1.   And small cars remain the first purchase for some young buyers who may form a lifelong attachment to the brand of their first set of wheels.

2.   And your first major purchase should be a variable speed drill-driver of good quality.

3.   Arnold was its first purchase of a big ad agency, and Partners BDDH is its second, Perfall said.

4.   Because Republic bought its second dealership in Texas less than three months after its first purchase, Press said, Toyota had to take action there.

5.   Boston Beer Co. said it will buy a Cincinnati brewery, the first such purchase for the maker of Samuel Adams beer and ales, for an undisclosed price.

6.   A Mercedes and breast implants were her first big purchases.

7.   But tips on hot sectors do not make sound advice for a first purchase.

8.   Casey recently bought bonds of a Korean company, his first purchase of Korean debt.

9.   Her first purchases as a multimillionaire included a shirt and two sweaters.

10.   His first purchase took place last week, a sculpture of an abstracted Buddha by Mark Calderon.