Word: ascendant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mistress Ellen is herself a toy, and she is faced, moreover, with the transformation problem endemic in all U.S. sex farce: how to ascend from playmate to helpmate in two acts and four scenes of deepening innuendo...
...subject to simple mathematical determination, McLandress has also devised a "multidimensional" formula that establishes a man's status in the American "sociometric peerage" on the basis of his calling, professional standing and prestigious activities, such as philanthropy (membership in the Kiwanis counts for little). Obviously, one way to ascend in the sociometric peerage is to establish a reputation as an authority on world affairs, and the "McLandress Solution," as he calls it, was devised to meet this need. Its secret, long treasured by professional pundits, is the "third-dimension departure," by which the McLandress client is trained...
There is an obvious reason why the Gen Ed courses have moved toward the departmental, one which the Bruner Committee and Holton observed: there is no Department of General Education, and teachers looking to ascend within their departments or professional careers find more rewarding, and easier to teach, courses with departmental content...
...beter players ascend to the Junior ranks, in either the "A" or "B" classification. This is the highest quality of amatour hockey in Canada...
Prophet Moses has a lamentable weakness for nubile girls, and his first mission fails when he tries to ascend to heaven from the top of a breadfruit tree. Instead he falls to earth, breaks his leg, and is carted off to the insane asylum...