Multiple post queries?

I’d like to output my posts in three parts like this:
– 1 post, as the lead story
– 3 posts, as featured stories
– 5 posts, as simple headlines

These three parts will obviously be styled diferently, and so I’m wondering how I can accomplish this as simple as possible. Normally you’d use multiple queries and skip the previous posts, but how do I do this with the WordPress loop?

I managed to create the lead using query_posts() and the offset parameter, but not for the other parts. And, I’m guessing there’s an easier way to do this?

Thanks.