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One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers.

A small political party angry at bonuses paid to staff of bailed out insurance giant American International Group is organizing a bus tour to the Connecticut homes of several AIG executives.

"We're all mad at AIG," the Connecticut Working Families Party, a small liberal party, said on its Web site, inviting people to sign up for its "Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous" bus tour and a rally at the company's Wilton, Connecticut, headquarters, on Saturday.

"Their executives bear a large share of the responsibility for bringing the economy to its knees, and now the same folks are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses -- at our expense," the website said.

Hefty bonuses paid to AIG executives after a $180 billion government bailout have sparked outrage. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill taxing such payments at a 90 percent rate, but the Senate has yet to act.

AIG employees have expressed concern about the safety of workers who were paid a total of $165 million in bonuses. Some AIG executives have received death threats.

AIG did not have any immediate comment.

A spokesman for the Connecticut Working Families Party declined to say which AIG executives would be visited on the tour. He said the bus would hold about 50 people.

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outrage ['autreidʒ]

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n. 暴行,侮辱,愤怒
vt. 凌辱,激怒

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inviting [in'vaitiŋ]

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adj. 吸引人的,诱人的 动词invite的现在分词

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immediate [i'mi:djət]

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adj. 立即的,即刻的,直接的,最接近的

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defeat [di'fi:t]

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n. 败北,挫败
vt. 战胜,击败

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comment ['kɔment]

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n. 注释,评论; 闲话
v. 注释,评论

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insurance [in'ʃuərəns]

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n. 保险,保险费,安全措施

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liberal ['libərəl]

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adj. 慷慨的,大方的,自由主义的
n. 自

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infamous ['infəməs]

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adj. 无耻的,臭名昭著的

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severe [si'viə]

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adj. 剧烈的,严重的,严峻的,严厉的,严格的

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