61.  Early leads went nowhere.

62.  Earnhardt Jr. brought the fans to their feet when he grabbed an early lead before getting involved in a wreck on the eighth lap.

63.  Evans jumped out to an early lead in the final over Mark Tate in the Close Call and never let up on the throttle.

64.  Even after the Angels took the early lead, they continued to put pressure on the Mariners pitchers.

65.  Few people believed that any company would overtake the pair, which had built an early lead in an even newer method of data storage, disk drives.

66.  First and foremost, never sprint to an early lead in a field with world-class Kenyans and strong head winds.

67.  Experts are hard pressed to explain the precise reasons why Bush is showing such a large early lead over the rest of the Republican field.

68.  First, there is the huge early lead that Gov. George W. Bush of Texas has taken in national polls and in raising money.

69.  Following the early lead two seasons ago of Elan, Kneissel and S Ski, other manufacturers are preparing models of their own.

70.  For a man whose fourth-quarter comeback heroics have been sorely lacking for awhile, Elway took solace in getting the early lead.