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1. Despite protests, convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams is executed, the Crips gang co-founder's case stirred national debate about capital punishment and redemption.
2. Gunmen kill a Sunni Arab parliamentary candidate as militants target a top Shiite politician in the last day of campaigning before the Iraqi election.
3. Iraqi expatriates begin voting, tens of thousands are expected to cast ballots Tuesday through Thursday in the United States and around the world.
4. The Federal Reserve's expected to hike interest rates another quarter-point as the Fed appears closer to ending its campaign of great increases.
5. The film "Brokeback Mountain" ropes in seven Golden Globe nominations, including Best Drama, and honors for actor Heath Ledger and director Ang Lee.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
0. capital punishment
capital punishment
Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.
Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
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= the death penalty
1. redemption
1 redemption redemptions
Redemption is the act of redeeming something or of being redeemed by something.
He craves redemption for his sins.
...redemption of the loan.
...regional differences in the frequency of cash redemptions and quota payment.
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2. expatriate
expatriate expatriates
An expatriate is someone who is living in a country which is not their own.
...British expatriates in Spain.
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3. hike
4 hike hikes hiking hiked
To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount. (INFORMAL)
It has now been forced to hike its rates by 5.25 per cent.
TSB's monthly credit card rate is now hiked from 1.95% to 2.05%.
The federal government hiked the tax on hard liquor.
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= raise
4. rope in
rope in ropes in; roping in; roped in
If you say that you were roped in to do a particular task, you mean that someone persuaded you to help them do that task. (mainly BRIT, INFORMAL)
Visitors were roped in for potato picking and harvesting.
I got roped in to help with the timekeeping.
PHR-V: usu passive
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