Word: leading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Labor twice defeated the Tories in the 1974 elections, Heath's leadership came under sharp attack, especially from his party's right wing. The two leading rightist candidates, Sir Keith Joseph and Edward Du Cann, declined to run for the leadership, while Heath could not make up his mind whether to fight or resign. Backed by Joseph, Norman St. John-Stevas, a Tory intellectual, and Airey Neave, who became her campaign manager and one of her closest advisers,?Thatcher stepped boldly into the arena. At a party caucus on Feb. 11, 1975, she defeated the acknowledged favorite, William...
...they risk the greater shock of having their access to world markets sharply curtailed. The threat of selective protectionism against Japan is rising, and it worries U.S. officials. It would dangerously damage relations with the nation's staunchest ally and biggest customer in the Far East and possibly lead to an international trade...
...reason for America's lag in productivity and gap in balance of payments is that the U.S. has lost much of its lead in innovation. Not in a long time have Yankee tinkerers produced an invention to rival nylon or the transistor. U.S. scientists and engineers have brought forth some fascinating new products, including talking toys and maybe the Moodymobile, but the ingenious Europeans and Asians are being granted an ever increasing share of the patents...
Brown, in his last appearance for the Crimson, pitched well enough to win, giving up eight hits and walking one. Unfortunately, Brown was tagged for half of those hits in the bottom half of the first inning, when Cornell took a 2-1 lead...
Meanwhile, the Harvard bats were handcuffed by missed opportunities and summer camp umpiring. The classic empty-hander came in the top of the fifth. DH Chuck Marshall walked to lead off the inning, and Burke St. John kept him on first when his sacrifice attempt was popped up to first. Catcher Joe Wark then moved Marshall to third with a sharp single to left and put two runners in scoring position when he went to second on a wild pitch...