input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Editor's note: Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. ET Wednesday. If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you. A nationally syndicated columnist, Martin has said he will vote for Barack Obama in November. He is the author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith" and "Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America." Visit his Web site for more information.

Roland Martin says Howard Dean bucked other leaders and insisted on a 50-state Democratic strategy.

(CNN) -- If Sen. Barack Obama is able to prevail over Sen. John McCain on Tuesday, all of those Democrats who ripped Howard Dean's 50-state strategy over the last four years should call the head of the Democratic National Committee and offer a heartfelt apology.

First in line should be New York Sen. Charles Schumer, Chicago, Illinois, Rep. Rahm Emanuel and my CNN colleague, political strategist James Carville.

When Democrats were in the final stages of winning back Congress in 2006, those three were at odds with Dean, saying he should forget about his pie-in-the-sky plan to have the Democratic Party competitive in all 50 states.

They reasoned that money spent on get-out-the vote efforts in non-congressional elections was futile, and all the effort should be on reclaiming Congress.

But Dean resisted their suggestions, weathering repeated calls for him to resign after that election.

Dean's insistence on having a Democratic Party that existed in the heartland, and not just California, New York and Massachusetts, was brilliant in that it made clear that the party recognized the rest of America. iReport.com: What would you ask Obama? 1. who was the author of Listening to the spirit within?
2. Who bucked other leaders?
3. Who was in the race with Obama?
4. Who had the 50 state strategy?
5. Who should be first in line?
6. Which party was in final stages of winning back congress in 2006?
numbered_answers: 1. Roland S. Martin.
2. Howard Dean.
3. McCain.
4. Dean.
5. Charles Schumer, Rahm Emanuel, and James Carville.
6. Democrats .

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XXXIV.

THE MEN OF BLOOD.

So unexpected was the blow that even De Lhut, hardened from his childhood to every shock and danger, stood shaken and dismayed. Then, with an oath, he ran at the top of his speed towards the line of figures, his companions following at his heels.

As they drew nearer they could see through the dusk that it was not indeed a line. A silent and motionless officer stood out some twenty paces in front of his silent and motionless men. Further, they could see that he wore a very high and singular head-dress. They were still rushing forward, breathless with apprehension, when to their horror this head-dress began to lengthen and broaden, and a great bird flapped heavily up and dropped down again on the nearest tree-trunk. Then they knew that their worst fears were true, and that it was the garrison of Poitou which stood before them.

They were lashed to low posts with willow withies, some twenty of them, naked all, and twisted and screwed into every strange shape which an agonised body could assume. In front where the buzzard had perched was the gray-headed commandant, with two cinders thrust into his sockets and his flesh hanging from him like a beggar's rags. Behind was the line of men, each with his legs charred off to the knees, and his body so haggled and scorched and burst that the willow bands alone seemed to hold it together. For a moment the four comrades stared in silent horror at the dreadful group. Then each acted as his nature bade him. De Catinat staggered up against a tree-trunk and leaned his head upon his arm, deadly sick. Du Lhut fell down upon his knees and said something to heaven, with his two clenched hands shaking up at the darkening sky. Ephraim Savage examined the priming of his gun with a tightened lip and a gleaming eye, while Amos Green, without a word, began to cast round in circles in search of a trail. 1. was de lhut surprised by the blow?
2. when was he hardened?
3. did he run slowly?
4. who followed him?
5. how far in front was the officer?
6. were the men loud?
7. were they motionless?
8. what did they wear?
9. what did it turn into?
10. how many of them were lashed?
11. what were they wearing?
12. where was the buzzard?
numbered_answers: 1. yes
2. childhood
3. no
4. companions
5. some twenty paces
6. no
7. yes
8. very high and singular head-dress
9. garrison of Poitou
10. some twenty of them
11. nothing
12. In front

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Baroness Thatcher, Britain's greatest post-war prime minister, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke (a disease related to blood vessels in the brain), her family announced on 8 April 2013. Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed her death that morning. zxxk Margaret Thatcher, daughter of a businessman and mayor of Grantham, was educated at the local grammar school, and at Oxford, where she got a degree in chemistry, and upon graduation she worked for four years as a research chemist. She then qualified as a lawyer in 1954. As Miss Margaret Roberts, she stood twice in parliamentary elections for the Conservative Party , before being elected (after her marriage) to the House of Commons in 1959. When the Conservatives returned to office in June 1970, she was appointed secretary of state for education and science. After the Conservatives lost power in 1974, she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet , and was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. Baroness Thatcher became prime minister on 4 May 1979 and went on to earn the nickname "the Iron Lady", becoming known for her strong responses to the political and economic crisis, which Thatcher's supporters think are good for Britain, while her opposers argue that her policies destroyed British manufacturing. Lady Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990. She will go down in history not only as Britain's first female prime minister, but as the woman who changed Britain's economy in addition to being an awesome rival on the international stage. zxxk Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations try to copy and apply. 1. What killed Thatcher?
2. When?
3. How old was she?
4. What was her previous title?
5. How many kids did she have?
6. And their names?
7. Where did she get her degree?
8. In what?
9. How long did she hold a job in that field?
10. When did she become an attorney?
11. Prior to '74, what party was she affiliated with?
12. When did she become Prime Minster?
13. What did people also call her?
14. For how many years did she govern the economy?
15. She was the first female in that office?
16. Was she known for being weak?
17. What do her opposers think her policies did?
18. Her supporters thought she we did great, though, right?
19. What are strokes related to?
20. When was she the head of the Conservative party?
numbered_answers:
1. stroke
2. 8 April 2013
3. 87
4. Prime minister
5. Two
6. Sir Mark and Carol
7. Oxford
8. chemistry
9. four years
10. 1954.
11. Conservatives
12. 4 May 1979
13. "the Iron Lady"
14. 11
15. Yes
16. No
17. destroyed British manufacturing
18. Yes
19. a disease related to blood vessels in the brain
20. 1975