Sentence examples similar to a firsthand observation from inspiring English sources

McFaul's new book, Russia's Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin (Cornell University Press, 2001), is the fruit of a decade of firsthand observation of Russia as it made a fundamental shift toward democracy.

While Mr. Freeman brought to the project a decade of firsthand observation, Mr. Peckham, who left South Africa in 1981, had never — and still has not — met Mr. Mandela.

A decade later, such intensive, firsthand observation was not an option.

"Beyond providing firsthand observation, a course like this one may give teaching hospitals an untapped and invaluable resource for spotting and preventing medication and other errors: medical students," said lead investigator Robert Dudas, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

As this changes on an almost daily basis, firsthand observation is the best source of information.

Update: It turns out Trump's Instagram promoted the "first hand" claim by showing Trump looking at a picture of a radar -- which, again, is not firsthand observation.

It is sometimes unclear whether a particular incident report is based on firsthand observation, on the account of an intelligence source regarded as reliable, on less trustworthy sources or on speculation by the writer.

For a young broker, this experience and the firsthand observation of the Coke bottle trader who suddenly became profitable gave me my first important lesson about the importance of exits.

His credibility derived from their firsthand observation.

Firsthand observation mixes with hearsay, genre tales with genealogies, encyclopedic perspectives with small details.

Mr. Price has built his career on such moments: vivid details mined from firsthand observation.