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• A
• Before anything else
• Prime trees doomed!
• Trees to come down before any others
• Initially the clear leader
• Initially trees to be chopped down
• Preliminarily, redundantly
• Chief ought to tumble before anything else
• 'Let me start by saying . . .'
• 'Before I say anything else . . .'
• 'Number one . . .'