Word: ascendency
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...Russia in Europe, China in the Far East. Each would try to prevent warfare in its own sphere and avoid conflicts with the rest. If they joined in any sort of international organization it would be loose and informal. They would try to postpone another war -but would never ascend to such idealism as thinking of World War II as a war to end wars...
...between two hills we came into full view of the enemy, who could now strike us with enfilading fire. Some soldiers drove into a narrow ditch to ascend the slope, but the Colonel strode straight up the hill. As we climbed everyone grew faint, turning pale and looking at each other in the naked frankness of misery...
...Ascend to summer in the tree...
...first long hours of travel were monotonous, then: "As we near our goal we ascend to our designated altitude," reported A.P.'s Edward Kennedy. "We all look a little like Mickey Mouse in the black snouts which are oxygen masks. It is cold up here and I see that a fly which came with us has expired for lack of air. It will not be long...
...Francisco Franco ordered the creation of a new Cortes to help him manage hungry, impoverished Spain. His announcement, ostensibly timed to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Spanish civil war's beginning, coincided with Berlin reports that 29-year-old, non-hemophilic Don Juan of Bourbon would soon ascend the throne abdicated by his father, the late King Alfonso XIII. Taken together, the two developments led to one conclusion: Franco needed a whipping boy to share the onus of governing his hate-ridden people...