Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rome must again become the radiant capital of the Latin world. Rome must again conquer the imperial dignity. She must not rule by force of arms, or grow rich by the labor of subject peoples, but she must again lead the world in virtue of the genius of her sons and the indomitable virtues of her people...
...kinds of ice instead of the one that used to be found in cocktails. At these pressures it was found that white phosphorus when heated to 390 degrees suddenly changed from a colorless, waxy, translucent material to a much denser, jet-black, flaky substance like the graphite or black "lead" used in lead pencils. This is an absolutely new form of the element, with properties all its own and with a smaller chemical activity even than red phosphorus. Chemists at Harvard are studying the properties of the new form with a view to finding out whether its novel properties make...
...quarter and it was hoped that he would repeat this performance yesterday. A hard wind and a wet track, however, made it impossible to run the race in less than 51 seconds. Yet it was a hard battle all the way around the track. Allen took the lead and kept it until he was within 20 yards of the finish when Bohannon and Talbot, both of whom had been sticking close at his heels, unleashed a whirlwind sprint which shoved Allen into a close third place at the finish...
Tibbetts also ran a masterly race in the two-mile, taking the lead of the long field of runners whenever he wanted it, and finally, in the last lap, uncorking a sprint which brought him around the last curve at a 440 clip and brought him to the tape 40 yards ahead of Rosenburgh, the Virginia runner, who had seemed to be pressing him earlier in the race...
After three uneventful innings Harvard tallied twice more in the sixth Gordon scratched a hit to the first baseman and Todd's vicious single to center went through the fielder, allowing both men to score and giving the University an 11 to 4 lead...