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Examples:General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war—George Washington (1732-1799), first US president—Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist—Grammy Award (US prize for music recording)—Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)—Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star—Taiwan relations act (of US Congress, 1979)—John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner—(Dianne) Feinstein (US Senator from California)—Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist—Lynn E. Davis, US academic and arms control expert, Under-secretary at US State Department 1993-1997—Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009—(indicates continuation from the past towards us)—Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006—William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer—Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director—Robert E. Rubin (1938-), US Treasury Secretary 1995-1999 under President Clinton—Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate—early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS—Nancy Pelosi (1940-), US Democrat politician from California, speaker of US House of Representatives from 2007—Henry (Hank) Paulson (1946-), US banker, US Treasury Secretary from 2006—Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs—(Madeleine) Albright (US Secretary of State)—Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945—Richard M Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974—Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006—Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director—Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State from 2005—Military occupation specialty (MOS, US military term)—Elbegdorj Tsakhia or Tsakhia-giin Elbegdorj (1963-), Mongolian US educated Democratic Party politician, president of Mongolia from 2009—Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, state governor of Alaska 2006-2009—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author—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)—lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit—lieutenant commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent)—Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named—Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-), Polish-American academic and politician, US National Security Adviser 1977-1981—US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)— |