Question: They know Russian tanks would make short work of their ramshackle defenses and shallow trenches. But with U.S. and Europe shrinking from the fight, this rag-tag band of civilian volunteers know they could be the first, last and only line of defense if Moscow rolls into this corner of northeast Ukraine. 

"We can't expect help from anybody else. Our own government is too passive. But hopefully we can rely on support from ordinary Ukrainians," Vladimir Fedorok told CNN on a blustery morning close to the Ukrainian border village of Senkivka. 

In more peaceful times, Fedorok runs a farm supplies company. Now, with Russia estimated to be massing up to 88,000 troops just across the border from Ukraine's eastern frontier, he finds himself marshaling a newly formed self-defense committee. They're setting up an outpost along the highway that cuts from the Ukrainian-Russian border to the Ukraine's interior. 

Klitschko pulls out of presidential race 

He and his closest aides, Younis and Olec, are clad in British Army-issue uniforms from the Iraq "Desert Storm" campaign. They still bear the Union Jack insignia on the left sleeve. 

"We picked them up at the bazaar. I've no idea how they got there. Including my boots, I paid around 100 euros," Fedorok said. Other members of his self-defense unit are sporting surplus combat jackets and pants from other European militaries. 

All of the volunteers say they have some army training from time spent doing military service. Fedorok said they've also been getting refresher courses from friendly Ukrainian army officers in recent days. Two members of the group claim -- like an unspecified number of other Ukrainian nationalists -- to have fought alongside Muslim insurgents against the Russians in Chechnya.  1. Who pulled out of the presidential race?
2. What kind of uniforms are he and his aides wearing?
3. What flag do they have on the sleeve?
4. Who talked to CNN?
5. Would russian tanks have a hard time against their defenses?
6. Who is leaving the fight?
7. Who knows they are the only defense?
8. Are they military members?
9. What does Fedorok do in other times?
10. What was the weather like when he talked to CNN?
11. Was it in the evening?
12. How many troops does Russia have?
13. Where are they located?
14. What sleeve is the Union Jack on?
15. Where did they buy the uniforms?
16. Did they know how they got there?
17. How much did he pay for it?
18. What are other members wearing?
19. Do the volunteers have any military experience?
20. What are the names of his aides? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Klitschko
2. British Army-issue uniforms from the Iraq "Desert Storm" campaign
3. the Union Jack
4. Vladimir Fedorok
5. no
6. the U.S. and Europe
7. the volunteers
8. no
9. runs a farm supplies company
10. blustery
11. no
12. 88,000
13. just across the border from Ukraine's eastern frontier
14. the left
15. the bazaar
16. no
17. around 100 euros
18. surplus combat jackets and pants from other European militaries
19. yes
20. Younis and Olec


Question: (Entertainment Weekly) -- In the movies, "the suburbs" are never just a place. They're a state of mind, a mythology we all know in our bones. 

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio share a happy moment in "Revolutionary Road." 

The myth goes something like this: The suburbs are comfortable, maybe even beautiful, but their serenity is rooted in a friendly American conformity, so that the people who live there have to repress their true selves, which will emerge when they drink too much and have affairs, or rage at each other for their dishonesty, which was all caused in the first place by ... the suburbs. 

The best thing about "Revolutionary Road," a cool-blooded and disquieting adaptation of Richard Yates' 1961 novel about a powerfully unhappy Connecticut couple, is that it doesn't end with that rote vision of bourgeois anomie. It only begins there. 

Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) are about 30, with two kids, and both believe they can evade the traps of the existence they've chosen. The year is 1955, and Frank has a New York job that bores him, marketing business machines. He takes solace in feeling superior to his work, and also in his midday martinis and occasional dip into the secretarial pool. April, meanwhile, wanted to be an actress, and still feels she's meant for higher things. Watch DiCaprio and Winslet talk about their reunion » 

Moved to reach for something more, April comes up with a plan: She and Frank will sell their home and move to Paris, where she'll work as a government secretary and he will ... find himself. (It's like a '60s fantasy a decade ahead of time.) "Revolutionary Road" was directed by Sam Mendes, who made the glibly scathing "American Beauty," only here he wants us to share not just Frank and April's misery but the frail reveries that hold them together.  1. What movie is the article about?
2. Who is the director?
3. Is this his first directing job?
4. What else has he done?
5. Is the movie an original screenplay?
6. Was it a book?
7. Who wrote the novel?
8. What year?
9. What is it about?
10. Who stars in the movie?
11. Why are they unhappy?
12. What do they do?
13. What characters do DiCaprio and Winslet play?
14. Do they have kids?
15. How many?
16. Does Frank Wheeler work?
17. What does he do?
18. What does April Wheeler do?
19. What do they decide to do?
20. What will that do? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Revolutionary Road
2. Sam Mendes
3. No
4. American Beauty
5. No
6. Yes
7. Richard Yates
8. 1961
9. a powerfully unhappy Connecticut couple
10. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio
11. people who live in the suburbs have to repress their true selves
12. drink too much and have affairs
13. Frank and April Wheeler
14. Yes
15. two
16. Yes
17. marketing business machines
18. wanted to be an actress
19. She and Frank will sell their home and move to Paris
20. she'll work as a government secretary and he will ... find himself.