1.   It was the first remark she had volunteered all evening.

2.   Would that be tactless as her first remark had, in retrospect, been tactless?

3.   Bush made his first remarks on the subject last week, and they were revealing.

4.   But some analysts said the anxiety raised by the first remarks remained.

5.   In his first extensive public remarks about his future, Gore said he had made no decisions about whether to run again for president or any other elective office.

6.   In his first public remarks on the issue, however, Jiang added to the confusion, praising the demonstrators as the banner carriers of the nation.

7.   In his first public remarks on the threatened strike, Clinton carefully avoided any hint of his plans for dealing with a work stoppage.

8.   In his first remarks as speaker, Newt Gingrich called FDR the greatest president of this century.

9.   In his first remarks as the designated secretary of state, retired Gen. Colin Powell spoke on Saturday with force and eloquence.

10.   In his first public remarks on the threatened strike, Clinton carefully avoids any hint of his plans for dealing with a work stoppage.