As local broadcast stations for the first time demand -- and receive -- payment from cable suppliers for the right to retransmit their signals, some cable companies are looking to cover that new cost by dropping little-watched channels like Hallmark.
The EU Water Framework Directive will, for the first time, demand "ecological" quality from all water bodies - meaning that they will have to be returned to something like their pristine natural state.
While the Texas Diaper Bank currently has the resources to provide extra supplies to government employees who may be seeking help for the first time, demand could very well exceed capacity, said Ashley Hernandez, program manager at the nonprofit.
In his speech, Mr. Romney for the first time demanded that Iran halt all nuclear enrichment activities, but he did not say what he would do as president if the Iranians failed to accede to his demand.
The group is the second in a month to claim responsibility for Johnston's kidnapping, but this is the first time demands have been made, including the release of Abu Qatada and other Muslim prisoners in Britain.
Much of the coverage has focused on what happened when Ms. Williams confronted Mr. Ramos a second time, demanding an apology and calling him a thief.
This pamphlet, written in four hours, Xeroxed, and distributed on the coach up to the 1972 Women's Liberation conference, contains six demands, beginning with "We demand the right to work less," and including, for the first time, "We demand wages for housework".
On 24 January 2006, prosecutors handed down demands for the death penalty for Sukumaran, the first time a demand of death was put forward by prosecutors for any of the Bali Nine.
Sales of the midsize Fusion sedan topped 30,000 for the first time, and demand for the Escape sport utility vehicle was up more than 27 percent.
The WGC said it was the first time global demand had exceeded $200bn, and the highest tonnage level since 1997, according to the report.
In China, pro-environment policymaking is on the increase and, for the first time last year, demand for coal appeared to have peaked as a result.
