Before the nth-child/first-child selectors had common-enough implementation and the <section> tag didn't yet exist, I used hn + p and .epigraph + p (along with

Before the nth-child/first-child selectors had common-enough implementation and the <section> tag didn't yet exist, I used hn + p and .epigraph + p (along with first-line set in small-caps and first-letter as an versal) to style the initial paragraph of a page or major section. That's more document layout than anything apptastic, but it made for a nice-looking page.