Well first of all because we don't believe in it and that's the blunt answer I guess.
"I would never want to do something with flowers unless it was with Mark, first of all because I think his hand is unique, " says Simons.
Our health care system is dysfunctional--first of all because it emphasizes acute care, which is the most expensive and least helpful form of care, rather than prevention, wellness and early testing.
This is true first of all because the decision was announced in the face of repeated Israeli requests that the US join Israel and Canada in boycotting the Durban II conference.
Dr. MADHI: Well, because first of all, because I'm a doctor, and I worked in the emergency room in Baghdad for a long time.
Now, I mention Joe, first of all, because he loves Scranton. (Applause.) He was born here in Scranton.
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Such hyperbole was unforgivable, first of all, because those who rushed to find a historical significance in what was happening showed so little sense of history.
"First of all, because business is pretty slack at the moment, and there is not much point going in and bashing your head against a brick wall, " explained CEBR chief executive Douglas McWilliams.
Well, first of all, because he slaughtered him.
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First of all, because clearly the extension of unemployment, which gives people a percentage of the income they were previously making, will -- that money will be spent and it will bolster the economy for the next couple of years.
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First of all, because there's been so much attention focused on this health care issue this week, I just want to emphasize not the myths but the reality of what is trying to -- that both the House and the Senate bill were trying to accomplish, because it's actually very simple.
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This is first of all the case because today there is little danger that Netanyahu's coalition partners will abandon him.
This is beneficial, first of all, for Russians because they can sell their natural resource.
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First of all for research: because none of this research is really intended to be used in the classroom, or to be communicated to managers in some other form, it is not suited to serve that purpose.
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And I think Iowa and New Hampshire, all those states that used - are used to going first, sort of a vanity fear, they're going to lose all of that status because going first just doesn't have the same power anymore.
Visits to the emergency room after deciding to put his head into a bucket that had been filled with chlorine, breaking his arm all moments that Tricia and Dean anticipated as the first of many because their son was truly "all boy".
It's harder for me to make Chinese films, because first of all, psychologically, it's more personal, the texture is more personal to me, it just hurts more.
No, not how much it will change first and then go haywire because of all the feedbacks: how much will it change in total?
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When first released, it gained 25, 000 users in the first 24 hours, all because of word of mouth and support from some influential friends in Silicon Valley.
First of all, American democracy has thrived because we have recognized the need for a government that, while limited, can still help us adapt to a changing world.
Mr. MINTZER: It worries me a great deal, because, first of all, the regimes in the areas that have the capability to expand production to this level are not all friendly to United States.
So, they're trying to make sure that that's taken care of first, because that steam plant does give power to millions of people all over east Tennessee, even Georgia, Alabama that area.
So much for the argument that said Lesley Griffiths was "the safest cabinet member of all" because the First Minister could not be seen to admit to a weakness in that brief or all.
We have asked for the support of the United Nations on various levels: first of all, on the military level, because a strong army and strong armed forces could defend Lebanon against hostility of the enemy.
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Aventis' Lantus, the first real, once-a-day, long-acting version of the hormone, will in all likelihood be the first choice of many doctors for treating patients, because it avoids the multiple injections and unsteady response involved in earlier versions of the drug.
First of all, most of them did have savings because they were corrupt and they had money.
And our point is a ceasefire -- first of all, it's not holding, because the Assad regime can't be trusted to live up to its obligations.
First of all, it's simply easier, because it avoids trying to find the right price for mortgage-backed securities whose value is impossible to pin down at the moment, Davidson explains.
What Israeli leaders - including Netanyahu - have failed to recognize is that the antipathy of Europeans toward Israel is so great that they are willing to explain away Iran's nuclear weapons program because it is aimed first of all against Israel.
First of all, I decided to take it on because I get a letter -- or two, or five -- every day from people who have lost their job and suddenly they don't have health insurance, somebody in their family gets sick, and they lose their house.
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