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1. It's cleanup time in Boston. Police evicted¹ Occupy movement campers there this morning. Forty-six people were arrested, but police say the eviction² was mostly peaceful.

2. You're looking at what's been called the largest anti-government protests that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen. Tens of thousands of people turned out to criticize the electoral fraud and demand the end of Vladimir Putin's rule.

3. Cuba is criticizing a firework display that dissidents from Florida set off last night. It could be seen over Havana, and the government there called it a subversive³ act.

4. It's a sight that no one on earth will see for another three years, a total lunar eclipse. The earth shadow completely blocked the moon this morning. The next one won't be until 2014.

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1 evicted
v.（依法从房屋里或土地上）驱逐，赶出( evict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。 They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。

2 eviction
n.租地等的收回
参考例句：
The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。 He claimed damages for unlawful eviction.他要求对非法驱逐作出赔偿。

3 subversive
adj.颠覆性的，破坏性的；n.破坏份子，危险份子
参考例句：
She was seen as a potentially subversive within the party.她被看成党内潜在的颠覆分子。 The police is investigating subversive group in the student organization.警方正调查学生组织中的搞颠覆阴谋的集团。