He let Mr Gates replace the stolid General David McKiernan in Afghanistan with the piratical master of black ops, Stanley McChrystal.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Mr. DAVID BRANDLING-BENNETT (Senior Program Manager, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation): This is not really new technology.

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David Brandling-Bennett is a senior program manager with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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David kept an eye on his watch, afraid they would miss the locking of the park gates.

NEWYORKER: The Swan

Work to remove and replace the gates and supports will be carried out this summer and next summer, project manager David Blythin said.

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Hollywood moguls Barry Diller and David Geffen dropped out of UCLA and the University of Texas, respectively, while Microsoft's Bill Gates and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg never completed their studies at Harvard.

FORBES: Magazine Article

So Mr Gates announced he would replace the Pentagon's manager in charge of the programme, Major-General David Heinz, a two-star general, with a three-star officer.

ECONOMIST: The defence budget