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1 When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield .
2 Marie asked Gazzer for the second time that day .
3 In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre .
4 In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time .
5 Guerrillas in Kashmir used rockets for the first time on June 19 , in an attack on two waterfront hotels in Srinagar which were being used as barracks by Indian security forces .
6 It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen .
7 Having been frustrated in her 1988 cruise to Scandinavia , Islander headed north-east once more last summer and this time succeeded in passing through the Limfjord , sailing down the Kattegat and up into the Baltic as far as Stockholm before retracing her steps to visit Copenhagen for the second time on this voyage .
8 Amdahl Corp , Sunnyvale has launched a consulting service and data storage feature to facilitate the migration of customers to Escon Architecture : the company accompanies the new service with a new Serial Channel Feature for next quarter for use with its 6100 Storage Processor , which attaches to parallel channel adaptors on the 6100 and enable it to support serial Escon channel connections ; a 6100 with the feature will support up to 32 Escon serial channels or a mixture of serial and parallel channels ; native serial channels cost $62,560 for the first four and $32,280 for each additional pair ; the Serial Channel Feature start at $21,000 .
9 However , Mitterrand denied on Jan. 20 that there was any geographical limitation on French commitment to the allied force and on Jan. 24 French aircraft bombed Iraq for the first time .
10 Spain and Portugal took part for the first time , having signed accession protocols on Nov. 14 , 1988 ( see pp. 36105-06 ; 36429 ) .
11 Amanda Mares , the producer , might bear in mind that listeners hearing things for the first time need a second or two to focus .
12 For the year as a whole turnover topped £100m for the first time rising 10.4pc to £101.6m .
13 Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said turnover for the first quarter of 1993 fell 2.7% to the equivalent of $537m .
14 Two extreme right parties gained representation for the first time in their respective Länder , the Republicans ( led by Franz Schönhuber ) in Baden-Württemberg and the neo-Nazi German People 's Union ( DVU ) ( led by Gerhard Frey ) in Schleswig-Holstein .
15 The COPEI and the MAS on Feb. 24 declined Pérez 's request to the secretaries-general of all main opposition parties to join a " political cabinet " of ministers without portfolio to draft policies for the next two years of government .
16 Where did Karen meet Drew for the first time ?
17 The work of the mobile teams is purely facilitation and although local health workers are kept informed of the team 's work , the village takes responsibility for the next step .
18 In Land ( state ) elections on April 21 in Kohl 's home state , the Rhineland-Palatinate , the CDU lost power for the first time since 1949 .
19 A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers .
20 In 1989 , cadmium consumption exceeded supply for the third year running .
21 They treated him like a child trying champagne for the first time .
22 BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years .
23 It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities .
24 On Nov. 7 the delegation was received by Vice-President Khaddam and later met with President Hafez al-Assad and Foreign Minister Shar'a to co-ordinate plans for the next stage of the talks .
25 The one year Certificate course for ‘ women returners ’ at Launder College was well received and another group received funding for the next year .
26 A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time .
27 This is a month of changeover in the greenhouse , with this year 's plants providing cuttings for the next
28 The women 's race looks set for the second successive year to be at the mercy of Rosa Mota , a winner at Olympic and world level as well as the three times European champion .
29 Domestic consumption of grain overtook production for the first time .
30 IAN RUSH believes Kenny Dalglish made a terrible mistake when he walked tearfully out of the Liverpool dressing room for the last time .
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