1.   As word spread and people across America realized that something had gone horribly wrong, Palm Beach County quickly became ground zero for an election too close to call.

2.   But word spread and the clinic began receiving requests from couples who simply preferred children of a certain sex.

3.   Eventually, as word spread, Barton received thousands of letters, many from mothers and daughters looking for lost husbands, sons, and brothers.

4.   For a brief period Friday night there was consternation among some Dole aides after word spread that Dole was having second thoughts and delaying his call to Kemp.

5.   It overflowed from her pantry into the bedrooms and living room as word spread and donations poured in.

6.   More arrive every day, as word spreads by radio and word of mouth that the Ministry of Education is offering remedial classes.

7.   More venues may be added as word spreads.

8.   Others laughed and cheered as word spread through the crowd outside the Walls Unit on Tuesday that pickax killer Karla Faye Tucker was dead.

9.   Some Astrodome fans stood and applauded as word spread, the noise gradually getting louder and louder as fans pointed to the outfield scoreboard.

10.   Still, there was no mistaking the sense of surprise and relief as word spread that hostilities were suspended for the time being.