New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he wants to hold a special election in October to fill the U. S. Senate seat left vacant by Frank Lautenberg's death.

新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂称，他意图在10月份举行补选填补由于弗兰克·劳坦柏死亡导致的参议院空席。

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S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, where tales of the young wizard and mysteries by Agatha Christie top the list of most popular books, a prison librarian said on Tuesday.

该监狱的一位图书管理员周二透露，这个小男巫的故事和阿加莎·克里斯的推理小说并列成为最受囚犯欢迎的书籍。

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The plane had 150 passengers on-board, said Andrew Christie, a spokesman for U. s. Airways.

机上有150名乘客，全美航空发言人克里斯提指出。

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The president made a recent campaign swing to New Jersey where the state's incumbent Democratic governor, John Corzine,is locked in a tight race with Republican candidate Chris Christie and independent contender Chris Dagget.

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and then I worked in an auction house; "Christie's", for a year before applying to come back to graduate school.

在我申请研究生院之前我还在佳士得拍卖行工作了一年。

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Christie used New Jersey's struggling economy as the focal point of his campaign.

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That might mean, say, esteemed cancer outfits such as London's Royal Marsden and Manchester's Christie hospitals tendering to take over cancer service in cities with poorer outcomes.

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Whereas Tuesday's Christie's sale included wall-friendly works such as those color blobs by Rothko, Pollock says Wednesday's haul features more difficult works, such as a highly anticipated triptych from Francis Bacon.

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Last December's Christie's auction in Los Angeles featured one lot that seemed irresistible: a poster for a film of a concert by Blue Oyster Cult and Black Sabbath, two out-of-work heavy-metal rock bands that still stubbornly sell old records to adoring fans.

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