1.   But Aggie was first among equals.

2.   And black students in Texas were first among African-Americans nationwide on the math exams.

3.   And Philip Morris was on its way to becoming first among tobacco marketers.

4.   But then there is pride, first among the seven sins.

5.   But there are few things as obscure as being first among the Americans in an international marathon.

6.   By any definition, these men were military heroes, Sokolov first among them.

7.   Chile was expected to be first among South American nations with a purchase.

8.   Deng was first among equals in the small circle of revolutionary elders who survived Mao.

9.   Each malek presides over a section of the camp, though Nusrat is first among equals.

10.   He was named for the biblical character who was first among the Israelites to cross the divided Red Sea, a story told at Passover.