Word: lead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...field, Professor Frankfurter seems clearly in the lead, and the recent poll of the American Bar showing him to be the overwhelming choice of the lawyers of the country, certainly did not hurt his chances. The strongest thing that might keep Mr. Frankfurter from the Supreme Court, is his own desire to stay in his present position. He has long felt that the weakest part of fur Government was our great lack of able public servants, and in recent years he has single-handed filled some of the most important positions in Washington with brilliant men whom he feels...
...Bellboys started off the scoring with two runs in the second inning, but the Gold Coasters came back to tie the score in the first half of the third. Then Lowell went ahead on two more runs in the third and one in the fourth, and never lost their lead...
...Martin Co. common at $20 a share (last week's market price: $33). It will be the first new financing by an important aviation company since Boeing raised $3,789,600 in June 1937. Rearmament-conscious Wall Street thought other cash-shy aircraft manufacturers might follow the Martin lead...
Other biographers, unable to understand how Coolidge got into the White House in the first place, have emphasized "Coolidge luck." Author White explains it more intelligibly in terms of post-War psychology, which, unwilling to face the realities of a changed world, picked Coolidge as the best equipped to lead an escape to the past...
...breadth of his interests: he was an example of the many-sided man who is becoming all too rare in this day of narrowness and specialization. Keenly absorbed by athletics, he served for many years on the Harvard Athletic Committee. His interest in community affairs, and his willingness to lead and take action in such matters which are often hampered by mass inertia, was outstanding. Although past 70 at the time, he was the first man to volunteer as a policeman in the Boston Police Strike. He played an instrumental part in the organization of the Cambridge municipal golf club...