Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...California gasoline tax collections for October totaled $4,437,000, an all-time high. During October, Californians spent $143,000 a day for gasoline. ¶ Bank clearings in Detroit, week ending Nov. 27, were 53.5% ahead of the corresponding 1934 week. Average of 22 U. S. cities showed a 31% increase...
...same incline again panted the long, wavering line. Suddenly the pace stepped up. A mile from home, Venzke was slightly in the van. Easily No. 129 shot forward. Venzke tried to match the spurt. For a few seconds they ran neck & neck. Then No. 129 torpedoed ahead, breezing by the tape 20 yd. in the lead. Time...
...quiet manner. At first he justified its hopes, led Cochran by seven points. Gradually Irishman Cochran regained his skill, his orthodox playing succeeding where his opponent's daring wizardry just failed. Superstitious spectators thought Hoppe a sure winner when he reached ''king row" (40th point) ahead of Cochran, groaned when a minute later he miscued. Cochran, now bubbling with confidence, soon completed the match with an unfinished run of seven, prevented Hoppe from fulfilling a ten-year dream...
...Market felt that the U. S. was at last in a definite recovery stage, regarded the present upturn as merely the beginning of the next boom. It saw no harm in getting ahead of the parade, as long as it knew that the parade had started. The spirit of recovery remains considerably superior to its statistics, but the Market was never one to live on bread alone...
...lines, crazed Cossacks lost among French refugees. Weary of slaughtering, Cossacks stole clothing, then gave their victims clothing they had stolen from others. Frightened at reports of an "idiotic" coup in Paris, alarmed at the lack of news, Napoleon fled with Caulaincourt across Poland and Germany to reach France ahead of news of the catastrophe. For 14 days they traveled, while Napoleon poured out his theories of monarchy, his opinions on his family and mistresses, discussed England, the future of the U. S.. the characters of his subordinates, to his embittered aide. He expressed no grief for his lost...