Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Wholesale grocery houses lead the list in the number of reports received, their total being 540. Reports also have been made by 501 retail grocers, 490 department stores, 476 retail shoe dealers, and 66 wholesale drug firms. More than 271 retail jewelers reported. Wholesale dry goods firms in the South made 66 reports. The rest of the reports came from 125 dealers in wholesale automotive equipment, and from 125 retail tire dealers...
...issue, the preparedness question, and the League of Nations controversy, will keep the interest at a high pitch. Factions on both sides of the last three questions have already been organized and are working for support. The New York delegation, which will be solidly back of Governor Smith, will lead the eastern states in the struggle against the western "dry's," who seem to hold the upper hand at present...
...first 36 holes were played at Cedarbrook, Philadelphia, and there Sarazen acquired a 3-hole lead. But of the next 18 holes (Westchester Biltmore, New York) Sarazen won only 3, whereas Havers took 10, placing himself safely in the lead...
...after Jan. 1, 1925, who received substantial sums for writing articles about tennis, should be classed as professionals. It was this resolution which gave offense to Champion Tilden. Next day his resignation from Olympic and Davis teams was accepted. Young honeymooning Vincent Richards immediately followed the champion's lead. He, too, writes...
...results of the singles matches gave the New Yorkers a 4-2 lead, still leaving the possibility of a Harvard victory by winning the three doubles matches. Again, however, the strength too much for the leader of the University team...