61.   Waving a plain white envelope containing the secret access code and a personal note from the artist, the two admitted it was their first purchase ever at auction.

62.   In Vienna European Commission President Romano Prodi celebrated the event by making his first purchase using euro notes and coins, buying flowers for his wife just after midnight.

63.   Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was set to make his first euro purchase on Tuesday at a local newsagent in his Dublin Central constituency.

64.   It was the first Chinese purchase of an American satellite, Hughes Electric chairman and chief executive Michael Armstrong was quoted as saying in the report.

65.   When he eventually launched his mining business, Munk concentrated on small, highly-leveraged properties in North America, with his first purchase in Nevada.