Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last minute changes are made on account of one or two lame arms among the potential starters, will include four Sophomores, three of them in the infield. Zarakov, 1927 Freshman captain, has in the last few days passed Slayton in the fight for the third base berth. He will lead off in the batting order...
...members of the yard police force have so far succeeded in finding no clues which may lead to the apprehension of the thief. The man in charge of each building protested, when questioned, that all seemed quiet about the dormitories during their time of duty...
...difference of opinions, which may or may not lead to a deadlock, is that the nationalization of the railways will deprive the workers of the right to strike, and this right they value above all else...
Presently the Cambridge boat came by rowing prettily. Wansborough was smiling. The Oxford crew, spectators learned, had put ashore, water-logged.* Trying to steal a lead on Cambridge at the start, it had dared the wind, the rough water of midstream, been well-nigh swamped...
...Speed Demon" who has recently set all Charlestown by the ears with his 60-mile clip after boasting that he would lead the police a lively dance, is no new phenomenon to Cambridge. For years motorists have driven past the Yard in a manner as bloodthirsty as you please. Recently the tendency to scorch down Massachusetts Avenue with all eight cylinders hitting furiously and the "cut-out" wide open has accelerated perceptibly...