All seven recognized that independence was but the first step toward building a nation.

Noting such evidence is the first step ; ;

This involves a shift in Patchen's attitude and it is a first step toward writing a new jazz poetry.

If the decision goes wrong, it may be -- as Mr. Stevenson fears -- `` the first step on the slippery path downhill '' to a U.N. without operational responsibilities and without effective meaning.

A united Germany, freed of militarism, might be the first step toward disarmament and peace in a terrorized and tortured world.

Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.

As a first step toward this goal, arrangements were worked out for comparing the scales now in use through circulation of a group of standard platinum resistance thermometers for calibration by each national laboratory.

The first step is a comprehensive self study made by faculty, by outside consultants, or by a combination of the two.

The first step in using a formula is to insert the numerical values of the factors involved in their correct positions in the formula.

But the Russians use gymnastics as the first step in training for all other sports because it provides training in every basic quality except one, endurance.

To learn what we do is the first step for improvement.

The first step in processing was to analyze the returns from Questions 1, 2, and 3 to determine whether the respondents were large businesses or small businesses, in accordance with the definitions contained in ASPR Section 1-701.

Almost the first step in the corruption of Pip's values is the unworthy shame he feels when Estella cruelly remarks the coarseness of his hands: `` They had never troubled me before, but they troubled me now, as vulgar appendages ''.

The first step toward the goal is the establishment of a new atmosphere of mutual good will and friendly communication on other than the polemical level.

The Soviets understand, moreover, that the first step in turning a country toward Communism is to turn it against the West.

Of the two, Porter is justly the better known, for he went far beyond the vital finding of fiction for films to take the first step toward fashioning a language of film, toward making the motion picture the intricate, efficient time machine that it has remained since, even in the most inept hands.

A petition bearing the signatures of more than 1,700 Johnston taxpayers was presented to the town council last night as what is hoped will be the first step in obtaining a home rule charter for the town.

The Old Man's son threw himself down, belly first, upon a concrete step, taking in the coolness of it, and dreaming of the day he would be rich.

He also introduced cyclic cohomology in the early 1980s as a first step in the study of noncommutative differential geometry.

As a first step, Algerian literature was marked by works whose main concern was the assertion of the Algerian national entity, there is the publication of novels as the Algerian trilogy of Mohammed Dib, or even Nedjma of Kateb Yacine novel which is often regarded as a monumental and major work.

The adult eyes are an improvement on invertebrate eyes and were a first step in the development of more advanced vertebrate eyes.

Early evidence of such practices appears as markings on bones and cave walls, which show that lunar cycles were being noted as early as 25, 000 years ago ; the first step towards recording the Moon ’ s influence upon tides and rivers, and towards organizing a communal calendar.

In 1236 or 1237, aged about 50, he made the surprising step of entering the Franciscan order, thus becoming the first Franciscan to hold a University chair.

The first step is ligating the supplying artery and vein, to prevent hemorrhage ( bleeding ).

Since electricity is an expensive utility, the first step towards conservation is to design a house and lifestyle to reduce demand.

It is also representative of the evolution and direction of our team .” During the 2003 preseason Michael Vick broke his leg and missed the first twelve games of the season.

The first of these is the appearance of bark-bearing trees ( and in particular the evolution of the bark fiber lignin ).

Although Darwin discussed evolutionary ideas with him from 1842, Lyell continued to reject evolution in each of the first nine editions of the Principles.

This letter makes it clear that his equivocation on evolution was, at least at first, a deliberate tactic.

In some cases, as in the first series, the DigiDestined ( known as the ' Chosen Children ' in the original Japanese ) had to find some special items such as crests and tags so the Digimon could digivolve into further stages of evolution known as Ultimate and Mega in the dub.

DARPA supported the evolution of the ARPANET ( the first wide-area packet switching network ), Packet Radio Network, Packet Satellite Network and ultimately, the Internet and research in the artificial intelligence fields of speech recognition and signal processing, including parts of Shakey the robot.

Liberating the hands for the first time, this evolution saw the bass drum played ( first standing ) with the foot of a percussionist and became the central piece around which every other percussion instruments would later revolve.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ( 1744-1829 ) was the first biologist to describe a complex theory of evolution.

While Charles Darwin is mainly noted for his treatise on evolution, he was one of the founders of soil ecology, and he made note of the first ecological experiment in The Origin of Species.

Other significant morphological changes included the evolution of a power and precision grip, a change first occurring H. erectus.

The first debates about the nature of human evolution arose between Thomas Huxley and Richard Owen.

The study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have generated the variety of structures observed in nearby galaxies.

Although it appears that globular clusters contain some of the first stars to be produced in the galaxy, their origins and their role in galactic evolution are still unclear.

" Behe specifically explained that the " current definition puts the focus on removing a part from an already functioning system ", but the " difficult task facing Darwinian evolution, however, would not be to remove parts from sophisticated pre-existing systems ; it would be to bring together components to make a new system in the first place ".

However, in evolution, something which is at first merely advantageous can later become necessary.

Rousseau was one of the first to advocate developmentally appropriate education ; and his description of the stages of child development mirrors his conception of the evolution of culture.

* Noborigama kiln-the Noborigama is an evolution from Anagama design as a multi-chamber kiln, usually built on a slope, where wood is stacked from the front firebox at first, then only through the side-stoking holes with the benefit of having air heated up to 600 ° C from the front firebox, enabling more efficient firings.

MicroMUSE is considered by some to have been the first educational MUD, but it can be argued that its evolution into this role was not complete until 1994, which would make the first of many educational MOOs, Diversity University in 1993, also the first educational MUD.

The evolution of the “- mir ” element to “- mierz ” is due to two separate developments: first, the regular change of the vowel " i " to "( i ) e " before " r ", and second, the modification of the nominative case by the vocative for certain names ( hence, Kazimierz replaced Kazimier based on the vocative Kazimierze ).

Although a complete theory of evolution also requires an account of how genetic variation arises in the first place ( such as by mutation and sexual reproduction ) and includes other evolutionary mechanisms ( such as genetic drift and gene flow ), natural selection appears to be the most important mechanism for creating complex adaptations in nature.

Henri Bergson, with his L ' évolution créatrice ( 1907 ), was one of the first to propose evolution is ' creative ' and cannot necessarily be explained solely by Darwinian natural selection.