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历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-08-28

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 August 28th, 1963.

Martin Luther King, Jr. caps a major civil rights march in Washington with a speech for the ages at the Lincoln Memorial. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.”
1968.
In Chicago, Police and anti-Vietnam war protesters clash in the streets during the Democratic National Convention. Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff condemns1 the police for the violence when he nominates a fellow senator for president. “And with George McGovern as President of the United States, we wouldn't have to have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago.” But Vice2 President Humphrey is the nominee3 for the deeply divided Democrats4. He narrowly loses to Republican Richard Nixon in the fall.
1955. Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, is abducted5 from his uncle’s home in Money, Mississippi. Two white men seized Till after he supposedly whistled at a white woman. He’s found brutally6 murdered days later. And all white jury acquits7 the men of the crime. They later confess in a magazine interview.
And 1996.
In London, a royal split becomes final as Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana are granted a divorce. Diana is killed in a Paris car crash a year later. Charles marries longtime love Camilla Parker Bowles in the following decade.
Today in History, August 28th. Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.

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1 condemns c3a2b03fc35077b00cf57010edb796f4     
v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地
参考例句：
  • Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
3 nominee FHLxv     
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
参考例句：
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
4 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 abducted 73ee11a839b49a2cf5305f1c0af4ca6a     
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
  • Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
  • The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
6 brutally jSRya     
adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地
参考例句：
  • The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
  • A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。
7 acquits e19fbc85424d45f9c8d5d5b382ae15f1     
宣判…无罪( acquit的第三人称单数 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现
参考例句：
  • Well, let's wait and, see how he acquits himself today! 且看他今天办的怎样！ 来自子夜部分
  • Athena, as president, gives her vote for Orestes and acquits him. 这时，阿西娜以审判长的资格，给奥列斯特投了一票，宣告他无罪。

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