Then came the second momentous change to her life.
George W. Bush has the second momentous opportunity of his presidency to lead us in such historic efforts.
The fourth momentous decision of Obama's political career provided the financial boost that made him President.
As the first momentous images of rejoicing crowds filtered across the planet, what was once considered the greatest show on earth seemed strangely, suddenly, quaint.
There was a second momentous event there last week: Prince Charles shaking hands with Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams, a sight once unimaginable given the IRA's murder of Charles's beloved great uncle, Lord Mountbatten.
It was here at Columbia University during his undergraduate study that Armstrong made his first momentous discovery, the regenerative circuit, eliminating the need for headphones and providing the foundation of many radio receivers that followed.
The first momentous change to Olga Berroa's life came six years ago, when she packed her bags, and she and her two daughters left Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, for the South Bronx.
A "historic" event — in the words of some experts and observers — finished its first momentous phase in Cambodia a few days ago, but it doesn't seem as though many in the United States know or care.
Bradford Bulls celebrated their second momentous victory in consecutive Sundays at Odsal, following a Challenge Cup win against the Catalan Dragons by stunning Warrington to regain the last two of the six points they were docked in February for entering administration.
On the other hand, independent India's first momentous political scam broke in 1957 with what seems, in comparison, to be a pebble hurled at the side of an ocean liner – and yet it forced the swift resignation of a finance minister, T. T. Krishnamachari.
The first momentous event for the company last month was the indictment of Sanjay Kumar, Computer Associates' former chairman and chief executive, on charges of conspiring to commit security fraud and obstructing justice, and the deal with federal prosecutors that defers criminal prosecution in exchange for an 18-month period of government-monitored reform.
