I Can Understand News Headlines, News Journalism
- The warning came as Lady Thatcher made a dramatic plea for arms and military aid for Bosnia.
- Luis Sales, head of a Brazilian advertising agency, was freed unharmed after being held by kidnappers for two months.
- Candidates for a seat in the Senate, let alone for the presidency or vice-presidency, have to be both wealthy individuals in their own right and able to tap substantial sources of campaign finance from companies or the social elite.
- I urge members, Chairman, not to hide behind this shabby amendment but to vote according to their consciences and their beliefs and to vote according to the views of eighty percent of the population that we represent and I urge other members to be as brief.
- ALL-GIRL band L7 are teaming up with wild rockers Nirvana in a bid to promote women's rights.
- The outcome is a clear victory for President Bush, countering criticism of his failure to oust President Saddam Hussein.
- Lamb and David Gower will be two famous omissions when chief selector Ted Dexter announces the 16-strong England tour party for India and Sri Lanka.
- Israel interior minister vows to send Gaza back to Middle Ages.
- Their " computations " indicated the close approach would be on the order of only 40,000 miles, which they said was close enough for the comet to either be pulled into Mars, resulting in a catastrophic blast of " millions of tons of material " from Mars, or to yank one or both moons of Mars out of orbit.
- Let's see how badly we can wreck the economy while still turning a personal profit.
- China's use of state power and support to boost industries such as biotechnology, telecommunications and alternative energy has become a main concern among U.S. business and government officials
- After bin Laden was located, why would any President not give the go-ahead to get him?
- Hoffa planned to invest the money in a financial scheme, that when he cashed out, he would repay the teamsters retirement fund.
- The Republican party should cease being the party of Lincoln.
- As regional partners work together to curb greenhouse gas emissions, care should also be taken to improve clean air, clean water and protect low-income residents.
- How do these starkly different worldviews help us resolve the riddle of death?
- The Maine GOP even tried to block these contributions where Lachowicz was cleared of any wrong doing and the investigation was dropped.
- Due Saturday, she said the news was a blow, even though she was expecting it.
- ALERT: This guy wants to' fundamentally transform' the whole country along socialist lines!
- They just put some money into their science department and now they are on the brink of bankruptcy.
- Plus, the chronology of events essentially rules out the possibility of a San Francisco meeting.
- An estimated $2 million worth of gold nuggets and precious gems were stolen Friday afternoon from the Mariposa Mining and Mineral Museum, a California State Parks spokesman said.
- Amid all the munchie-themed jokes from reporters, political elites and late-night comedians, this remains the overarching question after Coloradans voted overwhelmingly to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in the same way alcohol is already legalized, regulated and taxed.
- Making an incredible allegation of false arrest on Revere Beach, a 55-year-old Revere resident filed a lawsuit in Boston's Federal Court against a State Trooper who allegedly arrested him while he was trying to teach his granddaughter not to play with fireworks.
- The resolution warned that any official investigation would only cover-up the truth about the fatal fire in Euro Terraces Building B and its underlying causes, and called on workers, students and youth to help establish a committee to independently investigate all the circumstances surrounding the fire.
- Cerberus Capital Management LP, which was among the buyout firms that weighed joining the bidding group, is no longer working on the deal, one of the four sources said.
- This was clearly a lapse in judgment which I'm sure no one who is reading this is exempt from.
- Defending himself against the perception that he has no significant foreign policy experience, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has drawn fresh attention to one of the most controversial acts of the past decade.
- If the bill's author does not take-up the measure by the end of the day, it may be penalized or retain its place on File by unanimous consent.
- Because these professionals work " behind the scenes, " few people know how critically important their job is.
- According to their website: It has pretty much always been a restaurant since opening in the late 50's.
- An opinion poll from 2011 revealed that the American population has -- just over the previous few years -- moved from " broad opposition " to " overwhelming opposition " to NAFTA-style trade deals.
- As the investigation proceeded and more evidence emerged, including Broadwell's role, FBI investigators realized they had uncovered an affair between Petraeus and Broadwell, the officials said.
- On page 99, Beck shifts from a scathing criticism of public education to promote God and religion in public life.
- You should also leak to the American people certain Pentagon secrets.
- You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things...
- His unilateral decision raised a storm of protest, particularly from members of the Indian Congress party.
- This summer Australia has recently experienced something of a delayed Silk Road craze, with every major news outlet sounding the alarm about the mail-order drugs supposedly flooding into the country from the site.
- The world is changing and the tide is turning against Zionism.
- Sorry but the article doesn't do justice to the past week even if I agree that they are a drop in the ocean of what is required.
- According to bestselling author and renowned leadership expert John Kotter and coauthor Dan Cohen, this focus on connecting with people's emotions is what will spark the behavior change and actions that lead to success.
- There was a blazing row with the crew who tried to claim that we would have been alright in a few more minutes as we were about to crest the sandbar.
- The Senate co-president, John O. Bennett, who lost his bid for re-election and will leave office in January, not only had his mother and his mother-in-law working for him, but also came under attack during the election for his job as a solicitor for New Jersey communities.
- Britain's banks were back in the firing line this week.
- The problem is not simply that the ministry appears to be moving the goalposts for the sake of public relations; a " high-risk " rating automatically obliges the federal government to evaluate water systems and fund repairs.
- Kenneth says police and the medical examiner haven't given them much information about her death, but he believes foul play was involved.
- Federal and state laws need to be amended and enforced to provide a level playing field for producers when entering contracts with integrators.
Examples are taken from Freely-available, web-based corpora (100 million – 400 million words each): American (COCA, COHA), British (BNC), TIME, Spanish, Portuguese.
