Word: ascent
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...handle it quietly," says TIME Washington correspondent Mark Thompson. Ironically, says Thompson, military insiders sense that no one wanted this case to be handled privately more than Kennedy. "She feels the whole thing has gotten out of hand," he says. "By complaining informally, she hoped to stop Smith's ascent - not get him kicked out." There was no reason to pursue a formal complaint while Smith's career was static, but the implications of his pending assignment may have proved too bizarre to tolerate...
...essence, entrepreneurship is a means to wealth. It is a more creative and independent means than climbing the corporate ladder, but at heart, the goal is the same in either case. It is unlikely, for good reason, that the University would support a Center for the Ascent to Middle Management. And, any special virtues that one might ascribe to entrepreneurship are undermined by the very existence of an institution like TECH. The courage, fortitude and resolve required to forge out on one's own--the very qualities that form the foundation of our respect for entrepreneurs--become totally unnecessary when...
...last year Jordanians could not tell you much about the man who is now their King, it was because his ascent to the throne was such a surprise. The eldest son of the late King Hussein was a career military officer, the longtime heir apparent being Hussein's younger brother Hassan. But in the span of two dramatic weeks exactly one year ago, Hussein sacked Hassan, named Abdullah the new heir, suffered a cancer relapse and died. Many Jordanians feared that their small country would not survive without "the father." But now Abdullah is leading his kingdom into...
...when our biological inclinations are unjust and keep them in check. So I was extremely surprised when I discovered that Plato, the most celebrated philosopher in the Western tradition and a champion of virtue and reason, believed that an appreciation for physical beauty was the first step in the ascent towards the contemplation of the abstract "form of the good...
...groups, the Millennial New Year was an excuse for attention-needy adrenaline seekers. A large group went to the South Pole to drink champagne as scientists performed their annual repositioning of the U.S. flag (glacial movement shifts the flag). After midnight, four Emory students planned to finish their ascent up Argentina's 22,834-ft. high Mount Aconcagua amid 150 m.p.h. winds and subzero temperatures. At dawn on the ever popular Chatham Islands, six people parachuted to see the first sunrise from above the clouds. At Jerusalem's Golden Gate, which some predict will be the site of Jesus' second...