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  • She will be able to vote for the first time at the next General Election.

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  • We also launched a campaign within that campaign called Celebrate Firsts where the idea was for guests to celebrate and tell us about their memorable first, whether at a Holiday Inn or just a memorable first in general.

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  • The one who convinced Scully to create the company and the first of many CEOs at General, Porat is. a green entrepreneur who has founded Zeta Communities, Calstar Products and Serious Energy.

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  • The centre-left failed to gain an overall majority at February's general election despite coming first.

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  • Doctors believe the first UK operation will be performed at Leeds General Infirmary within a year.

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  • In general, looking at the upbeat first paragraphs above, then at the data, what do we think of the market?

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  • The planned restart of surgery at Leeds General Infirmary followed the end of the first stage of a review into the safety of the unit.

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  • And to sidestep Anglo-French vetoes at the Security Council, for the first time the General Assembly met in emergency session (where no country held a veto) and took up a Canadian suggestion to assemble an international emergency force to go to the canal and monitor the ceasefire.

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  • Further, conservatives have noted their belief that Justice Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee, has an ethical conflict due to having served as Solicitor General for the Obama Administration when the first cases challenging the law were at the trial court level.

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  • She noted also the importance of peace and human rights education, underlining that this stands at the heart of the UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon's Education First initiative, to be launched on 26 September, where UNESCO is playing a leading role.

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