1.   Clinton began his humiliating day with his most contrite appeal yet for forgiveness and his first apology to Monica S. Lewinsky.

2.   Coca-Cola issues its first apology to European consumers.

3.   First apologies are what count, and Clinton made his through gritted teeth.

4.   His first elaborated apology for the Lewinsky scandal was in Oak Bluffs, Mass., a vacation home to many blacks.

5.   In his first apology, Law said he relied on psychiatric evaluations that suggested Geoghan could be safely reassigned to parishes.

6.   In June, Parker settled a civil lawsuit filed by the classmate and offered the girl his first public apology.

7.   It could be argued that the first apology for slavery should come from Philip Morris.

8.   The first known apologies came just a few days ago, in letters to parents of two of the victims.

9.   Theirs will scarcely be the first public apologies to fail for perceived lack of sincerity, inadequate explanation, or incomplete acknowledgment of responsibility.

10.   When given an opportunity to question the nuns, Brownback offered his first public apology for the remark.