We are less than eight weeks away from Election Day in the U.S. and ten days away from the first presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Several recent national polls are close. They indicat

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Morgan Cohen walked into the campaign office for Hillary Clinton. He claimed to have a bomb strapped onto him. He told the five workers to go about their business, but he ordered them not to try to leave. If one of you tries to leave, he said, I will

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Former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich says he will continue his quest for the Republican Party's presidential nomination despite a mass walkout of key campaign staff. The staff departure is the latest political setback for Gingrich, who began the c

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 December 2007 The International Organization for Migration says it is starting a new outreach and information campaign to try to deter Somali and Ethiopian migrants from making the dangerous journey to Yemen across the Gulf

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今天我们要学的词是staff。Staff 做为名词是工作人员,比如 staff meeting就是职工会议。The Washington Times plans to cut staff for a second time in three years. 华盛顿时报计划裁员,这是三年以来的第二次了。

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今天我们要学的词是half-staff。Half-staff, 意思是降半旗。 As a matter of protocol, U.N. offices around the globe lowered their flags to half-staff to mark the funeral of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, 不久前维吉尼亚理工

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