31. At the end of his term, he was succeeded by Rene Preval, who on Wednesday became the first Haitian president to serve a full term. 32. Because Yeltsin was the first democratically elected president in Russia, there were no precedents for such guarantees. 33. Berkeley will be the first president of the reconstituted market. 34. Bill Clinton was not the first president to take the heat for questionable pardons. 35. Bill Clinton was the first president without military service since Franklin Roosevelt. 36. Bill Clinton was the first U.S. president to travel to that Eastern European nation, and that in itself would have made his visit there a big event. 37. Bill Clinton, the unabashed fan of Elvis, is the first star-struck president. 38. Bill Clinton brought another historical first to the State of the Union message last year, being the first president to address a Congress considering his removal from office. 39. Bill Clinton is not the first president whose sexual behavior has become an issue. 40. Bishop Wilton Gregory, the first black president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was a guest. |