Word: laddered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that life can still be fun without an asterisk at the end. The Kroks know that they are charming, but they are, for the most part, just looking for applause and the invitation to sing one more, not to use their charm to ooze their way up a corporate ladder. It is charm for the sake of charm, not for use as a weapon. This is what endears them, at least to their Ryder Cup audience...
...love the Consumer Product Safety Commission, nanny to the nation. They're the guys who put those impenetrable safety caps on aspirin bottles and rounded off the corners of our furniture; they're the original authors of WARNING: CONTENTS HOT and THIS LADDER IS TO BE USED FOR CLIMBING. Without the CPSC, Americans wouldn't know the dangers of rickety swing sets, toxic crayons or detachable doll's eyes. Last week the CPSC announced that parents shouldn't allow infants to sleep with them in bed, owing to the risk of suffocation, strangulation or death by "overlying"--when a sleeping...
Leading the Crimson offensive attack is tri-captain Dominque Kalil. Kalil leads the team in scoring with 18 points on six goals and six assists. That total also places her in a tie for second place atop the Ivy League scoring ladder...
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...Usually it gives them, rather subtly, a few notches up on the ladder," Salzberg says, adding that candidates with an MBA from the Business School can even expect to receive $10,000 to $20,000 more than the normal salary range...