Word: laddered
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...Preethi Mukundan sealed the point with an 8-3 victory of their own at No. 3, while Bergman and Lingman—who remain ranked No. 18 nationally despite seeing limited action on the court together due to injuries—encountered stiff resistance at the top of the ladder in Shelah Chao and Rachel Shweky after seizing a 3-0 lead, but, with the point already won, finished the pairs shutout...
...Wang—forced to move up in the ladder due to injuries to Bergman and Susanna Lingman—had an easier time defeating her singles opponent, as she registered a 6-2, 6-1 straight...
...fifth spot on the singles ladder, the Crimson’s Alli Pillinger notched a win in her first match after returning from a four-month stint on the disabled list. Her 6-1, 6-1 victory pushed the Harvard lead...
...that big thinking, al-Qaeda was an inconvenience at best. Strategy so overwhelmed tactical thinking in the Bush Administration that practicalities of any sort-except the military details of an Iraq invasion-were bumped down the ladder to deputies. The terrorist threats that were setting George Tenet's and Dick Clarke's hair on fire in early 2001 took a backseat to "brilliant" strategic notions like responding to the Cole by "doing something about" Saddam Hussein. Even the Aug. 6 memo to the President from the CIA, which was titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in U.S.," was seen...
Windows looking out onto Mt. Auburn street, no longer obstructed by the criss-crossing polygons of Real Taco, fill the room with light. Customers filed past a large black and white photograph of a man in a Mexican hat, passing a ladder leaning next to the door—a sign that decorating is still in progress...