He was a lead editorial writer on his brother's newspaper, the New York Sun, and it was in that capacity that in 1897 he wrote his most famous editorial, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

The lead editorial in the first issue the Chicago Tribune published after the Great Chicago Fire

Although his time of editorial association with MR was short, Nathan was instrumental in obtaining what would become a seminal essay for the magazine, a lead piece for the debut May 1949 issue by physicist Albert Einstein entitled " Why Socialism?

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Some have claimed him to be an early skeptic of the case for global warming on the basis of a lead editorial in the magazine dated March 31, 1990 in which he wrote, " f the global warming situation is analyzed applying the customary standards of scientific inquiry one must conclude that there has been more hype than solid fact.

* Russell Kirk's lead editorial from the first issue, Summer, 1957.

On February 6, 1919, two days before the beginning of the Seattle General Strike of 1919, she proclaimed in her famous editorial: " We are undertaking the most tremendous move ever made by labor in this country, a move which will lead — NO ONE KNOWS WHERE!

The Peterborough Examiner's lead editorial of 14 January 2009 says this: " Rohmer, one of Canada's most colourful figures of the past half-century, was a World War II fighter pilot, later a major-general in the armed forces reserve, a high-profile lawyer and a successful novelist and biographer.

However, when the BBC withdrew the Doctor Who licence, the New Adventures planned to continue with Benny as the lead character and an editorial decision was taken to split up Benny and Jason, as depicted in Eternity Weeps.

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession ; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed.

In December 2010, it was announced that Glee actress Heather Morris was in talks for the lead role in the upcoming film.

In December 1952, Cukor was approached by Sid Luft, who proposed the director helm a musical remake of the 1937 film A Star is Born with his then-wife Judy Garland in the lead role.

In December 2008, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology announced a reward of $ 50, 000 to the person who can lead a project biologist to a living Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

In July 1939, Ribbentrop's claims about Bonnet's alleged statement of December 1938 were to lead to a lengthy war of words via a series of letters to the French newspapers between Bonnet and Ribbentrop over just what precisely Bonnet had said to Ribbentrop.

Following the lead of Stinky Toys, Métal Urbain played its first concert in December 1976.

Before the 2008 presidential election he said, " On social issues, I lean Libertarian, minus the crazy stuff ," but said in December 2011 that if he were president he would do whatever Bill Clinton advised him to do because that " would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground.

* December 1 – A train crash at Tattenham Corner railway station lead to the introduction of the current drugs and alcohol policy for railways in the UK.

Riots and looting lead to a bloody confrontation between the rioters and the government on December 15, and martial law December 17 – 22.

* December 21 – Shaun Morgan, lead singer of South African band Seether

In December 1974, he took the lead of the Union of Democrats for the Republic ( UDR ) against the will of its more senior personalities.

This would eventually lead to another court case, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, which went to trial on September 26, 2005 and was decided in U. S. District Court on December 20, 2005 in favor of the plaintiffs, who charged that a mandate that intelligent design be taught was an unconstitutional establishment of religion.

When the Soviet agent Pavel Mif arrived in Shanghai to lead the Comintern in China in December 1930, Mif criticized Li's strategy as " left adventurism ", and criticized Zhou for compromising with Li.

Meanwhile, a spin-off band comprising Smith, Tolhurst, Dempsey, Gallup, Hartley and Thompson, with backing vocals from assorted family and friends, and lead vocals provided by their local postman Frankie Bell released a 7-inch single in December under the assumed name of Cult Hero.

Clark's reputation as a leader had taken a beating when, as Prime Minister, he carelessly lost a non-confidence motion over his minority government's budget in December 1979, leading to the fall of his government ; the PCs subsequently lost the federal election held two months later when Trudeau rescinded his announced retirement, and returned to lead the Liberals to a majority.

On December 21, Yunus Qanuni, Afghan opposition leader and Karzai's main opponent was chosen to lead the 249-seat lower house of parliament with 122 votes against 117 for his closest challenge.

In the same year Morgan Stanley merged with Shuman, Agnew & Co. Morgan Stanley served as lead underwriter for the IPO of Apple Computer, Inc. on December 12, 1980.

This process would eventually culminate and lead up to the buildup and intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979 to preserve, stabilize and militarily intervene on behalf of the communist regime there.

The Saints ' then entered the first South Coast Derby league game for 6 years against bitter rivals Portsmouth on Saturday 18 December on doubtful form, having only taken 1 point in the last 2 games, but still managed to secure a point after Rickie Lambert gave the Saints the lead following a headed goal from a Fox free kick.

Despite failing to qualify for the Champions League, Rosenborg had enjoyed another great season and it looked like Hareide's beginning reforms were paying off, but 2003 turned out to be his one and only season at the club as he accepted an offer to lead the Norwegian national team in December of that year.

Sergei Bodrov Jr. (; December 27, 1971 – September 20, 2002 ) was a Russian actor who had lead roles in the movies Brother, Prisoner of the Mountains, The Stringer and Brother 2.

She played the lead role in a pantomime production of Snow White in December 2005 at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham.

In 1983, Skyler Jett, replaced Lionel Richie as the lead singer for The Commodores, and toured the world and performed in over 32 countries in a two year span.

Under the leadership of coach Osvaldo Bagnoli, in 1982 – 1983 the team secured 4th place in Serie A ( its highest finish at the time ) and even lead the Serie A standings for a few weeks.

* Ian MacKaye – lead vocals ( 1980 – 1983 )

Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band's four members — Trey Anastasio ( guitars, lead vocals ), Mike Gordon ( bass, vocals ), Jon Fishman ( drums, percussion, vocals ), and Page McConnell ( keyboards, vocals )— performed together for over 20 years before breaking up in August 2004.

* Phil Manzanera – lead guitar ( 1972 – 1983 ; 2001 – present )

* Graeme " Shirley " Strachan – lead vocals ) ( 1974 – 1978, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994, died in 2001 )

* Red Symons – lead guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards ( 1973 – 1977, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994 )

* Michael Steele – lead, backing and harmony vocals, bass guitar ( 1983 – 1989, 1999 – 2005 )

From the period of 1975 to 1983, the Undertones consisted of Feargal Sharkey ( vocals ), John O ' Neill ( rhythm guitar, vocals ), Damian O ' Neill ( lead guitar, vocals ), Michael Bradley ( bass, vocals ) and Billy Doherty ( drums ).

& Coles, S. G. ( 1983 ) Concentrations of lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in teeth from a cave used for Romano-British burials: effect of lead contamination.

* Ian Brown – lead vocals ( 1983 to August 1996, 2011 to present )

* Greg Walls – lead guitars ( 1981 – 1983 )

* Bob Berry – lead guitars ( 1983 )

* Dan Spitz – lead guitars, backing vocals ( 1983 – 1995, 2005 – 2007 )

The climax of Weir's early career was the $ 6 million multi-national production The Year of Living Dangerously ( 1983 ), again starring Mel Gibson, playing opposite top Hollywood female lead Sigourney Weaver in a story about journalistic loyalty, idealism, love and ambition in the turmoil of Sukarno's Indonesia of 1965.

In 1983, she auditioned for the female lead in Jean-Luc Godard's ' controversial Hail Mary, a modern retelling of the Virgin birth.

Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi ( John Francis Bongiovi, Jr .), guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres.

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. ( born March 2, 1962 ), known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, best known as the founder and the lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983.

The Flaming Lips formed in Norman, Oklahoma in 1983 with Wayne Coyne's brother Mark singing lead vocals and Michael Ivins on bass guitar.

* Jerry Only ( Gerald Caiafa ) – bass guitar ( 1977 – 1983, 1995 – present ), backing vocals ( 1977 – 1983, 1995 – 2000 ), lead vocals ( 2001 – present )

Henry Enrique " Erik " Estrada ( born March 16, 1949 ) is an American police officer and actor, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977 – 1983 United States police television series CHiPs.