美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-01

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1. President Bush nominates Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme¹ Court seeking to re-shift the judiciary and mollify conservatives who derailed his previous pick.

2. In Washington, Rosa Parks is remembered as a courageous² woman who helped to inspire the architects of the civil rights movement.

3. The UN Security Council demands Syria cooperate with the UN investigation³ into the assassination⁴ of Lebanon's former prime minister.

4. In Iraq a car bomb explodes in a commercial district in Basra killing⁵ at least 20. Six US soldiers are killed in separate attacks.

5. And Halloween celebrations sink to new depth in Florida where a group of American scuba⁶ divers⁷ light their pumpkin⁸ lanterns underwater

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. mollify
mollify mollifies mollifying mollified
If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry. (FORMAL)
The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.
VB
= placate⁹

2. courageous
courageous
Someone who is courageous shows courage.
It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous.
It was a courageous decision, and one that everybody admired.
ADJ-GRADED
= brave

3. architect
3 architect architects
The architect of an idea, event, or institution is the person who invented it or made it happen. (FORMAL)
...Russia's chief architect of economic reform.
N-COUNT: oft N of n

4. pumpkin
pumpkin pumpkins¹⁰
A pumpkin is a large, round, orange vegetable with a thick skin.
Quarter the pumpkin and remove the seeds.
...pumpkin pie.
N-VAR