美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-14

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1. Supreme¹ Court nominee² John Roberts jousts⁴ with Senate Democrats⁵ prodding⁷ him for detailed⁸ answers on his views on abortion⁹.

2. As the port of New Orleans reopens, President Bush takes responsbility for failures in the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

3. US forces in Iraq attack the insurgent¹⁰ stronghold of Haditha, capturing a militant¹¹ with ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq killing¹² four others.

4. Ukraine's president accuses his former prime minister of abusing her office by trying to wipe out debts of a firm she once headed.

5. And this fall, Japanese electronics maker¹³ Fujitsu rolls out its robot on wheels, handy as guides at stores, offices and restaurants.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. joust³
1 joust jousts jousting¹⁴ jousted¹⁵
When two or more people or organizations joust, they compete to see who is better. (LITERARY)
...lawyers joust in the courtroom...
The oil company jousts with Esso for lead position in UK sales.
V-RECIP
= spar
+ joust jousts
Also a noun.
There were notable jousts with the Secretary of Commerce.
N-COUNT

2. prod⁶
2 prod prods¹⁶ prodding prodded¹⁷
If you prod someone into doing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.
The report was a shock tactic¹⁸ to prod the Government into spending more on the Health Service.
`I thought a nice cosy<sup>19</sup> dinner for two,' he said. That prodded her to say: `Where has Mora gone, then?'
VB
= stimulate²⁰, stir
· prodding
She did her chores without prodding.
N-UNCOUNT
= prompting