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Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut features the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), and median household income in the United States. Connecticut is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massach...
And the city with the most population?
Bridgeport.
Oliver is a cat. He has a sister called Spike. Oliver and Spike like to play outside. They chase bugs in the backyard. When they get tired, they sleep in the sun. They don't like to go outside when it is raining. On rainy days Oliver and Spike sit in the window. They watch the rain through the window. Oliver is big and...
Do they get tired?
Yes
Every Monday morning, the little bad boy named Josh goes to school. Suddenly, little Josh slips on a banana skin ... - Ouch, says Josh, I fell on this and in addition I got a bump on the forehead! - Wonderful! said the banana peel. I am Mary. I turned into banana skin after throwing trash on the school yard. You ...
what's it's name?
Mary
American imperialism is the economic, military and cultural philosophy which states that the United States, either directly or indirectly, affects and controls other countries or their policies. Such influence is often closely associated with expansion into foreign territories. The concept of an American Empire was fir...
Where did the first people settle?
Virginia
The death of a University of Oklahoma football player was caused by multiple drugs in his system -- including five different painkillers -- at the time of death nearly two months ago, according to the state's toxicology report released Tuesday. "It is with much sadness we look back and see that recently Austin had tu...
When?
May 19
A former Argentinian dictator and an ex-army chief are scheduled to go on trial this week on charges of human rights abuses during the nation's right-wing rule from 1976-83, the government's Judicial Information Center said. Jorge Rafael Videla was among the coup leaders who overthrew then-President Isabela Martinez ...
How old is Bignone?
82
Smart Exercise Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron, a scientist at Oregon Health and prefix = st1 /ScienceUniversity, studies brain development. According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels, ...
What does the exercise need to increase to help?
the brain's flow of blood
CHAPTER XVII Old Man Coyote is Disappointed. Old Man Coyote lay stretched out in his favorite napping place on the Green Meadows. He was thinking of what he had found out up in the Green Forest that morning--that Paddy the Beaver was living there. Old Man Coyote's thoughts seemed very pleasant to himself, though real...
Was Mr. Sun happy?
Yes
It was Saturday afternoon and Andrew was bored. He had been watching TV all day. He told his dad, "There's nothing to do!" Andrew's dad said, "I think the newspaper is here. Maybe we can find an idea in the newspaper." Andrew looked outside the window and saw the newspaper by the door. On the front was a picture of an ...
Night time?
no
Chapter XIII. -- SMALL-WAR: FIRST EMERGENCE OF ZIETHEN THE HUSSAR GENERAL INTO NOTICE. After Brieg, Friedrich undertook nothing military, except strict vigilance of Neipperg, for a couple of months or more. Military, especially offensive operations, are not the methods just now. Rest on your oars; see how this seethi...
what do some refer to him as?
BARANYAI
I loved my aunt Suzy. She was such a kind old lady. I loved going to her house on holiday. She had been sick for the last few years and, though my job had taken me away across the town, I tried to visit her as much as possible. I helped with the shopping, the cooking and the cleaning and taking her pet cat Mazy to the ...
What is it?
cat
Rome had the Forum . London has Speaker's Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill. Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. And just talk. Using a 2-foot-tall sign...
How did they get there?
walked
Prosecutors are seeking additional charges against the Cleveland man accused of keeping three women captive in his home for a decade, they told a judge. At a eight-minute hearing Wednesday, Ariel Castro, 52, kept his head down, often closing his eyes and speaking only to answer "yes" or "no" to the judge's questions....
what does that mean?
the case would have to be tried by August 4
Willie Stewart still remembers his first day of kayaking through the grand Canyon. He was getting bounced around in the roughest white water he had ever seen. There was nothing the river threw at him. There he was in a 40-pound boat, with only a few months of training and one arm. Tied to his left shoulder was a pros...
How old was he when he lost it?
18
CHAPTER X BACK AT SCARCOMBE The news of their destination had created great satisfaction among the crew, as there was little honour or prize-money to be gained, and the vessel had been for some time incessantly engaged in hunting for foes that were never found. Not the least pleased was Will. He had left England a ...
Did they have to leave again immediately?
no
CHAPTER XVIII. BLANK PAPER. Early in October Captain Marrable was called up to town by letters from Messrs. Block and Curling, and according to promise wrote various letters to Mary Lowther, telling her of the manner in which his business progressed. All of these letters were shown to Aunt Sarah,--and would have be...
And if she was engaged?
she was to write to him at once
Chapter Eleven: The City of Al-Je-Bal "I pray you have done," said Godwin, "it is but a scratch from the beast's claws. I am ashamed that you should put your hair to such vile uses. Give me a little water." He asked it of Wulf, but Masouda rose without a word and fetched the water, in which she mingled wine. Godwin...
What did he say happened?
the lion shoved into the sword
Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner. Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies' two daughters. Along with nine other children whose paren...
Was he there to work?
Yes, but job title is unknown.
CHAPTER XX. THE CERTIFICATE OF SAFETY "You can leave de Batz and his gang alone, citizen Heron," said Chauvelin, as soon as he had closed the door behind him; "he had nothing to do with the escape of the Dauphin." Heron growled out a few words of incredulity. But Chauvelin shrugged his shoulders and looked with unu...
About what?
The escape of the Dauphin
Missouri police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman whose body was found this week at the home of beer tycoon August Busch IV. Frontenac, Missouri, police officers got a 911 call just before 1:15 p.m. last Sunday about an unresponsive woman at a residence later identified as belonged to Busch, the town...
Was she on the internet?
Yes
A telescope is an optical instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light). The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century, by using glass lenses. They found use in both terrestrial appli...
What were used inside them?
glass lenses
Trondheim (), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 187,353 (January 1, 2016), and is the third most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. It is the third largest city in the country, with a po...
Who originally gave it it's name?
Olav Tryggvason
On Tuesday evening, Rick wanted to play with his friends at a playground near his house. Rick's mother, Trish, drove him to the playground. Rick met up with Andrew and Chris. Rick ran to the monkey bars. Andrew ran to the slide. Chris ran to the swings. Trish sat on a bench near the monkey bars and read a book. She wan...
so what did Trish do?
put her book inside of her jacket
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. TREATS OF ANCIENT DIPLOMACY AMONG THE NORSEMEN, AND SHOWS HOW OUR HERO TURNS THE TABLES ON A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN. When King Harald heard the news of the defeat of Hake and the slaughter of his men by Erling and Glumm, great was his wrath at first, and Jarl Rongvold had much ado to appease him and pre...
who killed his men?
Erling and Glumm,
CHAPTER NINETEEN. THE DARKEST HOUR. A long time after the events narrated in the last chapter, John Adams and Edward Young sat together one evening in the cave at the top of the mountain, where poor Fletcher Christian had been wont to hold his lonely vigils. "I've bin thinkin' of late," said Young, "that it is ve...
Where are the two men at?
in the cave
Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the ap...
Do they offer a graduate program for tech?
yes
On Tuesday evening, Rick wanted to play with his friends at a playground near his house. Rick's mother, Trish, drove him to the playground. Rick met up with Andrew and Chris. Rick ran to the monkey bars. Andrew ran to the slide. Chris ran to the swings. Trish sat on a bench near the monkey bars and read a book. She wan...
Was he hurt?
yes
Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other. The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started whenever th...
What did Robert think was in the dish?
ice cream
CHAPTER XIII JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD Old Mother West Wind had stopped to talk with the Slender Fir Tree. "I've just come across the Green Meadows," said Old Mother West Wind, "and there I saw the Best Thing in the World." Striped Chipmunk was sitting under the Slender Fir Tree and he couldn...
So what did Chipmunk do?
he went to find them
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment, at which time the in...
How much is it worth?
$11.4 billion in cash and investments
CHAPTER XLI In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors So the mourning being ready, and Sir Pitt Crawley warned of their arrival, Colonel Crawley and his wife took a couple of places in the same old High-flyer coach by which Rebecca had travelled in the defunct Baronet's company, on her first journey into t...
What was his occupation?
Ironmonger
A tiger named Timmy and Bear named Buster were going for a walk in the park by the river and were going to go swim later. As Timmy was running through a field in the park he came upon a small hamster with a broken leg. The hamster looked like it had somewhere to go but couldn't make it because of its leg. Timmy called ...
Who ran by him with out looking?
a mean
Unlike the Spanish milled dollar the U.S. dollar is based upon a decimal system of values. In addition to the dollar the coinage act officially established monetary units of mill or one-thousandth of a dollar (symbol ₥), cent or one-hundredth of a dollar (symbol ¢), dime or one-tenth of a dollar, and eagle or ten dolla...
What was it also sometimes called?
"shinplasters"
Several years ago, Kevin Stephan, then aged 11, was playing baseball when a player accidentally hit him with a bat. Kevin fell down and his heart stopped. Penny Brown, the mother of another player, was watching the game.Penny usually worked in the evenings as a nurse, but luckily that evening she wasn't working. Penny ...
What did Penny Brown do for a living?
she was a nurse
I'll Have Another cut loose on the home stretch to run down Bodemeister and earn the first Kentucky Derby wins for his rider and trainer Saturday. I'll Have Another, with a finish of 2:01:83, earned nearly $1.5 million of the $2.2 million purse. That's quite a payoff for a horse that was purchased last year for the...
who was second?
Bodemeister.
CHAPTER III. THE END OF THE BALL. THE priest's long journey did not appear to have fatigued him. He was as cheerful and as polite as ever--and so paternally attentive to Stella that it was quite impossible for her to pass him with a formal bow. "I have come all the way from Devonshire," he said. "The train has be...
Was he looking for someone specifically?
Mr. Romayne
"Everything I do is centered around women," says Pinky Lilani. As founder of the Women of the Future Awards, the Asian Women of Achievement Awards and the Global Empowerment Award, it's fair to assume this is no exaggeration. "Plenty of women are confident and talented but they still need champions; they need mentors...
She became a member of parliment where?
Pakistan
My Left Foot (1989) Imagine being a prisoner of your own body, unable to make any movements except to move your left foot. The main character in My Left Foot, based on the real story of cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown, can barely move his mouth to speak, but by controlling his left foot, he's able to express hims...
What was the name?
Shine
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for infant mammals (including humans who breastfeed) before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to its young and can reduce the ...
how do human infants get milk?
they breastfeed
A famed primatologist says the plight of chimpanzees helped inspire Michael Jackson to write the song "Heal the World." Michael Jackson loved chimpanzees, said Jane Goodall: "They made him smile." But the theme and the lyrics of the song turned out to be about a better world for humanity. "He wrote what he told m...
What was the scientist famous for?
research on chimpanzees in Africa
CHAPTER TWENTY. NEW PLANS--OUR TRAVELLERS JOIN THE FUR-TRADERS, AND SEE MANY STRANGE THINGS--A CURIOUS FIGHT--A NARROW ESCAPE, AND A PRISONER TAKEN. Not long after the events related in the last chapter, our four friends, Dick, and Joe, and Henri, and Crusoe, agreed to become for a time members of Walter Cameron's ...
How many friends does Joe have?
four
A telescope is an optical instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light). The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century, by using glass lenses. They found use in both terrestrial appli...
What year?
1608
My heart went out to Barb Dunn the moment her 16-year-old son, Daniel, answered my question. Once he gets his license in June, would he text and drive? That's what I asked during a kitchen table conversation in their Roxbury, New Jersey, home. As you can see in the video above, his answer was not the one his mom ex...
What was the driver doing?
talking on a cell phone
When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dad's lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, was certain "Love you!" she had written on the napkin. " Meat loaf for supper!" Mom penned all kin...
How old his he?
Three
Those who knew Maya Angelou and others inspired by her life, wisdom and words were remembering her Wednesday. "Phenomenal Woman" -- the title of Angelou's poem celebrating the strength of women -- quickly trended worldwide on Twitter. Celebrity tweets also included "true inspiration," "hero" and "national treasure." ...
Was Angelou an author, poet or both?
both
The United States have named former Germany captain Jurgen Klinsmann as their new national coach, just a day after sacking Bob Bradley. Bradley, who took over as coach in January 2007, was relieved of his duties on Thursday, and U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati confirmed in a statement on Friday that his...
How old is he?
46 years old
It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth . "I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me," she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, "Some lady up ahead already paid your fare." It turn...
did she see it somewhere else too?
no
CHAPTER XXXII. HOW KING WILLIAM TOOK COUNSEL OF A CHURCHMAN. If Torfrida was exhausted, so was Hereward likewise. He knew well that a repulse was not a defeat. He knew well the indomitable persistence, the boundless resources, of the mastermind whom he defied; and he knew well that another attempt would be made, an...
Who's hearts were lifted?
English
In philosophy, idealism is the group of philosophies which assert that reality, or reality as we can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial. Epistemologically, idealism manifests as a skepticism about the possibility of knowing any mind-independent thing. In a sociological sense...
what does Idealism reject?
physicalist and dualist theories
Chapter 6 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY It had come to pass that Mr Silas Wegg now rarely attended the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour, at his (the worm's and minion's) own house, but lay under general instructions to await him within a certain margin of hours at the Bower. Mr Wegg took thi...
did he consider himself a literary man?
yes
I had my first job at a local diner called the Buttercup Bakery when I was 22. I worked there for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress Helen who had incredible self-respect and did what she loved--serving people. She made everyone smile and feel good, customers and co-workers alike...
Was Fred happy of her accomplishments at the end?
Yes
Almost two decades ago, a parlor game called "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" became an unlikely grass-roots phenomenon among movie buffs and foretold today's social web of online connections. Maybe the only one who was not amused by the game was Kevin Bacon himself. "I was horrified by it. I thought it was a giant jok...
where is that?
Reading, Pennsylvania
A man named Albert had the choice to build a tree house, a garage, a desk, or a cabinet. Albert chose to build something big to share with his kid, so he wanted to make a tree house. Albert had to choose what kind of stuff to make the tree house out of. Wood is popular, but splinters would hurt his son. Metal is very s...
Why?
It would make him very happy.
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state in which the Nazi Party controlled nearly all aspec...
When?
2 August 1934
CHAPTER VII There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy. "Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week," one o...
what was going on there?
speculation
A federal jury convicted a California man Monday in a case in which prosecutors say he convinced a woman to bomb a federal courthouse so he could turn her and others involved the scheme in to authorities, and collect reward money. Donny Love was found guilty on 10 charges, including the use of a weapon of mass destru...
Who was found guilty of 10 charges?
Yes
Gamma rays (also called gamma radiation), denoted by the lower-case Greek letter gamma (γ or formula_1 ), are penetrating electromagnetic radiation of a kind arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. It consists of photons in the highest observed range of photon energy. Paul Villard, a French chemist and phy...
When did they get their name?
In 1903
CHAPTER XXXIII. TIME FLIES. Eighteen months passed away in England, and nothing more was heard of the two fugitives to Africa. Lady Emily's cup was very full indeed. On the self-same day she learned of her husband's death and her son's mysterious and unaccountable disappearance. From that moment forth, he was t...
Who passed away before he could get that done?
Colonel Kelmscott.
Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, China, was chosen to be the host city of the 19th Asian Games . However, some people say that the 19th Asian Games will be held in 2022, while some say 2023. Which is true? To make it clear, we need to have a better understanding of Asian Games first. The Asian Games is a multi-s...
What was it chosen to do?
to be the host city of the 19th Asian Games
If it weren't for the Internet, Murong Xuecun might still be working as a sales manager at a car company in the southern Chinese city of Chengdu. That is what he was doing when he started writing his first novel on his office's online bulletin board system back in 2001. The Internet is increasingly being seen in Chin...
is he seen as a pioneer?
yes
CHAPTER V. MOHUN APPEARS FOR THE LAST TIME IN THIS HISTORY. Besides my Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who for family reasons had kindly promised his protection and patronage to Colonel Esmond, he had other great friends in power now, both able and willing to assist him, and he might, with such allies, look forw...
Who married the Lord Duke's mistress?
Esmond
The rivalries between the Arab tribes had caused unrest in the provinces outside Syria, most notably in the Second Muslim Civil War of 680–692 CE and the Berber Revolt of 740–743 CE. During the Second Civil War, leadership of the Umayyad clan shifted from the Sufyanid branch of the family to the Marwanid branch. As the...
what else was he renowned for?
as the Second Imam for the Shias,
Protestantism is a form of Christian faith and practice which originated with the Protestant Reformation, The term derives from the letter of protestation from Lutheran princes in 1529 against an edict condemning the teachings of Martin Luther as heretical. All Protestant denominations reject the notion of papal supr...
What happened in 1529?
an edict condemning the teachings of Martin Luther as heretical.
CHAPTER III _Danny Meadow Mouse Plays Hide and Seek_ Life is always a game of hide and seek to Danny Meadow Mouse. You see, he is such a fat little fellow that there are a great many other furry-coated people, and almost as many who wear feathers, who would gobble Danny up for breakfast or for dinner if they could....
Was the squirrel sad?
no
Chapter XIII. PHILIP AND MAGGIE. Poor Tom bore his severe pain like a hero, but there was a terrible dread weighing on his mind--so terrible that he dared not ask the question which might bring the fatal "yes"--he dared not ask the surgeon or Mr. Stelling, "Shall I be lame, sir?" It had not occurred to either of ...
what is the title ?
PHILIP AND MAGGIE.
CHAPTER EIGHT. DAN HORSEY DOES THE AGREEABLE IN THE KITCHEN. "Captain Bingley," said Kenneth, entering my study somewhat hastily on the following morning, "I am going to carry off Gildart for the day to have a ride with me, and I looked in on you in passing to tell you that Haco has arrived in his schooner, and tha...
Why not?
Some were too hurt
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg. Also known in more dated English as Sleswick-Holsatia, the Danish nam...
What's a Danish name for it?
Slesvig-Holsten
Sen. John McCain's senior domestic policy adviser said Tuesday that the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a "miracle that John McCain helped create." The adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, discussing the nation's economic woes with reporters, said that McCain -- who has struggled to stress his economic credentials -- di...
What does Holtz-Eakin think is the best invention?
Telecommunications
CHAPTER 19 JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL 1 October, 5 A.M.--I went with the party to the search with an easy mind, for I think I never saw Mina so absolutely strong and well. I am so glad that she consented to hold back and let us men do the work. Somehow, it was a dread to me that she was in this fearful business at a...
were they going to take a chance?
no
Islam () is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that there is only one incomparable God (Allah) and that Muhammad is the messenger of God. It is the world's second-largest religion and the fastest-growing major religion in the world, with over 1.8 billion followers or 24.1% of the global population, known as Mu...
what are some of the other prophets that are recognized?
Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus
An emotional Oscar Pistorius apologized Monday to the family of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he killed on Valentine's Day last year, saying he woke up thinking of them and praying for them every day. "I would like to take this opportunity to apologize -- to Mr. and Mrs. Steenkamp, to Reeva's family -- to those who...
Why was it high profile?
he is an olympian
Wikispecies is a wiki-based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aim is to create a comprehensive free content catalogue of all species; the project is directed at scientists, rather than at the general public. Jimmy Wales stated that editors are not required to fax in their degrees, but that submi...
What year was it started?
2004
CHAPTER III WHAT HAPPENED TO SONGBIRD It was fully half an hour later before Sam Rover could break away from his college chums and run up to room Number 25, which he had formerly occupied with his brother Tom and which he now shared with Songbird Powell. Nearly a week before, the youngest Rover had made a date wi...
Where stable was the horse from?
the Ashton livery stable.
1. Penguins Mate for Life During the mid-2000s, films like "Happy Feet" made penguins all the rage, and young lovers went around spreading the facts like "penguins mate for life." While the idea is sweet, it's not exactly true. Penguins usually stick with their partners through the mating season, but when it's time to ...
Why did Einstein develop a bad reputation?
Einstein was a Bad Student
CHAPTER XI Marie and Victor "Are you taking me to the girls, Harry?" "No," Harry said. "It would not be safe to do so. There are already suspicions, and they have been denounced." Marie gave a cry of alarm. "I have managed to suppress the document, Marie, and we start with them in a day or two. Still it will ...
Where will she go instead?
the house of a worthy couple
There was once an animal named Eddy. He was not a dog, a bunny or a bear but a little kitten. Unlike the black, white and orange cats in his neighborhood, Eddy was a gray cat. He loved to go outside and run around the streets and the city. He liked to listen to the birds chirp and watch the children draw with chalk. He...
what was he the best at?
climbing
(InStyle.com) -- Style, beauty and a certain je ne sais quoi is in the genes for these ultra-glamorous mother/daughter duos. Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson Goldie made a name for herself starring in romantic comedies that highlighted her sense of humor as well as her acting chops. If that sounds familiar, it's becau...
What is it called?
GOOP
A young, female suicide bomber was behind a blast in Pakistan that killed at least 46 people and injured 105 others at a food distribution point, an official said Sunday. Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top government official in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, said that the preliminary investigation into the explosion shows that...
What did the beginning stages of the explosion reveal?
a girl between the ages of 16 and 18 blew herself up.
CHAPTER LII. SHOWING HOW THINGS WENT ON AT NONINGSBY. Yes, Lady Staveley had known it before. She had given a fairly correct guess at the state of her daughter's affections, though she had not perhaps acknowledged to herself the intensity of her daughter's feelings. But the fact might not have mattered if it had ne...
Did he have a promising occupation?
No.
A war crimes tribunal for Rwanda sentenced the African nation's former army chief to 30 years in prison Tuesday for his part in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) found Augustin Bizimungu guilty on six counts of genocide, crimes against humanity for mur...
Who is going to prison for it?
Augustin Bizimungu
CHAPTER XV. AN UNWARRANTED SEARCH. Bob gave an expressive look to the boys when the repast had been placed on the table, and all three understood that he meant for them to leave the cabin rather than run any chance of another encounter with the men. A quarrel just now, however trivial the cause, might lead to ver...
Were they told to remain where they were?
No
CHAPTER XXIII. THE TOWN ORDINANCE. The news which Dick carried to Sawyer was sufficient to create a great excitement in that naturally quiet little town. In addition to what looked like an attempted murder, was the fact that George Harnett, whom they had all respected before the conflagration, and admired after it,...
who remained with gerge ?
Ralph
Meet Dr. Gorbee Logan, the county health director for Bomi County in Liberia. You have now met half the medical team in Bomi County. There are two doctors in the entire county. I don't mean two doctors to treat Ebola patients but two doctors, period. Two doctors to take care of Ebola patients, plus the 100 patien...
When was the first Ebola case?
June
Rita was in shopping mall, looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store, inside which were all kinds of dolls. "Why not a lovely doll? Girls like dolls," she thought as she stepped into the store. Looking around ,she saw a grandma doll--one with gray and a pair of glasses. As she gaze...
Did she ask her mom why?
Yes
CHAPTER XX VALE LESTON 'The way to make thy son rich is to fill His mind with rest before his trunk with riches; For wealth without contentment climbs a hill, To feel those tempests that fly over ditches, But if thy son can make ten pounds his measure, Then all thou addest may be called his treasure.' GEORGE HERB...
what color were the shutters ?
green
Mohamed al-Zawahiri, brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, will be freed from prison in Egypt after 13 years, his attorney said Monday. He was acquitted by an Egyptian military court and will be released Tuesday, said attorney Nizar Ghorab. Mohamed al-Zawahiri was imprisoned in 1999 after being detained and...
Who was the Al Qaeda leader?
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn't happy at all.When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn't have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave $ 10,000 of his money to a charity to help poor chil...
Does he follow their progress?
Yes
It's finally the weekend of Halloween and I get to dress up in my lion costume. Halloween is my favorite holiday because I really like candy and love dressing up. Last year I was a ghost, but this year I am a lion. My little brother is dressed like a dinosaur and he keeps chewing on everything. He is only 3 years old s...
What's his name?
Todd
CHAPTER XX Julian and Furley left the place together. They looked for the Bishop but found that he had slipped away. "To Downing Street, I believe," Furley remarked. "He has some vague idea of suggesting a compromise." "Compromise!" Julian repeated a little drearily. "How can there be any such thing! There might ...
another?
Could he be self-deceived?
Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, embroiled in a bitter divorce with his wife, Linda, told Rolling Stone magazine he can "totally understand" O.J. Simpson, the former football great found liable for the deaths of his wife and another man. Linda and Hulk Hogan enjoy happier times at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in N...
What was he later convicted of?
armed robbery
Rosa Brooks says "keep calm and shut the bleep up." The witty Foreign Policy writer is sick of what she calls "self-indulgent vicarious trauma" following the blasts at the marathon finish line in Boston last week, which killed three people, injured more than 100 and set off a manhunt that left an MIT cop dead. "You...
was one of them a police officer?
yes
Andrew Engel was puzzled. He was sitting in class, but had no idea what the other students were talking about. He had done his homework, paid attention to lectures, and taken notes, but nothing was familiar. "Everyone is so much cleverer than I am," he thought. It was a strange feeling, as he was always a good student ...
How did it affect him?
he couldn't make memories
Joe came to New York from the Middle West, dreaming about painting. Delia came to New York from the South, dreaming about music. Joe and Delia met in a studio. Before long they were good friends and got married. They had only a small flat to live in, but they were happy. They loved each other, and they were both intere...
What happened to Delia's hand?
soup was spilled on it
Mitchell and his brother, Graham are biking to the store to buy lemons. They want to make a lemonade stand for their friends. In order to do this, they need to buy lemons, sugar, and cups from the store. While they are at the store, they run into their friends Jimmy and Justin. Jimmy and Justin are also brothers. Mitch...
Which friends stopped by?
immy and Justin
It was three o'clock. A man was walking down a high street in the north of England. He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Terry and he and he had lived away from home for twenty years. In fact he was in prison , Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown had change...
Was Terry carrying anything with him?
Yes
CHAPTER III. FACE TO FACE. When Eustace Le Neve returned to lunch at Penmorgan that day he was silent to his host about Trevennack of Trevennack. To say the truth, he was so much attracted by Miss Cleer's appearance that he didn't feel inclined to mention having met her. But he wanted to meet her again for all that...
how so?
he consented to go tothe tor above St. Michael's Crag
A single parent took their child on a trip. The trip was to the playground. The child had a fear of the playground, because she had dug a hole and it had made her trip once. The parent put the child on the sofa and put her shoes on, telling her that it would be alright, and they would be back home by nine. At the playg...
What was the noise in the distance?
a dog
A Boston grand jury has subpoenaed two more men to testify Thursday in its ongoing investigation into whether former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez is connected to an unsolved double homicide in Boston last year. Alexander Bradley and John Alcorn Jr. were ordered to answer the questions of a grand jury investiga...
who?
Alexander Bradley
International standard ISO 7736 defines a standard size for car audio head units and enclosures. The standard was originally established by the German standards body "Deutsches Institut für Normung" as DIN 75490, and is therefore commonly referred to as the "DIN car radio size". It was adopted as an international stand...
Which country created the standardization/
Germany
Chapter Eleven: The City of Al-Je-Bal "I pray you have done," said Godwin, "it is but a scratch from the beast's claws. I am ashamed that you should put your hair to such vile uses. Give me a little water." He asked it of Wulf, but Masouda rose without a word and fetched the water, in which she mingled wine. Godwin...
Who grabbed his hair?
Masouda