Word: ascendant
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...they go through auditing and take Scientology study courses, parishioners ascend levels on “the Bridge.” One of the most important levels is “clear,” when a person no longer acts reactively. Higher up, in the “Operating Thetan” levels, the Church keeps the names of the benchmarks confidential...
...Herrmann, in the end, this is might be the only logical step in a progression that has seen him ascend from seldom-used pinch-hitter to, just last year, team leader and Harvard staff...
...promotion. Chinese-language media refers to the Taiwan-born star as "small heavenly King," in deference to Hong Kong's "big heavenly Kings," four Canto-pop idols who have long dominated the industry. But Chou, who has given hip-hop a Chinese accent, may finally be ready to ascend into their realm of superstardom. Each of his first five albums has gone triple platinum, he blitzed the box office with his summer film debut Initial D and unlike most idols, he can actually write his own music. Chou will be mixing beats and ballads again in his sixth album, which...
...then. She was on a mission, though. Having already tutored her mate in the fine points of proper manners and dress ("I do not think he knew pink from blue when I married him," she once told her sister), she made no secret of her ambition to see him ascend to the presidency one day. Later, during Lincoln's unsuccessful campaign for the Senate, Mary monitored his treatment by the press, lobbied on his behalf and cheered him on during his last public skirmish with Stephen Douglas, one of her rejected romantic suitors...
...reward winners with transportation down to the line. A chili cook-off is planned along the route in Texas. Members of the feuding Navajo and Hopi Indian tribes have got together to endorse the event. Along a ten-mile stretch in New Mexico, thousands of hot-air balloons will ascend simultaneously. The chain will snake through the Pittsburgh Pirates' Three Rivers Stadium, where Pete Rose's Cincinnati Reds will be playing, so that fans and players can join hand to glove...