CSS to increase size of first word

<div id="content">
    <p><strong>First Word</strong> rest of paragraph.</p>
</div>

#content p strong
{
    font-size: 14pt;
}

$('#links a').each(function(){
    var me = $(this);
    me.html( me.text().replace(/(^w+)/,'<strong>$1</strong>') );
  });

$('#links a').each(function(){
    var me = $(this)
       , t = me.text().split(' ');
    me.html( '<strong>'+t.shift()+'</strong> '+t.join(' ') );
  });