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1. There is a White House meeting on the fiscal¹ cliff Friday but no sign a deal is in the works. The meeting could be a make-or-break moment for negotiations² to avoid across-the-board first of the year tax increases and deep spending cuts.

2. A longshoremen's strike looms³ this weekend that threatens to bring commerce to a standstill. Major ports from Boston to Huston could be shut down because the contract between longshoremen and port operators is expiring.

3. Desert Storm commander General Norman Schwarzkopf is dead at age 78. He died Thursday in Tampa, Florida from complications from pneumonia⁴. Schwarzkopf led the coalition⁵ that drove Iraqis out of Kuwait in 1991.

4. "Voices of Valor⁶" helps veterans reintegrate into society and process traumatic experiences through music. Guided by musicians and a psychology⁷ mentor⁸, they learn to write and record a song and then hold a CD release party.

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1 fiscal
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。 The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

2 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )；谈判；完成（难事）；通过
参考例句：
negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判 Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 looms
n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近
参考例句：
All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。来自《简明英汉词典》 The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 pneumonia
n.肺炎
参考例句：
Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。 Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

5 coalition
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
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。

6 valor
n.勇气，英勇
参考例句：
Fortitude is distinct from valor.坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。 Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.老生常谈往往比大胆打破常规更为人称道。

7 psychology
n.心理，心理学，心理状态
参考例句：
She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。 He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

8 mentor
n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导
参考例句：
He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。 He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-02