We have witnessed firsthand the massive contributions that girls and young women as volunteers delivered for MDGs.
Any serious student would want to examine these contributions firsthand to get an idea of the nature of the debate about the reality of hierarchical entities and the utility of a hierarchical approach to ecologic and evolutionary theory.
As the mayor of Denver and the president of Metropolitan State University of Denver, we have seen firsthand the extraordinary contributions immigrants make to our community.
For more firsthand stories read the contributions to our global feature on Scientists at Schools! www.leraar.nl OCenW initiative "Je groeit in het onderwijs".
I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders and make sure that those who came here illegally wait their turn, pay a fine and any unpaid taxes, and pass a criminal background check before becoming citizens.
Although the facts in those passages were confirmed independently -- through other sources or the reporter's firsthand observation -- the article should have acknowledged the significant contribution of Mr. Gumprecht's research.
She will benefit in this effort from the contributions of her new U.S. colleagues, who have firsthand experience of large-scale commercial manufacturing at Genzyme's plant near Boston, Massachusetts.
They also get to learn about the contribution made by Indian troops in the second world war as well as hearing firsthand accounts from the residents of the alms houses next door to the school.
For those who think they pay too much and receive too little in return for their contribution, let them visit Arlington or walk the beaches of Normandy or Iwo Jima to witness firsthand what their freedom has cost someone else's father, or son, or husband.
He settled in Paris with his second wife, an American, collaborating with her in translating Spanish plays and writing his five series of Prefaces to Shakespeare (1927 48), a contribution to Shakespearean criticism that analyzed the plays from the point of view of a practical playwright with firsthand stage experience.
Notable contributions to political literature included Emma Sky's The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq, which was a firsthand account of Iraq's civil war.
