ledes

Now we have abundant examples of the use of the word ledes in old English; not only for _people_, but for _riches_, _goods_, _movable property_.

Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 Various

You know, next to dictionary definitions and one-word ledes like "War" or "Abortion"?

Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

In "The John Lardner Reader," we find him knocking out great ledes, like this classic, concerning the untimely death of a boxer: "Stanley Ketchel was twenty-four years old when he was fatally shot in the back by the common-law husband of the lady who was cooking his breakfast."

In Brief: Sports 2010

I find that even my attempts at straight news ledes on new developments here come out like mangled Proust.

Preach It, Brother Tim 2008

They don't make ledes quite like this anymore, either; not too many current sports editors would go for this.

Neal Olkewicz and his vintage photos 2010

Newspapers assume too much prior knowledge, so PATCi consists of news articles with ledes like this: "The leaders of the world's eight most industrialised nations - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States - currently meeting at the 'Group of Eight' (G8) summit in Japan, are today expected to set a global target of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2050 in an effort to tackle global warming."

July 10th, 2008 amuchmoreexotic 2008

The media has pretty reliably promulgated the top-line statistics involved -- payrolls grew by 431,000 jobs, unemployment rate drops to 9.7 -- but these really bury the less-rosy ledes.

Rosy Top-Line Masks Utterly Dismal Employment Numbers 2010

Should I believe the screaming ledes out of New York or the candidates words and actions?

Times/CBS Poll: Iraq Still a Dividing Line - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Experiment with your writing, from different types of ledes to various types of storytelling to humor to emotion.

10 Tips for Getting Started as a Freelancer | Write to Done 2008

I was looking at ledes at googlenews and I'm seeing that Palin has exactly 2 weeks to come clean, quit lying and tell us who she is.

McCain Declines To Condemn Virginia Republican's Comparison Of Obama And Osama 2009