Word: lead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Brainerd Hunt Whitbeck Jr. '29, of Bronxville, New York, was chosen yesterday to lead the Harvard tennis team next spring. He will succeed his brother J. F. W. Whitbeck '27. The new Crimson net leader has been playing number 4 on the team this spring and although he is not the equal of his brother on the court, he has displayed an excellent brand of tennis in his matches this spring...
Negroes, however, do not forget. John Brown struck to free them before even Lincoln's name was great in the land. Nor does Lawyer Clarence Darrow forget. He approves of his father and John Brown having been friends in early Ohio. He helped lead last week's pilgrimage and made the woods ring with emotional oratory...
...dumb and stupid world plants its weary feet upon the slippery and blood-soaked sand where men like John Brown died. . . . America ought to be glad to build a monument to John Brown and ashamed to let the Negroes take the lead. He was one of America's great...
Cosmetics. "The cosmetic business has been a perfectly reputable business, but in the absence of a law controlling it [the Pure Food & Drug Act is not specific enough] a number of scamps have crept into the business." Some hair dyes irritate the skin dangerously; others contain poisonous lead. Some freckle removers contain ammoniated mercury, a caustic poison that eats the skin. If a substance is powerful enough to dissolve hair, it is powerful enough to dissolve skin. Using the x-ray to remove hair may cause cancer. The A. M. A. is seeking laws to "forbid the sale of certain...
Last week he saw a Yale varsity crew meet its first defeat under his coaching. Princeton, after five years of unimpressive rowing, conquered Mr. Leader's men by taking the lead soon after the start and keeping it. Just before the last quarter-mile of the race a Yale spurt gained, but Princeton reached the finish line with a quarter of a length to spare...