For Democrats, the decision was the first burst of good news in days.
"No one had started running yet, through the first burst of shots.
The first burst of applause faded away until Mr. Lopez-Cobos was ready for it.
Since that first burst of radical reform, however, the pace of change has slowed.
David Cameron made his own face the apex of the Conservative Party's first burst of electioneering.
"I was at work and I got so annoyed," she said of the first burst of three messages she received.
After the first burst of publicity, it turns into a fraught, extended exercise in withstanding attacks and critical examinations.
A showing at Sundance last January gave "Well-Founded Fear" its first burst of exposure and critical acclaim.
Her first burst of activity with The Licks won a lot of friends, but ran out of steam.
Japan has claimed them since its first burst of maritime expansion at the end of the 19th century.
What is interesting about the United States is that the first burst of grass-roots anger came from the right.
