His first big deal was the purchase in 1987 of J Walter Thompson, then 13 times bigger than WPP, which led Advertising Age to feature him under the headline, "the Man Who Would Be King".
他的第一笔大买卖是在1987年买下了当时比WPP大13倍的智威汤逊广告公司。这使得《广告时代》将其推至题为“将称王的男人”的头条进行报道。
Almost everyone in the country-anyone who owned property anyway-was legally required to keep weapons in their house so that in times of war, the king could call on them to fight.
几乎国内每个人——每个拥有财产的人——都受到法律要求,在家中备有武器,一旦发生战争,立即能够响应国王的号召参战。
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
王考问他们一切事,就见他们的智慧聪明比通国的术士和用法术的胜过十倍。
For instance, in historical times when the Greeks referred to the great King of Persia, who was a real king and a powerful figure, a king in every sense, the word they used for him was Basileus.
比如说,在历史上,希腊人把伟大的波斯王,一个真正在各种领域,具有绝对权力的君主,称之为巴赛勒斯
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