Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prince Henry, third son of George V, spoke modestly enough at a Royal Academy banquet in London, saying: "Please remember that by profession I am a soldier, and that a soldier's training does not lead along the high road...
Dictator Stalin went on to say that this documentary evidence supplied justification for the recent execution of some 20 "White Russians" in Moscow (TIME, June 20). He concluded: The White Russians who have been shot were about to lead a rebellion that would have cost millions of lives...
Columbia took the lead at the start at Poughkeepsie, but was soon passed by California. Just before the three-mile (three-quarters) mark, Stroke Eric Lambert raised the beat in the Columbia boat, killed California in a mighty struggle. Then along came the giants from Washington, thrashing down the turgid current almightily. But the youngsters from Columbia, averaging 19 years in age, had something left-an unbelievable spurt that Washington failed to catch by three-quarters of a boat-length. It was Columbia's first victory in the intercollegiate four-mile regatta since 1914. The winning time...
...About two years ago I got tired of them and so I got a can of good lead paint . . . and put a nice coat of paint all over the walls...
Broadway Nights. A cabaret piano-pounder (Sam Hardy) teaches his pretty wife (Lois Wilson) the steps and tunes that lead to the top of the song-and-dance heap. Unfortunately, he permits rolling dice to crush his moral fibre, so she leaves him and starts to ascend alone. Abjuring all her rich admirers in the moment of glittering triumph, she returns to her husband, who promises never to do it again. The film was made in Manhattan, enriched with authentic local color from the footlight district, blessed with an intelligent scenario...