Word: ascent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE ASCENT by Gilbert Rogin
...sixth-seeded Big Red began its surprising ascent by defeating the Crimson, 9-3, in both team's opening match Friday night...
...ascent to this higher consciousness demands the abandonment of an "ego sense of identification," Mahan Singh says. One's consciousness can be seen as analogous to the equation E=mc2, "with the body as the equal sign. You can convert yourself to light or to the gross physical body," he adds...
...admirably for him during his more than 18 years at CBS. He rose through the ranks simply by being more aggressive and tenacious than the competition, working as many hours a day as his assignment called for and then adding a few more for good measure. Rather's ascent was also aided by his craggy good looks-no handicap in a visual medium-and by a canny sense of what the tube could do for him. He left nothing about his on-camera appearances to chance, including apparently spur-of-the-moment remarks. "We all give prior thought...
Even in normal times gold has held a special attraction. As Jacob Bronowski wrote in The Ascent of Man: "Gold is the universal prize of all countries, in all cultures, all ages." Charles de Gaulle spoke almost lovingly of "gold, which never changes, can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality, and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value." From the biblical references to the gift of the Magi, to the modern-day totem of triumph in Olympic competition, gold holds a mystic promise. Says Smelser: "Gold resides in the subconscious...