"And we will use the savings to give tax cuts to companies that are investing in research and development here at home, so we can jump-start job creation, foster innovation, and enhance America's competitiveness."

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

I suggest that we can hear echoes of that same youthful competitiveness in Milton's first major poem in these opening lines, in the beginning of the great epic of Milton's maturity.

在失乐园的开头几句,在弥尔顿成熟后所写的这首伟大史诗的开头，我们还可以看到这同样的他年轻时的雄心。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And expanding and developing this science and engineering workforce is critical to the nation's economic innovation and productivity and competitiveness."

VOA: special.2010.04.01