Mr Gordon does not regard the Internet as a first-order invention, in this sense.
The cheap revolution is a first-order effect of Moore's Law. (Moore's Law predicts the transistor density on silicon chips will double every 18 to 24 months.) For years if you said "Moore's Law, " people presumed you were describing a future of ever more powerful computers.
Mr Jones has suggested that the newspaper was trying to pre-empt a judicial gag order by publishing first on-line.
On the other hand, chronic anxiety is a life-destroyer of the first order, and is at least as big a risk factor for suicide as is depression.
For the second Test in a row Strauss's bowlers tore through Australia's top order in the first hour of the match, retained their composure through a middle-order rally, and bowled them out for less than 300 inside the first day.
"We felt that we probably underperformed a little bit on the first day and as a captain and a top-order batter the last thing I want to do is bat on a wicket that I don't think we can make any runs on, " he said.
Mr McGuinness and Mr Robinson are meeting north Belfast politicians and others - including an Orange Order delegation - at Stormont as a first step towards trying to find a solution.
That's never an issue for Sidney Crosby, who followed the lead of his decidedly less-heralded teammates to establish a bit of order to the Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round series with the New York Islanders.
Luckily, with the factory came a stack of Trabi spare parts, which Sachsenring sold at a huge mark-up in order to bring in cash during a hard first year.
Upheaval in the early 1970s ended the first dollar order (really a gold-dollar order) of the postwar era.
It was the first executive order -- a promise that was not kept, because it became messier than anyone thought.
The reaction of Singapore Airlines, the first to place a large order for super-jumbos, is a reflection of the crisis facing Airbus.
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One of the few convictions that still unifies national security strategists across the ideological spectrum is that it would be a global calamity of the first order if al-Qaida gets its hands on nuclear weapons.
EU's first foreign-policy supremo would be a different order of temptation?
Moreover, it is the first international economic instrument that is explicitly guided and driven by consideration of fairness and equitability, which sets the stage for a new international economic order in the twenty-first century.
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As a patchwork solution, some drugmakers first seek approval of a new single-ingredient drug that contains a new active moiety in order to secure five years of exclusivity.
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Each state has different requirements, but generally a first-time hunter must complete a safety education course in order to purchase a permit.
Another problem is the prospect that the present bill may clear the way for patents to be issued for inventions of human organisms - a moral and ethical concern of the first order.
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But rather than order parts from catalogues, Williams is a first-class junk-picker, trawling flea markets and junk dealers in his Jaguar sedan.
An employee at the special share-sale counter took not a single order in the first three days of the offering.
Over in Westminster Hall (from 9.30am) there are a series of debates led by backbenchers - and the first one on the batting order, led by the Conservative Simon Hart, has caught my eye.
Wine from Australia, Chile and Argentina was mostly bottom-of-the-barrel, cut-rate stuff you'd be embarrassed to order on a first date.
The VIX, a closely-watched gauge of volatility expectations for the next 30 days slipped under 13 for the first time since mid-2007 Friday, a signal that a correction is in order to some, but possibly an indication that not a whole lot is expected to change that drastically in the next month.
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First, he dealt with the home secretary's ability to order a T-Pim to be imposed without the agreement of the High Court of Justice.
Starting today, at all 1O1O Centre and one2free shops, customers are able to pre-order the first LTE CAT 4 device in Hong Kong, a pocket Wi-Fi, by joining the designated service plans.
The negative factor for England was clearly the top-order batting, Lumb having registered a second failure and Pietersen out first ball after replacing Ravi Bopara, having missed the Bangladesh game to be with his pregnant wife.
No longer would you need to be a first-born male in a wealthy family, in many cases descended from nobility, it order to inherit property and financial security.
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For its first three-year phase, the Panel expects to spending the first year consulting, observing and reviewing in order to develop a set of recommendations for biodiversity-responsible oil spill clean-up.
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