In the nineteen forties, she was the first black woman to sign a long-term agreement with a major Hollywood movie studio.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

He was first elected in 1989 to complete the term of Harold Washington, the city's first black mayor, who died in office.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

In the nineteen forties, Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

"As President,I will sign a Universal Health Care plan into law by the end of my first term in office."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

The party that controls the White House historically loses congressional seats in a new president's first mid-term elections.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The Supreme Court traditionally opens its annual term on the first Monday in October and usually renders its final decisions of the term by the following July.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Sotomayor's first term on the high court promises to be busy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05