31.   He fell short of that mark on Saturday night, his first as president, but it was not for lack of trying.

32.   He served under President Ronald Reagan, first as deputy national security adviser then national security adviser.

33.   He stayed, married and established a reputation as an artist, though at first mainly as a caricaturist.

34.   He was succeeded by his son, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., first as publisher and later as chairman.

35.   He went to seven Olympics, first as competitor, then as coach.

36.   Her mother, Ann, worked at Head Start, first as a classroom aide, then as a teacher.

37.   He was rewarded with appointment to the Cabinet, first as minister for emigration and deputy defense minister.

38.   He went to work for the Office of Strategic Services, first as a code clerk in Washington, later as an intelligence analyst in London.

39.   He was as fast from home to first as any man alive.

40.   His proposal was widely welcomed at first as a way to give peacekeepers, who can take months to reach a crisis, a sharper operation.