This is, of course, hardly the first time that French policy towards the United States has been defined by balance-of-power considerations.
And it would certainly not be the first time that domestic politics and foreign policy imperatives clashed.
This isn't the first time Malaysia Airlines has instituted a controversial policy relating to kids in the sky.
This is the first time in over 100 years that monetary policy is being discussed in earnest during a presidential campaign.
As the piece notes, this is hardly the first time bail-out concessions and other policy changes have been extracted with threats of ECB retribution.
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This was the first time that the PBOC had cut bank reserve levels in three years, the first signal that monetary policy in China is changing.
Meanwhile, the US government has reached internal agreement on a policy document that for the first time links reconciliation with the US military withdrawal in 2014.
For the first time, however, there is now a policy that will allow for what has been termed "paid-prioritisation", where companies will be able to pay for a faster service.
It is not the first time Prof Nutt has been at odds with government policy.
This is not the first time that Amazon has been criticised for its pricing policy.
It's not the first time schools have suggested a "no best friends" policy.
It is the first time the social networking site has implemented its local censorship policy, which came into force in January.
For its part the ECB seemed likely to lower its main policy rate below 1% for the first time, probably to 0.75%.
But it would also cut across another new policy, which imposes income tax for the first time on many low-paid workers, a plan which most economists expect will kill off up to 1m jobs.
From my own experience of two years ago, when I received my first such letter, I calculated that from the time in 1991 that I took out my endowment to the time I was sent the my first "shortfall warning" letter my policy had performed far, far better than the letter was suggesting.
The court, however, refused both at that time and now to decide whether the commission's policy violates the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, ruling only on the agency's enforcement power.
Stocks put together a strong rally Friday, as investors pounced on word of lackluster second-quarter economic growth as a sign that the U.S. Federal Reserve was unlikely to raise rates at its Aug. 8 meeting, which would mark the first time in more than two years that it did not tighten monetary policy.
On 16 June 2010, in the first Scottish question time of the new Parliament, Mr Moore stressed Lib Dem policy was still to "eventually" see the role of Scottish Secretary abolished.
The time has come for the first big step: a switch to a two-child policy.
As I indicated at the time, and repeated to Sir Alan Budd in my first interview, it highlighted wider policy implications, mainly that if delays of this kind were taking place universally we would fail to fulfil our commitment to reduce the backlog of applications subsequently.
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Housing sales picked up in the second quarter, with first-time home buyers and those moving up accelerated purchases as the central bank eased policy and local governments lifted some restrictions.
What would bring first- time buyers back into the market is a fall in house prices, not a policy that seems certain to drive prices higher.
However, that policy may be shelved should England win an Ashes series in Australia for the first time since 1986-87 and Michael Clarke subsequently take over as Aussie skipper.
It is likely that the Bank will cut rates again next month, perhaps making itself a little less unpopular: when its monetary-policy committee voted for a quarter-point cut this month, for the first time two of its nine members voted for a deeper reduction.
The government's landmark policy of auto-enrolment will see these people contributing to a pension for the first time, with contributions from their employers.
The President will also spend some time talking about our efforts to combat terrorism and efforts that have been ongoing for the first year on foreign policy.
This is the first time that the PBOC has cut bank reserve levels in three years, signaling a decisive shift in monetary policy.
Her economic team met for the first time since her inauguration only on Monday, and critics said there was little other than promises of major policy goals and specific plans in coming days and weeks.
"This will be the first time it's ever been done, " said Jim Kessler, the group's vice president for policy.
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