1.   At the Valley Economic Development Center, a nonprofit small business consulting service, its loan program has been on hold since the first shutdown in early December.

2.   He clearly blunted some outrage by giving back his pay during the first shutdown and setting up an escrow account for it during the second.

3.   That troubled regional bank was ordered closed last November by the Ministry of Finance in the first shutdown of a bank since World War II.

4.   The first shutdown occurred in mid-November for a record six days.

5.   The first shutdown of the spring because of injuries occurred Monday morning when shoulder stiffness kept the right-hander JUAN ACEVEDO from throwing.

6.   The first shutdown occurred in mid-November.

7.   The first shutdown, in mid-November, lasted six days and delayed the release of key economic reports including the October merchandise trade report and durable goods orders.

8.   When that measure expired, the first partial shutdown began.

9.   It was the first complete shutdown of the telescope in orbit.

10.   Nissan also closed its sprawling auto-assembly plant in Zama, just outside Tokyo, in the first such shutdown since World War II.