question: The term Hispanic ( or ) broadly refers to the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain. It commonly applies to countries once owned by the Spanish Empire in the Americas (see Spanish colonization of the Americas) and Asia, particularly the countries of Hispanic America and the Philippines. It could be argued that the term should apply to all Spanish-speaking cultures or countries, as the historical roots of the word specifically pertain to the Iberian region. It is difficult to label a nation or culture with one term, such as "Hispanic", as the ethnicities, customs, traditions, and art forms (music, literature, dress, culture, cuisine, and others) vary greatly by country and region. The Spanish language and Spanish culture are the main distinctions.

"Hispanic" originally referred to the people of ancient Roman Hispania, which roughly comprised the Iberian Peninsula, including the contemporary states of Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

The term "Hispanic" derives from Latin "Hispanicus" ('Spanish'), the adjectival derivation of Latin (and Greek) "Hispania" ('Spain') and "Hispanus"/"Hispanos" ('Spaniard'), ultimately probably of Celtiberian origin. In English the word is attested from the 16th century (and in the late 19th century in American English).
1. What did the word Hispanic refer to, first?
2. What does the word refer to now?
3. Should the word apply to any Spanish speaking country?
4. The roots of the word pertain to what region?
5. Does that one word easily name an entire culture?
6. What are the primary distinctions?
7. Was Andorra part of Roman Hispania?
8. Name another area that was part of that region.
9. When did the word Hispanic enter the English language?
10. The word applies to places once owned by with empire?
11. And where else?
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answer: 1. the people of Hispania
2. people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain
3. It could be argued
4. the Iberian Peninsula
5. no
6. the Spanish language and culture
7. yes
8. Portugal
9. the 16th century
10. Spanish
11. Asia

question: Reggie Hilaire was a rookie cop on September 11, 2001. He worked at ground zero for 11 days beside his colleagues -- many of them, including Hilaire, not wearing a mask. He was later assigned to a landfill in Staten Island, where debris from the World Trade Center was dumped.

For about 60 days between 2001 and 2002, the New York police officer was surrounded by dust.

In 2005, Hilaire was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He underwent surgery and radiation. Just months later his doctor told him he also had multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that multiplies the body's plasma cells to dangerous levels.

It's a cancer that usually strikes much later in life. Hilaire was 34.

More than 1,100 people who worked or lived near the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been diagnosed with cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A few months ago Hilaire received a letter from the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, officially offering him medical insurance under the World Trade Center Health Program. About 1,140 people have been certified to receive cancer treatment under the WTC Health Program, a representative told CNN.

These are the first numbers released since the program was expanded a year ago.

In September 2012, federal health authorities added 58 types of cancer to the list of covered illnesses for people who were exposed to toxins at the site of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Dr. John Howard, administrator of the WTC Health Program, had said the year before that cancer treatments would not be covered by the compensation fund. At the time, he said there was inadequate "published scientific and medical findings" to link 9/11 exposures to cancer.
1. when did Hilaire find out she had cancer?
2. what kind?
3. how old was he?
4. is this a normal age for this cancer?
5. what was his job?
6. was he a veteran in 2001?
7. what state did he work in?
8. did he work at ground zero?
9. where did he work later?
10. how long did he work ground zero?
11. what did he get a few months after his diagnosis?
12. from who?
13. how many people have gotten treatment from them?
14. who runs this WTC health program?
15. who is the administrator?
16. did he always think 9/11 caused cancer?
17. how many types do they recognize now?
18. when did they add them?
19. how many people have gotten cancer related to 9/11?
20. what else does Hilaire suffer from?
21. what does this do to him?
22. how long did he work in the dust?
23. did he wear a mask?
24. why wasnt cancer treatments always covered?
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answer: 1. In 2005
2. thyroid cancer
3. 34
4. No
5. He was a rookie cop
6. No
7. New York
8. Yes
9. A landfill
10. 11 days
11. He received a letter.
12. From the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
13. 1,140
14. The federal health authorities
15. Dr. John Howard
16. No
17. 58
18. September 2012
19. 1,100
20. multiple myeloma
21. It multiplies the body's plasma cells to dangerous levels
22. For about 60 days
23. No
24. There was inadequate "published scientific and medical findings" to link 9/11 exposures to cancer

question: CHAPTER 62

This recognition of Rome by Lothair evinced not only a consciousness of locality, but an interest in it not before exhibited; and the monsignore soon after seized the opportunity of drawing the mind of his companion to the past, and feeling how far he now realized the occurrences that immediately preceded his arrival in the city. But Lothair would not dwell on them. "I wish to think of nothing," he said, "that happened before I entered this city: all I desire now is to know those to whom I am indebted for my preservation in a condition that seemed hopeless."

"There is nothing hopeless with Divine aid," said the monsignore; "but, humanly speaking, you are indebted for your preservation to English friends, long and intimately cherished. It is under their roof that you dwell, the Agostini palace, tenanted by Lord St. Jerome."

"Lord St. Jerome!" murmured Lothair to himself.

"And the ladies of his house are those who, only with some slight assistance from my poor self, tended you throughout your most desperate state, and when we sometimes almost feared that mind and body were alike wrecked."

"I have a dream of angels," said Lothair; "and sometimes I listened to heavenly voices that I seemed to have heard before."

"I am sure you have not forgotten the ladies of that house?" said Catesby, watching his countenance.

"No; one of them summoned me to meet her at Rome," murmured Lothair, "and I am here."

"That summons was divine," said Catesby, "and only the herald of the great event that was ordained and has since occurred. In this holy city, Miss Arundel must ever count as the most sanctified of her sex."
1. Who was being told where he was at?
2. In whose home was he?
3. And where was the Lord from?
4. What was his place called?
5. Who took care of him?
6. Specifically who?
7. And who also lent a hand?
8. How was the man's condition while being looked after?
9. What would the injured man not put thoughts to?
10. With what are things not hopeless?
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answer:
1. Lothair
2. Lord St. Jerome."
3. England
4. the Agostini palace
5. English friends
6. the ladies of his house
7. Lothair
8. seemed hopeless
9. how far he now realized the occurrences that immediately preceded his arrival in the city
10. There is nothing hopeless with Divine aid,"