11.   And then word began to spread of this dashing, spirited young Yorkshirewoman who was hunting her way home.

12.   This journal has a long and distinguished history, publishing mainly shorter papers on a wide spread of subjects.

13.   And Wednesday the news got much worse as word spread of the sudden resignations of Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers and founder and chief technology officer Shawn Fanning.

14.   Applications fell the next two years as word spread of how tough it had become, but the overall quality of the applicants continued rising.

15.   As the Bartons made contact with former residents and their families around the country, word spread of the reunion idea and enthusiasm built.

16.   As word has spread of the day of reckoning drawing nigh, a political donnybrook already is developing among Democrats and Republicans.

17.   As word spread of his appointment, Simonetti won wide praise among fellow officers as an amiable chief who takes a special interest in fostering good community relations.

18.   As word spread of the accident, many astronomers expressed disbelief that a man so often described as a force of nature could be gone.

19.   As word spread of the attacks, countries moved quickly to secure American embassies and institutions on their soil.

20.   As their wings pushed the geese closer to the decoy spread of white rags, each hunter could have given a different reason for being there.