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  • First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers and repairers, up 25%.

    The Industries That Are Looking for Workers Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo 2011

  • First-line treatment for advanced cases includes the drug dacarbazine, but there are no approved second-line treatments.

    Bristol Drug Extends Survival In Skin-Cancer Trial 2010

  • First-line care could easily be provided by NP's and midwives working in their own neighborhood clinics, perhaps under the general supervision of a medical practitioner or medical doctor.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Tom Laney 2009

  • First-line center Jonathan Toews, 19, earned one assist and first-line winger Patrick Kane, 18, got two.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Chicago vs. Toronto 2006

  • First-line treatments include cutting back on coffee and alcohol, Kegel exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, biofeedback and medications to relax the bladder.

    An Implant That Hits a Nerve 2008

  • First-line malaria drugs -- known as ACTs, for artemisinin-based combination therapies -- present a tricky problem: the volatile cost of the powerful antimalarial plant extract artemisinin.

    Clinton Foundation Sets Up 2008

  • First-line treatment: mood stabilizers, and possibly antipsychotic or anticonvulsant drugs.

    Troubled Souls 2007

  • First-line therapy is always the largest market, but new drugs are usually approved for second- and third-line therapy.

    Genentech Gears Up For ASCO John McCamant 2006

  • First-line managers also indicated that they often fail to define personal and professional goals.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • First-line managers feel that they could play an important role in positioning their media organisations within changing national and international conditions.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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