Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...address last night to the History Club at Conant Hall. He pointed out that the young emporer, on coming into power in 1848, might have won out over the Magyars, but missed the opportunity of developing Austria into a united states because of his great desire to lead instead of help, and because of his concern over petty details of the present instead of foresight...
...year grades by men engaged in the various sports at the University excluding Freshmen. The outstanding feature of the compilations is the very high average attained by such men. Some of the points of special interest are that the managers of major sports and the "H" men in college lead the list and that the minor sport managers come fourth, being preceded by the crew squad, which has gained an average higher than that of any other major sport...
...five assistant managers of major sports, that is the men who will be managers next year, lead the entire field. These men received 4 A's, 8 B's, 9 C's, and 3 D's, their average being 2.46, or well up toward B. Taking all the managers of major sports, a group of 15 men, the record showed 6 A's, 17 B's, 37 C's, 8 D's, and 4E making a point average...
...claim", he declared, "that any action which is destroying the great reservoir of good will built up in America for France during the war, which has already broken the Entente, and will shortly lead, unless all signs fail, to action by the British against the French their chief law officers have declared the action of the French a violation of the Treaty of Versailles and their newspapers are now united in opposition to the policy in the Ruhr--is surely the supreme of stupidity, the very reverse of enlightened and intelligent statesmanship. France's action has been denounced in Sweden...
...agreed, open-mindedly, that if the earnest students were shown to favor it, he would withdraw his objections. Their opinions, vigorously proclaimed, proved unanimous; and he was quick to help bring about the change. Perhaps the present case has little analogy, but, at any rate, the discussion will lead nowhere unless the undergraduates express their thoughtful opinions...