Vocabulary In the News: Fighting for Human Rights with Life

VOCABULARY

to turn up		arriver, se pointer
to sound the alarm		sonner l’alarme
a whistleblower		un informateur, un dénonciateur
in a row		de suite, d’affilée
to take someone to trial		mettre quelqu’un en accusation, devant un tribunal, poursuivre quelqu’un en justice
to end up dead		finir par mourir
legal proceedings		des poursuites judiciaires
to have ties		avoir des liens, des contacts
law enforcement		les organismes d’application de la loi
beholden to		obligé envers
reporting		la couverture
objectionable		désobligeant, insupportable
to stick your head/neck out		prendre des risques

American Legend and Journalist, Walter Cronkite Dead at 92.

Legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite has passed away in New York at the age of 92. His journalistic career covered such historic events as the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, the assassination of JFK and the first man on the moon.

Mr. Cronkite was the most familiar voice in American homes until his retirement and he was considered, in the absence of today’s accessibility to modern media, as the most trusted and most credible man in America, surpassing even the President of the United States. His credibility was so well founded that when Cronkite reported on television that the US should negotiate an honorable retreat from Vietnam, President Lyndon B. Johnson was reported to have said, “If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost America.”

America has lost one of her greatest all-time legends and Walter Cronkite will be greatly missed by Americans.

Watch CBS Videos Online

For full coverage (more vides and articles) of the passing of this iconic legend, go to: http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-201_162-169.html?tag=wc5170638

Read his biography at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite

NOTE: On July 21st, I will post the video coverage of Walter Cronkite’s CBS broadcast of man’s first landing on the moon!

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.

(November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)