那个决定是由当时的总统作出的。

That decision was taken by the then president.

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1972年，当时的美国总统理查德·尼克松将其定为国家法定假日。

In 1972, the then USA President Richard Nixon made it a national holiday.

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1966年，当时的美国总统林登·约翰逊正式将6月的第三个星期日定为父亲节。

It was in 1966 that the then USA President Lyndon Johnson officially made the third Sunday of June Father's Day.

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We had African chieftains involved, we had the Vice-President of Ghana and the President of Togo and on and on and on.

当时还有非洲酋长参与,还有加纳的副总统和多哥的总统,等等等等

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Saving and Loan Associations were making bad loans, especially in Texas, but in lots of other states as well -this is when Ronald Reagan was President.

当时储蓄贷款协会出现了不良贷款,尤其在德克萨斯州,不过在其它很多州也同时出现了...,当时的总统是罗纳德·里根

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Yes, but predicting what he does versus what Clinton will do or Bush is a bit too much noise Nobody would have predicted George Bush So Bill Clinton was right, voting for Barack Obama would be a roll of the dice?

我倒是想，但是要预测他的政策,比起预测克林顿，或者布什，太不靠谱了,当时谁又会想到乔治·布什是这样的总统呢,这么说，看来比尔·克林顿没说错，他说，给奥巴马投票等于在赌运气，是吗？

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