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The Washington Post and New York Times lead with the surprising result of Indonesia's first truly contested presidential election in nearly 50 years: the victory (in a vote taken in the national legislature, not among the general public) of a first-time office-holder, an aging, frail, and nearly blind Muslim cleric named Abdurrahman Wahid.
While the mistakes I made were not uncommon ones for a first-time gardener, I somehow believed that I was not a first-time gardener.
For the first-time visitor, France will seem at once delightfully different and comfortably familiar, a country of exciting and infinitely attractive contrasts.
Except for IPOs (first-time public stock offerings), most American companies raise capital internally.
The respectable rejoinder: She's a first-time offender.