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Examples:US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)—Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009—Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.—General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war—US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank—Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)—Taiwan relations act (of US Congress, 1979)—John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner—Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral—Charles Hutzler. US journalist, Associated Press Beijing bureau chief—the younger generations will surpass us in time—lend-lease (US device provide war materiel to its allies during WW2)—Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009—Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office—we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)—Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US President 1933-1945—Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc—imperial or US tonne, equal 2240 pounds or 1.016 metric tons—Joe Biden (1942-), US democrat politician, senator for Delaware from 1972, several times chair of Senate foreign relations committee, vice-president of USA from 2009—early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS—the Ryder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)—Henry (Hank) Paulson (1946-), US banker, US Treasury Secretary from 2006—NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, agency of US government—Nicholas Burns (1956-), US diplomat, Under-secretary at US State Department from 2005—John McCain (1936-), US Republican politician, Senator for Arizona from 1987—Henry Kissinger (1923-), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973-1977—US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)—Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two—Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009—"Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs—J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963—George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009—Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009—lit. throw a brick to attract jade (idiom); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)—Rudolph W (Rudy) Giuliani (1944-), US Republican politician, Mayor of New York City 1994-2001—Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side— |