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Day One

"Day one" is an expression used to indicate the start or beginning of something.

How It's Used

“The stores were born fully formed and have not required any fundamental changes. The best innovation was present on Day One: the 'Genius Bar,' with a staff of diagnostic wizards whose expertise is available in one-on-one consultations—free. Pure genius. More than half of the retail store’s staff is assigned to post-sales service”

“His mother, Marilyn, 53, had guided her son from Head Start to a gifted program in elementary school to a magnet middle school and, in his final year of high school, to the private Gulliver Preparatory School on a full scholarship. But she never had to push Tony, she said. 'He was on a mission from Day 1,' she said.”

“[Adm. William J.] Fallon [chief of the U.S. Central Command] was also derisive of Iraqi leaders' intentions and competence, and dubious about the surge. ‘He's been saying from Day One, “This isn't working,”’ said a senior administration official. And Fallon signaled his departure from Bush by ordering subordinates to avoid the term ‘long war’—a phrase the president used to describe the fight against terrorism.”

"The 24 recruits, dressed in black combat pants and jackets, stiffen into four rows, jingling handcuffs. Scott Swantner clenches his jaw. Krista Bradford rubs raw knuckles. One trainee, who broke a rib, is keeping it a secret, fearing he'll be discharged.

"'Everything is in play here, guys. Everything you learned from Day One,' Mixon tells them in a basement that muffles rifle blasts. 'Assailant control. Guillotine chokeholds.' For the members of Special Agent Training Class No. 283, this is finals time. They have been cramming here for months, since days after the election of Barack Obama, hoping to join the men and women charged with protecting the president."

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