"Head start" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... word now. "Actually, any one of them would possibly do, but we have a head start with Esperanto. Some years ago both Jack and I became avid Esperantists, being naive enough in those days to think an international language would ultimately solve all man's problems. And both Homer and Isobel seem to have a working knowledge of ...
— Border, Breed Nor Birth • Dallas McCord Reynolds
... as we four go, we all start even," continued Bob. "All that we know about radio we learned together, so nobody has a head start on the other." ...
— The Radio Boys' First Wireless - Or Winning the Ferberton Prize • Allen Chapman
... away and he sent Steven Kittles, known as the "dog man," to catch the escape. (The dogs that went in pursuit of the runaway slaves were called "Nigger dogs"; they were used specifically for catching runaway slaves.) This particular slave had quite a "head start" on the dogs that were trailing him and he hid among some floating logs in a large pond; the dogs trailed him to the pond and began howling, indicating that they were approaching their prey. They entered the pond to get their victim who was securely hidden from ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Florida Narratives • Works Projects Administration |
