Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...especially Mrs. Jensen, was expecting Martin Jensen in first, as last reports had indicated that he was leading. Even after Art Goebel's plane had been sighted in the distance, the eager crowd thought it was Jensen's machine. Mrs. Jensen collapsed when she saw that the leader wasn't her "Marty." About two hours later Jensen's Aloha landed. Happy though she was that Martin was safely on the ground again, Mrs. Jensen's first words showed her disappointment over his not being the winer. She said: "Marty, wher'n 'ell have...
...what these worthwhile people think of you, how they trust you, how they approve of you and your works, how they ratify your judgment and believe in things you believe, how they respect your prudence, admire your courage, and how they stand by you as a national leader in whatever course you may choose to outline for your future course...
Came the army to Reading, where it encamped in the Grain Exchange building and enjoyed a meal of beef stew, tea and bread. Gorged, they listened to the words their leader, A. J. Cook, was addressing them: "You are marching against Capitalism and Baldwinism, and you 260 [they started 400 strong] men are the advance guard of a revolutionary army. This historic miners' march to London is a tragedy to set the real situation of the country before the British public. It is the duty of the working classes to remove those who are responsible for such a calamity...
...Padua; in Florence, Milan, Turin; in Bologna, Venice, Trieste and in many another city "Down with France!" and "Down with Jugoslavia!" resounded. In Rome 2,000 citizens of profound Fascist faith assembled at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and swore blind devotion to any command of their cherished leader, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini...
...Sanger, a Manhattan graduate nurse, first married in 1900 when she was 17, began her crusade for contraceptives in 1915. She has since been the most potent leader of the movement throughout the world, founding the American Birth Control League in 1921 and, later, similar associations in Japan, China and India...