Word: lead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition to this nucleus, there were sunsung heroes: Sandy Dodge in the dash, Williams in the mile, Dave Norris in the two-mile, Dave Spinney, Bill Thompson, and Al Gordon in the two-mile relay, and Mike Robertson, who later suffered a gashed leg in a losing cause as lead-off man for the mile relay team. French Anderson, before and after his injury, proved one of the best middle distance runners in the league...
What are the sources of Protestant-Roman Catholic tension in the U.S.? Last week the Jesuit weekly America listed three areas of friction in a lead article (written for CBS's Church of the Air radio show, but denied clearance because it was judged too controversial) by Editor in Chief Thurston N. Davis. The sore points as Jesuit Davis sees them...
...decoration are considerable. But glass has too brassy a tone to catch certain delicate color harmonies more suitable to paint on canvas. Aware of the medium's possibilities and limitations, Picasso is already working on several designs specifically intended as gemmaux. If other artists of quality follow his lead and create originals for gemmaux, the medium may well develop into what Picasso has called...
FRONT-RUNNING FORD officially took lead in 1957 road race by dint of year's first R. L. Polk registration figures. Final score for January shows sales of 110,454 Fords, v. 101,116 Chevrolets, while Plymouth captured third place from Buick...
...Grade Lead. In Oklahoma City, Elmer Anderson of the Water Department answered a call for assistance, unlocked a water meter cover, retrieved a stubby, well-chewed pencil for a worried eight-year-old, gently asked if his mother didn't have a better pencil, was told, "That's the pencil I make the best grades with...