It was a surprise then when it was reported in January that Mustapha had been selected as the first Muslim chaplain for the Illinois State Police.

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Agriculture is typically a male-dominated career, so it was significant when I was selected as the first woman to serve as an Extension Administrator at Tennessee State University.

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Bergoglio, who will go by the name Francis I, is the first Jesuit to be selected as Pontiff.

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Belfast International Airport can trace its aviation history back to the First World War, when Aldergrove in Country Antrim was selected as a military training base for the Royal Flying Corps.

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For the first phase of this project, the USDA selected an initial list of 27 programs to use as examples for the Compass and map.

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Selected as a result of the problems threatening the area, the institute first held a meeting between the FESSJ and the headteacher of the institute.

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Mr Howard will make his speech during a visit to support Tory Parliamentary hopefuls Robert Light and Sayeeda Warsi - "the first British Muslim woman" selected to run for MP as a Conservative candidate.

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He also selected David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco, with Santiago Ventura, ranked 122nd, travelling as the first substitute.

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First it selected Texas--the Big Three's biggest pickup-truck market--as the site for a new truck factory.

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Four times, the Associated Press selected him to its all-NFL First Team, and he earned a Super Bowl ring in his final game as the Giants upset the previously unbeaten New England Patriots, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII.

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