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1. In Reno, Nevada, federal investors¹ are on the scene of an air race crash that killed the pilot and eight spectators, injuring more than 50. Video shows the World War II vintage plane doing a nose-dive into a grandstand.

2. Freedom may be near for two American hikers held in Iran for some two years. The lawyer is trying to arrange a one-million-dollar bail². The foreign minister says the sentences may be cancelled in the gesture of Islamic mercy.

3. Two daughters of towering political figures died, both at 51. Kara Kennedy was the daughter of late Senator Edward Kennedy, and Eleanor Mondale was the daughter of former Vice³ President Walter Mondale.

4. It is the start of Octoberfest in Munich, Germany, that means the beer is following. Some six million visitors are expected over the next 17 days.

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1 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。 She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

3 vice
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。