Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...season for conventions at which the producer's salesmen are filled up with drinks on the company and inspirational addresses from the Big Executives. Backs are patted for selling feats of the past year. Tons of adjectives are unloaded to describe the pictures planned for the year ahead. By this week, every major cinema company had held its convention and the public could learn what to expect...
...handicap was raised to nine, only one less than famed Tommy Hitchcock, the world's only 10-goal player. Recalled to Hurlingham, Balding became with Tyrrell-Martin the nucleus of the British team. Last week, with Captain Humphrey Guinness behind Tyrrell-Martin at back and Hesketh Hughes ahead of Balding at No. 1, England rode out on international polo's soth anniversary to face the U. S. four of Eric Pedley, Michael Phipps, Stewart Iglehart, Winston Guest...
...medal designs, when her model won in a limited competition for a $100,000 Baltimore bronze of Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson. Still groggy from a sinus operation, Mrs. Fraser was cheered by her success, knew she had a good two years' work ahead...
...confusion at the start of the Kentucky Derby, William Woodward's bay colt lost his jockey. As though this were not hard luck enough for one horse, Granville lost the Preakness, the Wood Memorial and the Suburban Handicap by almost imperceptible margins, each time after being ahead in the stretch. Ogden Phipp's White Cockade won the Withers. A week later he too was laid up, with bad knees...
...What reason have. I to think another similar experience is not just ahead of me, and the Grim Reaper at this moment standing ready to strike? Such uncertainty is maddening, and has rendered me unfit to do any work for which I was trained...