• "I know at first hand the governor's commitment to restorative justice, " he said on Twitter.

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  • Among other matters, it would enable their students to learn about agricultural protectionism at first hand.

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  • Paul Theroux, a hard-to-please American travel writer, experienced French intractability at first hand on the Orient Express.

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  • Hiatt, the former Stride Rite chairman, has witnessed at first hand the difference between Obama and Bill Clinton.

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  • Perhaps he believes that investors are best protected by those who have seen sharp practice at first hand.

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  • Dr Dave Wiley who works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has seen the consequences at first hand.

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  • As importantly, though, the artist has to be able to withstand the emotional trauma of seeing violence at first hand.

    ECONOMIST: War artists

  • But last year they made the decision to head to Salt Lake City to watch the Winter Olympics at first hand.

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  • Neighbours had witnessed his tempestuous relationship with Christine Chambers at first hand.

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  • Dan Glickman, the agriculture secretary, has heard their concerns at first hand at more than a dozen town-hall meetings around the country.

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  • The first was her background as a Russian Jew she was born Alisa Rosenbaum who witnessed the revolution and its aftermath at first hand.

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  • They will see how evolution works at first hand with practical experience of DNA techniques used in hospitals, forensic services and research laboratories.

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  • He had seen at first hand its malevolent influence, under various guises and through various fronts, working by stealth for the West's destruction.

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  • He had, after all, seen at first hand the fate of Alan Milburn, his boss at the Department of Health and a former flatmate.

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  • "I saw many parallels between the break-up of Yugoslavia and the fragmentation of Lebanon, and I wanted to compare them at first hand, " he says.

    BBC: Middle East Correspondent Jim Muir

  • Earlier, Mr Black told the BBC news it was the first time they "had experienced homophobia at first hand, despite being aged 56 and 62".

    BBC: Michael Black (l) and John Morgan

  • They talk about situations that they don't know at first hand.

    BBC: Shirley Williams

  • Turning to Zimbabwe, Mr Ancram said he had seen the "murder, rape, robbery, famine and ethnic cleansing" in Zimbabwe at first hand on a visit to the country.

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  • First, it would soften the sense of grievance of those people who suffered at first hand the effects of an inhumane policy, which ended only in the 1960s.

    ECONOMIST: Mea culpa, and all that

  • "As I have seen the home-based players at first hand already, the training camp will enable me assess the foreign-based players who are key to my campaign, " Hey said.

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  • On Thursday, Mr Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Iraq, to see at first hand how the prisons regime is being overhauled to prevent a recurrence of the abuses.

    ECONOMIST: Scrambling to control the damage | The

  • Once you start work, you can see at first hand all the different jobs and which one takes your fancy, so my advice would be to keep the degree general.

    BBC: Making it big in the movies

  • As head of the Commonwealth Connector, the official insurance exchange set up in Massachusetts, he has seen at first hand how the raucous politics of reform have unfolded in his state.

    ECONOMIST: Health reform

  • People are shocked to learn at first hand, from police witnesses and from their victims, how quickly and easily the policemen opened fire, hardly bothering with non-lethal methods of riot control.

    ECONOMIST: Israel

  • During his spell in the English Premier League, which ended at big money Manchester City, he saw at first hand the trend towards clubs using ever more foreign imports to supplement their ranks.

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  • He is clearly passionate on the subject, but having witnessed Copenhagen at first hand is realistic about the chances of the summit throwing up a full and lasting agreement on fighting climate change.

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  • Professor Petra Wend, principal of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, has seen at first hand the use of the technology in Barga in Italy where they are routinely used on artwork all over the town.

    BBC: Codes to be sewn into Scottish Diaspora tapestry

  • The BBC's royal correspondent Nick Witchell says she saw the abdication crisis at first hand and was fully involved in the Royal Family's efforts to maintain the nation's morale during the Second World War.

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  • Novels and stories always will be put down little by little out of personal feeling and personal beliefs arrived at alone and at first hand over a period of time as time is needed.

    ECONOMIST: Eudora Welty | The

  • Having witnessed Farrell's injury struggles at first hand over the last 12 months, Ford - who left Saracens to take up his role with England - paid tribute to his next-door neighbour's strength of character.

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