1.   By the time Stanford accepted the job, the pair had mapped out his first few months as superintendent.

2.   Eiland hated the partnership school his first few months.

3.   International bond funds recorded slight outflows last month, after two months of net inflows, their first such months in more than a year.

4.   It was one of the many shuffles that have marked the first months of the Newcomer School.

5.   The first few months is a crucial period of gathering records and filing for benefits.

6.   The book concludes that lack of planning during the transition was responsible for many of the messy public episodes that marred the first months of the presidency.