Dan Quayle, the VP under President Bush Sr., never seemed to shake his image of a dunce following a much publicized misspelling of the word potato to a group of elementary school students in New Jersey. 丹奎尔是老布什总统手下的副总统。自从有次访问一所新泽西州的小学时,他不小心把potato(土豆)这个单词拼错后,似乎就再也没法从公众心中抹去其呆瓜的形象。
Koschal says he once visited Vice President Dan Quayle's office in the Capitol and spotted a signed photograph from the first President Bush that he said had clearly been autopenned. 柯什尔还说,他拜访前副总统丹•奎尔位于国会大厦的办公室时,发现了一张老布什总统赠出的签名照,签名明显是自动签名机写的。
First Eastern also owns 9 per cent of Quayle Munro, a UK merchant bank. 第一东方还在英国商业银行QuayleMunro拥有9%的股份。
Quayle has been the object of jokes and criticism ever since Bush chose him, seemingly from out of nowhere, as his running mate at the1988 Publican Convention. 一九八八年,在共和党全国代表大会上,似乎名不见经传的奎尔被布什挑中,成了其竞选伙伴。从那以后,奎尔便一直是被人们取笑和批评的对象。
Like Vice Presidents Gore and Dan Quayle, Cheney has a standing weekly lunch date with his President. 与前副总统戈尔及丹·奎尔一样,切尼和他的总统每周都有一个例行的午餐会。
According to mother, daddy has been doing quite a lot of subcontracting for a company called Quayle electrical and gas. 听母亲说,爸爸为一家奎尔电力煤气公司转包了不少合同。
President Bush and Mr. Quayle had about 39 million votes. 布什总统和奎尔的得票数约3900万。