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1.The US Senate confirms John Roberts as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, taking the place of the late William Rehnquist.
2.Three suicide car bombings kill at least 60 people in a mostly Shiite Iraqi town of Balad, a roadside bomb kills 5 US soldiers in Ramadi.
3.New Orleans mayor reopens more sections of the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, prompting some business owners to return.
4.Five days after Hurricane Rita, conditions remain primitive in Texas with some residents bathing in river water and sleeping in tents.
5.And Kate Moss, who was photographed apparently snorting cocaine, has reportedly checked into an Arizona rehab clinic.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. late
5 late
You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently.
...my late husband.
...the late Mr Parkin.
ADJ: det ADJ
2. section
1 section sections
A section of something is one of the parts into which it is divided or from which it is formed.
He said it was wrong to single out any section of society for Aids testing.
They moulded a complete new bow section for the boat.
...a large orchestra, with a vast percussion section.
...the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.
...a geological section of a rock.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
See also cross-section.
3. primitive
2 primitive
Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant.
...primitive whales...
Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals.
It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.
ADJ-GRADED
4. rehab
rehab
Rehab is the process of helping someone to lead a normal life again after they have been ill, or when they have had a drug or alcohol problem. Rehab is short for rehabilitation. (INFORMAL)
She went through the drug |