A senior Olympic official from Brunei told Rendezvous on Wednesday that the country has formally submitted to the I.O.C. its list of eligible athletes for the London Games — including, for the first time ever, at least one woman, Maziah Mahusin, a hurdler and 400-meter runner.
As the first American ever (at least to anyone's knowledge), I became something of a celebrity, signing autographs, accepting flowers, raising vodka glasses, fending off blushing admirers and even serving as judge in a local fashion show.
The inclusion criteria of this study include: first-ever stroke, at least 6 months' poststroke, demonstration of Brunnstrom stage III or higher for the proximal part of the affected upper limb [ 31], no serious cognitive deficits (score >24 on the Mini Mental-State Exam) [ 32], and no excessive spasticity at any joint of the upper limb (score of ≤2 on the Modified Ashworth Scale) [ 33].
That is why George Mallory, who disappeared during his 1924 attempt on Everest, seems an infinitely more romantic figure than Edmund Hillary, the phlegmatic New Zealand beekeeper who, in 1953, with the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was the first up Everest – or, at least, the first to come back safely down after getting to the top.
A policy that says: "We might all be about to die as a result of the first ever treble-dip recession, but at least we can die proud of the fact we are British".
Eligible participants were all patients with a first ever incident diagnosis of stroke at least 12 months after initial registration with the database.
15 16 17 18 Using the general practice research database, we identified all patients who were prescribed their first ever oral antidiabetic agent, with at least one year of medical history in the database before that prescription, between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2009.
The game's designer is Tomonobu Itagaki, whose work on the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden franchises suggests that Devil's Third would, even if the graphics were terrible (which they are, and the frame rate's all over the shop) and the storyline dead on arrival (assuming it was ever alive in the first place), at least be a competent brawler.
Their first ever victory in a major tournament at least gives the Bosnians something to show for their efforts in Brazil.
Dale Lee Parsons's first burglary or at least, the first one for which he was ever caught was on October 19 , 2015
