So the first decision the opposition faces is whether to take part at all.
Whether to veto those promotions will be the first decision facing Mr Paniagua's choice as defence minister.
While the policy governing the first decision should be strict, the policy governing the second should be lenient.
The first decision it gave was against the Department of Telecommunications, so it is clearly showing its independence.
The first decision when planning a wedding is, typically, determining the budget.
There are countless choices, but the first decision is to do something.
"I was disappointed that the referee trusted the linesman's view, but he was closer and should have kept to his first decision, " he added.
The NCAA is not the first decision maker to face the issue of whether person X is responsible for the mistakes of person Y.
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Presumably the fact that the first decision using the Bobov case as a precedent is another Jewish summer camp is just one of those awful coincidences.
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The first decision you have to make is no easier: New parents should immediately update or draft a will that names a guardian in the event of their untimely demise.
Shearer's first decision as the new manager at St James' Park was to name injury-plagued Owen to his starting line-up for his first match in charge at home to title-chasing Chelsea on Saturday.
But - as this government makes its first decision about restructuring hospital care - Dr David Shortland, vice-president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says being treated further away from home might be necessary to get the best.
After Gerstner granted approval for a new, independent software business, the organization's first decision -- described by insiders as "gut wrenching" -- was to put its key software products, most notably CICS, MQSeries and DB2, on its competitors' platforms, specifically Microsoft's NT.
In the first policy decision since unleashing QE3, the Federal Reserve decided to stay its course.
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After the previous Old Firm match's highly-publicised flashpoints, referee Craig Thomson's first big decision came on the quarter-hour mark.
And in his first presidential decision, the selection of a running mate, he hit it out of the park.
First, decision-making levels have to be correct in their judgment about the trend.
"This is the first good decision we've seen from Shell, " said Mike le Vine of Oceana, a group which focuses on ocean conservation.
Justice chose its words carefully in its post-Caronia announcement of the Amgen settlement on Dec. 19 and navigated around the First Amendment decision.
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By the same token, any First Amendment decision, right or wrong, will reverberate more readily through the law than a decision made in any other area.
Whitman drew kudos for her quick and determined move - - her first major decision since she took the No. 1 job at the troubled H-P on Sept. 23, 2011.
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Although the direct financial effect of the first court decision was negligible, the case was a harbinger of the sort of trouble that McDonald's was to encounter throughout South Africa.
Buffett was so upset by the slight reduction in price that he bought enough shares in the company to become the majority shareholder and made his first board decision: Stanton was fired.
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While the site of the festival has grown exponentially and moved to the New Orleans Fairgrounds, Congo Square and Stage is still geographically positioned in the center of the festival, further instilling that first festival decision.
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It looks clear now that the first big decision the new Democratic president will have to make is over whether or not to save companies that many Americans believe are hopelessly over-controlled by unions and woefully managed.
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In all the National Signing Day hubbub, what everyone tends to forget is that the people at the center of this process are teenagers, leaving home for the first time, perhaps making his first life decision independent of what Mom or Dad thinks, and that comes with all sorts of emotions for the teen and his family.
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The first is that the original decision, that first press release, came from within the bureaucracy.
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