[00:03]striking

[00:07]The performance of "Avatar" is particularly striking

[00:11]because the film - a leading contender in this year's Oscar race -

[00:16]reached its summit so quickly.

[00:21]wicked

[00:25]A wicked storm barreling into the Upper Midwest

[00:29]just before Christmas could brew up a blizzard stronger

[00:33]than any storm seen in South Dakota in the past 40 years.

[00:40]deadly

[00:44]The treatments don't rid the body of infected cells--

[00:48]they merely keep them from spewing virus.

[00:52]But if that feat could be sustained, HIV infection wouldn't be so deadly.

[00:59]It could become as manageable as diabetes.

[01:07]elderly

[01:11]Reading about the killings in the newspapers,

[01:14]Judge Roslin recognises one of the family names involved as belonging to

[01:20]an elderly couple, now among the dead, who had helped raise her mother.

[01:29]monthly

[01:32]To reassure them, the president outlined modest plans: reducing business taxes,

[01:39]rebuilding roads and rail lines, retrofitting homes.

[01:45]He offered to work with Republicans, even meet with them monthly,

[01:50]in search of common ground.

[01:54]orderly

[01:58]At the time, they had been keen for me to stay on as long as necessary,

[02:04]to allow an orderly handover of my responsibilities,

[02:08]including an ambitious development relating to this year's World Cup finals.

[02:18]quarterly

[02:22]The 0.5% rise in the fourth quarter for total compensation

[02:28]was slightly higher than the 0.4% advance economists had expected,

[02:36]and was the biggest quarterly gain since a 0.6% rise

[02:42]in the third quarter of 2008.

[02:47]smoothly

[02:50]While Thursday's vote went smoothly,

[02:53]it came after weeks of difficult negotiations between

[02:58]the White House and both House and Senate Democrats.

[03:05]magistrate

[03:08]A:I will go to the magistrate this time. I won't let them operate

[03:12]above the law.

[03:14]B:Good luck.