1.   THE Merseyside Partnership holds the first of three Corporate Partnership Seminars at its offices in the Cunard Building today as it continues its work of promoting the region.

2.   And this week, a faculty-student task force studying degree requirements held the first of three hearings on the subject.

3.   But rules are rules, and so the first World Cup held in the United States condensed itself to the first final ever decided by penalty kicks.

4.   Domestic response to the rule was positive Friday morning, as the USDA held the first of three public hearings on the subject.

5.   Ending three decades of debate on home rule, the supervisors voted unanimously to hold the first of two elections.

6.   June held another first for the Kansas City market.

7.   Meanwhile, tonight at the University of Houston, some players held their first of several loosely planned exhibition games.

8.   Republican Sen. Fred Thompson holds the first of a series of hearings on youth violence.

9.   Schaefer held the first of four hearings in Atlanta Monday.

10.   Sen. Hank Brown holds the first in a series of hearings on affirmative action.