Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Update #5


 1)      According to The Times, the high temperature for today will be: 65

2)      A front page news topic from today’s paper that I have read:   

Intrigue Fuels Rise of Leader Of the Taliban


3)      One topic written about on the Op-Ed and/or Editorial pages today: 

U.S. Aims to Put More Pressure on ISIS in Syria by Opening a New Front


4)      Write the headline of an article related to science, health, or technology:  

The Dawn of Social TV


5)      Name a headline from The Times about a crime report: 

4 California Students Arrested, Suspected of Plotting Killings in High School


6)    Letters to the editor of The Times appear on page:  A16

7)      One famous person(prominence) whose photograph appears in the paper today is: Trump

8)      Write the headline of an international news story:

3 Share Nobel for Work on Treatment of ‘Devastating’ Parasitic Diseases


9)      Name something—a book, play, film, restaurant, or anything else—that is reviewed in today’s paper:  

Chamber Music With a Challenge: Playing From Memory


10)  Using the review listed in question 9, in one sentence, describe how the reviewer felt about the article using textual evidence: The Decoda players, with Elizabeth Joy Roe as excellent piano soloist, made fine work of modest pieces by David Lang, Ned Rorem, Paul Moravec, Aaron Jay Kernis and composers past. Some Sargent paintings were projected on a wall beforehand, and details, hugely magnified, were shown in moving projections during the performances.

They enjoyed it

11)  Name one person whose obituary appears in today’s Times: 

Grace Lee Boggs


12)  Find and write out a direct quote that a reporter included in the Business section of The Times:  Our debt load simply wasn’t sustainable. You can’t do a turnaround plan without cash,” Ms. Schneider said. “Every day, we would make choices on what we were going to buy, even though we needed more for everyone. Every day, I have to pick between what I’m buying for retail or wholesale, or giving e-commerce enough money to develop a mobile app,” she said.
13)  Name one score from any game reported in the sports section today: Seattle 13

14)  Find an advertisement in the paper.  List the product:  Samuel Hubbard shoes 


15)  Word games are found on which page: C6

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