Word: ascent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Compromise. The tacit accommodation is based upon mutual need. Although the Christian Democrats oppose the notion of the historic compromise, they must have the Communists' good will to pass legislation, maintain labor peace and stay in office. The Communists want a stable political atmosphere so that their gradual ascent to power will seem plausible, logical and even inevitable...
...only 15. This assault precipitated a descent into prostitution and an unfortunate marriage in which her soldier husband insisted on having a child against his wife's express wishes. "He tied me down to the bed and everything," she reveals. All of this occurred before Claudine's ascent to stardom in a series of quickies produced by France's newly burgeoning porno industry...
Harvard professors contacted by The Crimson yesterday disagreed with Pelikan's analysis. Oscar Handlin, University Professor, said he does not believe American suffers from a failure of nerve. "We show all the signs and problems of a society still on the ascent," Handlin said...
...Kubacki has not been chuckling as much as usual lately. The storybook tale of the junior's unexpected ascent to the top of the Harvard quarterback roster and the nation's offensive standings has taken a tragic twist...
...Ascent of Man, Bronowski...