Question: It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics,"she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her. "

The Princess concluded with a simple message. "We must stop landmines." And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.

But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as very "ill-informed"and " a loose cannon ."

The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms," This is a distraction we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help."

Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.

To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess's views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was working towards a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems. 1. What device was causing injury to people?
2. who was trying to shed light on this issue?
3. What other organization was a part of this effort?
4. what country did she go to?
5. in what year?
6. was this trip a secret and kept out of the press?
7. what was filling the tv screens?
8. what was her concise message?
9. did it seem like her home political body support her trip?
10. of what were they unsupportive?
11. what weapon did they compare her too?
12. did she allow this to concern her?
13. did her government know about this trip before she took it?
14. did anyone give their approval for her to take the trip?
15. who?
16. did this cause a few red faces?
17. who tried to mitigate the damages?
18. what is his title?
19. did they seem to have a more compatible opinion with her now? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. landmines
2. Diana, Princess of Wales
3. Red Cross
4. Angola
5. 1997
6. no
7. images of her comforting victims
8. We must stop landmines.
9. not by some
10. they refused to support a ban on these weapons
11. a loose cannon
12. no
13. It came as a surprise
14. yes
15. by the Foreign Office
16. yes
17. Malcolm Rifkidnd,
18. the Foreign Secretary
19. yes

Q: Mrs Elise was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my tuna fish sandwich and suddenly Mrs Elise asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot hunch from the cafeteria . I was excited. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and took the bag back home to use it again the next day. So you could understand my happiness when I had the chance to buy a hot lunch. When we finished lunch that day, Mrs Elise took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich. I really didn't care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her special attention, so I was quiet as she explained. She told me that she was a Catholic and Catholics didn't eat red meat on Fridays, they ate fish on Fridays. Oh, I couldn't wait to get home and tell my mother that from then on I wanted a tuna fish sandwich on Fridays. After my mother understood why, she gladly made tuna fish sandwiches for me on Fridays. She even made it with brown bread because she knew Mrs Elise liked brown bread. From then on, every Friday I could get in line with other kids for a hot lunch. I didn't care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food. It tasted _ to me! I realize now that Mrs Elise could have made herself tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays. But she bought mine because she saw a little girl who was excited at the simple act of having a hot lunch. I will never forget Mrs Elise for her pity for me and generosity and what I should do is to follow her example.

1. Mrs Elise
2. the fourth grade
3. Catholicism
4. Friday
5. fish
6. No
7. yes
8. a hot hunch
9. the cafeteria
10. Yes
11. the young woman's mother
12. tuna fish sandwiches
13. Yes
14. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. who was the instructor?
2. what level did she teach?
3. what religion did the instructor practice?
4. On what day could she not consume beef?
5. what did the consume instead?
6. was the young in the story wealthy?
7. did the young woman purchase something?
8. what?
9. from where?
10. did someone make something?
11. who?
12. what she make?
13. was she happy doing so?
14. did the young woman like eating warm food?

input: (CNN) -- A former Microsoft executive and his son were aboard a turboprop airline that crashed Friday morning into two houses in East Haven, Connecticut, a family member told CNN.

There has been "no official confirmation or positive identification" that Bill Henningsgaard and his son were on board, but there is no reason to believe that it was not the two of them, his brother, Blair Henningsgaard, said.

Also feared dead in the crash were two children -- ages 1 and 13 -- in one house, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. said. The other house was unoccupied.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators cannot confirm the number of people killed, saying there are reports of four to six people dead.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said there could be as many as five people killed in the crash, including up to three people on the plane.

But Blair Henningsgaard said only his brother and his nephew were believed to be on the plane.

Two bodies were seen inside the home but haven't been recovered because the home is unstable, East Haven Fire Chief Douglas Jackson said at a press conference Friday afternoon.

Fire consumed both houses, preventing firefighters from searching for victims, Jackson said, and the basement in the home holding at least two victims was filled with water.

Maturo said the children were in one house with their mother when the plane struck shortly before 11:30 a.m. The mother escaped, he said.

"It's ... total devastation in the back of the home," Maturo said. 1. Which Connecticut official said there could be five people killed in a plane crash?
2. What kind of plane was it?
3. What man was probably on the plane?
4. Where was he a former executive at?
5. Who was possibly aboard the plane with him?
6. According to what family member?
7. What's his name?
8. When did the crash happen?
9. Where did it crash?
10. Did it hit anything on the house?
11. What?
12. Was anyone in the houses?
13. One or both?
14. Was anyone on the ground hurt?
15. Who?
16. How badly were they hurt?
17. How old were they?
18. Were they able to recover the bodies?
19. Why not?
20. Has there been official confirmation of any of the deaths? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Gov. Dannel Malloy
2. A turboprop.
3. Bill Henningsgaard.
4. Microsoft.
5. His son.
6. Bill's brother.
7. Blair Henningsgaard,
8. Friday morning.
9. East Haven, Connecticut.
10. Yes.
11. Two houses.
12. Yes.
13. One.
14. Yes.
15. Two children.
16. Feared dead.
17. 1 and 13
18. No.
19. Fire consumed both houses.
20. No.