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  • 1in the first place — {adv. phr.} 1. Before now; in the beginning; first. * /You already ate breakfast! Why didn t you tell me that in the first place instead of saying you didn t want to eat?/ * /Carl patched his old football but it soon leaked again. He should have… …

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  • 2in the first place — {adv. phr.} 1. Before now; in the beginning; first. * /You already ate breakfast! Why didn t you tell me that in the first place instead of saying you didn t want to eat?/ * /Carl patched his old football but it soon leaked again. He should have… …

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  • 3The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest — Infobox Film | name = The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest caption = The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest promotional poster director = Mick Jackson producer = Trevor Albert writer = Po Bronson (book) Jon Favreau Gary Tieche… …

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  • 4The First Nowell — is a traditional English Christmas carol, most likely from the 16th or 17th century, but possibly dating from as early as the 13th century. In its current form it is of Cornish origin, and it was first published in Some Ancient Christmas Carols… …

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  • 5The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy — is General Omar Bradley s famous rebuke in May 15, 1951 Congressional testimony as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the idea of extending the Korean War into China, as proposed by General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the U.N.… …

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  • 6in the second place — See: IN THE PLACE …

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  • 7in the second place — See: IN THE PLACE …

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  • 8Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment — The Free Exercise Clause is the accompanying clause with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Free Exercise Clause reads:In 1879, the Supreme Court was first called to interpret the extent of the… …

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  • 9Persecution of Jews in the First Crusade — The call for the First Crusade touched off new persecutions of the Jews in which peasant crusaders from France and Germany attacked Jewish communities. BackgroundThe preaching of the First Crusade inspired an outbreak of anti Semitism. In parts… …

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  • 10Convicts on the First Fleet — The First Fleet is the name given to the first group of eleven ships that carried convicts from England to Australia in 1788 beginning in 1787 the trip took 8 months.No definitive list of people who traveled on those ships exists; however… …

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