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I honestly think it shows a little bit of both: I think it shows firstly he is in control but also, yes, he’s losing control, in these videos being put out online of his different speeches, his demeanor is different, and his tone his more harsh – his messaging is becoming shriller and shriller. – Alexis Mrachek	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As a result firstly of information provided by the Cabinet Office inquiry team and secondly my officers' own assessment, I can confirm that the Met is now investigating a number of events that took place at Downing Street and Whitehall in the last two years in relation to potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations. – Metropolitan Police	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Can I say, firstly, that Mr. Djokovic is not being held captive in Australia. He is free to leave at any time that he chooses to do so, and Border Force will actually facilitate that. – Karen Andrews	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We [ act ] with accordance to Sharia law, firstly, we inform people about good deeds. We preach to them and deliver the message to them in a nice way ; the second time we repeat to them, again ; the third time we speak to them slightly harshly. – Mawlavi Abdullah Mohammad	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Firstly, we hope someone or some organisation sees this painting and helps us get vaccines. Our camps are crowded and we need them the most, there are also fears about the vaccine in our camps. Some are scared they might die or that their health might worsen because of the injection. We want to address these rumours, so that when the vaccine does come, everybody takes it. – Ansar Ullah	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Im more interested in the fact that this first photo has been leaked, and in the related leaking of information about the Pentagons Unidentified Aerial Task Force, where serving intelligence community personnel have shared insights from two intelligence positionreports, with my own defense background in this subject, three things stand out. Firstly, the description by one insider of the reports as shocking a wordthat begs the question what about UAP do these people find shocking. Secondly, the fact that the intelligence reports seem to have been given a surprisingly wide distribution in various intelligence agencies, and thirdly, the fact that the extraterrestrial hypothesis seems genuinely not to have been taken off the table. – Nick Pope	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Firstly, it is generally known that the quality of domestic vaccines is worse than that of foreign ones, secondly, the vaccine was created at railway speed, which already raises concerns. It was created in haste. – Marina Balouyeva	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I mainly took the photo for two reasons. Firstly, to send it to my partner, to tell her that I had finished my shift at work and that I was on my way home, slightly bruised, secondly, to show it to my 1-year-old daughter when she will have grown up. I will be telling her about this moment. – Nicola Sgarbi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Other things to consider that are not mentioned in the study are : Firstly, what those who weren't drinking tea were drinking -- was tea replaced by sugary drinks or caffeinated beverages... and was that what increased their risk... ? – Jodie Relf	Found on CNN 4 years ago
At the start we struggled, firstly with acceptance of the idea (of women's football), and then with the fact that we couldn't even find a pitch to train on, the union gave us a space, not even really a pitch, but we cleaned it up and made it into one. We named it the graveyard, because anyone who came to play us there would lose. – Duria Taqialdin	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
At the regional level, we see as unlikely an American war against Iran for many reasons, the most important of them being firstly that Iran is a strong state with important defensive capabilities. – Naim Qassem	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It shows two things, firstly that when faced with long-term poor conditions emperors will move, rather than try to tough it out at the old location, this gives them some resilience in the face of future change, secondly, it shows how little we know about what drives sea ice dynamics, which is worrying for all species that require that habitat. – Peter Fretwell	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who has helped me during what was a difficult period of my life over these last few years, it has been a challenging journey to make it back to the Formula One grid, but what seemed almost impossible is now beginning to feel possible. – Robert Kubica	Found on CNN 5 years ago
( The activists) can't be seen as taking credit for the right to drive. Firstly, it would be taking credit away from the Crown Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.At and also would give the impression that activism pays off, the Crown Prince doesn't want to give that impression, that people can agitate for change and get results. – Kristian Ulrichsen	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's critical that we encourage companies to keep working on this, firstly, it may be that two vaccines may have very different characteristics. – Jeremy Farrar	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Firstly I was just pushing, kicking and trying to fight the croc as much as I could and eventually one of the tour guides managed to pull me out of the water and got me onto one of their canoes. – Zanele Ndlovu	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Firstly, this paper does not attempt to link the rise in mobile phone use with a rise in brain tumor incidence directly, there are statistical techniques available to do this, for instance using time-series analysis, which attempt to link changes in a putative risk factor with changes in the outcome of interest over time. This was not done here. – Lion Shahab	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This paper provides evidence for a rise in specific malignant brain tumors in England, showing that incidence has more than doubled over the last two decades. What the analysis does not show is that this rise is caused by mobile phones. This is for a number of reasons, firstly, this paper does not attempt to link the rise in mobile phone use with a rise in brain tumor incidence directly. – Lion Shahab	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In the media, in the NGO community, and even in the Defence Ministry, you'll find plenty of thoughtful Israelis that will recognize that, firstly, the current trajectory is threatening for Israel's security and that a stable and prosperous Gaza... is also good for Israeli security. – Robert Piper	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Firstly let normalization begin and, after that, the level to which we cooperate on whatever subject will be tied to the efforts of the two countries, there is no point in talking about these details now. – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Firstly, We have no links with Mr Seraj and the Presidential Council which he leads is not recognized by the parliament (in the east), secondly, on this unified command center, I would like to stress that Mr Seraj relies on militia and we refuse them. An army cannot unify with militias so they must be dismantled. It's unthinkable to work with these armed factions. – Khalifa Haftar	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We didn't build this for tax reasons, choosing London was firstly about having a neutral territory for both companies. – Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Russia’s goal in its lone mediation mission appears to be twofold: firstly, to repair its international reputation in relation to its debacle in Ukraine, and secondly to strengthen the impression in Armenia and Azerbaijan that Russia calls the shots in the South Caucasus, the fact that the U.S. administration is so absent and timid in its response has the impact of ceding the strategic field in the South Caucasus to Russia. This can have profound and dangerous consequences in Syria, Ukraine, and far beyond. – Matthew Bryza	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
These figures show two things: firstly the extraordinary rate with which shareholders have accepted our offer, and secondly Bankia's ability to respond. – Chairman Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

I honestly think it shows a little bit of both: I think it shows firstly he is in control but also, yes, he’s losing control, in these videos being put out online of his different speeches, his demeanor is different, and his tone his more harsh – his messaging is becoming shriller and shriller.

– Alexis Mrachek

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As a result firstly of information provided by the Cabinet Office inquiry team and secondly my officers' own assessment, I can confirm that the Met is now investigating a number of events that took place at Downing Street and Whitehall in the last two years in relation to potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations.

– Metropolitan Police

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Can I say, firstly, that Mr. Djokovic is not being held captive in Australia. He is free to leave at any time that he chooses to do so, and Border Force will actually facilitate that.

– Karen Andrews

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We [ act ] with accordance to Sharia law, firstly, we inform people about good deeds. We preach to them and deliver the message to them in a nice way ; the second time we repeat to them, again ; the third time we speak to them slightly harshly.

– Mawlavi Abdullah Mohammad

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Firstly, we hope someone or some organisation sees this painting and helps us get vaccines. Our camps are crowded and we need them the most, there are also fears about the vaccine in our camps. Some are scared they might die or that their health might worsen because of the injection. We want to address these rumours, so that when the vaccine does come, everybody takes it.

– Ansar Ullah

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Im more interested in the fact that this first photo has been leaked, and in the related leaking of information about the Pentagons Unidentified Aerial Task Force, where serving intelligence community personnel have shared insights from two intelligence positionreports, with my own defense background in this subject, three things stand out. Firstly, the description by one insider of the reports as shocking a wordthat begs the question what about UAP do these people find shocking. Secondly, the fact that the intelligence reports seem to have been given a surprisingly wide distribution in various intelligence agencies, and thirdly, the fact that the extraterrestrial hypothesis seems genuinely not to have been taken off the table.

– Nick Pope

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Firstly, it is generally known that the quality of domestic vaccines is worse than that of foreign ones, secondly, the vaccine was created at railway speed, which already raises concerns. It was created in haste.

– Marina Balouyeva

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I mainly took the photo for two reasons. Firstly, to send it to my partner, to tell her that I had finished my shift at work and that I was on my way home, slightly bruised, secondly, to show it to my 1-year-old daughter when she will have grown up. I will be telling her about this moment.

– Nicola Sgarbi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Other things to consider that are not mentioned in the study are : Firstly, what those who weren't drinking tea were drinking -- was tea replaced by sugary drinks or caffeinated beverages... and was that what increased their risk... ?

– Jodie Relf

Found on CNN
4 years ago

At the start we struggled, firstly with acceptance of the idea (of women's football), and then with the fact that we couldn't even find a pitch to train on, the union gave us a space, not even really a pitch, but we cleaned it up and made it into one. We named it the graveyard, because anyone who came to play us there would lose.

– Duria Taqialdin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

At the regional level, we see as unlikely an American war against Iran for many reasons, the most important of them being firstly that Iran is a strong state with important defensive capabilities.

– Naim Qassem

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It shows two things, firstly that when faced with long-term poor conditions emperors will move, rather than try to tough it out at the old location, this gives them some resilience in the face of future change, secondly, it shows how little we know about what drives sea ice dynamics, which is worrying for all species that require that habitat.

– Peter Fretwell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who has helped me during what was a difficult period of my life over these last few years, it has been a challenging journey to make it back to the Formula One grid, but what seemed almost impossible is now beginning to feel possible.

– Robert Kubica

Found on CNN
5 years ago

( The activists) can't be seen as taking credit for the right to drive. Firstly, it would be taking credit away from the Crown Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.At and also would give the impression that activism pays off, the Crown Prince doesn't want to give that impression, that people can agitate for change and get results.

– Kristian Ulrichsen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's critical that we encourage companies to keep working on this, firstly, it may be that two vaccines may have very different characteristics.

– Jeremy Farrar

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Firstly I was just pushing, kicking and trying to fight the croc as much as I could and eventually one of the tour guides managed to pull me out of the water and got me onto one of their canoes.

– Zanele Ndlovu

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Firstly, this paper does not attempt to link the rise in mobile phone use with a rise in brain tumor incidence directly, there are statistical techniques available to do this, for instance using time-series analysis, which attempt to link changes in a putative risk factor with changes in the outcome of interest over time. This was not done here.

– Lion Shahab

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This paper provides evidence for a rise in specific malignant brain tumors in England, showing that incidence has more than doubled over the last two decades. What the analysis does not show is that this rise is caused by mobile phones. This is for a number of reasons, firstly, this paper does not attempt to link the rise in mobile phone use with a rise in brain tumor incidence directly.

– Lion Shahab

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In the media, in the NGO community, and even in the Defence Ministry, you'll find plenty of thoughtful Israelis that will recognize that, firstly, the current trajectory is threatening for Israel's security and that a stable and prosperous Gaza... is also good for Israeli security.

– Robert Piper

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Firstly let normalization begin and, after that, the level to which we cooperate on whatever subject will be tied to the efforts of the two countries, there is no point in talking about these details now.

– Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Firstly, We have no links with Mr Seraj and the Presidential Council which he leads is not recognized by the parliament (in the east), secondly, on this unified command center, I would like to stress that Mr Seraj relies on militia and we refuse them. An army cannot unify with militias so they must be dismantled. It's unthinkable to work with these armed factions.

– Khalifa Haftar

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We didn't build this for tax reasons, choosing London was firstly about having a neutral territory for both companies.

– Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Russia’s goal in its lone mediation mission appears to be twofold: firstly, to repair its international reputation in relation to its debacle in Ukraine, and secondly to strengthen the impression in Armenia and Azerbaijan that Russia calls the shots in the South Caucasus, the fact that the U.S. administration is so absent and timid in its response has the impact of ceding the strategic field in the South Caucasus to Russia. This can have profound and dangerous consequences in Syria, Ukraine, and far beyond.

– Matthew Bryza

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These figures show two things: firstly the extraordinary rate with which shareholders have accepted our offer, and secondly Bankia's ability to respond.

– Chairman Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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