Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...parliament). Even in exile Don José remained the acknowledged leader of Spain's parties of the Left. Last January his followers perfected elaborate plans to stage simultaneous risings of Spanish garrisons on a certain day. On that day Exile José Sanchez Guerra was to land at Valencia, proclaim and lead the revolution...
...course, the standards of the time was against him. Benjamin Franklin threw all the might of his influence against liquor. Washington repeatedly warned his officers to use all their influence to curb drunkenness. Shortly after the revolution several churches took up the question seriously, the Quakers and the Methodists leading the way. Other churches soon, followed, and, from that day to this there has been a constant fight. Not the churches alone, but multitudes of non-church people, following the lead of Franklin, have joined in the fight against liquor. It has been a long hard fight, but the antiliquor...
...Tuesday, December 10, Mr. H. M. Watkins, a British Laborite, will lead a discussion after luncheon on "An Englishman Looks at American Industry" at the Harvard Liberal Club, 66 Winthrop Street...
...number of approved candidates for honors has continued its steady increase having risen 12 in actual numbers and 1.4 percent over last year's total. These figures show that although. Economics draws more men to its field, English still has a substantial lead in number of candidates for honors, 35.6 percent of its total as compared with 32 percent in Economics...
Captain Jessup of Washington toughened up with Captain Kelly of Chicago in the same lead-silver mine in Idaho last summer. Kelly dug the pay-dirt when they met in moleskins. Eighteen completed Maroon passes gained 305 yards, Chicago 26, Washington...