1.   After Potter graduated from the academy, he joined the Border Patrol in Laredo, Texas, and passed his first of two follow-up reviews.

2.   The Republican-led House capped a stormy debate tonight by passing the first of two emergency bills designed to keep the government running.

3.   A bill formalizing Orthodox control over conversions passed the first of three required readings in June.

4.   An early election bill passed the first of three readings last month and the vote was expected by May.

5.   Barak reluctantly went along last month, allowing an election bill to pass the first of three required votes.

6.   Last month, a bill to invalidate conversions by non-Orthodox rabbis inside Israel passed the first of three readings in parliament.

7.   Last month, a bill to invalidate conversions by non-Orthodox rabbis in Israel passed the first of three readings in Parliament.

8.   The bill, which last summer passed its first of three required readings, caused an uproar among U.S. Reform and Conservative Jews.

9.   The legislation, which last month passed the first of three required readings in parliament, would change little on the ground.

10.   The legislation passed the first of three readings.