn at the port?
15. how would they leave?
16. were they going get by the sentries?
Answer:
1. William Neave
2. at the prison
3. yes
4. the grand master and the bailiff of the English langue, with the twelve knights behind them
5. four
6. eleven o'clock at night
7. D'Aubusson
8. yes
9. Ahmet
10. yes
11. the private gate
12. the slaves in this prison
13. no
14. all the shipping there
15. and make off in the six galleys manned by the shipping port
16. yes