Her temper sparked like charcoal when it first lights up.

Her first day at work she was puzzled by an entry in the doctor's notes on an emergency case.

Her first class wasn't until ten, but she always got up to have breakfast with me.

Her first actual flight, for she and her kind had made mock flights on dummy panels since she was eight, showed her complete mastery of the techniques of her profession.

Her first appearance was in a short story published in The Sketch magazine in 1926, " The Tuesday Night Club ", which later became the first chapter of The Thirteen Problems ( 1932 ).

Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930.

Her mother ’ s marriage to Agrippa was her second marriage, as Julia the Elder was widowed from her first marriage, to her paternal cousin Marcus Claudius Marcellus and they had no children.

Her reputed last words, uttered as the assassin was about to strike, were " Smite my womb ", the implication here being she wished to be destroyed first in that part of her body that had given birth to so " abominable a son.

Her second and last novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels, appeared in 1848.

Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy ; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair.

Her goal was to become the first Christian singer-songwriter who was also successful as a contemporary pop singer.

Her father's grandfather had fled France during the Revolution, going first to Saint-Domingue, then New Orleans, and finally to Cuba where he helped build that country's first railway.

Her first published work was a critical evaluation of D. H. Lawrence called D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study, which she wrote in sixteen days.

Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons until, in 1874, she joined the " rejected " Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which included Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley.

Her first school was located in a 17th-century house.

Her first act surprises Odrade greatly.

Her mother, Kay Calista, reversed her own first and middle names in naming her Calista Kay.

Her report, Work Accidents and the Law ( 1910 ), became a classic and resulted in the first workers ' compensation law, which she drafted while serving on a New York state commission.

Her first stories appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s, including two significant series in Weird Tales.

Her first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother, Georgie Drew Barrymore ; her middle name, Blyth, was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice Barrymore.

Her recording of " Sentimental Journey " was the first song placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Her first country single, " Dumb Blonde " ( one of the few songs during this era, that she recorded but did not write ), reached number twenty-four on the country music charts in 1967, followed the same year with Something Fishy, which went to number seventeen.

Her first entirely self-produced effort, 1977's New Harvest ... First Gathering, highlighted Parton's pop sensibilities, both in terms of choice of songs-the album contained covers of the pop and R & B classics " My Girl " and " Higher and Higher " – and the album's production.

Her first platinum hit that sold over 2 million copies was " Who Painted The Moon " that was also covered by international superstar Westenra.

Her first project with husband Todd Russaw as executive producer and creative partner, the album scored number 14 on the Billboard 200 album chart and number two on the Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums chart, eventually being certified platinum, but yielded moderately successful singles, with the Jennifer Lopez-written " I Love You " becoming the only top twenty entry.

Her Pop albums achieved 15 gold records and 4 platinum records during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Her debut album Follow Your Heart also went platinum with second single " Depend on Me " going top 20 and third single " The Best Days "/" Over the Rainbow " reaching No. 21.

Her second album, Freak of Nature achieved successful sales in the U. K. where it went triple platinum as well as being a hit throughout continental Europe, however unlike her debut it did not match the same level of international success.

It is certified platinum by the RIAA and it produced two singles: " Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her " and " It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You ", both of which reached Number One on the country charts in 1986.

Her debut album sold 113, 000 copies in its first week and was eventually certified two times ( 2x ) platinum in October by the BPI.

Her albums have been certified gold and platinum in several European countries.

Her success moved down under to New Zealand and Australia where " Dance With Me " went platinum in two weeks.

Two months after its release, it was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA as well as a Platinum in Canada, A double platinum in the UK a Platinum in Europe, it was certified 4 × Platinum in Australia Making it Her best selling album in that country.

Her album " True Colors " went platinum, but it wasn't enough to sustain keeping the label afloat.

Her debut album, Some Hearts, was certified seven times platinum and, since February 2006, is the fastest

Her backing-vocal discography has reached 140 platinum and gold recordings.

All of the other singles from Lonely Grill (" Smile ", " What About Now ", and " Tell Her ") reached Number One as well, and the album was certified double platinum by the RIAA.

Her albums Homeward Looking Angel ( 1992 ), Sweetheart's Dance ( 1994 ) and Greatest Hits ( 1997 ) are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ), while Put Yourself in My Place and 1995's All of This Love are certified gold.

Her first album, La Llorona, went platinum in Canada and brought Lhasa a Félix Award and a Juno Award.

Her fourth one was awarded with triple platinum status in December of 2010.

Her debut solo album, Under the Surface went platinum in Norway.

Her solo debut album, LeToya ( 2006 ), topped the U. S. Billboard 200 albums chart in July 2006, and was certified platinum by the RIAA in December 2006.

Her first album with the group, Angels With Dirty Faces, peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, achieving triple platinum status, and is the group's to date highest selling album.

Her single " My Side of Town ", for example, went platinum and was a # 1 hit in New Zealand.

Her sophomore album, Just Like You, went into production shortly after and was released in September 2007 and certified platinum four months later.

Her third studio album, A Different Me, was released in December 2008 and has been certified platinum for shipping 1, 000, 000 + units in the United States.

Her hair was platinum blond and in a big bushy shape.