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Obama and Johansson Exchange Emails

Sam — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:49:27 +0000

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Actress Scarlett Johansson said she communicates regularly with presidential candidate Barack Obama by email.

In January, she announced that she is a big Obama supporter.

“I’m not telling people who to vote for, and I don’t expect that if I did it would swing votes. At least, I hope not,” she told the Politico.com website.

Words

supporter: fan.
to swing votes: to change someone’s mind, to cause someone to vote for someone else.

Czechs and Slovaks React to John McCain

Sam — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:49:05 +0000

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John McCain, the American presidential candidate, referred to the country of “Czechoslovakia” twice last week.

Czechoslovakia, however, no longer exists. It split up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on January 1, 1993.

Simple English News asked Czechs and Slovaks about their reaction to McCain’s historical gaffe.

“I am not upset. However, it does make me question his thinking. Especially if he wants to rule the world’s only superpower,” said Viktor Bukna, a retired television repairman from Slovakia.

Most of the Czechs we spoke with had the same opinion.

However, the Czech newspaper Lidovky did point out that Barack Obama also made a foreign policy mistake when he spoke about the president of Canada. Canada has a prime minister and not a president.

Words

gaffe: a mistake.
to rule: to lead, to be a leader, to govern.

Will This Be Hillary’s Last Chance?

Sam — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:07:41 +0000

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Tuesday will be an important day in the political career of Hillary Clinton.

The former first lady and current senator from New York must win elections in the states of Ohio and Texas if she is to have any chance of becoming president.

If she loses, then she will probably drop out of the presidential race. This will make Barack Obama, a senator from Illinois, the candidate for the Democrats.

Senator John McCain from Arizona is the candidate for the Republicans.

Hillary’s Surprising Victory

Sam — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:14:48 +0000

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Nobody expected Hillary Clinton to win yesterday’s primary election in the American state of New Hampshire.

(A primary election is held in each American state to decide who will be the presidential candidate for each party.)

Mrs. Clinton is a Democrat. John McCain won the Republican primary.

Barack Obama was expected to win the Democratic primary on Tuesday.