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Lesson 9 Section One: News in Brief There was an assassination暗杀 attempt against Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi today. A man fired several shots at Gandhi and other Indian leaders participating in an open-air prayer meeting. Gandhi was not injured. Six people received minor wounds较小的伤害 when the gunman burst闯 from the brushes where he had apparently显然 hidden prior发生之前 to the ceremony to avoid security checks. He surrendered when guards surrounded him. Those in charge of Gandhis security have been suspended, and an investigation is under way. Jess Moore, NASAs top official in charge of the shuttle program when Challenger exploded, announced today hes leaving his new post at director of the Johnson Space Center. Moore will take a leave of absence and then be reassigned 派遣to NASA headquarters in Washington. NPRs Daniel Zwerdling reports. The obvious question, of course, is this: Is Jess Moore leaving his job and taking a year off work because of the Challenger accident? More came under quite a bit of pressure before a congressional committee early this summer when his former assistant testified that he told Moore in detail almost a year ago that three were serious problems with the shuttle rockets O-rings, the same O-rings that eventually caused the Challenger accident. That testimony flatly contradicted what Moores been saying all along: that he did not know the O-ring problems were serious until after the Challenger exploded. Congressional sources whove interviewed Moore told me that they have no way of knowing just whos telling the truth, Moore, or Moores former assistant. But one top congressional aide who met with Moore recently says the NASA veterans been depressed since the Challenger blew up. He says, Moore doesnt have the edge the used to. Hes hollow inside, just like a lot of guys NASA who worked on the shuttle. Jess Moore, the aide says, is not the man he was before the accident, and he needs a rest. Im Daniel Zwerdling in Washington. Section Two: News i