Word: lead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus, emerging out of politics, came progress that was more secure because of politics. "There is no doubt that these are not perfect documents," said U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. during the U.N. maneuverings, "but they are the product of compromise. They contain the words which can lead away from hostilities and toward an era of peace...
...Sullivan show in the ratings. Nobody wanted to credit Van Doren entirely, but oddly enough, Allen had beaten Sullivan only once before-when one of his guests was Elvis Presley. Since Van Doren piled up $99,000 on Twenty One. the show has steadily shaved Lucy's lead, and the industry is standing by in anticipation of at least a temporary upset in the balance of power when the two shows again collide head-on next Monday night at 9 o'clock. "I don't say we'll catch Lucy" crowed Matthew Rosenhaus, president of Pharmaceuticals...
...Charlie played with Philosopher Adler at a highbrow game of "neologizing" (inventing words in sentences to sound like a foreign language). As a youth, he played word games with Cornwall Neighbor James Thurber, who was so taken with Van Doren's acting skill ten years ago as the lead in an amateur production of The Male Animal that he recently began trying-before Charlie became famous-to persuade him to take a role in a play he is preparing for Broadway next season...
...Courtney, ran away with everything but the starter's gun at the 68th annual Boston Athletic Association games. Loping along just back of the pacesetters in the 600-yd. run, Fordham Alumnus Courtney shifted into high on the backstretch of the next-to-last lap, shot into the lead and finished 20 yds. in front of Villanova's Joe Gaffney, who now runs for the Army. It all seemed so easy that even Tom was surprised to hear his time: a world-record-equaling 1:09.5. In the mile, Ron Delany, the Irish Olympian out of Villanova, loafed...
Badly spiked at the first turn, Robertson ran a 52.0 quarter, and handed second man Jim Cairns a two-yard lead over second place Morgan State. When Cairns handed off to Bill Morris, after a 49.7 second leg, only three yards separated him from third-place Villanova...