Word: lead
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...first place, D'Annunzio is neither by birth nor by race Italian. He is no more Italian than is Trotsky Russian. Yet, unfortunate as it is, he is able to lead a small but solid part of the Italian people in his ultra-imperialistic "irredenta" policy. On the other hand, in view of the support that the Italian people are giving to the high-handed policy of the Allies in the Near-East, this is not so extraordinary...
Johnson's courage and fighting ability, demonstrated during this trial, led to his being chosen to lead the forces of good government in 1910 against the powerful political machine controlled by the Southern Pacific Railroad. He gave up his law practice and entered earnestly into the fight, running the length and breadth of the vast state in an automobile and speaking in every city, town and hamlet. In every speech he promised that-if he were elected he would immediately oust the railroad from its political connections and give the government of the state into the hands of the voters...
...Tuesday's paper is a letter endeavoring to explain the poor showing of the Democrats in the recent Harvard-Princeton ballot. I would direct Mr. Frieder to the ballot of the Literary Digest. Here, too--I don't know the actual figures--the Republicans were far in the lead, though, or because, the Literary Digest did everything in its power to make the ballot representative. The only difference is that Harvard and Princeton gave a majority to Hoover, while the Literary Digest ballot seems to indicate that the country wants Leonard Wood. GEOFFREY BOLTON...
...intervals before the films, and between pictures, J. F. Lautner will lead the class in organized singing of class and Harvard songs and popular pieces. There will also be cheering. A large representation of players from the Harvard Band will furnish the music...
...Haven interclass baseball has this year met with unprecedented enthusiasm. There are eight teams organized, a Sheffield and Academic one for each class, and more than 50 games in the series have been played. The Senior Academic nine was in the lead for the first of the season, but last week the Junior Academics, cutting down a small lead, slipped into first place...