Word: lead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...interests to stand up for on the entire American continent unless it be to develop as extensive trade as possible with all the States on that continent. It requires an almost morbid imagination to conceive of any difference or dispute between America and Germany that might ever lead to conflict between these two peoples...
More than that he did not have to say. Hedda Hopper shook his hand understandingly, hopped in her car, drove straight to the office of the Los Angeles Times. There she wrote a new lead, quoting James Roosevelt's words. The front page was replated, pushing aside news of the war in Europe. At four in the morning on a quiet Sunday last week Hedda Hopper's story was on the street. A characteristic California story, it ranked as the Pacific Coast's newsbeat of the year...
...nerve impulses rushing to the heart. After exhaustive study, and drafting of innumerable blueprints, he decided to cut through the third, fourth and fifth ribs close to the spinal column, snip free and short-circuit the four nerves of the sympathetic system (between the second and fifth vertebrae) which lead directly to the heart. With exquisite care Dr. Raney avoided damaging other surrounding tissues, left enough nerves intact so that the patient could feel the "warning signal" of angina. Thus, although free of pain, he can still take proper precautions to prolong his life...
...scoring took place in a wild first half which saw the lead change hands on three different occasions. A safety scored on Crimson fullback Lothrop Withington, tackled behind his own goal line after recovering a bad pass from center in the first period, proved to be the margin of victory...
...Tigers Lead at Quarter...