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News Item 3:

1. Identification. Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II by recognizing the person's identity.

 

Column I                         Column II
(1) Muammar Quddafi       a. National Security Adviser
(2) John Poindexter          b. White House Spokesman
(3) Larry Speakes            c. Libyan leader

Answer: (1) —
; (2) —
; (3) —
.

2. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
    The White House today denied that it
in
as part of
Muammar Quddafi.

3. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) According to the Washington Post, the stories were leaked
. (When?)
(2) This morning the Washington Post revealed that stories were leaked alleging
 
.
(3) Larry Speakes said Poindexter denied
 
.
(4) Speakes did not deny the possibility that
 
.

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News Item 3:

1. Identification. Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II by recognizing the person's identity.
Column I                         Column II
(1) Muammar Quddafi       a. National Security Adviser
(2) John Poindexter          b. White House Spokesman
(3) Larry Speakes            c. Libyan leader

Answer: (1) —
; (2) —
; (3) —
.

2. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
    The White House today denied that it
in
as part of
Muammar Quddafi.

3. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) According to the Washington Post, the stories were leaked
. (When?)
(2) This morning the Washington Post revealed that stories were leaked alleging
 
.
(3) Larry Speakes said Poindexter denied
 
.
(4) Speakes did not deny the possibility that
 
.