Last, I should like to say Mr Rapoza was observing an interesting turn of events: A third world nation helping to bailout a group of first world nation.
We were the first nation in the world to have compulsory public education.
She set up Race Online and initially pledged to get the poorest four million Britons online by the time of the London Olympics, but later the charity changed its focus to concentrate on making the UK "the world's first networked nation".
In a stunning upset Sunday, Spain was sent home from the Olympics with a 1-0 loss to Honduras, eliminating one of the gold-medal favorites at the group stage and ending Spain's bid to become the first nation to hold the World Cup, European and Olympic soccer titles at the same time.
In alternative energy news, the remote Pacific Island territory of Tokelau (population: 1, 411), which previously relied on diesel generators for electricity, officially became the world's first solar-powered nation.
South Africa became the first African nation to be awarded the World Cup in 2004 but Adamu has suggested that the teams did not take advantage of the notice period.
Once JFK announced to the world that America would be the first nation to put a man on the moon, there was no turning back.
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While its longest serving prime minister, Dr. Mohamad instituted policies that transformed Malaysia from an impoverished, third world country, to a first class, modern nation.
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This is the first time in the history of the world economy where one nation stands to be the primary source for most manufactured goods.
Uganda becomes the first African nation to have a team qualify for the Little League World Series.
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"The pilot classroom in Dayton will be the first e-book classroom in the nation and probably in the whole world, " Walusis said.
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The U.S. routinely ran trade deficits for its first 100 years -- and we became the greatest industrial nation in the world.
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It is the first time that either Russia or Qatar has been chosen as host nation for the World Cup.
It will be the first major competition in Pakistan since a four-nation tournament in 1997 and the World Cup the year before.
The visitors went into the match knowing that victory would see them unseat India as the world's number one Test nation after their resounding win in the first Test, and received a pre-match boost when Smith was passed fit to play despite a finger injury.
We will be the first state in the nation to measure student achievement against that of the rest of the world.
As physicians and scientists, we must first do no harm as we seek ways to improve the health of the nation and world through biomedical research.
The appointment marks Klinsmann's first foray into club coaching after he guided host nation Germany to third place at the 2006 World Cup.
The United States benefitted both during World War II and during the cold war in being the nation to develop nuclear weapons first.
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The multi world-record holder has endeared himself to his home nation both in and away from the pool since he first made an impact at the 1998 World Championships.
We might have expected that the first wave of retirees from the nation's nearly 77 million baby boomers would pause to reflect on the world their parents inhabited.
Under Sebes, also of Jewish descent, Hungary became the first nation to defeat England on its home soil, winning 6-3 in 1953 before reaching the World Cup final the following year.
The West African nation of Chad is on track to produce its first barrel of oil next year, according to the World Bank.
Two decades of stimulative, low-interest-rate fiscal policy have made Japan the most indebted nation in the developed world, and as new Prime Minister Naoto Kan recently said, in his first address to Parliament, that situation is not sustainable.
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