Word: ascendant
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...could not be more pleased with the candidates’ experience and energy. I know the coming board will ascend to even greater heights,” he said...
...monarch of Japan. It has taken Naruhito and Masako more than eight-and-a-half years to produce their first child; Naruhito's younger brother, Akishino, 37, has two daughters and no son. Under the current laws, after Naruhito, Akishino and an uncle, no one is in line to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne. "I have to say I was disappointed it was a girl," says Naomi Shiraishi, who stood in line Saturday night buying special commemorative crackers near Masako's childhood home in Tokyo's Meguro ward. "I hope she gives it another shot, and that next time...
...believe that Jesus has returned as a plain-looking, 30-year-old Chinese woman who lives in hiding and has never been photographed. They credit her with composing a third testament to the Bible, writing enough hymns to fill 10 CDs and teaching that Christians who join her will ascend to heaven in the coming apocalypse. They see signs of doom everywhere, from the perfidy of Communist Party propaganda to anthrax spores in the U.S. postal system. According to one of the group's Chinese leaders who uses the alias "Peter" and moved to New York City last year...
Vanzant's books promote an unabashed, if cafeteria-style, spirituality: her New York Times No. 1 In the Meantime asks readers to ascend to the "attic" of their souls, "where the Christ lives...where Buddha lives...where Krishna, Muktananda and the archangels Michael, Ariel, Uriel and Gabriel live." She runs the Inner Visions Institute, an organization based in Silver Spring, Md., that sponsors events like the "Wonder Woman Weekend...centered on the One Mind, One Spirit, One Life of the Creator" ($800 for the weekend, not counting lodging). Call it religion or, as Vanzant prefers, "faith," too much could...
...meanwhile, did not ascend the ranks quite so quickly, but they took another big step in the right direction nonetheless. Under second-year Coach Peter Brand, the Crimson compiled an 8-9 overall record, a major improvement over last year's finish...