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Word: ascends (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...occupying a site once intended for a 7-11, Gallery @ Green Street's white space beckons from within an MBTA stop. Taking the Orange Line all the way out proves rewarding as soon as you ascend the escalators to the art, all of which is made by emerging artists. A committee of nine selects work for each show, and offerings usually feature two or three artists...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf, Kirstin Butler, and Jenny Tu, S | Title: The Field Guide: Art in Boston | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...crowd is just leaving the theatre as we enter the Hasty Pudding. I spy refreshments onstage surrounded by the cast and friends. I ascend the stairs to certainly my first and probably my last appearance on the Pudding stage. Many people mill about, consuming potato chips and Sprite in formal attire...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Just Can't Get Enough: One Night, 15 Parties | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...report also found that the number of women scientists working at each stage of a scientific career decreases as women ascend the academic ladder, saying that the "the pipeline of qualified women...is drying up in graduate school...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Robin M. Wasserman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Women in the Sciences | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

Sonia, however, is no pioneer of spousal succession. Corazon Aquino and Violeta Chamorro, both widows of assassinated opposition leaders, became Presidents, respectively, of the Philippines and Nicaragua. They did not, however, get there by default. They ascended by courageously making themselves the rallying point of a revolution. The one who did ascend for no other discernible reason than having shared the great one's bed is one Mrs. Peron of Argentina. Not Evita, who became a saint after her death but never actually ruled--no, the sorriest modern case of rule by consort is Peron's third wife, Isabel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Will Have a King over Us | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...turn prodigal, and most of these smaller companies are niche players battling Cisco on only one or two fronts. Second, what makes Cisco truly great is its management. These other companies are unproven. Third, only one company has ever really competed against Cisco hand to hand without getting crushed--Ascend, which just got bought by Lucent. If you insist on a Cisco relative, Lucent, an East Coast rival, might be the ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Cisco | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

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