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CRITICISM over how commercial time is bought before the start of the fall television season is leading to what is apparently the first official effort to tackle the issue.

The free guide, a result of the city's first official effort to inventory and designate African-American sites, can be ordered at www.culturaltourismdc.org for a shipping and handling fee of $4.75, or by calling Cultural Tourism DC at (202) 661-7581.

Brittany Packnett, a member of the task force and a campaigner against excessive force by police, said the announcement should be just "the very first step" in official efforts to reform police accountability throughout the US.

Thanks to their efforts, the first "official" figures were released last week showing how much Britons spend on drugs and prostitution.

The effort is Duffy's first official poem as laureate, a dicey proposition given all the negative attention that has recently surrounded the position.

FRIDAY October 17th was China's first official "Poverty Alleviation Day", an annual convocation of "forums and fundraisers", designed to rally efforts to combat deprivation.

The pamphlet, NIH's first official word on its training responsibilities, was published and circulated earlier this year, but there have been concerted efforts this fall to publicize the guide.

Plus, first official production pics.

The first official flight landed in June 1938.

Official efforts to lessen anger have increased.

Insiders consider the second official report, published with little fanfare in 2009 during the early days of Obama's first term, as a "stillborn" effort.