1.   Almost as important, she did so on her first leap, enabling her to hit the training room with minimal stress on the tendon.

2.   Baryshnikov vividly projects the mercurial emotions of the young protagonist, from his first fiery leaps to the final bedraggled return home.

3.   In March, the stock took its first huge leap as Internet stocks began to take off.

4.   In March of that year, the stock took its first huge leap as Internet stocks began to take off.

5.   Sony, in its first major leap into the competitive video-game business, introduced its Playstation hardware and software on Saturday.

6.   On his first leap, under awful conditions, he dropped his team from first to fourth place.