question: When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."
1. What were they doing?
2. Doing what?
3. Was it easy?
4. Why?
5. What would happen?
6. Where was Joe?
7. What did he hear?
8. What did he do instead?
9. What went by his face?
10. What did it do?
11. What did he do next?
12. Who helped him?
13. Where did they search?
14. Did they find it?
15. But did he think it was his?
16. Why?
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answer: 1. working on a house
2. Cleaning
3. Yes, but a bit dangerous
4. They had to walk under the workmen
5. The workmen would drop things from the top of the house
6. Joe was close to the house
7. A shout of "look out"
8. Joe looked up
9. A long knife
10. The knife cut off one of his ears.
11. He put his hand to his head and cried out
12. Jeff
13. On the ground first, then everywhere
14. Yes
15. No
16. His had a cigarette behind it

question: (InStyle.com) -- When "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premiered on September 19, 1970, it was almost revolutionary: the first television series focused on an independent (read: unmarried) career girl. And Mary's wardrobe was a little bit revolutionary too -- working women across the country were quick to copy her colorful dresses and wide-legged pantsuits. To celebrate the iconic program's fortieth anniversary, InStyle takes a look back at five fashionable TV shows -- and characters -- that have influenced women's at-work style.

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show''

Mary Richards lived in wintry Minneapolis and therefore had no shortage of cute cold-weather staples, including double-breasted coats, knee-high boots, and that famous blue tam. But it was her 70s work-wear that most women sought: colorful scarves, two-piece suits, and bright, office-appropriate dresses.

See all 10 shows that influenced women's at-work wardrobes

"Dynasty"

Okay, so the Carrington women weren't exactly your typical 9-to-5ers. Nevertheless, the big-shouldered, wasp-waisted creations worn by oil mogul Alexis (Joan Collins) and her longtime rival Krystle (Linda Evans) were popular enough with fans that the show spawned a signature fashion line, "The Dynasty Collection" which was designed by the show's costumer, Nolan Miller.

"Ally McBeal"

In 1998, shortly after the show's first season finale, Ally McBeal's disembodied head appeared on the cover of Time magazine along with the question, "Is Feminism Dead?" Despite the conclusions reached by that article (is it really fair to compare a fictional character to activists and thinkers like Susan B. Anthony and Gloria Steinem?), women do owe something to the flighty young lawyer played by Calista Flockhart: She almost singlehandedly made the workplace safe for bare legs, freeing us from the tyranny of mandatory pantyhose.
1. When did the show premiere?
2. Who was the starring character?
3. Mary who?
4. Who was celebrating the show's 40th anniversary?
5. Which show did they also look at that ended in 1998?
6. Who was the actress that played Ally McBeal?
7. What did she never wear that carried over to other women?
8. What did Mary Richards wear that women adopted?
9. Was Mary Tyler Moore married?
10. What was the third show that InStyle looked at?
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answer: 1. September 19, 1970
2. Mary
3. Mary Tyler Moore
4. InStyle
5. Ally McBeal
6. Calista Flockhart
7. pantyhose
8. colorful dresses and wide-legged pantsuits
9. no
10. Ally McBeal

question: CHAPTER XVII

Julian, on, the morning following his visit to the Prime Minister, was afflicted with a curious and persistent unrest. He travelled down to the Temple land found Miles Furley in a room hung with tobacco smoke and redolent of a late night.

"Miles," Julian declared, as the two men shook hands, "I can't rest."

"I am in the same fix," Furley admitted. "I sat here till four o'clock. Phineas Cross came around, and half-a-dozen of the others. I felt I must talk to them, I must keep on hammering it out. We're right, Julian. We must be right!"

"It's a ghastly responsibility. I wonder what history will have to say."

"That's the worst of it," Furley groaned. "They'll have a bird's-eye view of the whole affair, those people who write our requiem or our eulogy. You noticed the Press this morning? They're all hinting at some great move in the West. It's about in the clubs. Why, I even heard last night that we were in Ostend. It's all a rig, of course. Stenson wants to gain time."

"Who opened these negotiations with Freistner?" Julian asked.

"Fenn. He met him at the Geneva Conference, the year before the war. I met him, too, but I didn't see so much of him. He's a fine fellow, Julian--as unlike the typical German as any man you ever met."

"He's honest, I suppose?"

"As the day itself," was the confident reply. "He has been in prison twice, you know, for plain speaking. He is the one man in Germany who has fought the war, tooth and nail, from the start."
1. Did Furley relate to Julian?
2. What did he admit to him?
3. Why?
4. Since when?
5. to who?
6. How long has Miles been sitting there?
7. Who came by?
8. anyone else?
9. Did he think it was wrong?
10. What was he curious about?
11. Who did he see that morning
12. what kind of writing was he curious about
13. Where are moves being made?
14. When were they in Ostend?
15. What did he hope Fenn was?
16. Did they think he was?
17. was he a felon?
18. for what?
19. What has he fought?
20. from when?
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answer:
1. Yes
2. he can't rest
3. he was afflicted with a curious and persistent unrest
4. the morning following his visit
5. the Prime Minister
6. till four o'clock
7. Phineas Cross
8. half-a-dozen of the others
9. No
10. what history will say
11. the Press
12. requiem or eulogy
13. the West
14. last night
15. honest
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. for plain speaking
19. the war
20. from the start