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1. Victory within reach. President Barack Obama set his sights on rallying House Democrats¹ Saturday for a final health care push for Sunday's vote. He called the bill "the single most important step US government has taken on health care since Medicare."

2. In an unprecedented² letter, Pope Benedict is condemning³ Irish bishops⁴ for “grave errors of judgment” in handling clerical sex abuse cases, dating from the 1930s to the 1990s. He's also ordered a Vatican investigation⁵. But he laid no blame for the problem on the Vatican's policies of keeping such cases secret.

3. The National Weather Service has lowered the projected crest⁶ of the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota, yet another half-foot. Officials in Fargo say they are in good shape for the crest.

4. Tenth-seeded Saint Mary's was considered a long shot to make the Sweet 16 in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It seems fitting that a long shot should help the Gaels reach that destination. Saint Mary's won 75 to 68 over second-seeded Villanova.

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1 democrats
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》

2 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 condemning
v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地
参考例句：
The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。 I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 bishops
（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )；（国际象棋的）象
参考例句：
Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。 "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

5 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 crest
n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖
参考例句：
The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。 He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。