Trade may drop on an annual basis for the first time since the 1980s.
The evidence gathered by the prosecution at Nuremberg provided the basis for the first generations of scholarship on the Nazis.
Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prizewinning book has become the basis for the first musical co-produced by Oprah Winfrey (2 30).
Its passage has been delayed, but defence minister Andrew Robathan told the Telegraph: "We are putting the military covenant on a statutory basis for the first time".
The manuscript may have been used at the work's premiere, in 1824, and it was the basis for the first printed edition, in 1826.
Monday's Newspoll had Labor ahead of the Coalition on a two-party-preferred basis for the first time since Turnbull took the leadership from Tony Abbott in September.
Overall, Empire State Realty earned $71 million in net income on a pro forma basis for the first nine months of 2011 on revenue of $382.2 million.
House prices are also rising on a year-on-year basis for the first time since 2007 (save for one temporary boost from a tax credit, see chart).
It also provided the basis for the first steps toward regulating emissions from new power plants, and, possibly, further steps requiring existing plants to reduce global warming pollution.
Andrew Robathan, a Defence minister, told The Daily Telegraph that the Government was "putting the military covenant on a statutory basis for the first time".
During this season, which had its start in January, "Idol" dipped below the 20-million-viewer mark on a regular basis for the first time since Season 1.
