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 1. While Nevada's caucuses1 are looking like a big win for Mitt2 Romney, his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination3 are shrugging it off as the expected result. Newt Gingrich says he's focused on making it to Super Tuesday, where he says he'll be in much more favorable territory. 

 
 
 
2. Authorities say eleven people have been arrested in Washington as park police began clearing away tents from one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites. One person is accused of hitting an officer in the face with a brick Saturday evening. 
 
 
 
3. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that chances for a brutal4 civil war would increase as Syrians under attack from their own government move to defend themselves, unless international steps provide another way. She called the double veto at the UN Security Council on Saturday "a travesty5".
 
 
 
4. Emergency crews started evacuating6 hundreds of people who were trapped in their cars in the eastern part of Bosnia by heavy snow. Snow has blanketed much of Europe, prompting Pope Benedict to wish for spring's quick arrival.

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1 caucuses d49ca95184fa2aef8e2ee3b613a6f7dd     
n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议
参考例句：
  • Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网
2 mitt Znszwo     
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
  • I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
  • Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
3 nomination BHMxw     
n.提名，任命，提名权
参考例句：
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
4 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的
参考例句：
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
5 travesty gJqzN     
n.歪曲，嘲弄，滑稽化
参考例句：
  • The trial was a travesty of justice.这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
  • The play was,in their view,a travesty of the truth.这个剧本在他们看来是对事实的歪曲。
6 evacuating 30406481b40b07bbecb67dbb3ced82f3     
撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空
参考例句：
  • The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
  • Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

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