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1. The Iowa caucuses¹ take place today, and Mitt² Romney is predicting, no win. But as of early Tuesday, many of Iowa's Republican voters still hadn't settled on a favorite candidate. Romney is expected to be challenged by Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.

2. President Barack Obama wasted little time getting back in front of voters following a ten-day Hawaii vacation. From Washington, the president will host a live web chat with supporters in Iowa tonight as the caucuses are unfolding.

3. Egypt is holding a third round of the country's first parliamentary elections following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Islamist parties are expected to win the majority in the 498-seat lower house.

4. And police in New York are keeping watch on an Islamic cultural center that was firebombed Sunday. The building's entrance was struck by a pair of Molotov cocktails³. A private house that is used as a Hindu house of worship was also hit. Authorities are investigating the attacks as bias⁴ crimes.

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1 caucuses
n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议
参考例句：
Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。来自互联网

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 cocktails
n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物
参考例句：
Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。来自辞典例句 Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。来自辞典例句

4 bias
n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见
参考例句：
They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。 He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。