The father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is not optimistic about his son's release, despite a videotape published on Friday showing for the first time that he is alive and well.

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Ono illustrated this elegant tome in 1952, when she was 19 years old, but this is the first time it has been published.

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The TIMSS is produced every four years while the PIRLS is published every five years, but this is the first time Northern Ireland has taken part in the test results study.

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Rand said its long list of random numbers, first published in 1955, is one of its all-time best sellers.

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