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The earliest signs of people on Jamaica are the remains of the Arawak, an Amerindian society that originated on the north coast of South America.
The earliest known example of Dear me is no older than 1773, whilst Oh dear occurs as early as 1694, and is the earliest known phrase in which dear occurs at all.
The site of Berlin’s earliest settlement, it clusters around the city’s oldest parish church, the twin-steepled Gothic-style Nikolaikirche.
Our earliest goal was to "permeate the intellectual consciousness" of the eight campuses of Indiana University and establish philanthropy as a serious field of study.
The earliest works date from Picasso’s ninth year.