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1 A delegation from IT Division visited Japan for the annual DTI/MTI Talks held on 25th–26th March , which included an Expert Session on IT .
2 When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield .
3 Marie asked Gazzer for the second time that day .
4 In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre .
5 In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time .
6 WILL DOWNING visits Britain for a special one-off date to promote his forthcoming LP ‘ A Dream Fulfilled ’ on 4th & Broadway .
7 It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen .
8 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 .
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 Of those universities who also support Ph D research in Scottish geology , Edinburgh 's students and staff have consulted 100 of the theses in data set C. For the major universities researching in the field , the numbers of thesis borrowers from particular universities are in proportion ( ratio nearly 1:1 ) to the numbers of Ph D theses produced in these universities .
11 Hyde hated Jekyll for a different reason .
12 Where did Karen meet Drew for the first time ?
13 Two days later , on 26 July , the dowager and the queen left Linlithgow for the greater safety of Stirling , presumably an indication that , with the making of this bond , the relatively straightforward period of the first half of 1543 was over .
14 That struggle shaped Germany for the subsequent two centuries and it also determined much of the shape of Europe prior to the First World War .
15 A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time .
16 Serbs , Croats and Muslims have all committed crimes but UN investigators blame Serbs for the worst atrocities such as so-called ethnic cleansing , concentration camps , systematic rape and mass murder .
17 Chairman David Nairn thanked Grant for the open manner with which he had answered these questions and brought the first day 's business proceedings to and end .
18 It is on this trip to Moscow that Anna meets Vronsky for the first time .
19 This has long been one of my favourite Schnittke pieces , for its Russian-accented dodecaphony-on-stilts , for the post-Holocaust numbness of its third movement , and most of all for the unholy alliances of its finale , where Webern seems to be jiving to West Side Story and Shostakovich meets Vivaldi for a deadly serious jam session .
20 All three lost one of their eight matches , but when it went to the frames count-back All Ireland champion Watson was the group winner with Dale pipping Sharpe for the crucial second place .
21 Arguing that Richard 's attack on Toulouse was a breach of the truce of 1187 — which Richard denied — Philip invaded Berry for the second time in twelve months , though he first took care to ascertain that Henry II disclaimed any responsibility for his son 's actions and was therefore unlikely to move swiftly to his assistance .
22 A year later Moore captained England for the first time , against Czechoslovakia .
23 BHUTAN : AI visited Bhutan for the first time in January at the invitation of King Jigme Wangchuck .
24 Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand .
25 The toss went in Oxford 's favour , Jo Michels taking Middlesex for the tactical advantage of the first bend , since Cambridge were known to have a fast start .
26 The speculation that Quayle might be dropped in 1992 in favour of Gen. Colin Powell was further dampened when on May 23 Bush nominated Powell for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .
27 ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time .
28 On their return Mr Mallory said Grace for a splendid , old-fashioned roast prepared by Mrs Mallory , refulgent and perspiring in the kitchen .
29 Germany outstripped Britain for the first time as the largest contributor last year .
30 After turning down a Melody Maker request on these grounds , editor Allan Jones asked Morrissey for a convenient alternative .
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