美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-31

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1. The Senate's Democratic leader urges President Bush and Vice¹ President Cheney to apologize for actions of their aides in the CIA leak case.

2. Two US soldiers are charged with assault for allegedly punching two detainees at a military base in Afghanistan.

3. Hundreds attend a memorial service for Rosa Parks who inspired the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man.

4. Hurricane Beta pounds Nicaragua's coast with heavy wind and rain as thousands ride out the storm in boarded-up homes or government shelters.

5. A light blue 1975 Ford² Escort GL once owned by Pope John Paul II sells for $690,000 at auction³ to a Houston multimillionaire

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. ride out
ride out rides out; riding out; rode out; ridden out
If someone rides out a storm or a crisis, they manage to survive a difficult period without suffering serious harm.
The ruling party think they can ride out the political storm.
He has to just ride this out and hope that it turns in his favor.
PHR-V
= survive

2. board up
board up boards up; boarding up; boarded up
If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
Shopkeepers have boarded up their windows.
PHR-V

boarded up
Half the shops are boarded up on the estate's small shopping street.
...the boarded-up houses and the derelict factories of Merseyside.
ADJ