She could have cared less, and my unimpressive first impression took me almost a year to overcome.

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My take: Less than the first and more than the second.

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At age 9, I completed my first Olympic-distance triathlon in less than four hours -- a distance many said I was too young for.

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My conclusion : Startups who have female first hires typically are those with less discriminatory hiring practices.

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The first thing that came into my mind when I grasped the concept was a bit less salubrious.

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The mystery of pregnancy and the heroism of Lindbergh combined to give a distinction bordering on the divine to my very own mother, for whom nothing less than a global annunciation had accompanied the incarnation of her first child.

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It was while absorbing Glander's technique for preparing his dry-aged beef (sear it first, then cook it at 212 degrees F or less for maximum moistness) that I heard my only sad story of the weekend, the one about the husband of the woman next to me who'd given this all up to stay home for a Dallas Stars hockey play-off game.

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