Sentence examples for as a firsthand from inspiring English sources

Acosta's work is especially valuable as a firsthand account of western South America at this time, based on his 16 years' life and travel in the region.

Protects from uranium".' Clinton lowers her voice and clips her words to imitate Yeltsin, which validates the anecdote as a firsthand memory, not a secondhand story.

This correspondence exists as a firsthand, real-time account of the aftermath.

The Trial and Death of Socrates, by Plato, read by Bruce Alexander (4hrs 39miNaxosaxos, £16.99) Since our knowledge of Socrates' teaching, theories and life comes principally through his student Plato - the philosopher himself never wrote anything down - this is as near to a firsthand account of one of history's most catastrophic events as we shall ever get.

If we as a community know firsthand the sting of hate, sarcasm, discrimination and public humiliation, why do we continue to use them as weapons in our arsenal to gain respect and recognition, and why do we support organizations and celebrities who engage in such behavior?

I do hope that her book is forthcoming, as she was a firsthand observer of and participant in our musical theater world.

Few have done better at describing this world than Nick Bilton, who witnessed 1999 firsthand as a reporter and wrote an excellent essay this month in Vanity Fair on the remarkable similarities between that bubble and now.

"Experiencing as a woman, firsthand, the impacts of countries that are acting as moral arbiters for their people — it really caused me to rethink the positions I held," she says.

The truth of corporate-government surveillance proves stranger than science fiction, as a few firsthand accounts of preemptive arrests attest.

ST. PAUL, Oct. 16 — There has never been a Democratic chairman with as much firsthand knowledge about running for president as Howard Dean.

Given that I can't afford to make cross-country college visits, these fly-in programs would help me get a real sense of what I'm looking for in a college, as well as firsthand experience of the colleges I'm going to visit.