Word: leaded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...straight road. The snow was under my feet and beating against me. Behind there were men following, silent and swift, while I could hear myself panting for breath. How the wind held me back! I knew they were gaining, yet I could not run faster. My feet seemed like lead. I only staggered over the ground. Still my pursuers came on. Now they were up with me. They were reaching out their hands...
Lehigh has followed the lead of Harvard, and established a college orchestra...
...attitude of the committee upon this matter is not difficult to understand. They felt that the experiment of a students' executive committee would be a very doubtful one. It had also to be considered that asking the faculty for too much might lead to the rejection of the whole plan of having conferences. Under these circumstances the decision of the meeting was probably a wise one. It leaves the question of executive power still open; and the probability is that, if the committee is established, and shows itself worthy of confidence, it will have executive power conferred upon...
...discus throwing, the Greeks had a record of ninety-five feet, but the weight of the discus which was used is not known. A year or two ago, discus throwing was introduced at Harvard, and Kip, '83, threw 80 feet, with a discus made of oak, weighted with lead, weighing four pounds...
...Yale has at last organized a co-operative society, and it cost her a pang, no doubt, to follow the lead of her rival, Harvard; but her good sense perceived the advantages of co-operation which are manifest wherever it has been tried," says the Student...