Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...secondary line of cruisers, several hours behind the leaders; acting the same way. In fair weather, aircraft carriers would cooperate with these cruisers, their circling swarms scouting far ahead...
...rift and streaked out over the Caribbean. For 100 miles seeing no land the flyer contemplated the two tinges of blue sky and bluer sea. Once he dipped to scoot cheerily close to the steamer Amsterdam. Once he scuttled through a sudden rain squall. Land notched the horizon far ahead. From there he flew over nearly nine hundred miles of "Islands in the Lesser Antilles. At St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands he got down. Speeches. When he left the following day a family of Morons, island aristocrats, petitioned the government to change the name of their property where...
...when it was an obscure and relatively insignificant house; since then he has increased its business to an enormous extent. The Leverhulme sale, held in his rooms two years ago, was probably the most spectacular art auction ever held in the U. S. The American Galleries, nonetheless, is still ahead; its total business averages about $6,000,000 a year. When the two galleries are merged, they will accept bids which aggregate about $9,000,000 every year; thus surpassing, financially at least, famed Christie's, in London, which has, during the last 150 years, housed more beautiful paintings...
...West Point last Saturday by an 8 to 6 victory, wiping out their defeat of last spring. F.A. Clark '29 and R.B. Burnett ocC, starred for the Crimson. The latter scored four of the University goals, while Clark was positively effective on the defense. The University team was ahead from the start, and at the end of the third chukker was leading 5 to 0. Goals scored in the fourth chukker by Clark and J.P. Cotton Jr. '29 clinched the victory...
...elusive a person to be easily recognized in his complete state. Now at least a step has been taken toward his identification, but if he is inclined to come forth at last from his long seclusion it is to be feared that upon perceiving that he has cast ahead of him such a shadow as this, he may bolt back into hiding like the ground hog to wait for a more favorable opportunity...