1.  AMC no doubt wanted Frydman because of his firsthand knowledge of European real estate.

2.  Ben Ward of the American Junior Golf Association has firsthand knowledge of the groundswell of interest.

3.  Boyd operates with firsthand knowledge.

4.  Braun added he had no firsthand knowledge a weapon had been found.

5.  But documentation was impossible to find, and no one with firsthand knowledge would come forward.

6.  But Ferraro asserted she had firsthand knowledge that Schumer was soliciting from those sources.

7.  But Fregosi has firsthand knowledge of what happens to managers who finish last.

8.  But hardly any of them would admit to any firsthand knowledge of it.

9.  But he has no firsthand knowledge of anything.

10.  But Morris said Tuesday he relied on published accounts and affidavits and had no firsthand knowledge of such an operation.