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Wall Street's confronted with a crisis of confidence, keeping stocks way down. We last saw the Dow losing more than 260 points at 9,869, NASDAQ down nearly 4% at 2,135. Few factor is playing into this. Details are now from NPR's Yuki Noguchi. The Eur
The Pentagon says it's trying to assess the potential damage caused by the leak of more than 90,000 classified documents on the Afghanistan War. In a briefing today, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Wikileak.org's unauthorized action was irres
The Senate is in the midst of its first impeachment trial in more than half a decade. Senators are hearing arguments in the case of Nevada Judge Harry Claiborne, a convicted tax evader, who has refused to give up his seat on the Federal bench. Linda
THE MAKING OF A NATION - World War One Ends, but Wilson Knows His Battle Is Only Half OverBy Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, April 20, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program
Thank you! God bless you! God bless you and god bless America. With an easy victory for reelection to the senate behind her, Hillary Clinton is now actively drumming up support for a presidential bid.
1. The nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court clears a Senate Committee by a vote of 13:6, with only one Republican supporting her. Now, the full Senate is expected to vote on her nomination before Congress begins its summer recess. 2. Actre
1.The Senate has now scheduled final passage of a healthcare reform bill by Christmas. Under Senate rules, Democrats need 60 votes on three separate occasions to limit Republican debate and pass the legislation. The first vote came early this morning
Senate leaders have worked out an agreement for a vote on final passage to the Democrat's health care bill. Senate majority Leader Harry Reid says the vote will take place early on Christmas Eve at around 8 a .m. It had been tentatively scheduled for
Lesson 90 Part Ⅰ Lesson 90 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises Dictation: News Items 1.________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________
THIS IS AMERICA - Library of Congress Sends Music, Poems and Movies on a National Trip to Share the 'Song of America'By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, March 27, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to T
1.Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid says liberals and moderates have reached a broad agreement on the government-run option in the Senate's Health Care Plan. Officials say it would be dropped in favor of a private insurance arrangement supervised b
WASHINGTONThe long battle for the Republican presidential nomination has now ended, settling on a new leader of the Republican Party: Donald Trump. Republicans nationwide reacted with a mix of disbelief, anger and grudging acceptance Wednesday, revea
1. The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted in favor of General David Petraeus to become the next commander of the Afghanistan war, paving the way for a swift, full Senate confirmation. 2. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan clashes with the GOP o
Italian politics 意大利政治 The ex-Cavaliere is back on his horse 骑士归来 A favourable court judgment for the former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, may help Matteo Renzi shake up Italy 对于前总理西尔维奥贝卢斯科尼让人信服
Lexington 莱克星顿 Dreamy footsoldiers of the Left 左派步兵,如痴如梦 Some Democrats haven't noticed that the next election is this year, not 2016 一些民主党忽视下一场选举近在今年,而不是2016 ELECTION fever grips the
Elaine Chao, a former top U.S. labor official, was sworn in on Tuesday to lead the U.S. Transportation Department, which overseas aviation, vehicle, train and pipeline safety. Chao, a former U.S. labor secretary and deputy transportation secretary, t
HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Last week, the Senate voted to overturn Internet privacy rules that were designed to prevent Internet providers like Comcast, Verizon and ATT from sharing your browsing data, history, financial, health,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's pick for U.S. attorney general Loretta Lynch on Thursday passed a procedural vote in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and was allowed to advance in the Senate for a full-floor confirm
三、从对比词/词组的同义、词序或结构等复习归纳词汇,过辨析关 1.动作动词和结果动词: 英语中有些动词虽然意义相同,但用法不同,有的表示某个动
大家大概都看到过一匹年轻的俊马在宽阔的草原上兴高采烈地奔跑的情景吧!这是一幅很美丽的图像,马的前腿往前伸展,后腿很有节奏地往上踢。美国有一个俗语就是建筑在这一形象之上的