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1. Sharply divided a long familiar line as the Supreme1 Court picked up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama's health overhaul2 Wednesday in a dispute over the * subsidies3 that make insurance affordable4 for millions of Americans. A decision in the case is expected by late June. 

2. The Justice Department won't prosecute5 a former Ferguson Missouri police officer in the shooting death of unarmed black 18-year-old, but its giving report forces the city and its law enforcement for racial bias6 and unconstitutional practices. 

3. In a startling opening statement at the trial of Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his own lawyer told the jury that the 21-year-old former student committed the crime. But in a strategy aimed at saving Tsarnaev from a death sentence, she argued that he has fallen under the influence of his now dead older brother Tamerlan.

4. And Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist Paul Allen announced that he has discovered the famous WWII Japanese battleship Musashi more than 70 years after it was sunk by US forces. 


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1 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 overhaul yKGxy     
v./n.大修，仔细检查
参考例句：
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
3 subsidies 84c7dc8329c19e43d3437248757e572c     
n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
  • Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 affordable kz6zfq     
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
参考例句：
  • The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
5 prosecute d0Mzn     
vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官
参考例句：
  • I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
  • Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？
6 bias 0QByQ     
n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见
参考例句：
  • They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
  • He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

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