Word: ascendant
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...this country to four more years of aggression, arrogance and fiscal irresponsibility. But at least the people have spoken. Democracies may not always make the right decisions, yet it is a central tenet of our form of government that we be allowed to make mistakes. If Bush does indeed ascend to the presidency for the next four years, we hope his tenure in office will prove that the American people have spoken wisely...
...ordained women for decades. But none had yet achieved any of the denomination's flagship pulpits, the senior pastorships in what are sometimes called "tall-steeple churches." Fourth Presbyterian, with its hefty 5,300-member-and-still-growing congregation, certainly fit that bill, and Adams appeared poised to ascend. At the same time, observers were bemused by what seemed her unusual acclimation period. "Fourth Presbee is one of the great beauty-pageant churches of American Christianity," noted the Rev. Eileen Lindner, deputy secretary of the National Council of Churches, last fall. "But prospective pastors at tall-steeple churches...
...Nearby is Beynacet-Cazenac, a village of rambling cobbled streets, which ascend to a 13th century castle. Its guides do a creditable job of appearing to cherish your offspring, no matter how much their cries interrupt the history lesson. Sightseeing over, refuel at the Hotel Bonnet, tel: (33-5) 5329 5001. This converted riverside residence features a superb, child-friendly restaurant on elevated decking. Younger kids will enjoy a ride in one of the tour boats that ply this part of the river; older ones might prefer to try a canoe...
Vanserg is in Siberia. The Quad is the Gulag. You can’t ascend William James without a Sherpa. Our dinnertime conversation bears a passing resemblance to that of late-Victorian British adventurers as it degenerates into how-far-afield-have-you-gone games of one-upmanship: You had section in the Science Center? Well, I just got back from the Center for European Studies. You’ve got class in Lowell Lecture Hall? I don’t want to hear about it; I had to go to office hours in Hilles. Granted, late-Victorian British adventurers...
...verbal, quantitative and figural reasoning abilities, irrespective of any one curriculum. (In the quantitative section, for instance, a question asked students to figure out the next number in the following series: 2, 7, 11, 14, 16. You can get the answer without knowing much math. Notice that the numbers ascend by 5 (7 - 2), 4 (11 - 7), 3 (14 - 11) and so on. The answer...