1. 奥巴马将迎来第二个任期，摆在他面前的任务依然很艰巨：如何处理1万亿美元的高额年度财政赤字，如何削减高达16万亿美元的国债，如何改革开支高昂的社会事业，如何应对党派斗争激烈陷入僵局的美国国会等等。

2. 200911/88512.shtmlDuring NATO’s 1999 air war over Yugoslavia the Atlantic alliance struck hundreds of targets over Serbia and Kosovo. Most were uncontroversial: air-defense sites army headquarters and other military targets. The destruction of one target in particular however set off a wave of anti-Western—and anti-American in particular—protests half a world away. That target was the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

3. You may already use Google Calendar, but are you using it wisely? Here’s a secret: only put stuff on your Google Calendar that will actually happen at that date and time. Use iPhone Reminders to remember things that are not time-sensitive (down to the hour or minute). Following this strategy will help you stay more sane.

4. Reality Competition Program: “The Voice” (NBC)

5. 如果您以前听过这句话，那就当我没说：一家未经考验，没有任何收入的社交媒体公司获得一个令人晕眩的的报价。不顾所有人的建议，那位自命不凡，二十出头的CEO拒绝出售。与此同时，不知从哪儿冒出来的竞争对手突然发起诉讼，言之凿凿地声称他们的创意被窃取了。

6. “Someone resigned via a video conference call.”

应用

1. 干得漂亮！在不到20个词的一句话里，eBay集前五届冠军之长，做到了啥也没说。怀着沉重的心情，我将2016年度金废话奖总冠军授予eBay。

2. Industry Kitchen是位于纽约市南街海港的一间餐厅，你可以在这里购买到这款24K黄金比萨，其售价高达2000美元。顾名思义，黄金披萨因为覆盖了24k黄金金片而闻名。

3. 几周的流言结束后，菲尔-杰克逊依然没能成功交易走卡梅罗-安东尼和德里克-罗斯，虽然从球队长远的利益来看绝对得送走他俩。

4. 5. “In Jackson Heights” The latest from the brilliant Frederick Wiseman has a three-hour-plus running time; maybe this explains why once again the dunderheads at the Academy didn’t put him in contention.

5. Well, that’s it, kids: we’re heading home. Chinese shares are down 7 per cent, and thanks to the newly-instituted market circuit breakers, that means the market shuts.

6. He then pressed all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to work again, but to no avail. Sun then punched the "stop" button, to lock the elevator and secure it won't move.

旧版特色

1. “One person said he was going to the men’s room and didn’t return.”

2. 它基于针对各商学院及其2013年毕业的学员的调查。

3. Falke’s fall from grace is sad, but nothing compared with eBay. The company I thought I would love forever for supplying my entire wardrobe and the contents of my house told the New York Times: “We are passionate about harnessing our platform to empower millions of people by levelling the playing field for them.”