1.   I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters.

2.   There are hundreds of young musicians out there looking for their first break.

3.   And, they said, many welfare recipients just need their first break into the job market to help them go on to other employment.

4.   At the first break, the models dress and read the paper while Pearlstein fiddles.

5.   At the first break, forward Billy Guerin spoke up, telling his teammates to keep calm and keep plugging away.

6.   A South Carolina native, Walberg got his first big break as a performer for the traveling song-and-dance troupe The Young Americans.

7.   After Costa mis-hit a backhand, Ferrero had his first break.

8.   After the first afternoon break, he leaves.

9.   After setting up his own firm, Nichols got his first break by helping Wal-Mart build a store near his boyhood home in Franklin, Tenn.

10.   But the compromise is the first big break in a logjam that has threatened to kill the merger.