question: Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural Ball dress four years ago --- and the risk paid off.

The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a thin, sweeping, and ruby-colored dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.

She surprised the fashion establishment by returning to a Wu design which had been the custom made for her.

Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shimmered in an off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.

Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady's surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.

He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.

After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women's Wear Daily: "Mrs Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again."

Wu released a women's clothing and accessories collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official engagements.

The sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered 49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.

It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain colour tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.

Mrs Obama's new hairstyle -- she had bangs cut on her birthday last week had been loosely tousled for the special night.

Vice-President Joe Biden's wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.
1. what did Michelle do with her hair for her birthday?
2. who did she choose as her designer?
3. Was Jason expecting it the first time?
4. how did he say she fooled him?
5. what kind of a dress did she wear when she was 49?
6. what part of her body looked good?
7. were the shoes designed by Wu?
8. who were her heels by?
9. what year did she first wear his design?
10. how old was wu then?
11. how was the dress different?
12. what kind of dress did she wear 4 years ago?
13. Which retailer does he work with?
14. who designed Jill's dress?
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answer: 1. she had bangs cut
2. Jason Wu
3. no
4. By wearing the dress
5. sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered 49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.
6. arms and neat waist
7. unknown
8. Jimmy Choo
9. 2013
10. 26
11. departure from the dark and plain colour tone she normally wore
12. off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress
13. Target
14. Vera Wang

question: CHAPTER XXV

MUMPS IS TAUGHT A LESSON

The cadets stared blankly at each other. Only two of them were undressed; the others had all of their clothing on.

It was time for the head assistant to go the rounds, to see that all was right for the night. Should he be allowed to enter the dormitory he would certainly "smell a mouse," and perhaps knock all of their plans for a feast in the head.

"Off with your clothing, all of you!" whispered Tom. "I'll manage this affair. Pretend to be asleep."

"But, Tom, it's my fault--" began Dick, when his younger brother cut him short.

"Into the bed--I'll be all right, Dick."

Satisfied that Tom had some plan in his head for smoothing matters over, the other boys disrobed with marvelous rapidity and crept into their beds. While this was going on the knocking an the door continued.

"Boys, open the door!" said George Strong. "Open the door, do you hear?"

"Answer him!" whispered Tom to Larry, whose bed was nearest him. "Pretend you have just awoke," and he flung himself on the floor, with one of a pair of big rubber boots in each hand.

"Oh--er--Mr. Strong, is that you?"

"Yes, open the door."

"Why--er--is it locked?

"Yes."

At once Larry tumbled from his bed, unlocked the door and stood there rubbing his eyes. "Excuse me, Sir, for not hearing you before."

"I want to know what the meaning is of the noise in here?" said George Strong severely, as he gazed around the dimly lit apartment, for the lamp was turned low. "You boys are--gracious me! What's this?"
1. How many boys were naked?
2. What were the brothers' names?
3. What were the boys planning?
4. Who thought it was his fault?
5. Who was making the nighttime rounds?
6. What's his name?
7. When he went in the dorm, where were the boys?
8. Doing what?
9. Whose bed was closest to Tom's?
10. Were they cadets?
11. What were they afraid Mr. Strong would smell?
12. Who answered the door?
13. Was the apartment brightly lit?
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answer: 1. two
2. Tom and Dick
3. a feast
4. Dick
5. the head assistant
6. George Strong
7. beds
8. Pretending to be asleep
9. Larry
10. Yes
11. a mouse
12. Larry
13. No

question: Plato (; Greek: "Platon", in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years. Others believe that the oldest extant manuscript dates to around AD 895, 1100 years after Plato's death. This makes it difficult to know exactly what Plato wrote.

Along with his teacher, Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle, Plato laid the very foundations of Western philosophy and science. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." In addition to being a foundational figure for Western science, philosophy, and mathematics, Plato has also often been cited as one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality. Plato's influence on Christianity is often thought to be mediated by his major influence on Saint Augustine of Hippo, one of the most important philosophers and theologians in the foundation of the Western thought. In the 19th century, the philosopher Nietzsche called Christianity "Platonism for the people". Numenius of Apamea viewed this differently, he called Plato the Hellenic Moses. This would justify the superiority of Christianity over Hellenism because Moses predates Platothus the original source of this wisdom is the root of Christianity and not Hellenistic culture.
1. who was a philosopher?
2. where?
3. what did he found?
4. what is that?
5. what was special about it?
6. What makes it difficult to know what he wrote?
7. who was his teacher?
8. who was one of his students?
9. is that the most notable one?
10. what did the three achieve together?
11. what kind?
12. where can Plato's footnotes be found?
13. was he the founder of anything else?
14. what?
15. through what influence?
16. who is that?
17. was he significant?
18. how?
19. Who was a philosopher in the 19th century?
20. what did he say about a certain religion?
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answer:
1. Plato
2. Classical Greece
3. the Academy in Athens
4. an institution of higher learning
5. it was the first in the Western world
6. the oldest extant manuscript dates to around AD 895, 1100 years after he died
7. Socrates
8. Aristotle
9. yes
10. they laid foundations of philosophy and science
11. Western
12. in the European philosophical tradition
13. yes
14. Western religion and spirituality
15. by his influence on Saint Augustine of Hippo
16. a philosophersand theologian
17. yes
18. one of the most important
19. Nietzsche
20. that it was "Platonism for the people"