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1. Mitt¹ Romney's Republican presidential rivals are heating him with all they can the day before the New Hampshire primary. Romney, the front runner, showed up his own attempts by saying that he likes to be able to fire people who don't do their jobs well.

2. The White House says accusations² against an American man convicted in an Iranian court of working for the CIA are false. The National Security Council says its monitoring reports that Amir Mirzaei Hekmati has been sentenced to death by the court.

3. Excedrin and Bufferin are among over-the-counter drugs being recalled by Swiss manufacturer Novartis. The FDA says some prescription³ painkillers⁴ may have accidentally made it into the bottles.

4. And President Barack Obama is hailing the Dallas Mavericks⁵ at the White House, seven-month after they beat the Miami Heat in the NBA finals. The president then joked that he'll be celebrating a Chicago Bulls' win next year.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名
参考例句：
There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。 He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

3 prescription
n.处方，开药；指示，规定
参考例句：
The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。 The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

4 painkillers
n.止痛药( painkiller的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain. 医生给了他一些止疼片以减缓疼痛。来自辞典例句 The primary painkillers - opiates, like OxyContin - are widely feared, misunderstood and underused. 人们对主要的镇痛药——如鸦片剂奥施康定——存在广泛的恐惧、误解，因此没有充分利用。来自时文部分

5 mavericks
未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )；标新立异的人，不合常规的人
参考例句：
And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？ And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。