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►Congress vows not to delay November’s election, a possibility suggested by President Trump
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
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►Thousands in Germany protest coronavirus restrictions
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This week's word in the news: CAPSULE
DEFINITION:
A capsule is a structure that contains something else, such as medicine. A space capsule is a spacecraft that uses a blunt-body vehicle to reenter the Earth's atmosphere without wings.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It’s taken six years to forge SpaceX and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and on Sunday at 2:48 p.m., a capsule containing astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down off the coast of Pensacola.
►The Chicago Tribune -- 08/03/2020
