District Court, District of Columbia July 14, 1989, Civ. 88-0795 (CRR) (Chung-Chi Lu v. Woods)

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Dr. Chung-Chi Lu, is a Foreign Service Officer with the Agency for International Development (“AID”). Dr. Lu was born in Taiwan, and came to the United States in 1966; at the time of Dr. Lu’s emigration, he spoke no English. He now speaks English, but with a con-cededly heavy accent. Dr.