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Examples
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About 95% of shareholders who participated at the annual general meeting in Zurich endorsed Mr. Ch'ien's nomination.
Swiss Re Holders 2008
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Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien's influence on the future was to be very great.
HISTORIOGRAPHY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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"We know Ch'ien's psychological pattern," Candron continued.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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The United States Federal Government knew -- or, at least, the most responsible officers of that government knew -- that Ch'ien's equations led to interstellar travel, just as Einstein's equations had led to atomic energy.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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"The official story," said Senator Kerotski, "is that an impostor had taken Dr. Ch'ien's place before he ever left the United States --" He grinned.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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At any rate, he took Ch'ien's place on the rostrum to speak that afternoon.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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The third, after glancing at the screen, opened the door to James Ch'ien's apartment.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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It was because of those few seconds -- the time during which that door was open -- that Candron had called the monitors who watched Ch'ien's apartment.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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His right hand balled into a fist and arced upwards in a crashing uppercut to Ch'ien's jaw.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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The officer at the end of the corridor that led to Ch'ien's apartment was a full captain, a tough-looking, swarthy Mongol with dark, hard eyes.
What The Left Hand Was Doing Randall Garrett 1957
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