41.   But Shiozaki showed some of the independent spark of his boss in his first public comments, ignoring repeated calls by his handlers to end his inaugural press conference.

42.   Following the news conference, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his first extended public comments since the race, in which he finished second moments after his father crashed.

43.   Following the NASCAR news conference, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his first extended public comments since the race, in which he finished second moments after his father crashed.

44.   From a hospital bed in Canberra on Sunday, the sole survivor found under the debris made his first public comments since his rescue.

45.   He appeared relieved as he read a statement in court, his first public comments about a night that shook race relations in New York.

46.   He was scheduled to make his first public comments at his residence later Thursday.

47.   Her remarks, reported Monday by the Laotian state news agency KPL, were apparently the first comment published in the Laotian media about the incident.

48.   Her first comments Sunday night were to attribute the win to her husband.

49.   His statement was the first official comment shedding some light on the fate of the four.

50.   His remarks were his first public comment on a Paris announcement earlier this week that Yemen and Eritrea have agreed to French proposals to settle the dispute through arbitration.