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1.The White House says environmental adviser¹ Van Jones quit because of the controversy² over his past inflammatory statements. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says Jones didn't want to get in the way of the president's agenda. Jones said opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear³ campaign against him.

2.Afghan President Hamid Karzai has 48.6% of the votes counted so far in last month's election. Top challenger Abdullah Abdullah has 30.1%. Karzai needs more than 50% to the final vote count to avoid a second round. Election officials say they've thrown out the results from 447 polling sites because of fraud allegations.

3.Seven of the eight people killed in a Brunswick, Georgia mobile home have been laid to rest. The brother of the man charged in the killings⁴ insists he did not commit the crimes.

4.A 747 may have the horsepower advantage but it wasn't enough to win the battle against a Porsche race car. The two faced off on the tarmac at Singapore's airport. The event kicked off a series of races in Singapore.

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1 adviser
n.劝告者，顾问
参考例句：
They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。 Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 controversy
n.争论，辩论，争吵
参考例句：
That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。 We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

3 smear
v.涂抹；诽谤，玷污；n.污点；诽谤，污蔑
参考例句：
He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。 There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。

4 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )；突然发大财，暴发
参考例句：
His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。 The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。