Julian Assange is assured a place in the history books not as the first or only person to leak sensitive information.
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Although he was not the first or only doctor to raise concerns about Vioxx, Topol was perhaps one of the most eloquent in explaining those concerns to the public--including in a much-watched report on 60 Minutes.
This sort of support only lasts for the first few days of the issue: or perhaps only until that greenshoe is exhausted.
Most people look at only the first ten or so results of a Web search query anyway.
It's like being able to accurately predict the outcome of an election after only the first 20 or so seats declared.
In practice, only the first two or three are likely to be discussed at any length, and the remainder will be quietly axed when time is called at 2.30pm.
Mr. CARL SFERRAZZA ANTHONY (Historian, National First Ladies Museum): Much like the way things happened when Jacqueline Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic, or even Ida McKinley, who was the first and only disabled first lady, came in.
And if we do try to combine both public and private insurance, should the federal government cover, say, the first year or two of care or should it provide only catastrophic benefits (say, all costs after that first year).
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Massachusetts is likely only the first of 25 or more states that will find fault with Groupon's approach, according to Thomas Henry, a Pittsburgh lawyer specializing in alcohol law.
Beyond the couple of free home page articles and the 100 free top articles, non-subscribers will only see the first 100 words or so of each article.
Whereas the Blue Train is pulled by no-nonsense diesel and electric engines, Rovos offers passengers a retro whiff of steam, though only for the first hour into or out of Pretoria.
That is a very strong indictment, and if one had read only the first two sentences, or even just the first, one might conclude that the author was opposed to the bill.
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Furthermore, eToys has only had a year or so to exploit that first-mover status while other e-tailers, notably Amazon again, had twice that time to establish a beachhead.
Viewers, and the ad industry, will watch closely to see if Gildan joins the ranks of successful advertisers or stumbles in its first (and then potentially only) ad attempt.
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The Bulls opened a 17-point halftime lead with a rare offensive outburst, and found a way to get big baskets every time the Nets pulled close to win the NBA's only do-or-die game of the first round.
"You do have to give that ultimate decision to the police office involved, but in terms of having overall confidence in the system, cautions should only be given for low-level or first-time offences, " he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
He isn't the only potential member of Obama's first or second-term Cabinet to be grilled during the nomination process.
Should it offer first-dollar benefits, or catastrophic coverage only?
It began as a low rumble, I thought it was a train or large machine on the road at first, but when the whole house began to shake I realised it could only be an earthquake or perhaps a large plane crash.
Indeed, I pointed out when he idea was first being discussed that there are only 5 or 6 plants globally capable to turning the mineral, coltan, into tantalum.
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The first Kindle, now available only on eBay or other outlets where antique hardware languishes, is a sloping wedge that's wider on its left side, which allows readers to wrap their hands around the e-reader like a paperback book with its cover folded back around the spine.
At that time, even when "2001" first came out, there were only about 55 or 60 Cinerama theaters in the world.
Yet the revision between the first and third monthly estimates is typically only one or two tenths of one per cent.
It has not ventured into Italy or Spain, it is only now entering France (it opened its first store there in Paris on February 25th), it has a few shops in Britain, and in Germany its share of the clothes business is negligible.
And the flouting of fiscal rules was not the only, or even the main, cause of the problem in the first place.
Very few people will give up an existing smartphone, buy their first or purchase a second one to access Facebook and Facebook only.
So far, the first relief well is only about 1, 000 metres or so below the sea bed, and the second has only just been started.
Electronic cigarettes, first sold outside China only over the past seven years or so, have few solid studies attesting to their benefits for helping smokers quit.
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Of the 30 firms whose profits grew fastest in the first six months of this year, only ten were small or medium-sized companies.
Such a patent was usually intended to be used as a defensive shield and only asserted (or threatened to be asserted) if another party made the first move.
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