Word: leading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...class that he is taking and sees this as some sort of bargaining chip in the deal. I promise him that if it weren't for my very jealous boyfriend, I'd be more than happy to lay a smooch on his inebriated friend, and my friends follow my lead. (Note to any available men reading this: I have neither a very jealous boyfriend nor any kind of boyfriend at all. My number's in the book.) The herd eventually migrates toward a group of more promising prospects, and we manage to escape to a less crowded corner...
Tenen said the research could lead to new treatments for leukemia. The scientists plan to use the information to develop new therapies for leukemia, using genetic engineering as well as radiation therapy...
...This move] can all too easily lead to complacency, that intellectual narcotic which muffles the voice of originality and numbs the brain to innovation," he said...
...Mleczko has tallied 32 goals and 72 assists so far this season to lead the nation with 104 points. She has 123 goals and 124 assists for 247 points in her career...
...York Times article, Harvard literature professor Stephen Greenblatt explains that Shakespeare's popular sonnet, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" was actually addressed to a young man instead of the "fair-haired, wealthy young woman Viola de Lesseps" as "Shakespeare in Love" would lead one to believe. But for the sake of the movie's success--and the movie's success did depend on this fundamental alteration--the screenwriters did a bit of tinkering...