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1.Hurricane Rita pummels Coastal Texas and Louisiana with fierce winds and torrential rains but raise far less damage than Katrina, largely sparing flood from Huston and Galveston.
2.Defense in the Gaza Strip escalated on Saturday as Israeli forces fired missiles, killing two Hamas activists. Hamas vowed to revenge.
3.A suicide car bomber driving at high speed exploded his vehicle near an Iraqi army checkpoint in central Baghdad, killing three soldiers and an Iraqi civilian.
4.The 35-nation board of the UN Atomic Watchdog Agency approved a resolution Saturday that could lead to Iran's referral to the UN Security Council for violating a nuclear arms control treaty, something the United States has been urging for years.
5.Opponents of the war in Iraq marched Saturday in a clamorous day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead, some showing surprisingly diverse political views even as they spoke with one loud voice in wanting US troops home.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. pummel
pummel pummels pummelling pummelled
If you pummel someone or something, you hit them many times using your fists.
He trapped Conn in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.
VB (AM) pummeling, pummeled
2. escalate
escalate escalates escalating escalated
If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity. (JOURNALISM)
Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate.
The protests escalated into five days of rioting.
Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.
V-ERG
· escalation escalations
The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
...a sudden escalation of violence.
N-VAR
3. clamorous
clamorous
If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting. (LITERARY)
...the crowded, clamorous streets filled with Irish, German, Italian, Jewish, and Chinese children.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
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