sorting a file with records

From: mike (s99999999s2003_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/13/03 

Date: 13 Nov 2003 01:49:35 -0800

hi

i have a sample file like this (field separator is a space):

orion 13-11-2003 mike
jupiter 11-11-2003 susan
venus 12-11-2002 alvin
neptune 10-11-2002 sharon

i just want to sort this file on the first column by string so
eventaully the output is:

jupiter 11-11-2003 susan
neptune 10-11-2002 sharon
venus 12-11-2002 alvin
orion 13-11-2003 mike

how can i do that just with the sort function from perl??
thanks very much for any help

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