Word: lead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most significant aspect of the speech lies in its crusading spirit in the nation-wide educational battle. No one is in a better position than Harvard, with its proud scholastic standing and its national scholarships, to lead the way for colleges, whether public or private, whose standards are amorphous and whose funds for less wealthy students at a low ebb. For if future generations are to share the heritage for which Harvard stands, Harvard must point the way to others as well as develop and expand at home...
From that nucleus grew the Littlefield Ballet, later the Philadelphia Ballet Company. When, in 1932, Stokowski gave the world premiere of the Mexican ballet H. P. (see col. 3), Catherine Littlefield plotted the choreography. Alexis Dolinoff danced the lead. When the Philadelphia Ballet ran short of men a year ago, Catherine Littlefield signed up her air-pilot brother, Carl. Last week he made a graceful Prince-from-the-West, easily outstripped the other minor characters. Another Littlefield, young sister Dorothie, also filled in ably...
Though last week was the first time he had performed in Carnegie Hall, Chavez led the Boston Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra last spring, conducted three WPA concerts last March. He was scheduled to lead the Philharmonic again this week, after which he will be succeeded there by Artur Rodzinski...
...stomach. Last week in Manhattan. Chief Surgeon Raymond Jesup Garbutt of the S. P. C. A. demonstrated a new bloodless way which he has invented to retrieve canine inedibles. Thrusting a 36-in. forceps down the throat of a bull terrier, Dr. Garbutt removed successively an 8-oz. lead sinker, a wrist watch, a sparkplug, a pair of dice...
...usually takes off, to his right. He made the change so expertly that no one guessed he was hurt till he limped off the rink when the music stopped. When Reiter finished, his free figures were a few points better than Lee's but Lee's lead the day before was still enough to save the title for him, 977.09 points to Reiter's 964.92. Perennial champion of U. S. women figure skaters is Maribel Vinson, who has won the title every year since 1928 except 1934 when she went abroad, placed fifth in the world...