1.   A win today would give the Braves their first sweep in eight weeks.

2.   After registering its first sweep over the Arizona schools, Williams was not fazed by the accomplishment.

3.   Each fall when the first wintry chill sweeps south from central Canada, the air near the Great Lakes becomes filled with roiling bands of clouds.

4.   It was the first nationwide sweep of stock fraud on the Web.

5.   It was the first sweep in Mavericks history and came at a time when this team could use some much-needed rest.

6.   That surge put the Celtics away, sealing the first season sweep of Boston by New Jersey.

7.   The bomb went undetected in the first police sweep of the school.

8.   The broomsticks remained in the closet, as the Astros could not complete their first sweep of a four-game series in more than a year.

9.   The first sweeps were for bodies, they said, and then it was done over again, sometimes in driving rain, for debris.

10.   The first Finals sweep in Laker history, from Mikan to West to Magic?