"He deserves all the accolades and I will be one of the first to stand up in the coaching box on Saturday and clap him, " he said.
It began in 1997 when a group of thirty-five women from one small village became the first to stand up and publicly declare an end to the practice of FGC in their community.
Of course Diller was not the first woman to do stand-up, but she was perhaps the first solo woman to successfully break into that male bastion and become a household name.
Attention will now switch to San Francisco, where Gregory Reyes, a former chief executive of Brocade Communications, is the first boss to stand trial on charges relating to the backdating of employee share-options.
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He is the first Westerner to stand trial in Iraq after a 2009 US-Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreigners.
Fitzsimons is the first Westerner to stand trial in Iraq after a 2009 US-Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreigners.
Mr Fitzsimons is the first westerner to stand trial in Iraq after a 2009 US-Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreigners.
We've seen countless concept devices, but this is one of the first to really stand out with excellent real-world possibilities.
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Super Aguri, the first all-Japanese team on the Western-dominated circuit, have struggled for financial support since being founded in late 2005 by Aguri Suzuki, the first Asian to stand on an F1 podium.
The witness, the first accuser to take the stand, said Matt Sandusky looked "nervous" when he saw that Jerry Sandusky was about to start a soap fight.
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Earlier this year I had the opportunity to produce the first stand-up comedy show post-Egyptian revolution.
Lord Hanningfield, the former leader of Essex County Council, was the first parliamentarian from the East to stand trial over his expense claims.
"I have to stand back, I have to put the Northern Ireland interest first, I have to stand back and say what is the right thing for Belfast and Greater Belfast, " he added.
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The Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban has managed to stand for the first time since the shooting, say UK doctors who are treating her.
Kent had 28 overs at the crease and Denly and Chris Piesley recorded the county's maiden century stand for the first-wicket stand this season, but both fell to rash shots in the final half-hour.
Duch, the first former Khmer Rouge leader to stand trial, has admitted his role in the regime's genocidal reign and on Tuesday expressed sorrow for his actions before the tribunal.
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James took me to the first practice stand and talked me through his philosophy of shooting clays and birds.
Hosni Mubarak won a fresh term as president - and for the first time allowed others to stand against him.
The dilemma for Paris has been painful: to intervene - and be caricatured as a throw-back to the neo-colonialism of "la Francafrique" - or not to intervene, and see a first chance to stand tall on the African continent dwindle into the desert sands?
Department Deputy Chief Michael Marino also testified Friday, the first of several police brass expected to take the stand.
Consumers: Anyone deeply ingrained in the TechCrunch scene is the first to download a cool new app, stand in line for hours to get the newest iPhone, or pass along VC jokes with their friends from Buzzfeed.
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As the global economy improves, the wealthy will stand on the shoulders of others, first to see the light.
It is not the first time Mosley has promised to stand down as FIA president - in June 2004, he announced he would stand down from his position in October of that year, only to rescind his decision a month later and secure re-election.
If we get black men to handle their business in the first place, no one else would have to stand in the gap.
The lead underwriters stand to profit first, then their clients, then institutional investors.
Williams' reward was to become the first Welshman to win the prestigious IRB Player of the Year trophy to stand alongside fellow great winners Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Jonny Wilkinson and Habana.
Ewing was called to the stand as the first defense witness in the McDougal contempt trial.
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The Irish visitors were first to score, from stand-off Ian Keatley's penalty, but Rob Moffat's side replied with the first of two Mark Robertson tries.
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