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U.S. Asks Hong Kong to Turn Over Leaker in N.S.A. Case
By GERRY MULLANY and SCOTT SHANE
Officials confirmed on Saturday that they are seeking the return of
Edward J. Snowden to face espionage and theft charges in the United
States, setting off what is likely to be a tangled and protracted fight
over his fate.
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Washington Post
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Houston Chronicle - United States
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Bus overturns in Egypt killing at least 45
At least 45 people have been killed after a bus packed with passengers plunged into an irrigation canal in southern Egypt. Local officials said the accident occurred after the bus swerved to avoid an oncoming pickup truck on the road to Cairo from the southern city of Minya. That's around 200 kilometres south of Cairo. Egypt has a history of serious bus and car crashes due to speeding, careless driving and poor road conditions. At least 8,000 people were killed in accidents in 2006. Those are the most recent statistics available.
法官令YouTube交出用戶資料
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In the two weeks since Barack Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, John McCain has demonstrated a knack for driving the daily political debate, forcing his opponent to respond to a challenge to meet in town hall debates, accusing him of being "delusional" about terrorism and saying he...
(By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)
veer, by straying from its own rules, cast doubts, veering
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Downgrades And Downfall
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(By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post)
veer
verb [I + adverb or preposition]
to change direction:偏向━━ v. 向きが変わる［を変える］; （意見などが）変わる, 変える （round）; （風の）方向が変わる ((特に右回りに)); 【海事】（風下に）針路を変える.
━━ n. 方向転換.
All of a sudden, the car veered off the road.
Moments before crashing, the jet was seen veering sharply to the right.
Three men were feared dead last night after a helicopter veered off course into an oil platform.
Our talk soon veered onto the subject of football.
《中英對照讀新聞》Russian army offers to pay as stray rocket hits house
射偏的火箭擊中民宅，俄軍提議賠償
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Russia’s military offered compensation to a homeowner after a small rocket veered off course and hit his country house outside Moscow.
俄羅斯軍方提議賠償一名屋主，在一枚小型火箭改變路線，擊中他位於莫斯科市郊的鄉間房屋後。
新聞辭典
veer off：片語，改變方向、離題。例句：The bus veered off the road and flipped onto its side.（公車駛出公路路面，翻了車。）
go astray：片語，迷路、走失或走偏。例句：The boy went astray with his bad companions.（這個男孩隨著壞朋友們走上歧途。）
veering
(′vir·iŋ) (meteorology) In international usage, a change in wind direction in a clockwise sense (for example, south to southwest to west) in either hemisphere of the earth. According to widespread usage among United States meteorologists, a change in wind direction in a clockwise sense in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.oncoming
adjective [before noun]
moving towards you or approaching:
The car veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided with an oncoming truck.
There seemed to be no way of averting the oncoming crisis.
turn over
1. Invert, bring the bottom to the top, as in We have to turn over the soil before we plant anything. [Second half of 1300s]2. Shift position, as by rolling from side to side. For example, This bed is so narrow I can barely turn over. [First half of 1700s]
3. Rotate, cycle, as in The engine turned over but the car wouldn't start. [Early 1900s]
4. Think about, consider, as in She turned over the idea in her mind. [Early 1800s]
5. Transfer to another, surrender, as in I turned over the funds to the children. [Mid-1500s]
6. Do business to the extent or amount of, as in We hoped the company would turn over a million dollars the first year. [Mid-1800s]
7. Seem to lurch or heave convulsively, as in The plane hit an air pocket and my stomach turned over. [Second half of 1800s]
8. Replace or renew the constituent parts, as in Half of our staff turns over every few years. [Mid-1900s] Also see turn over a new leaf.
overturn
verb
1 [I or T] to (cause to) turn over:
The car skidded off the road, hit a tree and overturned.
The burglars had overturned all the furniture in the house.
2 [T] FORMAL to change a legal decision:
The Court of Appeal overturned the earlier decision.
3 [T] UK If you overturn someone's majority in a British election, you defeat them:
The Labour candidate unexpectedly overturned the long-standing Tory majority.
adjective
- following a winding course."meandering rivers flow at vastly different rates"
stray
verb [I]
1 to travel along a route that was not originally intended, or to move beyond a limited area:
A herd of cattle had strayed into the road.
They got lost when they strayed too far from the footpath.
The ship strayed off course during the storm.
2 to start thinking or talking about a different subject from the one you should be giving attention to:
I think we've strayed too far from our original plan.
Sorry - I've strayed from the subject.
stray
noun [C]
a pet that no longer has a home or cannot find its home:
a stray dog
"Who owns that cat?" "I don't know. I think it must be a stray."
stray
adjective [before noun]
Stray things have moved apart from similar things and are not in their expected or intended place:
There are still a few stray spots of paint on the window pane.
Several journalists have been killed or injured by stray bullets while reporting on the civil war.
stray
intr.v., strayed, stray·ing, strays.
- To move away from a group, deviate from the correct course, or go beyond established limits.
- To become lost.
- To wander about without a destination or purpose; roam. See synonyms at wander.
- To follow a winding course; meander.
- To deviate from a moral, proper, or right course; err.
- To become diverted from a subject or train of thought; digress. See synonyms at swerve.
One that has strayed, especially a domestic animal wandering about.
adj.
- Straying or having strayed; wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.
- Scattered or separate: a few stray crumbs.
[Middle English straien, from Old French estraier, from estree, highway, from Latin strāta. See street.]
strayer stray'er n.swerve
verb
1 [I] to change direction, especially suddenly:
The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting the cyclists.
Compare unswerving.
2 If you do not swerve from a principle or certain actions, you continue to think or act as you did in the beginning:
She is one of those rare politicians whom one can trust not to swerve from policy and principle.
swerve
noun [C](swûrv)
tr. & intr.v., swerved, swerv·ing, swerves.
To turn aside or be turned aside from a straight course.
n.
The act of swerving.
[Middle English swerven, from Old English sweorfan, to rub, scour.]
SYNONYMS swerve, depart, deviate, digress, diverge, stray, veer. These verbs mean to turn away from a straight or prescribed course: a gaze that never swerved; won't depart from family traditions; deviated from the original plan; digressed from the main topic; opinions that diverged; strays from the truth; a conversation that veered away from sensitive issues.
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