Sentence examples for head a contingent from inspiring English sources

Fred Wilpon, the Mets' owner, will head a contingent of team officials greeting the left-hander Tom Glavine this morning at Westchester County Airport for a much-anticipated tour.

In early 1956, he accepted a temporary assignment to head a contingent of writers to cover the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for Time, Inc.'s fledgling Sports Illustrated, started two years earlier by Luce.

Bode Miller finished second to Michael Walchhofer of Austria in the classic Saslong downhill on Saturday in Val Gardena, Italy, reviving the defense of his overall World Cup title and heading a contingent of five Americans finishing among the top 10.

He himself, a former Marine sergeant of Vietnam War vintage, carried a huge flag as he marched at the head of a contingent called Veterans for Peace.

Now, brought to this country by NBC for two half-hour specials, the "Spitting Image" puppets focus their refreshingly unfettered satire on a host of American notables, with Ronald and Nancy Reagan at the head of a contingent that includes both Republican and Democratic luminaries, supported by an all-star cast of this year's ensconced celebrities.

Those two colts head a Baffert contingent that could give the Hall of Fame trainer yet another Kentucky Derby victory.

TWO world indoor record holders, Christine Wachtel and Thomas Schonlebe, will head an elite contingent of former East German athletes making an appearance at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 1. Wachtel, 26 years old, holds the mark for 800 meters (1 56.40) and Schonelebe, 25, has the world indoor record for 400 meters (45.05)...

Then a head usher led a contingent of pallbearers down the aisle to rehearse the climactic moment of the fast-approaching funeral.

If the police keep them away from the Brooklyn Bridge, a contingent heads toward Times Square.

To Lithuanians, Zappa is like the Mencken of rock -- a true iconoclast". At Aranaga's suggestion, a contingent headed by Paukstys targeted Baltimore.

And the next morning a contingent of them headed to Los Angeles International Airport for a flight to Acapulco, where they would board the Royal Princess.