Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...head of a political faction which may ultimately make him Prime Minister. David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, two much disgruntled Government outsiders, were already openly Eden's backers this week. That afternoon, Mr. Lloyd George took bows and cheers as he entered the House of Commons just ahead of Mr. Eden and the latter's faithful Foreign Office henchman, Lord Cranborne, who had announced he was resigning, too. Then the Prime Minister entered, got 1½ minutes' cheering from Conservatives, while Laborites booed...
Even then, despite its small staff, TIME kept its readers abreast of the news, if not ahead of it. During the first six months TIME'S cover subjects included not only the figures of 1923 (Uncle Joe Cannon, Warren Harding, Eleanor Duse, King Fuad, Hugo Stinnes, Andrew Mellon, E. M. House) but some who belong very much to 1938: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mustafa Kamâl Attatürk, Burton K. Wheeler, Benito Mussolini, John L. Lewis...
After sweeping all before them in the first half of competition, the Adams sharpshooters stumbled momentarily as they lost Slim Curtiss and Doug McLeod, dropping a close decision to Eliot last week. But yesterday even though Dudley surged ahead in the opening minutes of play, the Goldcoasters soon found themselves, and with a vengeance...
...there is no thought of digging up a genius now and then. The children do just whatever they wish in three hour periods each afternoon and on Saturday mornings. Each one is given a large paint brush and a biscuit tin full of colors and told to go ahead and paint. The idea is simply to give the children a chance to express themselves creatively in any way they want...
...little man" is especially important at Harvard this year because the Crimson squad can usually supply an outstanding first-place man in almost every event. Charlie Hutten, Graham Cummin and Willie Kendall generally finish so far ahead of their opponents that the actual competitive racing that appeals to the on-looker is found in the battles for second and third...