21.   Now, Levit is two decades wiser, and he has been riding the bull market since his first stock purchase in the eighth grade.

22.   On a first purchase, he said, it is probably worthwhile to tell the seller you will pay for and pick up the ticket at the office.

23.   She delighted in her first purchase, a painting by Josef Albers.

24.   That philosophy helped him turn Sunday River, his first purchase, from a second-rate resort into a respected one.

25.   The acquisition is the first direct purchase of airplanes by Air Europa, which until now has leased all its aircraft.

26.   The agreement with CBSI represents the first large purchase by AverStar since the merger.

27.   The companies note, though, that after the first purchase, customers can order from their original lists and revise them with relative ease.

28.   The employees, the largest shareholders in Acominas, were exercising their option to first purchase as existing shareholders.

29.   The first purchases could start as soon as this fall, Spangler said.

30.   The first purchase was the Attwaters Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado County, which is home to the endangered Attwaters Prairie Chicken.