1.   The Hong Kong cases are the first in which an avian influenza virus apparently has jumped to humans without first going through pigs or other animals.

2.   The United States won the first set going away and seemed on the way to a third straight sets victory.

3.   There is also some support for allowing women access to a gynecologist-obstetrician without first going through their primary doctor.

4.   Under the three-year experiment, rent checks will go directly to the landlords without first going to the tenant.

5.   You can no longer enter the state Assembly chamber without first going through a metal detector, although the State Senate still resists such a high level of security.

6.   You made the right move by first going directly to the perfumed co-workers.

7.   They also expressed concern that the drug was tested on humans without first going through laboratory and animal trials.

8.   Volpe denied his testimony was intended as revenge against Wiese for first going to the authorities, or to save a friend.

9.   He said the document appeared to be an intelligence report that went directly to commanders without first going through an elaborate vetting process.