Word: laddered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Five ambulances, two rescue fire trucks, a fire engine and a ladder engine were on the scene, as well as numerous police cruisers...
Sliding down hill and up dale on a T-bar, dangling from a helicopter's ladder (a proudly prolonged sequence), landing on the hood of tiny sports car--you have to admire their nerve...
...program they founded to launch businesses in underdeveloped areas. In the past 17 years, they have jump-started 52,000 enterprises in 113 countries by funneling grants directly to impoverished families. Says Mildred: "There is a way to end poverty by helping people help themselves up the economic ladder...
...contacts from Ole Miss, where he was head cheerleader, Lott won with 55% of the vote and never looked back. In 1988 he became only the second G.O.P. Senator from his state since Reconstruction and soon leapfrogged over far more senior Republicans onto the top rungs of the leadership ladder. After the Republican sweep of 1994, he even challenged Dole's personal choice for whip, Alan Simpson, beating him by one vote...
...taking the first step in the ladder," he says. "All things are possible...