Word: vanguardism
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...also lose the Indianapolis mayoralty race in 1975, a defeat that would end his presidential aspirations. Though he can not expect to match his opponent's recognition, Lugar can hope voters will reject incumbents this fall as a purging concomitant of Watergate. A win could put him in the vanguard of Republican presidential prospectives...
...could that be? How, after the duplicity in the conduct of Southeast Asian policy of American officials was coming to light and administration justifications of the war were sounding more Orwellian by the day ("we are fighting this war for peace"), could the American public not follow this vanguard...
...defunct Unionist government at Stormont in 1968, he ordered the Royal Ulster Constabulary to halt the first civil rights march by Roman Catholics through Londonderry. That decision contributed to the five years of violence that soon followed. It also launched "King Billy" Craig, now head of the Vanguard Unionist Party, on an unrelenting war on behalf of Northern Ireland's Protestants. Throughout "the troubles," his line has had a one-track consistency: Ulster, he believes, faces a takeover by the Catholic-dominated Republic of Ireland and this can be prevented only if Ulster's Protestants band together...
Heinrich: The Dawning of Music in Kentucky (the American Music Group, Neely Bruce, director and piano soloist; Vanguard, $5.98). In his own time (1781-1861), Anthony Philip Heinrich was considered by his supporters "the Beethoven of America." More recently, Lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky has taken a less adoring stance: "The quality of his works easily accounts for the speedy and complete oblivion of even his name." This first LP of his music suggests that the real Heinrich lies somewhere between Beethoven and oblivion. He was a Bohemian immigrant who, among other things, wrote some grandiose orchestral works and helped found...
...after Cummins lets loose his speared salvos, the Big Green attack formation will be without a vanguard. Coach Edgar Stowell's field men should outflank Dartmouth in every other event, possibly excepting the discus, which Dartmouth's Don Starr has been throwing with increasing ability...