Briefing

THE WEEK

BASEBALL RETURNED

‘We will hold ourselves fully accountable.’

MARY BARRA, CEO of General Motors, apologizing during a congressional hearing for the ignition-switch defect that led to 13 deaths

$2,500

Cost of getting a marriage proposal featured on the live-video board at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium, more than at any other MLB venue

3,800

Number of flights Lufthansa had to cancel because of recent pilot strikes, affecting some 425,000 passengers

‘When America steps back …trouble will fill that vacuum.’

CONDOLEEZZA RICE, former U.S. Secretary of State, alleging that America’s “weariness” over foreign entanglements enabled Vladimir Putin’s land grab in Crimea, among other diplomatic crises

Google

Lauded for turning Maps into a Pokémon-catching game on April Fools’ Day

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Mozilla

Criticized for naming a CEO who in 2008 opposed gay marriage

‘THE RECOVERY STILL FEELS LIKE A RECESSION.’

JANET YELLEN, Federal Reserve chair, suggesting that the still struggling U.S. job market will need the help of low interest rates “for some time”

21

Number of distinct emotions that can be expressed by the human face, according to new research. Among them: “angrily surprised” and ” happily disgusted “

‘His Holiness is probably the only person who has to put up with more protocol than me.’

PRESIDENT OBAMA, after his first meeting with Pope Francis, at the Vatican

‘We own this country.’

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, embattled Turkish Prime Minister, after candidates from his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party trounced their secular rivals in local elections

Sources: USA Today; TIME.com; Washington Post (2); Federal Reserve