Debt write offs should be considered in the first instance.

According to the age old belief of Malayalees, an auspicious kani at dawn on the Vishu day is lucky for the entire year.

At first it seems baffling.

Listen, I'm going back to the swamp mermaid. Can you call me in a little while?

The reference to prima facie evidence would mean different things to different States.

At first, this seems surprising, since he said before the referendum that he would abide by its outcome.

And it seems like kind of an admirable philosophy at first something we might all agree to sign onto ...

Now, when you look at that the first time, you think, My god. How is reality coming out of that?

In any case, the Chinese wage story is much more complicated than it might seem.

At the first glance there seems to be a huge mental, cultural and political gap dividing Turkey s women.

And, given such riches, competition might appear lucrative at first sight. But cooperation stands to enlarge the pie.

It is an attractive solution at first glance, but a closer look suggests cause for serious concern.

With respect to the last point, recent shifts in the composition of Chinese GDP appear disconcerting at first glance.

Sudden terror before this omnipresent, all devouring monster was soon overtaken by fascination.

The difference is actually much smaller than often assumed, but at first sight a growth rate of 0.6 qualifies as a lost decade.

BOSTON September 11, 2001, may at least at first seem like an inappropriate addition to the history of nationalism, given Al Qaeda s explicitly stated global pretensions.

At first sight, the easiest question to address is the issue of the rights of the affected populations vis à vis their own States.

The arbitral tribunal in North Atlantic Coast Fisheries stated that i nternational Law in its modern development recognizes that a great number of treaty obligations are not annulled by war, but at most suspended by it. At first glance, this school may appear diametrically opposed to the traditional view that war ipso facto terminates treaties after an examination of the many exceptions to each view, however, they do not appear to differ drastically.

At first it seems baffling. But, as I made clear at the time in my interview with Jean Paul Sartre in Le Nouvel Observateur , I was only the loudspeaker for a rebellion.

At first sight, this might seem like another dispute between economists and non economists, but the rift runs within, rather than between, disciplinary boundaries.

By contrast, seen from afar, in their new suits, you might think that Chinese economic elites are Japanese.

Considerations related to the low level of biological containment were major factors in the initial perception of the unsuitability of Iraq's dedicated biological weapons production facilities for the production of pathogens.

He completed a B.A., M.A.

Your first your first pocketknife is like the first universal tool that you're given.

Counter intuitively, however, the excessive number of Europeans actually diminishes Europe s influence, because they usually defend national interests, which are often divergent.

6) With regard to other classes of treaties, e.g., extradition treaties in the absence of any clear expression of intention otherwise, prima facie these are suspended.

Here is their first big public announcement.

She was the first woman to receive this decoration.

He was the first count of Loritello in 1061.

The Council first met on March 16, 2006, exactly one year after the first meeting of the transitional assembly.

The difficulties that President Barack Obama is having in passing his basic program, whether in health care, climate change, or financial reform, are hard to understand at first glance.

But, charges of corruption aside, this outcome indicates that gas is not such an easy source of hard economic power as it would first appear.

A third reason for the modest impact of international issues on voters choice of the next president is another surprising development more agreement between and among the leading candidates than meets the eye.

It had the first pressurized fuselage in the Soviet Union and first flew on 27 November 1946.

As so often happens in biotechnology, what looks at first like an abstruse technical issue raises many questions that cut to the core of our humanity.

By contrast, seen from afar, in their new suits, you might think that Chinese economic elites are Japanese. Where Russia represents a return to the past, one sees in China an opening, however ambiguous, to the future.

Both meetings are, to my knowledge, the first of their kind.

That was my first article on Global Voices.

The first photographs from Mumbai on flickr are coming up.

The first batch consisted of engineers given approval for flight training.

The name on the first sugarcane he picks up will be his.

It will likely be the first parasitic disease to be eradicated.

First ccess Forum opened in cooperation with ECTF on Internet.

It is the first World Heritage Site in Tajikistan.

Alif Laam Meem Saad . ( Alphabets of the Arabic language Allah and to whomever He reveals , know their precise meanings . )