1. The start of summer is heating up the eastern seaboard. The National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures into the high 90s from Boston down to Washington. Dozens of cities are setting up public cooling centers for those without air conditioning.
2. A House committee has found Attorney General Eric
Holder1 in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents related to the failed "Fast and Furious"
investigation2. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama is
invoking3 executive privilege to
withhold4 those documents.
3. Greece has a new prime minister. The head of the country's conservative party was sworn in today to lead a three-party
coalition5. The new government is planning to stick to the country's commitments under an international bailout plan.
4.
Marvel6 Comics' first openly gay hero is married. Northstar married his longtime boyfriend in the pages of "Astonishing X-Men" No.51. That issue is hitting store shelves today.
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holder
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| n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物 |
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- The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
- That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
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investigation
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| n.调查，调查研究 |
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- 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。
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invoking
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| v.援引( invoke的现在分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求 |
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- You can customise the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You can customize the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自辞典例句
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withhold
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| v.拒绝，不给；使停止，阻挡 |
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- It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
- I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。
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coalition
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| n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合 |
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- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
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marvel
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| vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事 |
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- The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
- The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。
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