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1.La Barbera said the plot only failed because the authorities found a cache of explosives that was earmarked for the job.

earmark for 把…指定专用于，指定…作特定用途，指拨（款项）：;
例句：What's next, a congressional earmark for olives?
下一个是什么,由国会指定用途的橄榄枝吗?

2. The Mafia was ever aiming to strike a major psychological blow at the height of their war with the state.

at the height of 在鼎盛时期;
例句：Even at the height of the dotcom boom, people had only the vaguest grasp of cisco's business.
即便在互联网最繁荣时期，人们对思科的业务也仅限于最模糊的认知。