Word: lead
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Hearst third party should put the power of the owner of the great syndicate to an acid test. The returns will tell the story of a democracy in which one man can lead millions through the great power of his wealth, or they will tell an altogether different story. They will reveal that people will buy red ink with enthusiasm, devour the Sunday scandal supplement with gusto, and chuckle gleefully over the comic section but, having nibbled the lurid bait they will shy from the hook...
...seventh 1923 crew was the victor in the fourth contest, winning over the Boston Interscholastic crew by a lead of about half a length...
After losing three of the five singles matches played, the Freshmen regained their lead and the supremacy by winning both doubles. The first contest of the afternoon, between Captain M. Duane of the Crimson team and R. D. Carver, was the feature of the afternoon, Duane conquering his opponent in two fast sets...
This I admit is quite beside the point. The real question is whether Mr. Palmer has any right to apply the words "unfit" and "unfair" to the judges who were selected. Surely their prominence in the community would not lead us to suspect that he is right. All three of the gentlemen in question are well known, and would seem to command the respect and confidence of their fellow citizens. Their disqualifications for such a position seem to have occurred only to Mr. Palmer. His first specification is that they are all New Englanders. This is not quite true literally...
...Freshman race from start to finish was a walkaway for the Cornell boat. Up to the quarter-mile mark the two crews were very nearly even, but from that time on the Cornell yearlings pulled steadily ahead with better blade work and superior driving power. The lead was gradually increased until the finish line, when the Ithacan '23 outfit crossed the line nine lengths ahead of the Crimson Freshmen...