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First-generation biofuels produce ethanol from starch extracted from corn or wheat.
Looking Beyond the Fossil Age William Lyons 2011
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First-generation families naturally resemble their home country more than their host country --- but as you go to second, third, etc. generations ---- behavior changes.
Mission Researchers Respond to the Muslim Demographic Video 2009
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First-generation ethanol refers to the most basic, but also most energy intensive, process of converting corn to ethanol for use in vehicle engines.
Al Gore: I shouldn't have supported corn-based ethanol Emi Kolawole 2010
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Generation One and a Half: First-generation Latinos who arrived in the United States at or before the age of 10.6
Esther J. Cepeda: Chicago's Latino Landscape 2008: A Statistical Portrait of Chi-Town Hispanics 2009
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First-generation engines like AltaVista found Web pages containing words that matched the user's search words.
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First-generation models are typically hailed as innovative breakthroughs and sell primarily to early adopters.
Mobile Electronics Buying Guide Glenn Derene 2006
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OSIAS: First-generation American Ravia knows well the strictures of living interest free.
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First-generation artificial-vision systems have proven successful and are about to take their first halting steps outside the laboratory, and preliminary research indicates that 95% of the blind may be able to benefit.
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FIGURE 5.1 First-generation triticale seeds are usually sterile even though they may germinate.
5 Breeding Triticale 1989
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First-generation Ethiopian immigrants still call on them to adjudicate family conflicts, lead funeral prayers, and slaughter meat according to tradition.
www.startribune.com 2012
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