Word: leade
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...varsity took the lead at the start and held it for the first half mile. Just before the Harvard Bridge was reached the sophomores, who were rowing 39 strokes to the minute, passed the 'varsity and when they came out on the lower side there was a half a boat length of open water between them. This distance was kept to within two hundred yards of the Union Boat Club, where No. 3 in the 'varsity boat caught a crab. The sophomores took advantage of the confusion and added another length...
...mile race Saturday between the varsity and the '96 crew, the former rowed one stroke less to the minute than the latter throughout the race. At the end of the first mile '96 was a boat length and a half ahead of the 'varsity. This lead was brought down to one boat length by the time the two mile stake was reached...
...juniors won their first game with the seniors yesterday on Holmes Field. Ninety-five took the lead in the second inning and held it until the game was stopped by rain in the eighth inning. For ninety-five Cassatt, Brown and Dodge did the best fielding, and Dodge and Phelan batted well. Ninety-four's infielders played fairly well with the exception of Flynn who made three errors. The outfielders were slow and did not seem to be able to judge the ball. The score...
...half mile '96 was spurting and soon put two boat lengths between herself and '94. This lead was kept to the finish. There was some space between '94 and '95, who kept up the spurt to the finish...
...more French in it than this, and yet much less than is commonly taken for granted, and I think that one great reason for it is to be found in his different system of versification. His measures and rhymes and the greater nicety of ear demanded by them would lead him naturally to a choice of words which would give him a greater number of vowel-sounds and a greater variety of endings. Yet, if we take the beginning of the Romance of the Rose, which, being a translation from the French, would be as likely as anything he wrote...