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(CNN) -- Choosing to step down from a top job can be an extraordinary decision, whether the person is a pontiff or a politician. But George Pataki, former governor of New York, says making the switch from public figure to John Q. Public wasn't difficult for him.

"I made up my mind that I was never going to let my public title become my personal identity," he says. He embraced what he calls a sense of normalcy after he left office, going to movies and basketball games.

A year or two after he left office, Pataki went to Madison Square Garden with a group of friends to see the Knicks play. And he wanted to stand in line to get himself a hot dog -- something elected officials tend not to do.

"I loved it," he says. Even though fellow fans recognized him and offered to let him jump the queue, Pataki waited in line for his hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut. "I felt really good about the fact that it was just comfortable for me to be on line with the rest," he says.

Pataki decided in the middle of his third term in office that he would not seek a fourth term. He left office in 2006, after 12 years as governor.

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"I had no doubts that this was the right decision for me, for my family, for the team that had worked so hard with me, and for the state," he says.
1. Who said the switch from public life to private wasn't hard for him?
2. What position did he have?
3. What kind of decision did he say it often is?
4. Did he confuse his personal/professional identities?
5. What did he embrace instead?
6. By doing what?
7. When did he go to Madison Square Garden?
8. Who with?
9. Why did he go?
10. What did he stand in line for?
11. Is this something politicans usually do?
12. Did he enjoy it?
13. How do we know?
14. Did others recognize him?
15. What did they offer to let him do?
16. Did he accept?
17. What did he get on his hot dog?
18. Did he enjoy waiting in line?
19. How many terms did he serve?
20. When did he leave office?

Numbered answers:
1. George Pataki
2. governor of New York
3. an extraordinary decision
4. no
5. a sense of normalcy after he left office
6. going to movies and basketball games
7. A year or two after he left office
8. a group of friends
9. to see the Knicks play
10. a hot dog
11. no
12. yes
13. he said "I loved it,"
14. yes
15. jump the queue
16. no
17. mustard and sauerkraut
18. yes
19. Three
20. 2006

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(EW.com ) -- Back in 1977, Ron Howard made his directorial debut with a low-budget, high-octane car-crash comedy called "Grand Theft Auto."

As first impressions go, it did not signal the second coming of Orson Welles. But the freckle-faced former "Happy Days" star radiated an infectious delight in smashing as many roaring muscle cars as he could get away with.

Since then, of course, Howard has become one of Hollywood's most consistent and respected filmmakers, crafting well-made crowd-pleasers that tackle more highbrow subjects. But judging from his white-knuckle new film, "Rush," he hasn't outgrown his youthful sweet tooth for four-wheeled mayhem. He still has hot rods and the death-defying men who drive them on his mind.

Based on the real-life rivalry between Formula One racing legends James Hunt and Niki Lauda, "Rush" is a tale of two opposite personalities eyeing the same checkered-flag goal: winning the 1976 world championship. Chris Hemsworth draws the flashier role in Hunt, a fast-burning British bad boy with flowing blond locks, silk shirts unbuttoned to his navel, and a rakish playboy swagger.

On and off the track, he's wild, cocky, and undisciplined a deadly combination when you're strapped into a coffin on wheels going 170 miles an hour. ''The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel,'' Hemsworth's Hunt says. And it's thanks to the "Thor" star's champagne-spraying charisma that he makes risking your neck look like the coolest job on the planet.

As Lauda, "Inglourious Basterds'" Daniel Bruhl buries his boyish good looks behind ratlike prosthetic teeth. With his clipped Austrian accent, everything that comes out of his mouth sounds like a brusque insult. And it usually is. He may not be a particularly likable fellow, but he's a methodical grinder with the unshakable conviction of someone who's calculated the odds on what it takes to win. Pitted against each other, they're like Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. It's not just about beating the other guy, it's about humiliating him in the process.
1. Was he calm?
2. When was his debut?
3. With what show?
4. Was alot of money put into the making?
5. Was it a hit?
6. did he have a rival?
7. what movie was based off a rival?
8. the rival was between who?
9. what were they known for?
10. who played in it?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. 1977
3. Happy Days
4. no
5. No
6. unknown
7. "Rush"
8. James Hunt and Niki Lauda
9. Formula One racing
10. Christ Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl

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CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE IN SOHO

WHITTINGTON and his companion were walking at a good pace. Tommy started in pursuit at once, and was in time to see them turn the corner of the street. His vigorous strides soon enabled him to gain upon them, and by the time he, in his turn, reached the corner the distance between them was sensibly lessened. The small Mayfair streets were comparatively deserted, and he judged it wise to content himself with keeping them in sight.

The sport was a new one to him. Though familiar with the technicalities from a course of novel reading, he had never before attempted to "follow" anyone, and it appeared to him at once that, in actual practice, the proceeding was fraught with difficulties. Supposing, for instance, that they should suddenly hail a taxi? In books, you simply leapt into another, promised the driver a sovereign--or its modern equivalent--and there you were. In actual fact, Tommy foresaw that it was extremely likely there would be no second taxi. Therefore he would have to run. What happened in actual fact to a young man who ran incessantly and persistently through the London streets? In a main road he might hope to create the illusion that he was merely running for a bus. But in these obscure aristocratic byways he could not but feel that an officious policeman might stop him to explain matters.

At this juncture in his thoughts a taxi with flag erect turned the corner of the street ahead. Tommy held his breath. Would they hail it?
1. who held thier breath ?
2. what was a new one to them ?
3. who was walking at a norman speed ?
4. and who else ?
5. what was deserted ?
6. were they large ?
7. what size ?
8. what streets were someone persistently running ?
9. why did he have to run ?
10. who thought this ?
11. what did they do in books ?
Numbered answers:
1. Tommy
2. sport
3. WHITTINGTON
4. his companion
5. Mayfair streets
6. no
7. small
8. London
9. there would be no second taxi
10. Tommy
11. leapt into another