1.  As a freshman state legislator in 1967 he sponsored a bill that made Colorado the first state in the nation to legalize abortion.

2.  As a result, in October, New Jersey will become the nation's first state to limit the gravitational force, or G-force, on rides.

3.  As a result, Wyoming this academic year became the first state to wire all its public schools.

4.  David Erickson, the first assistant state's attorney, said the governor's call for a moratorium was appropriate.

5.  Dole campaign officials say that they expect the race to tighten nationally and that the first states to move in the challenger's favor will be in the South.

6.  Earlier this month, Arizona became the first state to enact legislation banning the sale and distribution of the tiny cigarettes.

7.  Early this year, for example, Gramm was viewed as supporting a move by Arizona to become the first primary state.

8.  Egypt received U.S. aid as a lucrative dividend for becoming the first Arab state to make peace with Israel in 1979.

9.  Eight years ago, Massachusetts became the first state in the country to help pay for gay-straight alliances in high schools.

10.  Egypt was the first Arab state to sign peace with Israel, a distinction that caused it strains with the rest of the Arab world.