21. Others get into heated arguments over how warp drive should work if there were ever such a thing. 22. Was there ever such a time? 23. And is there ever such a thing as a predictable rate of return in the unpredictable world of theater? 24. There may even be a sixth stage, where you forget there was ever such a thing as being hip. 25. The succesful experiment in July marked the first ever such outer space maneuver carried out via remote control from Earth. 26. The stock sale to U . S . and European investors was the first-ever such global offering by a Brazilian bank. 27. Last March, Disney-owned Shamrock Holdings bought 22 percent of Koor for dlrs 252 million in one of the biggest-ever such deals in Israel. 28. Participants in the city's first-ever such parade marched peacefully Tuesday to the tunes of local reggae singers and a visiting Brazilian salsa band. 29. Japan successfully linked a pair of satellites twice last summer, the first ever such outer space maneuver conducted via remote control from Earth. 30. It was the first time ever such a method had been used in Denmark to help prisoners escape, Danish radio said . ( jo-hm)