Word: laddered
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King, 51, is enjoying the fruits of a long climb up the broadcasting ladder. Born Larry Zeiger in Brooklyn, the son of a neighborhood bar-and-grill owner, he broke into radio literally at the bottom, sweeping the floors at a small station in Miami. He soon became a disk jockey and by age 25 was doing his own morning talk show from Pumpernik's restaurant. A variety of financial problems interrupted his radio career in the early 1970s. But in 1978, Mutual offered him a job as host of a fledgling all-night talk show. Starting with just...
Consider Haviland’s rise up the ladder a continuing phenomenon. In six appearances this year, he has held opponents to just a .211 batting average, best on the Crimson for a pitcher with 15 innings or more...
...Republican political consultant. "Voters aren't ready to go to the ramparts over them, but Arnold realized that these were the things standing in his way if he was really going to change the system. Unlike most politicians, he hasn't spent 20 years working his way up the ladder, waiting for the chance to be Governor. If he's not successful in passing some of these, I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to not run for a second term in 2006. He'll just go home...
...might not have even set foot in a traditional classroom at all. But above all, we can tell parents that the happiest students we know did not burn out in early childhood from constant pressure to succeed, to beat ever increasing odds to reach the next rung of the ladder...
Investigations during the next twelve hours, while the entire Atlantic seaboard mobilized public and semi-public posses to catch the kidnappers, revealed no vital clue. A ladder in three sections was discovered abandoned in shrubbery near the house. Officials satisfied themselves that it was the one used to gain access to the nursery. Contrary to original report, the female footprints found nearby have never been connected with the crime, might have been made by servants or family on routine missions about the grounds. Two sets of male footprints--sizes No. 8 and No. 10--were found about the ladder...