And the sudden prospect of democracy and the breakneck growth of the economy is slowing the brain drain that many here blame for crippling Taiwan's efforts to transform itself into a first-world nation.

Unfortunately, even today, many first-world nations retain oralist educational philosophies and attitudes.

"We will be a first-world nation."

We already have some of the lowest competency scores among first-world nations; locking the classroom doors three weeks early can only make this national embarrassment worse.

The report called for better protection for abused women, but it didn't address how first-world nations like the United States should treat those women who manage to escape their abusers and flee their countries.

While most first-world nations have a legal system of oversight for organ transplantation, the fact remains that demand far outstrips supply.

If (she) had reacted differently, that would have been suspect" and Hearst was "a rare phenomenon (in a first-world nation).

The widespread human application of gene therapy in first-world nations as well as countries with developing economies can be envisioned if the costs of the vector system are affordable.

Nava said: "The border is unique-the only place in the world where an industrialized first-world nation shares the border with a third-world country.

Other songs included in this album protest against the poor conditions in many Latin American countries, the celebration of the 'discovery' of the Americas ("1492"), and the double standards of first-world nations.