Stempel, an accomplished engineer and popular leader, was the kind of CEO GM had once needed, but his timing was bad.

作为一个颇有成就的工程师和受人欢迎的领导者，斯坦普尔是通用公司一度需要的首席执行官。但是，他有点生不逢时。

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An enthusiastic team player and a charismatic leader, Mr Mulally was also regarded by his colleagues as an engineers' engineer, since he based his decisions on hard data rather than vague hunches.

他既是一位精力充沛的团队合作者，又是一位极具人格魅力的领导者，在同事的眼中，穆拉利还是一位工程师，因为他的决定都是基于铁一般的数据而非模糊的预感。

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The mine's leader, deputy leader and chief-engineer have all been removed from their posts.

新兴煤矿矿长、副矿长以及总工程师职务已被撤销。

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As a combat engineer he was a natural leader, and he is survived by his wife and two daughters.

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It's rare to find a dictatorial leader like Thomas Watson Sr. of IBM who could engineer the appointment of his son as chief executive, as he did in 1956 even though the Watson family at the time owned only a small percentage of IBM's stock.

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His death hits Makani hard because its founder is irreplaceable: a Stanford-trained engineer who pushed the edge of design, an able leader who snared funding from Google and the ARPA-E, and a handsome windsurfing champion who knew the power of the wind firsthand.

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