The study is described as the first to demonstrate the indirect spread of happiness.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

Phillips told the FBI agent that Muse was the first to board his ship and, in his words, "conducted himself as the leader of the pirates" Phillips said while the pirates held him hostage aboard the lifeboat, Muse told him he had hijacked other ships before.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Volvo was the first automobile manufacturer to offer the modern seat belt as a permanent addition to its cars.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

But close to five hundred million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

You might have to stay away from low-lying areas for as long as twenty hours after the first warning.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

Mattel agreed to change it. That was back in nineteen ninety-two, the same year as the first Barbie for President doll.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

But close to half a million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Mount Holyoke College was the first college to offer women the same kind of education as was offered to men.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Secretary Clinton announced the trip in Jerusalem earlier this week during her first visit to the Middle East as America's top diplomat.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Carlo Urbani was the first doctor to warn the world of the disease that became known as SARS.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

Then Barack Obama heads to Turkey for the last stop on his first trip to Europe as president.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

She is the first woman to serve as solicitor general of the United States and earlier, as head of Harvard Law School.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Only six years earlier Charles Lindburgh became famous around the world as the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Several people are credited with being the first to use microfinance as a tool for social improvement.

VOA: special.2010.06.16