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1. Top Goldman Sachs officials are finding no allies on a Senate panel investigating its role in the nation's financial crisis. Democratic senator Carl Levin says the investment banking¹ firm wreaked² havoc³ on the economy. The committee chairman says Goldman's conduct brings into question the whole system of Wall Street.

2. The Obama administration has launched a full investigation⁴ of last week's oil rig explosion in the Gulf⁵ of Mexico. The blast left 11 workers missing and presumed dead, and caused a massive oil spill off the Louisiana coast.

3. Fresh out of a Miami prison where he spent two decades, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was again behind bars Tuesday - this time, in France, after being extradited from the U.S. who faces charges he laundered⁶ cocaine⁷ profits by buying luxury apartments in Paris.

4. The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday from a Manhattan prison 45 years after he assassinated⁸ the civil rights leader. Thomas Hagan, now 69, has repeatedly expressed regret for the 1965 shooting.

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1 banking
n.银行业，银行学，金融业
参考例句：
John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。 He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

2 wreaked
诉诸（武力），施行（暴力），发（脾气）( wreak的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city. 地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。 They have wreaked dreadful havoc among the wildlife by shooting and trapping. 他们射杀和诱捕野生动物，造成了严重的破坏。

3 havoc
n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱
参考例句：
The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。 This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。

4 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 laundered
v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的过去式和过去分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）
参考例句：
Send these sheets to be laundered. 把这些床单送去洗熨。来自辞典例句 The air seems freshly laundered. Sydney thinks of good drying weather. 空气似乎被清洗过，让悉妮想起晴朗干爽适合晒衣服的好天气。来自互联网

7 cocaine
n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）
参考例句：
That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。 Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

8 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
参考例句：
The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。 Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。来自辞典例句

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