51.   Fans are plotting to be first in line.

52.   Fick was first in line.

53.   Finally, you unleash your desired new linguistic mode, first in low-key, low-risk situations, among friends or family, perhaps.

54.   First in war, first in peace, as the saying about him goes.

55.   For one thing, their bullpen, normally reliable, sprang leaks, first in the person of John Franco and then Armando Benitez.

56.   For the sixth time, Brun took first in the Bacardi while Reynolds placed a distant eighth.

57.   Fusaichi Pegasus and Red Bullet, first and second in the Wood Memorial in April, second and first in the Preakness in May.

58.   He had been trained as a lawyer and a banker but once in America headed off in new career directions, first in the medical supply business.

59.   He also is second on the all-time list for blocked shots, third in rebounding and first in fouls.

60.   He has had his hydraulic suspension for more than four years, first in a Chevy Celebrity that preferred the quiet life.