Also, finding out what is happening in the world - we now have first hand access to news, not just through edited newspapers but more than ever through direct contact with real people - through blogs, tweets and videos from political hotspots for instance.
The diversity in the composition of the release team works in both ways: it helps the release team to have first hand insights from a variety of teams or projects, and it helps projects and teams to have first hand access to the release team.
The list of names bridges the political divide, from Margaret Thatcher to George Orwell, and sponsors acquire the opportunity to gain unique first-hand access to the collection of their hero at the museum.
More importantly, by reflecting the cultures in which they evolved, languages are the key to gaining first-hand access to a society's people, way of thought, literature, ideas, values, history and traditions – although more understanding does not always imply greater sympathy or communication.
It's a fantastic (and fantastically cheap) option that gives you first-hand access to the local people.
Where we have had first-hand access to original specimens, we rely upon our own observations; we therefore do not refer readers to other sources for these data.
He has seen at first hand what access to high-quality education can do, and wants to use technology to make it more widely available.
We begin by discussing a simple but important factor: networked handhelds can allow a 1 1 student:device ratio for the first time, enabling ready-at-hand access to technology throughout the school day and throughout the learner's personal life.
From decades of launching successful businesses in a wide range of industries, I knew first-hand that access to skilled talent is crucial to economic success -- whether at the company or country level.
Overview Global facts Tap Project Lucy Liu, actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, visited Côte d'Ivoire from 9 to 11 March, 2008 to see first hand the threat to child survival caused by the lack of access to clean drinking water.
Its director Jo Glanville said: "Through our work in prisons, we've seen at first hand the necessity of access to learning and literature.
