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Obama's Address to Congress 32 words

President Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress, Feb. 24, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-President-Barack-Obama-Address-to-Joint-Session-of-Congress/

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  1. re-start
    take up or begin anew
    Now is the time to jumpstart job creation, re-start lending, and invest in areas like energy, health care, and education that will grow our economy, even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down.
  2. health care provider
    a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
    Now, there will be many different opinions and ideas about how to achieve reform, and that is why I̢۪m bringing together businesses and workers, doctors and health care providers, Democrats and Republicans to begin work on this issue next week.
  3. health care
    the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
    The cost of health care eats up more and more of our savings each year, yet we keep delaying reform.
  4. jumpstart
    start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
    Now is the time to jumpstart job creation, re-start lending, and invest in areas like energy, health care, and education that will grow our economy, even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down.
  5. renewable
    capable of being renewed; replaceable
    We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century.
  6. lending
    disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
    Now is the time to jumpstart job creation, re-start lending, and invest in areas like energy, health care, and education that will grow our economy, even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down.
  7. auto loan
    a personal loan to purchase an automobile
    First, we are creating a new lending fund that represents the largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this economy running.
  8. wind turbine
    a turbine that is driven by the wind
    More than 90% of these jobs will be in the private sector – jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges; constructing wind turbines and solar panels; laying broadband and expanding mass transit.
  9. tax break
    a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity
    We will root out the waste, fraud, and abuse in our Medicare program that doesn̢۪t make our seniors any healthier, and we will restore a sense of fairness and balance to our tax code by finally ending the tax breaks for corporations that ship our jobs overseas.
  10. quitter
    a person who gives up too easily
    We are not quitters."
  11. wind power
    power derived from the wind (as by windmills)
    And to support that innovation, we will invest fifteen billion dollars a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power; advanced biofuels, clean coal, and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks built right here in America.
  12. recovery
    return to an original state
    As soon as I took office, I asked this Congress to send me a recovery plan by President̢۪s Day that would put people back to work and put money in their pockets.
  13. hang by a thread
    depend on a small thing or be at risk
    It̢۪s the job you thought you̢۪d retire from but now have lost; the business you built your dreams upon that̢۪s now hanging by a thread; the college acceptance letter your child had to put back in the envelope.
  14. agribusiness
    a large-scale farming enterprise
    In this budget, we will end education programs that don̢۪t work and end direct payments to large agribusinesses that don̢۪t need them.
  15. extremism
    any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies
    And with our friends and allies, we will forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda and combat extremism.
  16. business loan
    a bank loan granted for the use of a business
    First, we are creating a new lending fund that represents the largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this economy running.
  17. deficit
    the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
    Now is the time to jumpstart job creation, re-start lending, and invest in areas like energy, health care, and education that will grow our economy, even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down.
  18. charter school
    an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12; created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders; operates independently of other schools
    And we will expand our commitment to charter schools.
  19. solar power
    energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
    And to support that innovation, we will invest fifteen billion dollars a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power; advanced biofuels, clean coal, and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks built right here in America.
  20. open-ended
    without fixed limits or restrictions
    Because we cannot consign our nation to an open-ended recession.
  21. recession
    the act of ceding back
    If you haven’t been personally affected by this recession, you probably know someone who has – a friend; a neighbor; a member of your family.
  22. solar panel
    electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells
    More than 90% of these jobs will be in the private sector – jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges; constructing wind turbines and solar panels; laying broadband and expanding mass transit.
  23. Guantanamo Bay
    an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903
    That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists – because living our values doesn’t make us weaker, it makes us safer and it makes us stronger.
  24. entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
    They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth.
  25. vocational training
    training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade
    This can be community college or a four-year school; vocational training or an apprenticeship.
  26. health insurance
    insurance against loss due to ill health
    And in each of these years, one million more Americans have lost their health insurance.
  27. responsibility
    the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
    What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more.
  28. Industrial Revolution
    the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
    From the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution came a system of public high schools that prepared our citizens for a new age.
  29. taxpayer
    someone who pays taxes
    I intend to hold these banks fully accountable for the assistance they receive, and this time, they will have to clearly demonstrate how taxpayer dollars result in more lending for the American taxpayer.
  30. private enterprise
    an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
    In each case, government didn̢۪t supplant private enterprise; it catalyzed private enterprise.
  31. pandemic
    existing everywhere
    To meet the challenges of the 21st century – from terrorism to nuclear proliferation; from pandemic disease to cyber threats to crushing poverty – we will strengthen old alliances, forge new ones, and use all elements of our national power.
  32. resilience
    the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
    They tell us that even in the most trying times, amid the most difficult circumstances, there is a generosity, a resilience, a decency, and a determination that perseveres; a willingness to take responsibility for our future and for posterity.