http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/31/world/meast/libya-government/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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"A spokesman for North Carolina State University in Raleigh said El-Keib received his doctorate in electrical engineering from the school in December 1984."

NC State producing the Leader of the future today.

10/31/2011 6:55:04 PM

i wonder if he has a sweet Magnum P.I. mustache

10/31/2011 6:56:58 PM

"A An NC State Engineer"

10/31/2011 7:49:04 PM

unless you pronouce NC as "North Carolina"

10/31/2011 7:52:50 PM

let's hope he's better than the last Libyan #1

10/31/2011 7:58:54 PM

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[Edited on October 31, 2011 at 7:59 PM. Reason : This is pretty cool though]

10/31/2011 7:59:25 PM

It's a cover up story. He's really a spy...

10/31/2011 8:02:31 PM

I hope he finished paying his loans, if not he's coming into a great fortune that he can pay them off with.

10/31/2011 9:07:12 PM

LOL, represent.

10/31/2011 9:23:46 PM

I bet he would love the Chipotle.

10/31/2011 9:37:32 PM

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"I bet he would love the Chipotle."

probably won't be ordering pork though

10/31/2011 9:41:11 PM

Looks like if he put a little touch of gray in is mustache he'd be pretty close. Haha. Hopefully he becomes a positive and doesn't do anything crazy or get shot.

10/31/2011 10:05:31 PM

All my life I prayed for someone like you

10/31/2011 10:08:56 PM

God help us all.

10/31/2011 10:15:20 PM

Which one?

10/31/2011 10:16:13 PM

11/1/2011 9:21:34 AM

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"A An NC State Engineer"

11/1/2011 9:24:01 AM

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"190% A An NC State Engineer"

11/1/2011 9:32:56 AM

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"I hope he finished paying his loans, if not he's coming into a great fortune that he can pay them off with. "

lol the Alumni Association is going to be licking his nuts so hard trying to get him to join.

11/1/2011 9:34:39 AM

will he be inheriting gadhafi's prince of persia paintings?

11/1/2011 9:35:31 AM

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"An A An NC State Engineer"

To be fair, both are accepted; however, the whole point of A vs An is for ease and clarity of pronunciation. Therefore, if you are writing/pronouncing the acronym (and not what the acronym stands for) as "EN CEE" I would always use an. I get into this a lot at work since we have all kinds of acronyms and people always try and correct me on an vs a when I am writing documents.

I'll quote The English Language: A User's Guide:

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"Most of the confusion with a or an arises from acronyms and other abbreviations: some people think it's wrong to use an in front of an abbreviation like “MRI” because “an” can only go before vowels. Not so: the sound, not the letter, is what matters. Because you pronounce it “em ar eye,” it's “an MRI.” "

11/1/2011 9:49:36 AM