- 13 - desolate a.荒凉的;孤独的 v.使荒芜 despair n.绝望;失望;令人失望的人(事物)v.绝望 despatch n./v.(dispatch)派遣;发送 n.急件;新闻报道 desperate a.不顾一切的,铤而走险的;绝望的,危急的 despise v.轻视,蔑视 dessert n.正餐后的水果或甜食 destination n.

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The corrections officer, Gene Palmer who passed that meat with hacksaw blades to killer Richard Matt has now been arrested. Earlier tonight, the local D.A. told us that Palmer had also given Matt and David Sweat access to the catwalk that they eventu

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Brooke was pulled out of the line at LAX because bells rang as she walked through the airport metal detector. Young and pretty, Brooke had body piercings in her nose, tongue, eyebrows, and ears. Brooke was escorted to a private room by Cher, a female

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AZUZ: Compared to earth's mass, Jupiter is thought to be much larger than that. And scientists say NASA's Juno spacecraft has led to new findings about Jupiter. For one thing, they believe the planet's surface has bands of gas and winds that flow ver

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Old Yeller was a great smeller. Dogs in general have superior smelling abilities. They detect dead bodies, illegal drugs and explosiveseven cancer. But dogs don't just have great olfactory gear. Another reason they're amazing chemical detectors? [sni

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LANDMINES KILL OR BADLY INJURE around 26,000 people every year. That is one person every 20 minutes. What is worse is that they keep causing damage for decades after wars have ended. There are about 100 million landmines buried just beneath the surf

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Puppies born recently in Cambodia are the first mine-clearing dogs to be bred and born in Southeast Asia. Most Asian dogs are unsuited for de-mining, so fully trained dogs are imported, mostly from Europe. But that could change if Cambodia's new bre

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 18 August 2006 watch Security report The alleged terror plot to use liquid explosives to bring down commercial jets over the Atlantic Ocean is fueling research into explosives detection technologies. Several U.S. compa

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Suicide bombers struck two cities in Pakistan within minutes of each other Friday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 100. Among the dead is a prominent Islamic scholar who openly supported the military campaign against Taliban mili

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: American Jewish institutions have received more than 120 bomb threats in the last two months. Now the Department of Homeland Security is increasing its support. As NPR's Tovia Smith reports, Jewish community centers have been press

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today - difficult memories from a religious reform school in Louisiana. It was called New Bethany Home for Girls. And during the 30 years that it was open, law enforcement a number of times investigated claims of child abuse at t

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GUY RAZ, HOST: So for an episode about what's true and what's not, we thought we'd end the show with a ghost story. CARRIE POPPY: I was living in Sherman Oaks, which is a suburb of LA. RAZ: This is writer Carrie Poppy. POPPY: In a tiny guesthouse off

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 September 2006 At least 23 people were killed and two wounded by landmines in two separate incidents in eastern Sudan. A UN contractor uses a metal detector to search for mines planted along a dirt road in Juba, Sudan Ac

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A Deep Hole in the Pole AMANDA望远镜(新华社电讯稿用的是南极介子和高能中微子探测器阵列名字),被埋藏在南极冰块下1.5公里深处。路透社2001年3月21日报道,这台望远镜首次探测到中微子。中微

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Lying to a Machine 不说谎的人觉得它很神秘,说谎的人觉得它很可怕,这就是神奇的测谎仪。面对不断攀升的犯罪,善良的人们总是期望借助科学的灵丹妙药,将所有犯罪分子手到擒来。测谎技术

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