Word: leaded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year-old Dodger, whose pinch single in the playoffs helped win the pennant last Tuesday, thus boosted Los Angeles into a 2-1 lead...
...sports car rally, the course may lead over mountain pass and dirt road, through herds of cattle and city traffic, and the only sure way of covering its crises is to ride along. That is what TIME'S Bayard Hooper did in the seventh running of the Continental Divide Rally, the toughest of them all. Signed on as navigator to Sam Arnold in a British Peerless, Hooper brought his driver home a creditable seventh -from which he was disqualified in advance, since he had already scouted the course in line of duty. See SPORT, Rally in the Rockies...
...election day approaches, indications of a Conservative victory, while still evident, are decreasing. In two weeks the Tory lead in publicopinion polls has fallen from a comfortable 7 per cent to a hazardous 2 per cent. This decline is more the result of the campaign than of any failures of Conservative policy over the last eight years, for England has never been more prosperous than today...
Given a two-minute head start, Hamlin quickly showed he had no need for such generosity, as he increased his lead and won comfortably in the time of 18:15. Mark Mullin had the second-best clocking over the three and one-half mile course, an 18:36 effort...
Quarterback Ted Halaby led the team to an early 6-0 lead, as he scored in the first quarter on a 31-yard play. From there, the Naval Station eleven managed to contain the Crimson's hard-running quartet in the backfield for the rest of the half. The J.V.'s went on to further scoring in the second half and held the visitors scoreless until Harvard had gained its total...