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Examples:Lynn E. Davis, US academic and arms control expert, Under-secretary at US State Department 1993-1997—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—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—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—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)— |