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Fri 27 Nov, 2009 08:27 pm
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According to a White House official, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple previously best known for auditioning for a Bravo reality television show, not only got through various Secret Service checkpoints at Tuesday night's state dinner but also went through the receiving line and personally greeted President Obama. Their high-profile home invasion penetrated the most vaunted security apparatus on Earth, and the Secret Service issued its apologia on the subject late Friday.
high-profile home invasion = effective invasion?
No.
A person who has a high profile is someone famouse.
high-profile home invasion = invasion of a famouse persons home
@dadpad,
Thanks.
But I don't get the meaning of the word "home" here very well.
@oristarA,
A person's
home is his or her residence or abode.
"got through various Secret Service checkpoints at Tuesday night's state dinner"
The dinner was ( i assume) held at Barak and Michelle Obama"s home.
"high-profile" means something that gets a lot of attention, in this case media attention. The security around the presidency is high, people are not supposed to be able to just walk thru it, as this couple did. When it happens, it causes quite a flap--it becomes "high profile". "Home invasion" has become the term for when thieves/criminals come into a home when its occupants are there, generally terrorize them, sometimes killing them, and steal stuff. In a number of cases, drugs seem to be involved. In others, there's no telling why the victims are chosen. This "home invasion" was a bit more benign, it seems.
Got it very well now.
Thanks to all of you guys.
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