11.   Dig deeper, and you find that both the president and the speaker were favored eldest children, brought up by tough mothers who survived spouse abuse.

12.   For example, our eldest child is attending a private elementary school.

13.   Gramm said he remains on good terms with his ex-wife and is the godfather of her eldest child.

14.   Her mother, wanting a better life for her eldest child, sends Fanny to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, at the solemn Mansfield Park.

15.   His mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg, the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and sister of Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

16.   His effort was boosted by his two eldest children, daughters Karenna and Kristin, who campaigned on college campuses in a quest for the youth vote.

17.   Hugh Rodham held his eldest child to especially high standards.

18.   Leonard Melfi was the eldest child of Binghamton tavern owners, Leonard and Maureen Melfi.

19.   Sack was born in Lynn, Mass., the eldest child of Israel and Ann Sack, and went to Boston Latin School before Dartmouth.

20.   She is the eldest child and only daughter of a prominent dentist and a teacher who was a classically trained violinist.