Talk:Howard Stringer
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I'm not quite sure whether it's correct to say ...educated at Oxford University where he earned BA and MA degrees in modern history, since as far as I know, at Oxford and Cambridge you get an MA by paying a small fee a short time after you get your BA, rather than actually studying for it! -- Arwel 12:40, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- I thought that was just Oxford (which applies in this case). But I'd only bother mentioning the BA myself (which may be just sour grapes from someone who spent a year earning their masters). Average Earthman 16:33, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Drafted?
How come he was drafted during the Vietnam War, when he was still a British subject at that time? Is that legal?
- Yeah, I didn't understand that either. It says later in the article that he became a US citizen in 1985, so there's no way he could have been drafted into the US army before then. One of those two facts, the 1985 date or the drafting, has to be incorrect.
- Yes, it certainly could happen to foreign legal residents at that time - I remember reading a New Musical Express report in the late 60s that The Monkees' Davy Jones was liable to be drafted, together with a doctored picture of him superimposed on Elvis Presley's "farewell to the Army" press conference photo. -- Arwel (talk) 08:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
- A holder of a Green Card or one who has legal permanent residence can be drafted or enlist in any of the armed services, I know
of people with Green Cards who were drafted for the Iraq War.::(Celtic Irish)
He became a US citizen in 1985, but also maintains a British residence and British citizenship.
How is that possible ? I thought that to gain US Citizenship, you have to renounce British citizenship and hand in your passport (if you are British) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.181.15.81 (talk) 18:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
- While there's a clause in the citizenship oath about renouncing foreign allegiances, the US does now recognise dual citizenships, and the oath has no effect whatsoever as far as Britain is concerned. -- Arwel Parry (talk) 21:40, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
At the dragon
What does "at the Dragon" mean?