1.   HARRY Mead is entitled to his opinion and I think we might have suffered his first disparaging comment on Bowes Museum and its founders without protest.

2.   Also Wednesday, Linda R. Tripp, who triggered the Lewinsky probe, defended her actions in her first extended comments on the case.

3.   Biden had met with President Clinton to discuss the crime bill shortly after making his first comments about the nomination.

4.   Bush, making his first public comments on the matter Tuesday, implied that he would not be R.S.V.P.-ing anytime soon.

5.   But his first comments probably had the suits wondering if George Clooney might have been a better spokesman.

6.   But in his first few public comments since taking office, Wood has consistently leaned toward more regulation.

7.   But the book offers his first extensive public comments since his arrest.

8.   Championship, making his first public comments after the death of his wife, Renay, who was killed that summer when struck by a car.

9.   Her first public comments on the matter will be aired Sunday evening.

10.   His comments, made during a speech at the Heritage Foundation, were the first public comment by U.S. officials on previously classified intelligence reports.