But this weekend, European negotiators - and Germany - may well have to decide whether they care enough about tiny Cyprus taking responsibility for its own banking problems to let it become not just the first Eurozone country to raid ordinary bank deposits, but also the first to leave the euro.
Who brought the first gnome to England will probably never be proven, but the first to record using the figures in his garden was Charles Isham at Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire who by the 1870s had a series of gnome tableaux in among his giant rock garden.
Obama was not only the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar but also the first to call it by that name, conceding ground in a long-running dispute.
The critical period was around 16 days - which is very late in mouse gestation, but corresponds to the first trimester in people.
In May, the French went to the polls but the Welsh first minister was not about to pass an historic opportunity.
But compared to the first half of the twentieth century we are spending staggering sums to eke out smaller and smaller gains.
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Ms Dorries is not the first politician to appear on the ITV show but she is the first serving MP to do so - raising concerns about her ability to represent her constituents during the period.
None of these problems is unique to the UK. But Britain happens to be the first Western nation to host the Games since the credit crunch, so it is we who are also the first to be tested.
Treviso demonstrated from the off that they intended to play with pace and width but from the first scrum Leicester began to butcher the home pack and their forward power laid the ground work for the victory.
"For me it's a big honor to win -- but also to become the first Argentinian in history to receive the trophy, " he said.
Dean -- who until his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses last week had led in New Hampshire polls -- highlighted Kerry's support of the Iraq war but his opposition to the first conflict, launched in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait.
They are the first to defend the rights and privileges of boards to award fat-cat salaries, bonuses and pension rights to the select few but they are the first to attack policies that are put in place to merely defend the rights of those that really make those fat cats purr!
The BBC's Danny Shaw said Pc Harwood's misconduct hearing would not be the first to be held in public, but it is believed to be the first in London.
When structured as a grantor trust, the tax benefit of donations should pass back to the person who created the trust when those donations are made, but the creditor would have to first unwind the trust before attempting to clawback donations.
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The Dutch scored in the first minutes, before Germany even touched the ball, but allowed the Germans to score two first-half goals and take the trophy.
The invention of an LED goes back to the 1920s but the first LED for practical use was invented by GE scientist Nick Holonyack in 1962.
But with the bill to create the first battalion of 350, 000 jobs in the public sector now being aired in parliament, people seem to have changed their minds.
Scotland is not the only country to have considered the move, but would be the first in the world to implement it in an area where alcohol is sold relatively freely.
Morkel took the last four Pakistan wickets to fall in the day but the first three went to Johan Botha (3-61).
Singapore, for instance, is a bit of the East that is rich enough to be in the first world but does not want to be part of the West.
Of course Diller was not the first woman to do stand-up, but she was perhaps the first solo woman to successfully break into that male bastion and become a household name.
"I've got a lot of listening and learning to do in the first instance but I will look within the first six months to the first year to give people the impression that there is someone there very committed to the job, " he added.
Central to this was opening Jumbo up to the public but first repairs have to be carried out to deterioration caused by nearly three decades of neglect, the trust said.
Strauss, full of confidence after his century in the victory at Old Trafford, took his team calmly to 84-2 at lunch, but in the first over after the interval edged a very wide delivery high to first slip.
Among the broad categories of majors, education (5.4%), business (4.2%), and communications (4.1%) experienced the largest increases to their average starting salaries, but for the first time the report looks at specific degree types to better pinpoint the robust demand for tech candidates.
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They don't have to take the steps first, but commit to taking the steps.
Tax reform is one of those issues where both sides know where they want to go, but nobody wants to take the first step.
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It seems like everybody is beginning to catch on more and more to the idea that this could be good for business, but nobody wants to be the first out of the gate to take that risk.
The 2-1 win was South Africa's first of the tournament but was not enough to stop them becoming the first ever host nation to go out in the group stages.
He said that some people would have found the programmes "uncomfortable viewing" but the overall public reaction to the first two episodes had been positive.
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