In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

Q: A British businessman has denied charges of disorderly conduct, assault and battery and disrupting the operation of an aircraft after a passenger jet from London to Houston was forced to divert to Boston. The captain of the British Airways plane was forced to land at Boston's Logan International Airport after reports that passenger Darren Halliwell was drunk and could not be controlled. The company director from Aspull, near Wigan was arrested on the plane and taken to Suffolk County Jail in Massachusetts. Prosecutors said Halliwell was drunk and began yelling at a 14-year-old girl traveling with her family. They said he became aggressive when flight attendants tried to calm him and then struck his wife, Sharon, in the face with the back of his hand.Darren Halliwell from Manchester was charged with disorderly conductHe was flying from London to Houston with his wife Sharon at the timeProsecutors claim Mr Halliwell got drunk and hit his wife during the flightMrs Halliwell told police that her husband urinated on the aircraft's seat 
 Question:Authorities say the plane continued to _ after his arrest.

A: Houston
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Q: Washington (CNN) -- A federal budget compromise that already passed the House cleared a key procedural hurdle on Tuesday in the Senate, increasing the likelihood it will win final Congressional approval this week. President Barack Obama has signaled his support for the plan worked out by the budget committee leaders in each chamber that would guide government spending into 2015 to defuse the chances of another shutdown such as the one that took place in October. Tuesday's vote overcame a Republican filibuster attempt that required 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to proceed on the budget measure. The count was 67-33, with a dozen Republicans joining the 55 Democrats and independents in support of the plan.NEW: A new poll shows public support for the budget deal12 Republicans join Democrats in overcoming a filibuster attemptBill aims to avert another government shutdown as early as mid-JanuaryThe House already passed the compromise budget plan 
 Question:Some Senate _ said before Tuesday's vote that the most important thing for now was to lower the budget deficit, even if only by a small percentage, and prevent further government shutdowns like the 16-day stoppage in October that proved politically damaging to the GOP.

A: Republicans
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Q: The stars of Martin Scorsese's classic 1990 gangster film Goodfellas reunited in New York on Saturday night for a very special 25th anniversary screening of the movie which brought the 14th annual Tribeca Film Festival to a close. Stars Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino were all in attendance although director Scorsese was filming in Taiwan and Joe Pesci, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for his turn as Tommy DeVito, didn't show. 'Joe Pesci couldn't be here, but he sent this email: 'F***, f***, f***, f***ity f***, f***' read De Niro, introducing the screening at the Beacon Theatre. 'I'll translate: "Dear Bob, sorry I can't be there. Love to all. Best, Joe.'"Stars Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino were all in attendance for Saturday's special 25th anniversary screeningNot in attendance were director Martin Scorsese, who was filming in Taiwan, and Joe Pesci who had won an Oscar for his role in the 1990 movie'Joe Pesci couldn't be here, but he sent this email: 'F***, f***, f***, f***ity f***, f***' read De NiroScorsese sent a video message and recalled how the movie upset the owner of his then favorite NYC Italian restaurantThroughout the two-and-a-half-hour screening the audience cheered each major character's first appearanceJon Stewart then held a Q&A with the actors and Liotta recalled Henry Hill thanking him for 'not making me look like a s***bag' 
 Question:Earlier on the red carpet, Liotta had recalled something _ told him before filming began that made him believe he was going to be part of something special.

A:
Martin Scorsese
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