Word: ascendant
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...that Alek (according to my niece, a Harvard student), graduated summa cum laude. You preferred to focus on irrelevant nonsense such as his asthmatic difficulties and likening him to the pathetic Tonya Harding. You also took a cheap shot at him by referring to how he is angling to ascend in Hollywood...
...first scene; while everything was enveloped by darkness at the commencement of the movie, and industry was the only thing visible, at the end the sun is bright and spring burgeons on screen, nature budding everywhere. From the contrast, one might assume that the characters of the film ascend from the depths of despair to at least a moderate altitude of happiness. On the contrary--what the audience undergoes could only be positively construed as tragic catharsis, where multitudes perish for the audience's emotional benefit...
...Senate, he has taken a surprising lead in the quiet but intense race to succeed the retiring George Mitchell as majority leader, the upper chamber's top job. Daschle's shrewd strategy: woo influential incumbent Senators as well as rising Democratic stars who seem likely to ascend to the Senate come November. Among Daschle's targets are two of his former House colleagues, Tennessee's Jim Cooper and Missouri's Alan Wheat...
While en route to the farthest destination to which most Crimson teams are obliged to travel in a given season, the team's bus experienced minor engine trouble and was forced to ascend hills at a brisk 10 miles per hour, giving some members of the team cause for worry...
...Madness of George III is beautifully designed by Mark Thompson. The play begins and ends as characters descend and ascend a vast staircase extending the length of the stage. The drops and set pieces that frame the rest of the scenes are simple and allow the elaborate costumes and props to stand out as the accentuating touches...