Hell, I gave him the first decent job he ever had, six, seven -- how many years ago was it, Rob ''??

Next day a ship arrived with an English pilot, his leadsman, an English youth, and the first Hindu the Judsons and Newells had ever seen.

The first royalty whom Mama ever waited on in the White House was Queen Marie of Rumania, who came to a State dinner given in her honor on October 21, 1926.

But as he remarks in his preface to The Walnut Trees, `` a novel can hardly ever be rewritten '', and `` when this one appears in its final form, the form of the first part will no doubt be radically changed ''.

There's more reading and instruction to be heard on discs than ever before, although the spoken rather than the sung word is as old as Thomas Alva Edison's first experiment in recorded sound.

The ledger was full of most precise information: date of laying, length of incubation period, number of chick reaching the first week, second week, fifth week, weight of hen, size of rooster's wattles and so on, all scrawled out in a hand that looked more Chinese than English, the most jagged and sprawling Alex had ever seen.

It would be the first time I had ever been completely alone with a girl I loved.

The truth is, however, that when Mel Chandler first reported to the regiment the only steed he had ever ridden was a swivel chair and the only weapon he had ever wielded was a pencil.

She could always predict what Stanley was going to do, ever since she first met him.

Until late last Saturday afternoon Palmer had played seven consecutive rounds of golf at the Masters -- four last year and three this -- without ever being out of first place.

All belong to the collection being given to Wilmington over a period of years by Mrs. Sloan, who has cherished such revelatory items ever since she first studied with Sloan at the Art Students League, New York, in the 1920's.

Though that may be unfair since Ben Cooper, John's first son, came along early in 1938, the cutest baby you ever saw and a blessing that he looked all Cooper from fontanel to pink toes, nary a trace of Edythe.

Very few committees ever looked past the first few photos.

Journalist Noah Brooks reported, " No man ever before made such an impression on his first appeal to a New York audience.

* In 1896 Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo from Norway became the first people to ever row across the Atlantic Ocean.

" She first met Poirot in the story Cards on the Table and has been bothering him ever since.

* " The Tuesday Night Club " ( short story ) featured Miss Marple for the first time ever.

In his journal for November 6, 1860, he wrote: " At Town House, and cast my vote for Lincoln and the Republican candidates generally — the first vote I ever cast for a President and State officers.

* 1888 – An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's " The Lost Chord ", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.

* 1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it.

In 2004, Pope John Paul II's efforts to unite Europe were honoured with an ‘ Extraordinary Charlemagne Medal ’, which was awarded for the first time ever.

Klaus Quirini as DJ Heinrich was the first DJ ever.

* 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.

Ginger came out of the first product that used Kamen's balancing technology, the iBOT wheelchair.

The White House is one of the first government buildings in Washington that was made wheelchair-accessible, with modifications having been made during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who needed to use a wheelchair because of his paraplegia.

In 1983, the first wheelchair races took place.

The Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games, incepted in 1948 in England, were the first Games for wheelchair athletes.

Hansen, who first considered circumnavigating the globe in his wheelchair in 1974, began the Man in Motion World Tour in 1985 with the goal of raising $ 10 million towards research into spinal cord injuries.

He appeared first in Moving Pictures where his physical and mental state then could be described as " invalid, deaf, wandering of mind and hot on the ladies ' behinds in his wheelchair ".

Reliant's expertise in the area of composite car body production has also seen the company produce lightweight body shells for Ford RS200 rally cars and a glass fibre-bodied taxi, the MetroCab — the first to have full wheelchair provision, manufactured by a division of Kamkorp.

In ill health and using a wheelchair after World War II, one of Princess Helena Victoria's last major appearance was at the 20 November 1947 wedding of her first cousin twice removed, the then-Princess Elizabeth, to the then-Lt. Philip Mountbatten, RN.

He is first seen out of costume in a hospital, injecting a girl in a wheelchair with a serum allowing her to walk.

For the first time, women's events were included in the powerlifting programme and wheelchair rugby, a demonstration sport at the 1996 Paralympics, was contested as a medal-awarding sport.

At the 1976 games, amputees and visually impaired athletes competed for the first time ; previous editions of the Paralympic Games had included only wheelchair athletes.

Within the sport of athletics, a wheelchair marathon event was held for the first time.

The Trails for the first wheelchair event to be held at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games was held in conjunction with the New York Games.

The first of these is in BR lined maroon livery with a brake coach which doubles as wheelchair users ' accommodation and a refurbished restaurant buffet car, which with its griddle facilities and kitchen staff can handle anything from full breakfasts to Sunday roasts.

Colin is put into his wheelchair and brought outside into the garden, the first time he's been outdoors in years.

This action proved to be just the first in a series of civil disobedience demonstrations that lasted for a year until the Denver Transit Authority finally bought buses equipped with wheelchair lifts.

Her disease first started manifesting itself when she was 17 and since then she has had to use a wheelchair.

He had planned to become the first person to cross from Perth to Sydney ( 4600 miles ) in an electric wheelchair.

In addition, each downtown station has an approximately 12-foot-long mini-high level platform ( connected to wheelchair ramps and stairs ) that aligns with the first door of each train to provide handicapped access.

In 1973, the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation ( ISMGF ) established the first sub-section for wheelchair basketball.

At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished first in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair.

At the 2000 Olympic Games, he finished first in the demonstration event of Men's 1500m wheelchair.

She became Quebec's first female viceroy, and the first disabled lieutenant governor in Canada ; Thibault was permanently disabled in a tobogganing accident as a teenager, and uses a wheelchair.