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Speaker | 0simple | 0 | Those fissures drove out former Speaker John A. Boehner , who bid a tearful farewell Thursday , and prompted Ryan to pledge to return some of the power amassed in recent decades by House leadership to the rank-and-file . | 5 |
secondary | 1complex | 6 | And when it comes to the Civil War , children are supposed to learn that the conflict was caused by `` sectionalism , states ' rights and slavery '' -- written deliberately in that order to telegraph slavery 's secondary role in driving the conflict , according to some members of the State Board of Education . | 39 |
Holder | 0simple | 0 | `` The Justice Department expects to show that the clear and intended effects of these changes would contract the electorate and result in unequal access to the participation in the political process on account of race , '' Holder , joined by federal prosecutors based in North Carolina , said during a news conference a... | 38 |
pit | 1complex | 3 | In its most basic terms , the ballot measures pit coalitions of foodies , organic farmers and nutrition activists against many of the nation 's leading manufacturers including the biotechnology company Monsanto , Kraft Foods and Coca-Cola . | 9 |
fore | 1complex | 4 | `` Today , a younger generation deserves to come to the fore , one with new energy , willing to tackle with determination the transformations and reforms that the current situation demands , '' he said . | 11 |
friendship | 0simple | 0 | Organizers say the girls ' five-year friendship -- which spills over from the baseball field to Taylor Swift concerts , trips to the local swimming pool and other activities -- is an inspiring example of the meaningful bonds formed in programs like Buddy Baseball , in which young people with special needs are exposed t... | 6 |
demonstrations | 1complex | 7 | Due to the demonstrations , government officials said they would cancel a major annual fireworks celebration scheduled for Wednesday -- China 's equivalent of the Fourth of July . | 3 |
slung | 1complex | 3 | KABUL , Afghanistan -- The weapons of Afghanistan 's long decades of war can be seen almost everywhere , from the burned-out hulks of Soviet tanks to the Kalashnikov assault rifles slung over policemen 's shoulders and helicopter gunships roaring overhead . | 31 |
dwindled | 1complex | 6 | Once numbering in the millions , Africa 's elephant population has dwindled to 500,000 or less , said Dan Ashe , the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service . | 11 |
sarcastically | 1complex | 7 | While Obama did not directly call out Republicans , he sharply , and at times sarcastically , struck back at rivals who have challenged his economic and national security stewardship . | 15 |
watchman | 1complex | 3 | Holder also said his office is examining all available evidence before deciding whether to pursue charges against neighborhood watchman Zimmerman in the shooting death of the black teen -- though he gave no indication of the timetable involved . | 18 |
terse | 1complex | 7 | In the midst of the stirring `` Glory , '' the musical centerpiece of the Oscar-nominated movie `` Selma , '' Chicago rapper Common delivers a terse summation of how words , melody and a protest merged during the civil-rights movement . | 26 |
anything | 0simple | 0 | The I am Elemental line of female action figures features a character named Industry who can `` repair anything that is broken . '' | 18 |
odd | 0simple | 0 | OXKUTZCAB , Mexico -- Wander into Cafe Rex in Oxkutzcab , Mexico , deep in the interior of the Yucatan Peninsula , and some odd things pop out on the menu . | 24 |
diapers | 0simple | 0 | It 's diapers . | 2 |
items | 0simple | 0 | There are many similar designs for sale on the Internet , but Grayson 's products , which he currently makes himself at his home , hide some unique and potentially lifesaving items . | 31 |
stick | 0simple | 0 | `` When nobody was looking I 'd stick my arm in up to my elbow and then lick off the chocolate . '' | 7 |
elements | 1complex | 3 | The periodic table is about to get a little bit longer , thanks to the addition of four super-heavy elements . | 19 |
trailing | 1complex | 3 | Looking closer , the passenger on the Point Sur also noticed several buoys were strangely close to the whale , trailing behind it . | 20 |
value | 0simple | 0 | Each tooth is worth about 70 U.S. cents and its value creates a further incentive for hunters . | 10 |
goal | 0simple | 0 | `` The goal is to create an evocative space , with a few iconic pieces , almost like religious relics . '' | 2 |
Shouting | 0simple | 0 | Shouting men scrambled Sunday to reach pots of rice , meat and chicken stew in this dusty , hot encampment some 60 miles -LRB- 100 kilometers -RRB- from the northern city of Irbil , the capital of Iraq 's self-ruled Kurdish region . | 0 |
allergy | 0simple | 0 | One had a child who experienced a first-time food allergy . | 9 |
rights | 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 . | 50 |
apparently | 1complex | 6 | It 's a perplexing - yet apparently increasing - trend . | 6 |
unfavorable | 1complex | 8 | By 52 percent to 46 percent , people had an unfavorable impression of him , the first time since November 2011 the negative number was higher . | 10 |
senselessly | 1complex | 8 | ORLANDO , Fla. -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder , the nation 's first black to hold that post , urged NAACP members convening in Orlando on Tuesday to help overturn stand-your-ground laws that `` senselessly expand the concept of self-defense . '' | 35 |
friend | 0simple | 0 | One friend was arrested for stealing some . | 1 |
disease | 0simple | 0 | For the roughly 1 million Americans who have lost a leg or part of one due to injury or disease , Vawter and his robotic leg offer the hope that future prosthetics might return the feel of a natural gait , kicking a soccer ball or climbing into a car without hoisting an inert artificial limb into the vehicle . | 19 |
Old | 0simple | 0 | It had been generally accepted by Egyptologists that mummification did not start in Egypt until the time of the Old Kingdom -LRB- around 2500 B.C. -RRB- , and that it did n't reach its height until the Middle Kingdom -LRB- 2000-1600 B.C. -RRB- . | 19 |
Later | 0simple | 0 | Later that season , a knee injury ended his hopes of playing catcher . | 0 |
belongings | 1complex | 3 | `` I have nothing anymore , nowhere to go , no apartment ... and all my documents and personal belongings were burned , '' Poludnitsina , 25 , said as she sat in a tent she shares with a family of four . | 19 |
green | 0simple | 0 | `` It gets rid of those little small hits you get in practice that kind of turn your eyes green a little bit , '' said defensive end Nick Spracklen , 20 . | 19 |
struck | 0simple | 0 | While Obama did not directly call out Republicans , he sharply , and at times sarcastically , struck back at rivals who have challenged his economic and national security stewardship . | 17 |
billfish | 0simple | 0 | The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species considers 12 percent of grouper , 11 percent of tuna and billfish and 24 percent of shark and ray species to be threatened with extinction . | 23 |
rejection | 1complex | 3 | 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 . '' | 41 |
ammunition | 1complex | 8 | SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court became the first in the nation to rule that prospective jurors may not be excluded because of their sexual orientation , a decision that expands juror protections beyond race and gender and provides legal ammunition to challenge laws that limit gay rights . | 41 |
piled | 0simple | 0 | From the Dominican Republic in the north , to Barbados in the east , and Mexico 's Caribbean resorts to the west , officials are authorizing emergency money to fund cleanup efforts and clear stinking mounds of seaweed that in some cases have piled up nearly 10 feet high on beaches , choked scenic coves and cut off moor... | 43 |
impression | 1complex | 7 | By 52 percent to 46 percent , people had an unfavorable impression of him , the first time since November 2011 the negative number was higher . | 11 |
sing | 0simple | 0 | `` We sing , our music is the cuts that we bleed through , '' he raps . | 2 |
screeches | 1complex | 7 | She could hear them scrabbling around and their ominous screeches . | 9 |
coffee | 0simple | 0 | They are designed and decorated to the owner 's -- or steward 's -- taste , and stand on lawns , in parks and gardens , even in coffee shops where passers-by of all ages can `` take a book , leave a book . '' | 28 |
somewhat | 0simple | 0 | `` Given the way the meeting transpired , '' Ray Halbritter , an Oneida representative and leader of the `` Change the Mascot Campaign , '' said Wednesday , `` it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name . | 32 |
rushing | 0simple | 0 | The debut was quieter than intended because it was overshadowed by the Great War that had just erupted in Europe , where 16 million men under arms were rushing into the fight , and thousands of soldiers had already died in early battles in Belgium and France . | 28 |
rising | 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 . | 31 |
centers | 0simple | 0 | But with a passion for -LSB- entrepreneurship -RSB- -LRB- https://www.newsela.com/?tag=entrepreneur -RRB- , the Birmingham , Ala. , student dreamed of attending a college in the Northeast so he could be close to New York City and other major business centers . | 39 |
tail | 0simple | 0 | `` It would n't fluke up , '' Nancy Black , a marine biologist on board the ship that day said , referring to the picture-perfect tail flip that humpbacks display before diving to feed . | 26 |
rivalries | 1complex | 6 | While kidney transplants between family members are not uncommon , this was likely the first one between players linked to both sides of one of the NFL 's fiercest rivalries . | 29 |
communities | 1complex | 3 | 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 . | 14 |
cried | 0simple | 0 | `` I just cried , '' Allen recalls of the moment when he saw his image framed in red on the front of the magazine . | 3 |
barred | 1complex | 7 | Sterling is immediately barred from attending any NBA games or practices , be present at any Clippers office or facility , or participate in any business or player personnel decisions involving the team . | 3 |
casino | 0simple | 0 | That issue will dominate much of Emanuel 's time in the coming weeks , as he works to persuade state lawmakers in Springfield to grant the city pension relief and a Chicago-owned casino to help stabilize the city 's finances . | 32 |
drawing | 1complex | 3 | A centuries-old farming technique called dry farming -- once the order of the day in California 's Central Valley -- is once again drawing the interest of some of the region 's farmers . | 23 |
horses | 0simple | 0 | What they found that Sunday in 1994 still fills Chauvet 's voice with wonder : an immense cave covered with prehistoric paintings of horses , mammoths and rhinos -- paintings so vivid , he says , it felt like the Stone Age artists had just moments ago put down their ochre and walked away . | 23 |
chomped | 1complex | 7 | Governor Chis Christie of New Jersey chomped down on a jelly doughnut and mocked his own weight on `` The Late Show with David Letterman . '' | 6 |
authorize | 1complex | 6 | `` You can not charge consumers for purchases they did not authorize , '' said Edith Ramirez , the commission chairwoman . | 11 |
fiery | 0simple | 0 | But Yurkewycz , operations director for the nonprofit Mount St. Helens Institute , was focused less on the volcano 's fiery past than its icy present . | 20 |
packed | 1complex | 3 | `` There 's to be no outbursts upon the reading of the verdict or afterwards , '' Judge Debra S. Nelson warned the packed courtroom in Seminole County awaiting the verdict from the jury of six women who began deliberating on Friday and worked a 13-hour day Saturday . | 23 |
locally | 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 . | 31 |
parent | 0simple | 0 | One parent objected to the uniforms and eventually sued , contending they violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of free speech . | 1 |
Government | 0simple | 0 | Government officials promise to give the children their day in court , but immigration advocates fear that even though justice may be swift , it will not necessarily be fair . | 0 |
sets | 0simple | 0 | It also sets in motion complex consequences that may have unforeseen impacts on ecosystems and human health . | 2 |
critics | 0simple | 0 | But critics say those jobs do n't last . | 1 |
incentive | 1complex | 9 | Each tooth is worth about 70 U.S. cents and its value creates a further incentive for hunters . | 14 |
bloc | 1complex | 6 | As Latino outreach director , Praeli spends her days at Clinton 's headquarters in Brooklyn poring over polling data , winning endorsements from Latino leaders and fine-tuning the campaign 's messages to reach the nation 's fastest-growing bloc of voters . | 37 |
recalls | 0simple | 0 | `` I just cried , '' Allen recalls of the moment when he saw his image framed in red on the front of the magazine . | 7 |
calculating | 1complex | 9 | <img class="pull-right" src="https://newsela-test-files-f331e.s3.amazonaws.com/article_media/extra/20140117_CALIF_DROUGHT.jpg" /> LOS ANGELES -- Officials of the small town of Willits , Calif. , looked at their two municipal reservoirs last week , did some calculating and realized they had enough water to last on... | 25 |
email | 0simple | 0 | `` As we have indicated earlier , another lawsuit of this type is not unexpected , '' NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in an email to The Associated Press . | 25 |
medical | 1complex | 3 | Ten days later , he underwent a secret medical procedure designed to help him lose weight . | 8 |
predicament | 1complex | 9 | Across the country , mothers like Capper are facing the same predicament . | 11 |
transform | 1complex | 7 | But Hyperion could transform animation . | 3 |
President | 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 . | 37 |
aviators | 1complex | 4 | The main mission of the group is to help students follow the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen , the country 's first black military aviators , Davis said . | 24 |
guide | 0simple | 0 | Parents , perhaps mindful of their daughters ' futures , are helping to make STEM dolls a `` burgeoning category , '' said Jackie Breyer , editor-in-chief for gift guide Toy Insider . | 29 |
shattering | 1complex | 7 | 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 . | 16 |
forcing | 0simple | 0 | Months ago , many warned him not to invest in a place where fair-weather tourists flee in the fall and the big lake 's waters turn cold and storm-tossed , forcing the 100 or so hardy full-time residents of Cornucopia to hibernate for the winter . | 30 |
violated | 1complex | 7 | Experts also are worried about the potentially deadly consequences of unsecured systems being violated accidentally . | 13 |
news | 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 . | 13 |
ideas | 0simple | 0 | The Special Operations Command began soliciting ideas for the suit this year from industry , academia and government labs , and has held two conferences where potential bidders , including Dowling 's company , Revision Military , demonstrated their products . | 6 |
cause | 0simple | 0 | It did n't elaborate on what psychological damage the toy guns can cause . | 12 |
teen | 0simple | 0 | 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 . | 29 |
obese | 1complex | 4 | In a new study , researchers from the University of North Carolina led by nutrition professor Barry Popkin have found that even when they are not eating at fast-food restaurants , children who frequent them tend to eat food that would probably make many of them overweight or -LSB- obese -RSB- -LRB- https://www.newsela.... | 49 |
fruitless | 1complex | 7 | Public education has long felt like a small and fruitless weapon against this town 's generational poverty . | 9 |
fast-growing | 0simple | 0 | Soaring emissions from China and other fast-growing Asian countries are blowing across the Pacific Ocean , they say , increasing baseline levels of ozone in the western U.S. . | 6 |
wore | 0simple | 0 | A sense of futility wore on Nigerians , particularly in the country 's embattled north , where for years Jonathan neglected the mounting insurgency and did little to develop the country 's poorest communities . | 4 |
dolphins | 0simple | 0 | Drive hunting -- when groups of hunters on canoes fan out far offshore and clap stones together as they round up dolphins -- has been taking place off the Solomon Islands for many years . | 21 |
aimed | 1complex | 3 | The world will see just how far robots have advanced in the subsequent years when the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -LRB- DARPA -RRB- hosts the final round of a robotics competition aimed at building autonomous machines that can step -- or roll -- in when disasters strike . | 33 |
distrustful | 1complex | 4 | 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 . | 44 |
Scientists | 0simple | 0 | Scientists never observe these elements directly . | 0 |
necessary | 0simple | 0 | `` We can re-create the Martians in a P-4 spacesuit lab , if necessary , '' the 67-year-old says matter-of-factly as he relaxes with his poodle , Darwin , in a luxury camper . | 13 |
parishioners | 1complex | 8 | The recent killings of nine black parishioners in a South Carolina church sparked a broad backlash against the Confederate battle flag , to some a symbol of Southern heritage but to others a divisive sign of slavery and racism . | 6 |
pilot | 0simple | 0 | This summer , Berry is one of eight African-American students in the Chicago area enrolled in a new , rigorous program to learn how to fly and obtain a private pilot 's licenses . | 30 |
happens | 0simple | 0 | The second , advantageous inequity , happens when one receives more than a peer . | 6 |
bastion | 1complex | 8 | But her visit , and each one she makes in this immigrant bastion , breaks new ground . | 12 |
issue | 0simple | 0 | -LRB- This dangerous cycle is illustrated in `` Waves of destruction '' in the May issue of Scientific American . -RRB- | 15 |
dancing | 0simple | 0 | Once they start dancing , everything else is blocked out . | 3 |
levels | 0simple | 0 | He and other scientists at rural , high-altitude sites across the western U.S. have been documenting rising levels of ozone , which can trigger asthma attacks , worsen heart and lung disease and lead to premature deaths , even as emissions have plummeted nationwide over the last few decades . | 17 |
suspension | 1complex | 7 | 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 . | 31 |
pursue | 1complex | 8 | With little to look forward to , the 18-year-old began to pursue short-term successes , getting involved in drugs and criminal activity . | 11 |
underwent | 1complex | 9 | Ten days later , he underwent a secret medical procedure designed to help him lose weight . | 5 |
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