1.   The first contest of the scientific revolution was fought by Paracelsus, well ahead of the more famous initiatives of Vesalius and Copernicus.

2.   IN his first contest for nine months, Liverpool lightweight Joey Moffatt kept up his winning run by beating Norman Dhalie at the Devonshire House Sporting Club last night.

3.   It will be his first Five Nations contest though in his debut international the graduate of the University of Ulster dismissed two Fijians for dangerous tackles against England.

4.   And that, in turn, suggests the Iowa caucuses, the first real contest in the nominating process, will be particularly important this time around.

5.   As much as Republicans here wanted to have the first contest, they clearly were not prepared.

6.   As much as Republicans here wanted to have the first contest, they were clearly not prepared.

7.   Bentsen, who has served eight years in the U.S. House, is also in his first statewide contest.

8.   Bush first proposed the tax cut during the Republican caucuses in Iowa, the first political contest that propelled him to the presidency.

9.   But Stanford played the first contest without standout center Kristin Folkl.

10.   But their first head-to-head verbal contest, political experts said, played out to a draw.