Vocabulary grabbed from the article "Last Convoy of American Troops Leaves Iraq" (The New York Times, December 18, 2011)
convoy,
punctuate,
soldier,
insurgent,
militia,
interpreter,
base,
withdrawal,
ceremony,
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visionary,
redefine,
digital,
founder,
era,
computer,
cultural,
transformation,
introduce,
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Vocabulary from the New York Times topics page for North Korea. http://nyti.ms/tMt7KC
nuclear,
decade,
confrontation,
neighbor,
internal,
political,
strain,
apparent,
effective,
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/12/20/house_gop_to_reject_stopgap_payroll_tax_cut/
erupt,
unconscionable,
impasse,
expire,
negotiate,
loom,
percentage,
approve,
benefit,
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Vocabulary for understanding Iran's nuclear program.
From the New York Times Topics page: http://nyti.ms/s2I1yq
nuclear weapon,
bomb site,
Iran,
centrifuge,
heavy hydrogen,
warhead,
International Atomic Energy Agency,
orchestrate,
neutron,
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Vocabulary for understanding the European debt crisis.
From the New York Times Topics page: http://nyti.ms/uFxIxV
write-down,
jitter,
borrowing cost,
European Central Bank,
spending cut,
government bond,
euro,
continent-wide,
budget cut,
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Vocabulary for understanding the Occupy Wall Street protests.
From the New York Times Topics page: http://nyti.ms/rGKRaA
occupy,
protester,
pepper spray,
demonstrator,
Wall Street,
video recording,
dousing,
one percent,
crowd control,
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"Magnitude-5.8 Earthquake Strikes National Capital Area"
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2898
earthquake,
aftershock,
epicenter,
magnitude,
seismic,
geologic,
eastern United States,
national capital,
Appalachians,
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