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94-million-year-old | 0simple | 0 | The 3-inch chunk turned out to be part of a Nodosaurus , a 94-million-year-old dinosaur that looked like a `` fat , squatty cow with armor , '' said Michael Polcyn , an SMU paleontologist . | 13 |
fisheries | 1complex | 7 | Going after the more valuable predators first , fishing them until there are n't enough left to support a fishery and then moving on to species lower in the food chain , a pattern sometimes observed in global fisheries , has been called `` fishing down the food web . '' | 38 |
cities | 0simple | 0 | In about a week , winds carry ozone formed by emissions from cars , factories and power plants in Asia to the U.S. West Coast , where it can add to locally generated pollution , worsening smog in cities such as Bakersfield , Fresno and Los Angeles . | 38 |
processes | 1complex | 3 | Toyoda , who is credited with developing the car company 's efficient , low-defect manufacturing processes and who helped spearhead Toyota 's aggressive push into the U.S. auto market , died Tuesday . | 15 |
prohibit | 1complex | 3 | California state courts already prohibit the striking of jurors based on sexual orientation . | 4 |
cascading | 1complex | 8 | `` It 's cascading down into this valley now , '' Yurkewycz said , pointing out a tongue of ice flowing over a rise and into a rubbly ravine . | 3 |
big | 0simple | 0 | Computer-animated films are big business : In most years , a handful rank among the top 10 U.S. box-office hits . | 3 |
opportunities | 1complex | 5 | Castañeda , who grew up in Delano , California , thought students in rural communities should have access to the same opportunities as those in more affluent areas . | 21 |
Freedom | 0simple | 0 | All that 's needed to travel to the upper reaches of the building , also known as the `` Freedom Tower , '' is a 60-second ride in the Western Hemisphere 's fastest elevator system . | 19 |
resource-rich | 1complex | 4 | CASPER , Wyo. -- These are boom times in the resource-rich Cowboy State , courtesy of an oil explosion whose ripples can be felt across the land . | 10 |
sediment | 1complex | 8 | CHICAGO -- Geologist Erin Argyilan has in the last 10 months studied sediment , analyzed wind patterns and mapped terrain , but she has n't solved the mystery of the holes that appear and vanish in the beige sands of Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore . | 12 |
facility | 1complex | 3 | Since Boeing rolled out its first 777 to a huge crowd at its manufacturing facility in Everett , Wash. , in 1994 , more than 1,100 have been built and only one had been in a major accident , with no fatalities . | 14 |
medals | 0simple | 0 | MOSCOW -- The day after the 2014 Sochi Olympics ended with Russia atop the medals table , a beaming President Vladimir Putin presented his athletes with state awards for `` defending the honor '' of their country by showing that its `` great and glorious '' sports traditions were still strong . | 14 |
Frontline | 0simple | 0 | Frontline nations like Greece , Italy and Hungary have pleaded for more help , while powerhouse Germany , which is expecting to take in 800,000 migrants this year , the most in the EU , has demanded that other nations step up and take in more asylum-seekers . | 0 |
collection | 0simple | 0 | Although NOAA scientists had been doing active research on the collection , the thousands of flammable Styrofoam boxes -- piled 20 feet high and filled with ethanol for preservation -- were a huge fire hazard . | 10 |
lobbed | 1complex | 3 | But by focusing on the lack of opportunities in many of the city 's minority neighborhoods , and doing it through the lens of the city 's youth , Emanuel took on one of the top criticisms lobbed at him during the campaign : He 's a mayor who has perpetuated two Chicagos -- one for the wealthy and one for the rest . | 37 |
unfair | 0simple | 0 | That Rodrigo Guzman , 10 , could no longer be with his friends and attend Jefferson Elementary seemed so obviously unfair to these students . | 20 |
meetings | 0simple | 0 | The awkward kickoff for a series of official meetings in Beijing followed Biden 's speech earlier Wednesday urging young Chinese citizens to challenge orthodoxy and the status quo . | 8 |
fast-moving | 0simple | 0 | FLAGSTAFF , Ariz. -- Nineteen firefighters died Sunday while battling a fast-moving wildfire northwest of Phoenix , the worst firefighter loss of life in a wildland blaze since 1933 . | 11 |
leaders | 0simple | 0 | BEIJING -- In a sharp rebuff , China accused Washington on Wednesday of taking Japan 's side in a tense clash over disputed islands in the East China Sea , underscoring rising regional friction as visiting Vice President Joe Biden met with Beijing 's leaders . | 44 |
tipping | 1complex | 4 | The study looks in detail at what will happen by 2065 , but the actual tipping point comes in 2055 . | 15 |
testimony | 1complex | 8 | `` The jury will make up its own mind after it sees the video and hears the other testimony , '' Wilson said . | 18 |
drawer | 0simple | 0 | Because the value of the items may range from $ 50 to $ 200 or more , they are n't sitting forgotten in a drawer anymore . | 24 |
identification | 1complex | 6 | WASHINGTON - The Justice Department sued North Carolina on Monday in a bid to block a new state law that forces voters to present a photo identification before casting a ballot and limits early voting , arguing the measure discriminates against minorities . | 26 |
home-cooked | 0simple | 0 | Addressing a health summit in Washington , the first lady said home-cooked meals have less fat , sodium , cholesterol and calories than meals prepared in restaurants -- and save money , too . | 11 |
not-so-big | 0simple | 0 | The reason for the not-so-big move ? | 4 |
analysis | 1complex | 6 | An Associated Press analysis of households in the 10 biggest economies shows that families continue to spend cautiously and have pulled hundreds of billions of dollars out of stocks , cut borrowing for the first time in decades and poured money into savings and bonds that offer puny interest payments , often too low to... | 3 |
bloodletting | 1complex | 7 | In the years since the hundred days of bloodletting , in which as many as a million people were killed , the small Central African country has impressed donors and investors , though lately human rights advocates have criticized President Paul Kagame for his increasingly authoritarian approach . | 8 |
petroleum | 1complex | 6 | But she pledged to create `` a grand pact '' to improve public services and said among her priorities would be to devote 100 percent of petroleum revenue to education , send thousands of doctors to rural areas , come up with a national urban transit plan , and meet with peaceful protest leaders . | 26 |
seek | 0simple | 0 | In addition , the U.S. will seek to strengthen global enforcement and international cooperation to fight an illicit trade estimated to total about $ 10 billion per year . | 6 |
skies | 0simple | 0 | The Boeing 777 has been seen as one of the safest aircraft in the skies today . | 14 |
shown | 0simple | 0 | WASHINGTON -- Whether belting out lyrics to Al Green 's `` Let 's Stay Together , '' leading a mournful congregation through `` Amazing Grace , '' or tweeting his Spotify music playlist that includes Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone , President Barack Obama has shown that he 's a pretty soulful guy . | 45 |
read | 0simple | 0 | `` The Afghan Interior Ministry orders all police forces to confiscate toy guns , which can lead to physical and psychological damage to people , '' the order read . | 28 |
counselor | 1complex | 6 | The third time he got into a scuffle , something different happened : A counselor at Augustus Hawkins High School in South Los Angeles pulled Banks and the other teen aside and told them they needed to talk . | 14 |
feature | 0simple | 0 | The free fan village will feature concerts , interactive games and player appearances at the foot of Market Street across from the Ferry Building , and will be among the main images broadcast of San Francisco . | 5 |
cook | 0simple | 0 | Michelle Obama said Friday that a new focus of her anti-childhood obesity effort will be to help people cook more of their meals at home because they 're healthier . | 18 |
attempted | 0simple | 0 | Yazidis in Lincoln said some members of the community were so depressed that they could n't get out of bed , and others had attempted suicide . | 24 |
counterweights | 0simple | 0 | Each elevator operates using a pulley-like system that consists of a cab and counterweights connected by a cable . | 13 |
malls | 0simple | 0 | That kind of power shopping has made the Chinese tourist the highest-spending overseas visitor to the U.S. and one of the most valued customers for U.S. outlet malls , shopping centers and tour bus operators . | 27 |
giving | 0simple | 0 | But today this ancient social contract is giving way as the Chinese economy booms , prying apart families with job opportunities in distant cities or abroad . | 7 |
candidates | 0simple | 0 | Democrats assert that the laws are intended to make it harder for blacks and other voters who are likely to vote for Democratic candidates to cast their ballots . | 23 |
tennis | 0simple | 0 | LOS ANGELES -- The amber lights flicker on above the tennis courts at DeForest Park in Long Beach . | 10 |
groups | 0simple | 0 | NEW YORK -- It has been a big year for bears in the news , especially in Maine , where voters on Nov. 4 face a question that has bedeviled other bear-heavy states : how to keep the species ' population at bay in the face of pressure from animal rights groups lobbying to ban certain hunting methods . | 51 |
real | 0simple | 0 | It should be no surprise then that young children play `` police and Taliban , '' chasing each other around with toy guns and weaponry designed to mimic the real thing . | 29 |
abdicate | 1complex | 9 | -LSB- -RSB- -LRB- https://newsela-test-files-f331e.s3.amazonaws.com/article_media/extra/20140602_Europe_royals.jpg -RRB- MADRID -- Spain 's King Juan Carlos I told his compatriots Monday he had opted to abdicate to his son Felipe , arguing that `` a new generation demands , with justice , the leading role . '' | 21 |
finding | 0simple | 0 | CARMEL VALLEY , Calif. -- High above the Big Sur coast , Ian Faloona is finding pollution on the edge of the continent , a place that should have some of the country 's cleanest air . | 15 |
crops | 0simple | 0 | The curriculums , taking hold as school budgets tighten and the numbers of farms in the United States decline , are rich in science and touted as stepping stones for college-bound students considering careers in everything from urban forestry to renewable natural resources and genetic engineering of crops , perhaps for... | 47 |
lush | 1complex | 4 | SACRAMENTO , Calif. -- Sacramento gets about as much annual rainfall as arid Flagstaff , Ariz. , but its lush lawns are modeled on those of rain-soaked England . | 19 |
Scouts | 0simple | 0 | NEW YORK -- As the Girl Scouts ' membership continues a sharp decline , its leaders are betting on technology to reverse the trend , including a major expansion of its year-old program enabling Girl Scout cookies to be sold via mobile apps and the girls ' personalized websites . | 6 |
influx | 1complex | 6 | With the start of the region 's high tourism season a few months away , some officials are calling for an emergency meeting of the 15-nation Caribbean Community , worried that the worsening seaweed influx could become a chronic dilemma for the globe 's most tourism-dependent region . | 34 |
startlingly | 0simple | 0 | In the months after the outrage stirred by the deaths of Brown and another unarmed African-American , Eric Garner , in New York , singer D'Angelo released his first album in more than a decade , `` Black Messiah , '' which included references both glancing and startlingly direct to the chain of events between Selma and... | 47 |
Armour | 0simple | 0 | She has authored a best-selling memoir , was featured this year on the cover of Time magazine 's `` 100 Most Influential People , '' and has starred in a viral Under Armour ad , twirling amid the reading of a rejection letter declaring she has `` the wrong body for ballet . '' | 32 |
holiday | 0simple | 0 | At least 184 people , nearly all children , suffered eye injuries over the recent Eid al-Fitr holiday from toy weapons that fire BB pellets and rubber shot , health officials said . | 17 |
ancient | 1complex | 3 | Motorcycles rest on kickstands beside an ancient lava flow while revelers talk excitedly about alien worlds , teleportation and the creation of life . | 6 |
bodies | 0simple | 0 | They also showed images of more than a dozen bodies lying under sheets and Egyptian flags . | 9 |
trip | 0simple | 0 | In response to the protests , Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff postponed a trip she had planned to Japan and called an emergency meeting Friday morning in Brasilia . | 12 |
flew | 0simple | 0 | Owl catcher Hussein Mduduzi , jumping from roof strut to roof strut , managed to catch two owlets , but the eight grown owls flew off . | 24 |
cavernous | 1complex | 9 | On a sun-drenched Saturday afternoon in Silver Spring , Maryland , the dark , cavernous Fillmore theater is roaring with life . | 14 |
wounds | 0simple | 0 | WASHINGTON -- Army Capt. Brian Dowling was leading his Special Forces team through a steep mountain pass in eastern Afghanistan when insurgents ambushed his patrol , leaving two of his soldiers pinned down with life-threatening wounds . | 35 |
injured | 0simple | 0 | Violence broke out in more than 10 cities late Thursday and early Friday , and an 18-year-old man was killed and three people injured when they were hit by a car trying to drive around a protester-erected barricade in Ribeirao Preto , 185 miles north of Sao Paolo . | 23 |
initially | 1complex | 4 | The scientists were initially skeptical about what they would find on the construction site near the new Sprouts Farmers Market less than 100 yards from busy Matlock Road . | 3 |
flanked | 1complex | 7 | Zimmerman stood at the defendant 's table , flanked by his lawyers as the verdict was read . | 8 |
fiscal | 0simple | 0 | In all , at least 51,705 minors from Central America entered the United States illegally during fiscal year 2014 -- a 148 percent increase over fiscal year 2013 . | 25 |
bank | 0simple | 0 | Five years after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed , triggering a global financial crisis and shattering confidence worldwide , families in countries as varied as the United States , Japan , the United Kingdom and Germany remain hunkered down , too spooked and distrustful to take chances with their money . | 5 |
bills | 0simple | 0 | He paid more than $ 800 from a wad of $ 100 bills . | 12 |
starter | 0simple | 0 | The fire starter bracelet looks like many other woven bracelets being sold online to outdoor enthusiasts . | 2 |
second-biggest | 0simple | 0 | It was the latest accident in a troubled year for the nation 's second-biggest commuter railroad , which had never experienced a passenger death in an accident in its 31-year-history . | 13 |
wheel | 0simple | 0 | There is no specific law to prevent women from driving in the kingdom , but they can not apply for driving licenses and have previously been arrested on charges relating to public order or political protest after getting behind the wheel . | 40 |
Willy | 0simple | 0 | LOS ANGELES -- His escape from the Nazis was more like `` Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory '' than `` The Sound of Music , '' Leon Prochnik admits . | 12 |
brief | 0simple | 0 | In a brief appearance before reporters in which he took no questions , Biden did not go into details on differences over China 's newly declared restricted flying zone . | 2 |
generated | 0simple | 0 | In about a week , winds carry ozone formed by emissions from cars , factories and power plants in Asia to the U.S. West Coast , where it can add to locally generated pollution , worsening smog in cities such as Bakersfield , Fresno and Los Angeles . | 32 |
nits | 1complex | 4 | LOVELOCK , Nev. -- For years , school nurse Deborah Pontius came to work with nits to pick . | 15 |
ready | 0simple | 0 | Another person connected to the case had said earlier that the union was `` ready to go once he -LSB- Brady -RSB- gives the go-ahead . '' | 14 |
exploratory | 1complex | 8 | Major construction on the highly anticipated Westside subway extension wo n't begin until next year , but an exploratory shaft dug at the corner of Ogden Drive to assess soil conditions for future stations and tunnels has burped up a bonanza of prehistoric swag . | 18 |
Sound | 0simple | 0 | LOS ANGELES -- His escape from the Nazis was more like `` Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory '' than `` The Sound of Music , '' Leon Prochnik admits . | 22 |
low-defect | 1complex | 6 | Toyoda , who is credited with developing the car company 's efficient , low-defect manufacturing processes and who helped spearhead Toyota 's aggressive push into the U.S. auto market , died Tuesday . | 13 |
enforcement | 1complex | 7 | China has many laws against pollution , Ma said , but `` enforcement is weak '' because the cost of committing violations is too low . | 12 |
change | 0simple | 0 | The expanding range of Naegleria infections could potentially be related to climate change , she adds , as the organism thrives in warmer temperatures . | 12 |
players | 0simple | 0 | Tom Brady and the players ' union are headed to a legal clash with the NFL over Deflategate after Commissioner Roger Goodell rejected Brady 's appeal Tuesday and upheld the four-game suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback and reigning Super Bowl MVP . | 4 |
quarantines | 1complex | 5 | New York and New Jersey announced mandatory quarantines for anyone traveling from three West African nations who has had direct contact with an Ebola patient , including health care workers . | 7 |
life | 0simple | 0 | Home Depot is one of a number of companies that have stepped up their efforts to recruit U.S. military veterans , helping ex-service members such as Miranda who have struggled to find work and to adjust to life back home . | 37 |
Independence | 0simple | 0 | INDEPENDENCE , Mo. -- When Kari Knudtson 's 10-year-old fourth grader at Mill Creek Elementary School in Independence , Mo. , became wildly disruptive in school last month , he was taken from his classroom and put in the school 's isolation room . | 17 |
evaluated | 1complex | 4 | When a law discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation , it must be closely evaluated to `` ensure that our most fundamental institutions neither send nor reinforce messages of stigma or second-class status , '' Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the court . | 15 |
helped | 0simple | 0 | Crews has helped Castro and others treat the yips . | 2 |
trying | 0simple | 0 | Violence broke out in more than 10 cities late Thursday and early Friday , and an 18-year-old man was killed and three people injured when they were hit by a car trying to drive around a protester-erected barricade in Ribeirao Preto , 185 miles north of Sao Paolo . | 31 |
arrested | 1complex | 4 | One friend was arrested for stealing some . | 3 |
sharks | 0simple | 0 | Consumers prefer predatory fish like grouper , tuna , swordfish and sharks to species lower on the food chain such as anchovies and sardines , providing strong incentives for fishermen to catch the bigger fish . | 11 |
prostitution | 1complex | 6 | Pierson , a 30-year Secret Service veteran , was named director only 18 months ago after a prostitution scandal and other problems suggested poor discipline and inadequate oversight in the supposedly elite force responsible for protecting the president , his family and visiting foreign leaders . | 17 |
meant | 0simple | 0 | The mayor 's decision to home in on one of Chicago 's most intractable problems meant he made only passing reference to another : crumbling finances that have left the city 's credit rated as `` junk '' and its pension funds woefully unfunded . | 15 |
sign | 0simple | 0 | Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claims debt relief is the key issue that held up a deal with creditors last week and says he 'd rather cut off his arm than sign anything that does n't tackle the country 's borrowings . | 31 |
trade | 0simple | 0 | In addition , the U.S. will seek to strengthen global enforcement and international cooperation to fight an illicit trade estimated to total about $ 10 billion per year . | 18 |
fouled | 1complex | 5 | KINGSTON , Jamaica -- The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs . | 22 |
detailed | 1complex | 5 | `` If I had a choice , I would n't have ever talked about it , '' Christie said on Tuesday , confirming a news report that detailed his surgery nearly three months ago . | 27 |
clash | 1complex | 6 | BEIJING -- In a sharp rebuff , China accused Washington on Wednesday of taking Japan 's side in a tense clash over disputed islands in the East China Sea , underscoring rising regional friction as visiting Vice President Joe Biden met with Beijing 's leaders . | 20 |
extraterrestrial | 1complex | 8 | On this sun-blasted tract of sand 14 miles south of Baker , Calif. , molecular biologist and -LSB- entrepreneur -RSB- -LRB- https://www.newsela.com/?tag=entrepreneur -RRB- J. Craig Venter is field-testing a technology that he says will revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life . | 38 |
dad | 0simple | 0 | A Silicon Valley tech professional , dad Neil Banerjee told his son to `` Google it . '' | 6 |
fossils | 1complex | 5 | The 4-year-old from southeast Arlington was searching for fish fossils in Mansfield with his dad , Tim , last fall when the preschooler came back with a bone that has excited even seasoned paleontologists from Southern Methodist University . | 9 |
reigning | 1complex | 6 | Tom Brady and the players ' union are headed to a legal clash with the NFL over Deflategate after Commissioner Roger Goodell rejected Brady 's appeal Tuesday and upheld the four-game suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback and reigning Super Bowl MVP . | 39 |
pocket | 0simple | 0 | Julia A. Pierson , the first woman to hold the post , stepped down hours after an Army veteran who is accused of running into the White House with a knife in his pocket on Sept. 19 , pleaded not guilty to three criminal charges in federal court . | 33 |
raising | 0simple | 0 | CAIRO -- Hundreds of thousands of protesters swelled through villages and cities Sunday , denouncing Egypt 's Islamist president and raising fears of a new revolution that could divide the nation , threaten its young democracy and unhinge its already-troubled economy . | 20 |
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