Eventually Monsanto started to pull away from its rivals as it became the first seed developer to patent the gene traits of seeds and to license its technology broadly.
Costco was officially founded in 1983 by two veterans of retail, Jeffrey Brotman and James Sinegal, but the first seed of Costco was sown three decades earlier by a man named Sol Price.
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There are, of course, many what-ifs to take into consideration that can never be proven, but by reversing the ill-gotten win that Seattle notched (the referees admitted to the screw-up and the labor dispute was settled before any other games were played) the Green Bay Packers would currently have 12 wins and automatically have a lock on the second seed with the potential to still grab the first seed.
His team made history last weekend by being the first 15 seed in the NCAA Basketball Tournament to make it to the Sweet 16.
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And there's little left to say about Florida Gulf Coast, which became the first 15 seed to advance to the round of 16 in tournament history.
But her thoughts are on the title, rather than the ranking or the ability to become the first top seed to win a major since Williams at Wimbledon in 2010.
The Shockers (28-8) advanced to the Round of 16 for the first time since 2006, while Gonzaga became the first top seed to be eliminated, giving all the Zags doubters an I-told-you-so moment.
And now, four years after Reynolds planted the first illegal seed, a grassroots guerrilla gardening movement has sprouted up around him, with thousands of revolutionaries throughout the world who are armed and ready with rakes and shovels to turn areas of urban decay into springy patches of peonies and sunflowers.
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As it happens, Monsanto has been quite generous with its intellectual property, licensing it out to both competitors and seed manufacturers alike since it first entered the biotech seed market with a huge investment in the 1990s.
Swede Thomas Johansson (16) became the first men's seed to taste defeat as he lost to Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador.
That ability translated to instant success at Florida Gulf Coast, now the first No. 15 seed ever in the Sweet 16.
It was the first time that sixth seed Roddick had dropped his service in a match lasting four hours and 18 minutes.
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Price had 12 for the Hilltoppers (20-16), who would have made history by becoming the first No. 16 seed to upend a No. 1 seed.
There were five consecutive breaks of serve in the first set before 14th seed Clijsters established her authority to clinch it 6-4 after 52 minutes.
For example, we expanded into Spain in 2009, more than six months before our first investment, a seed round of 1.2 million euros from French VC ISAI.
The Cardinals became the first No. 5 seed to make the championship game, pulling off the greatest upset in tournament history when they beat Brittney Griner and Baylor in the regional semifinals.
The Swiss third seed reached his first final since January 2011, and has a 3-6 record in title matches.
Rising star Golding lost the first set to the ninth seed but dug deep to claim a 4-6 6-4 6-4 victory on Court 12.
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Murray next plays Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling, who reached the quarterfinals in California for the first time after beating ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-3 6-4.
The Belgian second seed won the first set in 18 minutes but trailed 4-0 in the second before hitting back to set up a match with Australian Sally Peers.
While Harrison comes back from her latest injury, all-Big East center Kayla Alexander tries to give No. 7 seed Syracuse (24-7) its first-ever NCAA tournament victory against No. 10 seed Creighton (24-7).
Thirteenth seed Radek Stepanek beat former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3 6-0 in the first round on Monday, while 16th seed David Ferrer beat Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-3.
However, if you want to pick an upset in the first round, picking a 3 or 4-seed to lose might be your best bet. 18 percent of first round games have been won by 13 and 14-seeds.
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It was the first time the 19-year-old had beaten 18th seed Zheng in four meetings, and also gave her a first semifinal berth at Indian Wells.
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Eighth seed Lopez edged the first-set tie-break before making the vital break in the ninth game of the second and served out for the match.
Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova begins her campaign on Wednesday against American qualifier Lilia Osterloh, while second seed Jelena Jankovic is first up against Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova.
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