Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leftward swing by the voters to pre-ponderately support this group of groups would very probably result in the eventual replacement of Prime Minister Poincaré by some outstanding member of the Cartel des Gauches and would lead to less orthodox handling of State finance. As may be seen from the above summary, it is a curious fact that the leaders of both the large rival groupings are now members of the present Sacred Union Cabinet which was assembled during the franc crisis from leaders of all parties. Thus no matter which way the election swings, a considerable proportion...
Ripping out a brace of terse orders, the King of Kings dynamically prepared to lead an army into Luristan. But someone must reign at home, in Teheran, during his absence. A happy thought! His Majesty would make the 10-year-old Valiahd temporarily Regent of Persia. The lad should do something to earn his $2,000,000 a year...
...Shahpur Mohammed Reza Pahlevi. The lad, trained to drill and play war games from infancy, made a trim, soldierly appearance. The Majlis cheered him and he held his head high. But afterwards his nether lip trembled as his father bade him goodbye and set forth, jauntily, to lead an army into Luristan...
...racked their brains in an effort to discern some significance in the numbers assigned to the various history courses. What the number 30 has to do with Modern European history or 14 with that of the French Revolution has remained as much of a mystery as why 3 should lead to a knowledge of the Roman Empire or 32 to the general history of the United States. But it has recently been discovered that numbers, in themselves meaningless, can carry great significance if arranged in proper sequence. Beginning with several changes in next year's "Announcement of Courses of Instruction...
Bold nines scored in the opening frame, but the 1 to 1 tie lasted until J. J. Carver '30 came home on a wild pitch in the fifth to send the seconds into the lead. A really in the sixth, in which Barbour singled, and Ellis and Molloy doubled, brought in two more runs and clinched the victory for the Crimson team. The Beavers scored once in the sixth and again in the seventh, but could not undo the damage done by the second's rally...