1.   First of all, we already have seen it firsthand.

2.   Hasselbeck saw it firsthand in Green Bay, where he was the backup to Brett Favre the past two seasons.

3.   Marcelo Arteaga, agent of the month for the last three months at Prudential Georgia Realty in Gainesville, sees it firsthand.

4.   She has heard, too, about the sad, troubled lives of foster children, and seen them firsthand in the public school system.

5.   They had time to kill waiting to interview a politician who lived in the shantytown, and what better way to understand city life than see it firsthand?

6.   Wednesday night will be given to entertainment and the bragging rights of those who will be able to claim they saw it firsthand.

7.   While a student at Harvard Business School, Perry helped start a small biotech company and saw firsthand how much effort researchers put into simply ordering materials.

8.   Like other U.S. troops, he had yet to go upcountry to see firsthand that there were bigger family problems in Albania.

9.   Rep. Dennis Hastert, who went with an aide to visit the site, said it was helpful to see it firsthand.