Both cut their teeth in the cauldron of youth politics and graduated with distinction.
Also having cut their teeth on Oxbridge satire, the Pythons chose their comic targets more carefully.
Most comedians cut their teeth in the brutal world of comedy and then move into TV.
"The fringe players have got a chance to come through and cut their teeth at this level, " said Howells.
Other major artists, such as Widespread Panic and Zac Brown, cut their teeth playing to sweaty fans inside the theatre.
Many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs cut their teeth at HP and learned the legendary "HP Way" of management, stressing trust and openness.
Managers who had cut their teeth on the 1970s had to have a new brainwave, or their enterprises were going to prove useless.
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The Mexican War, where many officers cut their teeth, looms large.
The co-ordinators of the project, who cut their teeth on the successful Midtown Community Court which opened in 1993, realise that they have deep-rooted prejudices to overcome.
Certainly for anyone who spent innumerable hours and quarters in arcades, or who cut their teeth on the NES or other early consoles, Wreck-It Ralph will be a joy to watch.
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Other members of the white collar defense bar once served in the Department of Justice, where they cut their teeth in the very types of prosecutions they came to oppose as defense attorneys.
When it got started, Broken Social Scene could balloon to 15 or more people on stage, operating much like a rock 'n' roll boot camp for musicians to collaborate and cut their teeth.
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What they also know and cut their teeth on was the era of Qwest's Joe Nacchio, many of Enron's top management, Scrushy at HealthSouth, MCI's Bernie Ebbers, Tyco's Dennis Koslowski, Martha Stewart and Bernie Madoff.
The new governors cut their political teeth during Bill Clinton's time in the White House.
They cut their political teeth together in the 1980s in the same faction of the Liberal Party in Antioquia, their home region.
Both Martinez, who became Swansea boss in February in 2007, and his predecessor Kenny Jackett cut their managerial teeth at the Liberty Stadium.
Many of Mr Gore's most prominent functionaries, including Donna Brazile, his campaign manager, cut their political teeth working for Michael Dukakis in 1988.
Egypt - under native Hassan Shehata - have also shown recently that coaches who cut their managerial teeth domestically can deliver success on the international stage.
Americans Nurse and Finch cut their coaching teeth in the British Basketball League - Nurse with Derby, Manchester and Brighton and Finch with the Sheffield Sharks - before moving on to bigger things.
Celtic had their fingers burned when they allowed John Barnes to cut his managerial teeth at the club with dire consequences.
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