India has censored 31 issues and at first glance might look like the worst culprit.
Troubled oil giant BP announced second-quarter earnings and at first glance, the numbers were not pretty.
Keynote is slick, yields gorgeous slides that look like they came from a professional graphic artist, and at first glance seems easy to use.
Well the results of the first half of 2012 are now available from Rosstat and, at first glance, they would appear to be ground for significant optimism: GDP grew at a 4.9% rate, fixed capital formation grew at 4.7%, and retail turnover galloped ahead at a rapid 6.9% annual rate.
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And while at first glance this seems to be a downside -- an elephant hiding in plain sight -- it has actually served to keep it unnoticed for at least two years.
Formed of hornbeam and privet, they seem at first glance to be fairly familiar examples of traditional landscaping.
This well-meaning amendment seemed reasonable at first glance and was hailed in conservative circles as a step in the right direction to preserve American sovereignty and prevent the incorporation of shariah law into American courts and institutions.
So even though our gross double standards regarding Bahrain and Syria might appear, at first glance, to be totally unrelated to our relationship with Russia they are actually quite important because of the suspicion and paranoia they inevitably breed.
While the response from spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamanei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems vague at first glance, experts argue the regime is being quite conciliatory, even flirting with the U.S. overtures and opening the door for talks.
At its heart Cloudee is a cloud-based video hosting and sharing service, not terribly dissimilar from YouTube at first glance.
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Now, at first glance the men and women on this stage could not be more different.
What seems like a complicated crafting system at first glance is actually very simple and straightforward.
"Mr Sharif faces a tougher battle than it appears at first glance, " says analyst and social activist, Azmat Abbas.
While at first glance one might expect Democrats and environmentalists to be pushing for inclusion in the EU trading scheme, in fact the issue here is less about CO2 emissions than it is about taxes and what they fund.
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At first glance, you might think Megan and Catherine are complainers or that their bosses are unfit to lead anyone.
Officials took the blame for not alerting Woods to a potential problem they found nothing wrong at first glance before he signed and kept him in the tournament with two shots added to his score.
Now, four years later, their enthusiasm for the democratic process has declined even in the face of economic factors such as persistently high unemployment and a floundering higher education system that would seem, at first glance, to be hot-button political issues around which to rally this cohort of voters.
Pape's book appears to be a very extensive and well researched account of the phenomena of suicide terrorism, at first glance.
At first glance, Valhalla, an unexpected and imaginative film from Sweetgrass Productions, seems to offer a glimpse into the alluring world of warm-weather forest skiing.
At first glance, that similarity points to an identical and straightforward result for the Court.
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At first glance, an auspicious close to both QE2 and the second quarter.
This theme, while at first glance appearing overly academic, is crucially important and is actually evolving on the Internet.
At first glance, it seems that this risk evaluation and mitigation system (REMS) is not as onerous as it might have been, and that may leave the FDA open to further criticism.
While seemingly benign at first glance, the change negatively affects thousands of sites and companies that daily rely on this data.
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At first glance, the nudging concept has a bit of merit and addresses some very important issues.
At first glance the deal would appear to heavily favor Big Machine and its artists over Clear Channel.
At first glance this speaks to the wonders of American democracy, and our ability to participate in it.
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It has developed a convoluted interface based on a wheel-and-spoke layout that we couldn't quite get the hang of at first glance.
Considering food alone, Kelly writes of Bonderman and Coulter flying their airline early on only to be served a meal that at first glance looked inedible.
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On first glance, the app is pretty cool, at least visually and conceptually.
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