In 1997 independent movies in the US came of age when for the first time not one major Hollywood studio had a film nominated for best picture.
An important milestone in the next 12 months will be when for the first time the number of internet-connected portable devices is expected to exceed that of web-enabled personal computers.
After 1851, when for the first time a majority of Britons lived in the towns, it is more likely that our ancestors worked in textile factories, iron and steel plants, on the railways, as small shopkeepers and tradesmen or in the vast army of Victorian clerks.
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You used to hear terms in the Republican Party when he ran the first time, that he took all the oxygen out of the room from the others.
The open-wheel series is running a second, full-length race in the same weekend for the first time Sunday when Conway will start up front for the first time in his career.
The incubation period, the time from when you're first exposed to the time you express symptoms, is usually 1-5 days, but can be as long as 60 days.
In January, John will return to the U.S., when, for the first time, we will live in the same timezone--and the same apartment.
Some were probably watching Olympic sport for the first time during those Games but when they see Paralympic sport for the first time they are going to be blown away by it.
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Djokovic's first breakthrough came in the sixth game of the first set when he broke his opponent for the first time and the next two sets proved easier for the second seed.
"When I see Mariano the first time, when he say 'hola' to me, I was kind of nervous, " Nova said.
Indeed the government has not answered the question as to why more austerity will work when it failed the first time round.
He traces it back to the 1980s, or the "me generation" as he calls it, when "for the first time in British society, people thought money was intrinsically good".
The contest offered a foretaste of what is to come when, for the first time in a British general election, the leaders of the three main parties will slug it out in prime time.
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Sunderland looked a different team after the restart and Mancini cut a frustrated figure on the touchline as the hosts hustled and harried their disjointed opponents, with Hart called into action for the first time when the impressive Elmohamady's cross almost caught him out at the near post.
And we're going to play 14 minutes of that videotape at the beginning of the president's appearance or at the time when he was first handed the definition and sits at the table, and this may be a good time to take a break, because it would be a 14-minute span of time.
Di Luca briefly looked to be on the brink of a famous victory when he got to the first time check fastest of all and five seconds up on Menchov.
It was a similar situation in 1906, when the Dow reached 100 for the first time.
Cal and I high-fived when it booted the first time we turned on the power.
That changed in 2002 when, for the first time, China consumed more than America.
Klein chuckles when he remembers the first time he and Gates met in person after parting ways in Washington.
In 2004 Ebay's ranks were jolted when the company missed earnings for the first time while Amazon raised its forecast.
Technical analysis says that these represent very big resistance to a further up move when reached for the first time.
Senator Feinstein told reporters she would introduce the legislation when the new Congress met for the first time in January.
When the app is opened for the first time, a sensor that tells the researchers what time of day it is is unlocked.
Not a single one of the 60 or so UKIP candidates who put themselves forward across Yorkshire will be occupying a seat when the new councils meet for the first time this week.
The hosts duly opened the scoring midway through the half when England, not for the first time, kicked straight down the throats of the Australian back three and Mitchell exploited the poor chase from England to embark on a searing counter-attack.
The 1817 inaugural was held outdoors for the first time when James Monroe took the oath in front of the Old Brick Capitol, where Congress met temporarily after the original Capitol was burned by British troops in the War of 1812.
Dennis had made a world champion of Hamilton's idol, Ayrton Senna, something not lost on the young racer when he met Dennis for the first time.
With a quarter of an hour left Cas took the lead for the first time when Jones got in on the act with a try which proved to be the winning score.
Hoggard was in his element and he first struck when Sehwag, not for the first time in the series, failed to get his gloves out of the way of a short-pitched ball which then looped into Shah's lap at first slip.
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