That decision was taken by the then president.

那个决定是由当时的总统作出的。

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He decided to learn some English words so that he might greet Bill Clinton, president of the USA then, in English.

他决定学习一些英语单词，这样他就可以用英语问候美国总统比尔·克林顿。

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

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。

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The legislation was first proposed in two thousand seven by Joe Biden, then a senator, now the vice president.

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You can put the president on the board, you've got to go get at least two other board members and then we, as investors will bring one board member."

你可以让总裁进入董事会，还得再找两个董事,然后我们，作为投资方还会出一个董事“

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He was doing a fairly basic job, but then grew throughout the company, and now he's a senior vice president, and is responsible for a very large part of the company.

而是做一些比较基本的工作，但是之后逐级晋升，现在已经是高级副总裁了，负责公司很大一部分工作。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

He did the dirty work for Mr Meciar, which may even have included kidnapping the then president's son.

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Mr Bozize seized power in March 2003 while the then President Ange-Felix Patasse was out of the country.

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The exception was the impeachment in 2004 of the then president, Rolandas Paksas.

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