There is nobody in Dubai in government who isn't first and foremost a businessman.

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So I don't -- I think, first and foremost, regardless of what the tests show, the hope is that private capital will be -- will be the path that any bank chooses, first and foremost.

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We'll probably forever have our issues with Sony first and foremost that they won't return our calls, but that's neither here nor there but it is pretty weird when for years you air complaints about what they're doing, and one by one they actually, you know, fix their problems.

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Of all the things that are important to me, I don't get up every morning and say first and foremost I've got to go out and be a good Republican today and spread the gospel and beat up on President Obama and the wretched Democrats.

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First and foremost, Panasonic informed us this isn't currently targeted at the US market -- but we suppose if enough of you pop by the booth and crank it to 11 they may reconsider.

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"Please please, insist first and foremost as an Ulster Bank customer that you don't leave you branch without your cash, " Ms McKeown said.

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"Sure, it's a fun toy first and foremost, but once the initial novelty wears off it doesn't have to end up at the bottom of the toy box ... it's yours to reinvent, " he says.

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