Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Daniel is known as the leading spirit of the group. During the War he took the lead in seeing that the Government was supplied with copper at half the prevailing market price. Before he was 40 he had crossed the Atlantic 70 times. He is a patron of Art, Music, Literature, horse breeding, horticulture, an excellent geographer and anthropologist, a noted philanthropist...
...runs a danger of being ousted by a transfer of the Liberal votes to the Opposition. At the next session of Parliament the Liberal Party will, it was stated, make it clear that they have no sympathy with radical Socialism or with a capital levy. As the Conservatives will lead the Opposition, it is likely that the Labor Government will sit at its feast of power, like Damocles, with the sword of (Conservatism suspended by the hair of Liberalism above its head...
...drawing up his wireless aerial. Presumably the ship was struck before the completion of the maneuver. With its huge metal structure, a rigid dirigible is like a giant lightning rod furnishing the easiest and most attractive path for any electrical disturbance. Unlike the lightning rod, it cannot lead the charge safely to mother earth...
...matches to spare, the University team clinched the Massachusetts state interclub squash racquets title last Saturday by defeating the Harvard Club of Boston 5-0, in the closing Class "A" contests. The Lincoln's Inn Society, the Law School club, was second in the list, having a one point lead over the Union Boat Club...
...scores indicate the Freshman kept the University captain busy to hold the lead. The two men had played together but few times before and consequently were not familiar with each other's style. Dixon maintained his steady and consistent playing throughout, and Rawlins made a strong effort at first but petered out towards the end of the match. Both players were noticeably quick in picking up the short shots. Dixon's experience gave him quite an advantage, but Rawlins proved a stronger opponent than was expected...