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This disease later came to be known as AIDS, but at first it had no name and puzzled everyone, including the doctors.

He wondered if she had been afraid at first, going up in that little wicker basket with the hills falling away.

That might be fine at first, but eventually he's going to have to understand that adulthood doesn't come with an allowance.

At first my eyes and ears did not work very well, but after a while I began to see and hear clearly.

At first he thought this was because he had allowed his will to weaken, the concentrated power of his mind to grow slack.

The bulk of the money will have to come from the private sector. At first that could be in the form of loans and equity investments.

You might be able to pursue it within your current job, or do it as a side job or just as a hobby at first.

At first his wife did not answer, but then she said, "Well, Herbert laughed about it. . . "

At first the old soldier did not answer, but in the end he said quietly, "OK. But remember! Be careful! Think before you make your wish, "

'Cornelia, ' said the Doctor, 'Dombey will be your charge at first. Bring him on, Cornelia, bring him on. '

N. At first he does not know at all what she does or what she sacrifices for him. Especially he cannot allow for her hate.

I fitted myself up for a battle, as before; though with more caution, knowing I had to do with another kind of enemy than I had at first.

So that would not, at first sight, seem to suggest that oil money has been driving bond yields up and down.

At first, I had my dog in Spain. I had to fill in papers to get him, it was very strict, and I missed him for the year.

Further research is needed, and the truth is bound to be quite a bit more complex than it might at first appear.

Three years later , he began to develop AIDS symptoms. At first he thought it was just a bad cold.

In the light of day, in a street full of passengers, she was like playing a lucky-draw and had her eye on me at first sight.

At first there were just small groups of men, moving about six in a bunch with a 10-yard interval between them.

and it might be said after all that, at first sight, our science certainly seems to have re-adopted the solution of closing the frontier.

At first, I read in the living room, do not know Fall in love with my orchids, nodding his head in a pot peck.

At first she was against Pen, and suspicious of him, she was his partisan now.

July's announcement that the government was ready to lend without limit to keep the agencies going appeared to work at first.

Do not believe what love at first sight, because you can not see at a glance how much money the other side.

He stopped. At first he did not recognize her, to him she looked so old.

I felt rather hurt about this at first; it seemed somehow to be a sort of slight.

It felt scary at first, but knowing that I was on my own and in charge of what I did and when I did it, was an exciting concept.

For me, Mourinho is number one. . . At first when I said it, it may have seemed obvious, but a year down the road I maintain this.

He never "watch" his language with her, which at first she took as evidence of his contempt.

Overhead was the week's washing, hanging in festoons so low that Martin did not see at first the two men talking in a corner.

The store of nutriment laid up within the seeds of many plants seems at first sight to have no sort of relation to other plants.

At first, blog is look as a platform for the grass-roots been trying to get equal right to speak.

At first I wondered if it was true. Wasn't the management merely trying to keep people calm?

At first none of it makes any sense. Sometimes it seems as though all of your practice isn't making a difference.

At first, I did not know what these guys meant. But it did not take long to figure it out.

Because at first it was an obsession as she looked like Katherine, but then he realised she was completely different.

Although there might not be much at first appearance to captivate, there was, at least, nothing to disgust her relations.

Then I went to say goodbye to her. At first she was cold with me. She did not understand why I wanted to leave her.

We got dressed up and went out for dinner, and everything seemed okay at first, but in the middle of dinner I began to feel strangely sick.

At first he was just a little bit dumb, but suddenly he shouted at all of us and said there was cheating taking place.

He began to turn over in the air when his chute opened, and there were problems with the lines at first.

What the researchers found was that, at first blush, strenuous physical activity does seem to damage knees.

At first he did not know many books: the Bible, and one or two newspapers, that's all.

Heathcliff bore his degradation pretty well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learnt, and worked or played with him in the fields.

It might not become all that apparent at first, but stay with it for a while and the answer will come to you.

At first, my wife and I forced her to eat meat, but she made such a stink about it that meal times were completely ruined.

At first he said nothing, but then he spoke. His voice was very strange, but I listened to him carefully, and I could understand him.

He wore a pair of round silver rimmed-glasses which gave him at first glance a studious or, at least, a methodical appearance.

At first it all seemed a little fantastical to me, but after challenging a lot of these ideas, I began to take a lot of them seriously.

One summer, my family's frequent winter melon on the table a "shadow. " At first I did not like to eat it a little bit.

At first I was confused and admittedly a bit angry, but then and there I realized it was an honest mistake and decided to just roll with it.

Nicole: You really seem to be fitting in great. To be honest, at first I didn't expect you to be so friendly.

AT FIRST, Richard Nixon vowed he would not debate John Kennedy. He had little to gain from such an encounter, and much to lose.

If you're interested in feeding your cat dairy, give it a very small amount at first to see how its digestive system handles it.

At first we thought it was only a bit of earth blocking the mine so when I found out the true scale, I imagined the worst.

At first, he thought it was because there was no school in walking distance to the village, but later he said that was not true.

When I rang the doorbell, he came out and let me in. At first I was a bit nervous when talking with him.

At first, you are greatly distracted on earth by an external world that does not seem to be created by your own mind at all.

At first he tried his hand as an entrepreneur, having identified what he thought was a need in the community.

At first the salesman looks suspicious but quickly decides that she's serious about buying (and that this isn't a stickup).

At first I was hesitant, thinking that we neither drank nor intended to purchase any wine, so what was the point of visiting a winery?

It is a great film. If you're a fan of the book, at first you might be a bit disappointed with the changes the film-makers have made.

Another said typing can be a real challenge at first, but that this could be overcome with a bit of practice.

We felt like the tilt sensitivity was a little too high at first, but it can be turned down in the menu.

At first I thought that it had been given to me to decipher the foolishness of uncontrollable ambition.

At first glance, a marriage of convenience seems to be a good compromise between finding personal freedom and satisfying the parents.

She was incredulous at first, because she knew how much I loved politics and how deeply I felt about the war.

Talking to a robot colleague might feel strange at first, but people seem to get used to it quite quickly.

At first, the agent guarantee deposit and supervision finance did not exist, when the bank broke up, the people lost everything.

The logo at first looks like an eagle but as you look you see one man is performing a lewd act on another.

You might be wondering why we decided to write an article that at first glance appears to be a bit dry.

At first glance, their progress in the US and Europe looks as if it might be as impressive as their march through developing nations.

Each of these haemorrhagic fevers was as lethal as bubonic plague, at least at first.

It was the yellow skin Asians and dark Philippines, Indians, and Pakistanis that were easy to recognize to be foreigners at first glance.

At first I thought this was somewhat dramatic but the fact of the matter is that it's a fair comparison.

Most leaders therefore find currency devaluation so unthinkable that, at first glance, austerity seems to be the only choice.

In a brief skit, Leno pushed her to talk about her husband's flaws. At first, she sarcastically said he has none.

Putting its own name on products was a major step for the company. But at first, Doherty said, the HTC was dogged by quality issues.

I thought at first that you had done something clever, but I see that there was nothing in it, after all.

It might seem difficult at first but try it a couple of times and you will see that you will type much faster this way.

Ning said she did not think about this much when she became a vegetarian at first.

She describes how convincing the shop was at first glance because so much trouble had been taken to copy key elements of a real Apple store.

I didn't know why at first, but as he began writing down the license number of my car, I realised that I had made a mistake.

There she lingered thoughtfully, weeping at the door of the tomb. The risen Lord appeared to her, but at first she knew him not.

She was at first set down as overbearing , but a few days this view was modified .

Beloveds, there is nothing that you are not, and I alone AM. At first this seems like an exaggeration, yet it is the whole Truth.

At first, perhaps because the first song they knew well, they did not understand what the lyrics said in French, it was easy to remember.

At first, this code seems to be a good solution to your problem, as it does not block the UI thread.

At first, we will use it a as part of an applet UI, but later the applet will just be used to make it available to JavaScript.

Mumford, at first encouraging, became the rudest, calling her "Mother Jacobs" and comparing her to a quack.

Even if it was work at first, she'd try to just relax. She'd try not to be bitter, try not to be too much of a widow.

At first, this code seems to be a good solution to your problem, as it does not block the UI thread.

At first, we will use it a as part of an applet UI, but later the applet will just be used to make it available to JavaScript.

Mumford, at first encouraging, became the rudest, calling her "Mother Jacobs" and comparing her to a quack.

Even if it was work at first, she'd try to just relax. She'd try not to be bitter, try not to be too much of a widow.

It's not easy at first but once you've practiced it for a week or two it will make a huge difference in the amount you eat.

She threw at me a very naughty look, so naughty that I would not kiss her good-night at first.

At first, China saw all this news as yet another Western conspiracy to keep China down by trying to block its nearly $1 trillion in exports.

They were at first assumed to be drug traffickers, but were subsequently identified as migrants trying to reach the United States.

At first sight, it looked as if the reason was that the chub were being eaten by trout introduced for sport fishing in the mid-20th century.

"Good-morning, sir, " said the latter, thinking at first that he was encountering one of his out-of-town customers.

"Good-morning, sir, " said the latter, thinking at first that he was encountering one of his out-of-town customers.

Keller was frustrated, at first, because she did not understand that every object had a word uniquely identifying it.

At first recruits were only military and the main reason the military needed recruits is actually tied up in the word's etymology.

As she explains, the possibility that Theseus was an actual historical figure is not as remote as it may seem at first.

It would be easy to assume, at first glance, that the watery rectangle in the center of this image is a harbor.

At first glance it does not appear that this integral fits any of the forms presented up to this point.

You and I feel like old friends at first sight and destined to be very good cooperative partners long time ago.

Then he said, " I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you, but at first , let me do something. "

Tess seemed afraid to touch them at first, but her eyes sparkled for a moment as much as the stones when Clare spread out the set.

At first, every brushstroke he made caused deep cuts in his mouth. It was incredibly2 painful.

At first, every brushstroke he made caused deep cuts in his mouth. It was incredibly2 painful.

At first this photo seems to be a couple with a large head floating between them.

and although she was a little afraid at first, she soon got warmed up and sat on the edge of the mantelpiece and began to talk.

It might be difficult to tell at first, but with a little practice you should be able to.

Taking the train in and around Tokyo can be a bit intimidating at first but it's really not that difficult.

'Not at first, perhaps, ' said the Hatter: 'but you could keep it to half-past one as long as you liked. '

Less apparent at first thought is that much of what was once said to be typically American is often no longer just American.

The new funds are likely at first to be conservative investors, mindful of how much existing funds have suffered during the crisis.

They have been very adept at first making money for themselves and then trading the financier's life for that of the power broker.

With this speech he began a second fit of yawning and again howled like a wolf, as he had at first.

He did not think of this much at first but soon after when he was roaming the house he saw Mai and his wife by the restroom whispering.

At first, I only did pastry, because the non-Chinese were not allowed to cook hot food, but I persuaded the head chef to let me cook.

At first glance, it looks as if a smaller galaxy has been caught in a tug-of-war between a Sumo-wrestler pair of elliptical galaxies.

There was one more test to pass, but at first Shaler did not know it was a test.

Observers said the results were less convincing than ap-peared at first sight, in a poll transformed into a referendum on Mr Putin.

Tortured English may cause a certain amusement at first, but after a while people stop even trying to make sense of it.

At first, he wanted only a few words with Polina, just to see if he could elicit a smile.

Stanford University student Dave Gobaud said he did not believe the e-mail was genuine at first.

His mind made for unity, and he was surprised when at first he began to see points of contact between the two worlds.

If I break you in, I'll be doing plenty of your work at first. Suppose you begin at thirty, an' work up to the forty.

As he recalls, "The savanna species weren't what I was looking for at first so I had sort of written them off. "

It must be a great comfort to you to have all the news at first hand.

At first sight of him, I perceived him to be an honest person.

It was a little daunting at first, but he helped me to understand how to approach the action, and now it all seems obvious to me.

I suspect it might have been a selfish thing at first -- why should moms have all the fun, after all?

She moved from her home in London to be with him in Newquay, north Cornwall, and at first they had fun together in real life and cyberspace.

John seems to know all the answers, but I don't think he's as clever as he appears at first.

Even if it's a bit odd at first to chat about such personal stuff, listen up for the valuable things he has to say.

At first the only light rose from below him, as though he were climbing down some sort of bottleneck.

At first, he said, he hid his enrollment in scrubbing school from family and friends, though he told his wife.

What he had heard on the news was the Elvis had died of what was at first to be thought a heart attack.

At first he worked only for the middle tones, to model in large planes, as he would have done had the head been an apple.

"At first, my brain was nothing but blank, " Shen recalled. "But I still had the belief I could get the child back. "

But they both opened up to their peers in ways that may seem, at first glance, out of place in a business school setting.

At first it might be difficult to understand your job or the complexities of office politics, and this can be very frustrating.

"The Flower of Space" . At first, it seems to be made of stained glass or something else. However, it's made entirely of caramel.

At first he thought it must be a very hard tree root. But when he uncovered it, he saw that it was beautiful shining gold.

At first he took us in by his stories and we tried to help him; but later we learnt that his stories were all lies.

Holding my nose seemed at first to be the only way forward, which isn't a very practical solution, for grown-ups, at least.

At first glance, it seems like the sort of story that falls in with the rest of the modern genre.

To start with he admits that at first he took the matter for granted, assuming it was not worth much of his efforts.

He said the work was dull at first, but he would grow used to it.

Well, at first I often feel a bit sad when I leave my mum and dad for a few days, and I 'm quite shy when I 'm with strangers.

She was all loving to me at first, but then she got sarcastic and said she couldn't stand the sight of me.

Crucially, women's lead at first-degree level does not so far seem to have translated into better job opportunities.

Allen Gant Sr. had at least one satisfied customer, but the panty-stocking combo did not grab most women's attentions at first.

At first I thought this would be really waxy and thick, but it turns that this was creamy and smooth.

To warm up for swimming, swim slowly at first and then pick up the tempo as you're able to.

At first the subject was nothing special to me , then gradually I became interested in it. In time, I found myself in love with it.

At first, it seemed that these candidates would fight it out in a bitter nominating convention in Philadelphia.

At first he insisted on the accuracy of his account, however, he agreed with what I said.

Having been a vegetarian, she was plenty mad at first and had to be force fed on her way to San Francisco's Barbary Coast.

At first, it felt like someone had lodged a knife into me, but as he began moving up and down, I laughed at the pleasure of it all.

Uncle, aunt has got up, finally, brother, brother at first glance seem to have changed, become like a man man!

The outburst was muffled at first, as Anderson desperately covered his mouth, but it soon grew so intense that he had to leave the grave.

Once she had paid, she leaned close to me and said, very politely, "I'm so so sorry that I mistook you for a girl at first, young man. "

At first, my friends were just my friends. I never realized how much I depended on friendship before.

Knowingly death: They heard at first hand the presence of a doctor or other person a clear declaration of his own death.

At first his wife stared at him; waiting for him to Smile.

The Iron Runoff was a bit of a struggle at first and the toughest set of races for me so far in Forza 2.

At first, scientists thought a new strain of disease might be responsible. Right now, he said, that doesn't appear to be the case.

He cut such an archetypal gaucho figure that I found it hard at first to believe he was not some sort of costumed tourist attraction.

Justin: At first it felt like someone's shoving a broom up there. But, I told him to go slow and he did.

When you actually go and sit in one of these classrooms, at first it's very bizarre. I sat down and I thought, "What is going on? "

At first glance it may look like a fearsome snake but this rearing creature is actually a small caterpillar with a cunning means of defence.

"At first they just ignored me, but now they try to be friends with me, " she said.

At first, Dooku's ship was envisioned like a limousine, with its pilot in an enclosed compartment separated from its important passenger.

Against such a narrative, Paul's Republicanprimary opponent, Trey Grayson, at first tried to run on his own record.

He thought it was only falling leaves at first, so slight and delicate was the sound of it.

Even if later on he meet love at first sight of the girl, he gave it up that the impulse of debarkation looking for the first lover ashore.

Charles was to return to Lyme the same afternoon, and his father had at first half a mind to go with him, but the ladies could not consent.

At first, the children were wary of me, staring blankly from doorways, sometimes running away.

My head is full of chatter. When I started hearing it, at first I did not believe that it had any relevance or power.

At first he did not bother having his individual and company name printed in Chinese on the reverse side of his business card.

I began to sense in it something mocking, an undertone I had not heard at first.

At first the falls of the humans, animals and aquatic kingdoms was not noticeable , as it was gradual enough to not be perceived day to day.

He did not know he was doing it at first, though later he divined it.

At first, astronomers thought it might be a so-called "main belt comet" --a rare case of a comet orbiting in the asteroid belt.

The beam started to turn, slowly at first, as the "dark" and heavy atmosphere in the house made it very difficult.

At first they may be in denial and think that they will be able to clear things up in a month or two.

But I have to tell you at first, the house is near to the railway. And if you can't put up with the noise you might as well save the trip.

Yoda's owner confessed that at first glance, she thought Yoda was a rat and was scared out of her wits.

AT first he believed the painting was an original by Harris, but by careful observATion he found out thAT it was a forgery.

At first, this was merely for function: to keep out the cold weather of the world only beginning to emerge from the great ice age.

I was at first apprehensive of a powerful rival in Harry, as his friends were very able, and had a good deal of interest.

AT first sight the Easy Day store in Gurgaon on the outskirts of Delhi seems to be a supermarket like any in the developed world.

They did not know that she was dead, at first.

"This is going to start out with just small ticket items, at least at first, " says Kagan.

At first his doctor said it was just growing pains, told him he was going to be real tall. But they were wrong.

At first the dry sticks caught fire then a firm house nearby it flared up in the wind.

At first being angry the bird said, "Who did this horrible thing to me, how dare someone crap on me, I'll get him for this! "

He looked puzzled at first, then smote his hands together as he remembered.

At first she wasn't talking to me, and I felt no better than Tommy, though, unlike him, I was aware enough to feel the agony.

What if somewhere in North Carolina there was an old baseball field where her uncles were buried at first, second, and third plates?

At first, that seemed incentive enough, but then it struck me that it all depended on what I wanted to maximize in life.

At first this was a good thing, in that I appreciated the fact that she thought my wisdom was worth the time.

He was very nervous at first, The doctor's words made him feel comfortable, The nurse had a warm smile on her face.

At first it would seem a bit strange calling the day of Jesus' death "Good" Friday but the word Good meant "holy" in early Christian times.

I was totally confused at first, but I began to see the light after your explanation.

From the moral points of view, at first, a gay person married to a straight person appears to break one of our basic moralities, honesty.

At first it might seem to be a most unappealing portrait - who wants to be poor, mourning and persecuted?

He seemed genuinely curious about her at first, but after only a sentence or two, he turned away with disapproval in his face.

Although at first this kind of marriage was more common among the rural poor, it subsequently spread to the urban middle classes.

At first he thought English very difficult, but later he made good progress.

You know, I didn't like tofu at first. But I'm getting used to it.

CHUNG mistakes TONG for an illegal immigrant at first. With her passionate entreaties, he eventually agrees to put her up temporarily.

A cause. A dream. Her "something more. " She smiles, just a bit at first, then wider, and holds her sword hilt tight, and then.

At first glance, this doesn't seem to make sense, especially to a Western mindset, steeped as it is in the puritan work ethic.

ready to sketch the interface. This visualization of the interface should be extremely simple at first.

At first, many thought she was another runaway bride, but Annie Le's disappearance turned out to be a horrible tragedy.

At first national officials said the seizure was an intelligence coup.

At first thought it seems incredible that there can be enough space in the "solid" ground underfoot to hold all this water.

Well, she was upset at first, But probably because her sister shot somebody. But then there was something about you, And then she hugged me.

i did not like this song at first . but the more you listen to it the more you interested in it.

First they were small. At first when I called, he said, "Good to hear from you. "

She was at first set down as overbearing, but in a few days this view was modified.

'Because you will be lucky if you say the month name at first day of that month as your first word. I said 'MAY' last month. Don't forget!

At first I thought it was just going to be functional, to help us through everyday life.

Much to her regret, the pet dog died of what seemed at first to be a simple cold.

The bottom line: If you become inactive, the body won't let you coast for very long, though those shifts may not be noticeable at first.

Unfortunately, moving to a new city without any of the people you know can be lonely at first.

Although this concept may be frightening to you at first, you'll get used to it and wonder how you could have ever thought otherwise.

I lost my job and was upset at first, but I found a better one and have been much happier since.

And although this may at first look as if it makes strategic sense for the Jewish state, it doesn't always.

We seem to skip over our judgments in the hope that this will be love at first sight.

At first few understood what Edouard Manet, an Impressionist artist, and his followers were trying to do.

At first glance, protesters camping on Wall Street's doorstep might not seem to be a sure recipe for reform.

At first his sleep was brittle. His hunger tried to nip through his stupor like a pair of forceps, but he subconsciously blocked it.

The company may sell only a few thousand at first, but it hopes for tens of thousands of sales in the 2012 model year.

In fact, it takes about 3 weeks to make a new habit, so you will be slugging it out a bit, at first.

At first it was just a phone, an alarm clock and a music player.

This may be seem like a bad thing at first, but it enables you to generate multiple physical data models from the same logical model.

They might be a little slow to see the light at first, but don't let that stop you.

At first it was just a dim glow reflecting off the bushes in the distance.

"At first I thought a blog was just a type of paper notebook, " said Lopez, a great grandmother.

At first he thought they might be some kind of stain, like maybe a fly landed on the lens of the satellite.

I did not know why my grandfather paternal grandmother did oppose at first I carry on the maximal exercise.

This is not painful nodules at first, but there was anal itching or foreign body sensation, it can be used to see children out for the anus.

By default you will have no wireless connection, and, at first glance, there would seem to be no way of configuring wireless.

At first, he wrote to me once in a while, and then I did not hear from him any more.