8. 3M dollar drugs haul at heathrow

Customs officers at Heathrow Airport have ….. drugs ….. 3 million pounds.

9. KREMLIN UPS ARMS SPENDINGS

The ….. government have ….. their defence budget.

10. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SWOOP NETS AND 3M AT PORT

Customs officials …..

Exercise 23

Look back at the ‘rules’ and the list of headline words and express the headlines below in plain English.

1. PM RAPS BBC IN JOBS AXE STORM

2. DEAD ENVOY RIDDLE: YARD BAFFLED

3. EU SPLIT OVER LIFTING OF TRAVEL CURBS

4. ENVOY QUITS

5. HELICOPTER SHOT DOWN IN RESQUE BID

6. TEACHERS TO BE AXED

7. POLICE ATTACKED IN CLASHES

8. STORM GROWS OVER LONG HAIR IN SCHOOL

9. HOME SEC. TO SUPPORT TOUGHER SENTENCES

10. ELECTRICIANS REJECT FINAL PEACE MOVES

Exercise 24

Write a comment of about 100 words on the quotation from the distinguished British writer John Galsworthy:

“Headlines twice the size of the events.”