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 Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree today, recognizing Crimea as a sovereign and independent country. However, after this strategic Black Sea peninsular declared it has broken from Ukraine following a weekend referendum, the announcement triggered the toughest western sanctions against Russia since The Cold War. NPR's Gregory Warner reports, many Crimeans won't be satisfied into a next by Russian Federation¹. 

After the referendum vote with 97% apparently² voting in favor of joining Crimea to Russia. The Crimean government passed the law, changing its official currency to the rouble and even pushing its clock forward to match Moscow time. But so far president Putin is only recognizing the peninsular sovereignty, a move it alone triggered assets freezes and other economic sanctions against Russian and Crimean officials. The Obama administration called the vote illegal and said it would massive anomalies in balloting³ that edged up to the 97% figure. Gregory Warner, NPR News, Simferopol. 

 

In New York City, the annual varying the green in the world's largest celebration of Irish culture. Hundreds of thousands spectators lined Fifth Avenue to take a march there, including Joe Poll, a taxi driver from Dublin, who marveled at the scene of the events. 

"It's amazing there. You know, looking it now. It's now more we got. Air parade is on and it looks more competitive more responsive to the Irish natives deserve."

This year's parade also prompted the dispute between events' organizers and the gay activists⁴. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and a sponsor against, both pulled out the event after the organizers said the marchers would not be permitted to carry gay rights signs or identify themselves as being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. A similar dispute played out in Boston this year. 

 

US industrial production rebounded⁵ in February after falling the month before. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports. 

The Federal Reverse said overall industrial production rose by 0.6% last month, output the nation's factories was up 0.8%. In factory utilization⁶ was also up. output of autos, home electronics and chemicals are rose. The number suggests that the economy is beginning to recover after weeks of harsh winter weather in much of the country. Other data have shown that orders to manufacturers rose in February and so did retail⁷ spending. That could boost factory activity even more. US economy is expected to grow by about 2% during the first 3 months of the year and then pick up a bit as the year goes on. Jim Zarroli, NPR News. 

 

Brief downing earthquake took place in South California today, causing anxious moments but apparently no major injuries. Officials say the quake roiled⁸ through Los Angeles basin, registered the magnitude 4.4 with sending about 50 miles northwest of downtown specific center. 

 

An upstart in a week for Wall Street. The Dow gained 181 points today. 

 

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It's now been more than a week since a Malaysian jetliner with 239 passengers and crew vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. In the mystery what happened to the plane is only deepened. There is continue to be numerous theories about what might be fallen flight 777. The plane vanished March 8 has been an object of a global search, involving 25 countries and across enormous swath of land and sea. So far there're no sign of aircraft, wreckage⁹ otherwise has turn up. 

 

The first day of spring officially maybe this Thursday, but not very spring like across the Atlanta region of the country. In Virginia, state police responded a hundred weather-related accident after a winter storm began last night. 4 people were treated for serious injuries after a commercial bus overturned earlier this morning at I 95 near Stafford county.

 

There's an obit now for Mitch Leigh. NPR's Jennifer Ludden has that story. 

 

He was born Irwin Michnick in Brooklyn, New York in 1928 and became a highly successful jingle¹⁰ composer.

But it was a music based on Miguel de Cervantes' epic¹¹ novel Don Quixote, which gave Mr. Leigh immortality¹². 

That show Man of La Mancha is @@ "The Impossible Dream" opened in 1965. It becomes a huge Broadway hit running for over 2,000 performances and winning 5 Tony Award, including the best score nod for Leigh. He continued to work advertising¹³ and wrote several other Broadway shows. For NPR News, I'm Jeff Landing in New York. 

1 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 balloting   

v.（使）投票表决( ballot的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Clark took a commanding leading in the early balloting. 在最初投票时，克拉克遥遥领先。 来自辞典例句
• The balloting had stagnated, he couldn't win. 投票工作陷于停顿，他不能得胜。 来自辞典例句

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 rebounded   

弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 )； 反弹； 产生反作用； 未能奏效

参考例句：

• The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回，欧文头球将球攻进。
• The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。

6 utilization   

n.利用，效用

参考例句：

• Computer has found an increasingly wide utilization in all fields.电子计算机已越来越广泛地在各个领域得到应用。
• Modern forms of agricultural utilization,have completely refuted this assumption.现代农业利用形式，完全驳倒了这种想象。

7 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

8 roiled   

v.搅混（液体）( roil的过去式和过去分词 )；使烦恼；使不安；使生气

参考例句：

• American society is being roiled by the controversy over homosexual marriage. 当今美国社会正被有关同性恋婚姻的争论搞得不得安宁。 来自互联网
• In the past few months, instability has roiled Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas. 在过去的几个月里，西藏和藏人居住区不稳定。 来自互联网

9 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

10 jingle   

n.叮当声，韵律简单的诗句；v.使叮当作响，叮当响，押韵

参考例句：

• The key fell on the ground with a jingle.钥匙叮当落地。
• The knives and forks set up their regular jingle.刀叉发出常有的叮当声。

11 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

12 immortality   

n.不死，不朽

参考例句：

• belief in the immortality of the soul 灵魂不灭的信念
• It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是当你仍然活着的时候就得到了永生。

13 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。