51.   And since this is the first step toward making a film here, he was on his own.

52.   And that may be the first step toward more stringent regulations and labeling in this country.

53.   And most important, he took several important steps toward a return to normalcy.

54.   And most people said they have come to view any new gun restrictions as a first step toward the outlawing and confiscation of all weapons.

55.   And the officials warned, often with an urgency that even some NRA members found hyperbolic, that Gore would take steps toward confiscating their weapons once elected.

56.   And tonight, to show you that we are sincere and that we mean business, Republicans take a first step toward making Medicare stronger.

57.   And the public, in opinion polls and at the polling booth, stands by him more staunchly with each step toward historic shame.

58.   And simply by taking a few steps toward him, however, Sosa started a stampede.

59.   And those elections are an essential step toward a Palestinian leadership with legitimacy in the eyes of its own people -- which is to say the ability to govern.

60.   And Thursday, he took the first step toward that mission.