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  1. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
    Finneran was indicted on three counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony on redistricting.
  2. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
    The New York Stock Exchange closes its doors for 10 days; other businesses fail; and railroad construction is curtailed, with some railroads defaulting on their bonds.
  3. consecutive
    one after the other
    Criminal charges were filed [on June 2, 2009] against the third consecutive speaker of the Massachusetts House, a dubious distinction that propels the Bay State into a class of crooked politics that rivals Illinois and its corrupt governors...With his indictment yesterday by a federal grand jury on fraud and conspiracy charges, Salvatore F. DiMasi, who resigned as speaker in January, follows fellow Democrats Thomas M. Finneran, and Charles F. Flaherty, both of whom pleaded guilty to f...
  4. ensue
    take place or happen afterward or as a result
    (The bank's collapse precipitates the "Panic of 1873" and the ensuing three yea depression during which more than 10,000 businesses fail.
  5. default
    an option that is selected automatically
    The New York Stock Exchange closes its doors for 10 days; other businesses fail; and railroad construction is curtailed, with some railroads defaulting on their bonds.
  6. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
    (The bank's collapse precipitates the "Panic of 1873" and the ensuing three yea depression during which more than 10,000 businesses fail.
  7. expenditure
    the act of spending money for goods or services
    The hard times drove numbers of laboring people and those in humble circumstances to the West and other portions of the country, to seek the rewards which the stagnation of business in the great commercial

    Mr. Obama’s words were sharp, echoing his earlier criticism of the court’s decision last week in the Citizens United case to strike down the limits that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law placed on independent political expenditures by corporations and unions.
Created on 二月 8, 2010

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