Word: ascendant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...want to make statues," says Fazzini, "which seem to ascend to heaven, sculptures which express the prayers and sacrifices of men in the face of infinite time and infinite space." For all his high aspirations, most of the Fazzinis on display were pleasantly down-to-earth. They were studies of athletes and dancers in double-jointed poses, modeled with a sure hand and a quick...
...Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." -Psalms...
With the world watching them, half a thousand U.S. citizens took their seats last week on Capitol Hill. They were the puzzled, troubled and individualistic members of the 82nd Congress. In a hushed Senate chamber, Chaplain Frederick Brown Harris concluded: "May there ascend from every member . . . the solemn prayer: 'So help...
...shall to heaven ascend...
...ENTERPRISING YOUNG MEN," Said the notice in the Missouri Republican-"The subscriber wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years...