Question: CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation 

"It's time Anne was in to do her sewing," said Marilla, glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat. "She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more'n I gave her leave to; and now she's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew, nineteen to the dozen, when she knows perfectly well she ought to be at her work. And of course he's listening to her like a perfect ninny. I never saw such an infatuated man. The more she talks and the odder the things she says, the more he's delighted evidently. Anne Shirley, you come right in here this minute, do you hear me!" 

A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne flying in from the yard, eyes shining, cheeks faintly flushed with pink, unbraided hair streaming behind her in a torrent of brightness. 

"Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed breathlessly, "there's going to be a Sunday-school picnic next week--in Mr. Harmon Andrews's field, right near the lake of Shining Waters. And Mrs. Superintendent Bell and Mrs. Rachel Lynde are going to make ice cream--think of it, Marilla--ICE CREAM! And, oh, Marilla, can I go to it?" 

"Just look at the clock, if you please, Anne. What time did I tell you to come in?" 

"Two o'clock--but isn't it splendid about the picnic, Marilla? Please can I go? Oh, I've never been to a picnic--I've dreamed of picnics, but I've never--"  1. Where will the picnic be?
2. Who owns the property?
3. Was anyone excited about the event?
4. Who?
5. Who was she speaking with?
6. Did she ask her anything?
7. What?
8. Was she allowed?
9. Who else would be at the event?
10. Anyone else?
11. Were they doing anything in particular there?
12. What?
13. What activity did Marla want her to do?
14. What did she glance at?
15. Who did the girl play with first?
16. And then?
17. What did she do with him? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. near the lake of Shining Waters
2. Mr. Harmon Andrews
3. Yes
4. Anne
5. Marilla
6. Yes
7. if she could go to the picnic
8. unknown
9. Mrs. Superintendent Bell
10. Mrs. Rachel Lynde
11. Yes
12. making ice cream
13. sewing
14. the clock
15. Diana
16. Matthew
17. talk


Question: Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. Warner Bros. Records was established on March 19, 1958, as the recorded-music division of the American film studio Warner Bros.. For most of its early existence it was one of a group of labels owned and operated by larger parent corporations. The sequence of companies that controlled Warner Bros. and its allied labels evolved through a convoluted series of corporate mergers and acquisitions from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. Over this period, Warner Bros. Records grew from a struggling minor player in the music industry to become one of the top recording labels in the world. 

In 2003, these music assets were divested by their then owner Time Warner and purchased by a private equity group. This independent company traded as the Warner Music Group before being bought by Access Industries in 2011. WMG is the smallest of the three major international music conglomerates and the world's last publicly traded major music company. Cameron Strang serves as CEO of the company. 

Artists currently signed to Warner Bros. Records include Sleeping with Sirens, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Kimbra, the Goo Goo Dolls, Sheryl Crow, Ciara, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Bette Midler, Blur, Duran Duran, Fleet Foxes, Jason Derulo, Kid Rock, Lily Allen, Linkin Park, Muse, Nile Rodgers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys, My Chemical Romance and Regina Spektor. 1. Does this company sign artists?
2. What is the company called?
3. When was it started?
4. Is it called something different now?
5. Who is someone they signed?
6. Anyone else?
7. Was it autonomous at first?
8. Who long did it shift around?
9. Did it start big and then get small?
10. Who had them in 2003?
11. After that?
12. What happened in 2011?
13. How many huge musical businesses are there?
14. Are they the biggest?
15. Are they all on the public market?
16. Who runs it?
17. Do they only sign women?
18. What male example is there?
19. Do they have less than 5 people right now?
20. Do they make films? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. yes
2. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
3. 1958
4. WMG
5. Sleeping with Sirens
6. Cher
7. no
8. from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.
9. no
10. Time Warner
11. A private equity group.
12. It was bought by Access Industries.
13. Three
14. yes
15. no
16. Cameron Strang
17. no
18. Adam Lambert
19. no
20. no


Question: (CNN) -- President Barack Obama told a Labor Day crowd in Detroit that he's prepared to fight for a new job growth plan, defend organized labor and take steps to "restore the middle class in America," while five Republican candidates hoping to defeat him next year all called for repealing the major legislation passed so far in Obama's presidency. 

The Republican presidential candidates participating in the Palmetto Freedom Forum in Columbia, South Carolina, which was televised on CNN, were unified in advocating the end of the health care reform law and the Wall Street reform measure passed by a Democratic-led Congress. 

They also all expressed strong anti-abortion views and their belief in marriage being between a man and a woman at the event set up by Sen. Jim DeMint, a leading tea party conservative. 

Meanwhile, in the early primary states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, other Republican presidential contenders ripped Obama's handling of the economy and pledged to take an economically battered America in a new direction marked by less spending and fewer regulations. 

The sharply differing visions raised new questions about the ability of top Democrats and Republicans to tackle pressing budgetary and other issues while positioning themselves for what promises to be a bitterly contested campaign next year. 

In a speech that likely previewed his scheduled address Thursday to a joint session of Congress to present a jobs plan, Obama directly challenged Republicans, whom he has accused of obstructing progress in order to score political points. 

"These are tough times for working Americans," Obama told the union-dominated crowd at a rally that included a warm-up from Aretha Franklin. "The time for Washington games is over. The time for action is now."  1. what did the Republican candidates participate in?
2. where was that held?
3. who did Obama accuse of obstructing progress?
4. what was Obama prepared to defend?
5. how many republican candidates were there?
6. what were they advocating for?
7. who was Obama addressing in the beginning of the article?
8. was it a holiday?
9. which holiday?
10. which senator was mentioned?
11. what group does he lead?
12. which states have early primaries?
13. who ripped Obama's handling of the economy?
14. what did they pledge?
15. how did characterize the American economy? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. the Palmetto Freedom Forum
2. Columbia, South Carolina
3. Republicans
4. organized labor
5. five
6. the end of the health care reform law
7. a crowd in Detroit
8. yes
9. Labor Day
10. Sen. Jim DeMint
11. tea party
12. New Hampshire and South Carolina
13. other Republican presidential contenders
14. spend and regulate less
15. economically battered