11.   This is not the first transaction between the companies.

12.   Yet after that first transaction at the Charlotte Coliseum, it will get awfully interesting.

13.   At the heart of every successful direct marketing campaign, said Wiedemann, is a good offer, which will be the consumers first transaction with the advertiser.

14.   It was the first transaction reported since a U.N. arms embargo on Rwanda was lifted last year.

15.   It was the first transaction between the Giants and a major-league team.

16.   It is the first major transaction since the new law took effect.

17.   The first financial transactions are happening with people buying books, CDs, plane tickets and even stocks on the Web.

18.   A framework agreement, currently under negotiation, is expected to be signed earlier this year, before the first transactions take place, the statement added.

19.   Washington has authorized the sale of food and medicine to Cuba, while minimizing the first commercial transaction by presenting it as an exceptional, humanitarian gesture.