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But the life of a first generation feminist can be plagued by disconcerting lapses.
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Conversely, many younger people will be the first generation in their family who can expect to inherit substantial amounts.
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In this programme, the first generation has three items, of magnitudes 1, 2 and 3, turning through 180°.
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The first generation of peas were all tall.
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The big winner in a system of intergenerational transfers is the first generation .
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The fact that service companies make up most of the first generation of 1990s downsizers-turned-upsizers supports this analysis.
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This was also the first generation to take full advantage of the decentralized workplaces made possible by information technology.