美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-13

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1. The nation's biggest television networks set aside an hour Friday to air a musical appeal for hurricane relief, an echo of a somber¹ event held four years ago. "Shelter From the Storm: A concert for the Gulf² Coast" was scheduled for 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern with Paul Simon, the Dixie Chicks, Alicia Keys and Sheryl Crow among the performers.

2. When fashion rocks, singers-turned-designers Gwen Stefani and Beyonce pull out all the stops . Stefani put on a slinky silver dress worthy³ of a screen siren at the Fashion Rocks concert that kicked off New York Fashion Week while Beyonce - along with her fellow members of Destiny's Child - wore shimmery⁴ babydoll dresses.

3. And Gottex showed their new swimwear collection under the tent in Bryant Park. Among the standout beach of attire⁵ was a black one-piece suit with a beaded spider-web and an all-gold bikini top worn on a James Bond "Goldfinger" girl.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. stop
11 stop stops
A stop is a time or place at which you stop during a journey.
The last stop in Mr Cook's lengthy⁶ tour was Paris.
Mack was driving down from Vermont, with a stop in Boston to pick Sarah up.
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2. slinky
slinky slinkier slinkiest
Slinky clothes fit very closely to a woman's body in a way that makes her look sexually attractive.
She's wearing a slinky black mini-skirt.
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3. siren
2 siren sirens
Some people refer to a woman as a siren when they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way. (LITERARY)
He maligns⁷ the innocent princess as a siren who has drawn⁸ him to his ruin.
...the voluptuous⁹ siren with a husky voice.
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= femme fatale

4. beaded
1 beaded
A beaded dress, cushion, or other object is decorated with beads¹⁰.
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5. bikini
bikini bikinis
A bikini is a two-piece swimming costume worn by women.
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