1. In 1994, New Jersey became the first state to enact a community notification law.

2. On Tuesday, Kansas became the first state to furlough state employees, paid through federal grants, who process unemployment claims.

3. A penalty kick gave McAteer High its first state soccer crown.

4. The first state to publicly debate the issue of competition in public education, Minnesota triggered the national debate about choice.

5. Minnesota, the first state to institute statewide choice, was a different story altogether.

6. Arizona was the first state to use prepaid plans to provide all Medicaid coverage.

7. Albright may announce additional appointments at her first State Department news conference Friday afternoon.

8. The first state to offer residents free access to the Internet was Maryland.

9. As early as 1821, the first state law dealing directly with abortion was enacted by the Connecticut Legislature.

10. On Jan. 1, California becomes the first state in the nation to introduce competition in the electricity industry.

11. This week was her first state visit here in 17 years.

12. Britain was the first state to attempt to reconcile a liberal social order with modern capitalism.

13. In 2001, Fudan MBA program awarded the first state - level prize of " Outstanding Achievements in Education. "

14. Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

15. China was the first state to issue a law for science popularisation (in 2002), but it is a long way from achieving its objective of raising its citizens' level of scientific understanding.

16. On January 25 th Maine became the first state to revolt.

17. But after helping run her husband's first State Senate campaign in 1996, Michelle Obama largely withdrew from politics for years, fully re-engaging only for the presidential campaign.Sentence dictionary

18. Missouri is the first state to allow use of an atlatl in its hunting season cycle.

19. President George Washington delivered the first State of the Union Address in 1790.

20. In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the US Constitution.

21. SinoCom Software Group Corporation ( the first state - level software development enterprise implementing ISO 9000 SYSTEM ).

22. Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy.

23. It is the first state funeral for people outside the royal family in the history of Spain's new democracy, restored after former dictator Francisco Franco died in 1975.

24. From what has been said of the first state and fall of man it plainly follows that the sin of all sin, or the heresy of all heresies, is a worldly spirit.

25. The first state universities were founded at the end of the 18 th century.

26. The first state established beyond the river was the steamboat state of Missouri in 1821.

27. It is the first state government to implement the open tender system for government procurement and contracts.

28. South Africa's president , Jacob Zuma , made his first state - of - the - nation address to Parliament in Cape Town.

29. A nonlinear feedback controller is designed to make the first state of a new chaotic system track an arbitrary smooth reference signal at an exponential rate.

30. Singh will be the guest of honor on Tuesday at President Obama's first state dinner.

31. In 1910, West Virginia became first state to recognize Mother's Day.

32. Mississippi in 1902 was the first state to adopt a compulsory, state - wide primary law.

33. Because American outer space policy was ranked in relatively weak position among the national security strategy, the U. S. was not the first state to launch satellites.

34. Beijing Arts School was the first state specialized fine arts school in China.