Word: laddering
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...Autumn of 1997, Yau Leung was just starting to earn a minor artistic reputation when he slipped off a ladder in his studio, hit his head, and died. That the light should have left the eyes of Hong Kong's greatest photographer in so banal a manner makes contemplation of his passing especially difficult. If photographers are not felled covering disgraceful coups or scrappy jungle wars, posterity likes them to advance to gurgling senility, feted by models, retrospectives and hand-numbered editions. There is no romance in death by lapse of concentration - especially not in a man whose defining artistic...
...Edwards makes less frequent mention these days, however, of his goal of eliminating poverty within 30 years. He has taken the passions that were stirred in him by the poverty tour and moved them up the economic ladder. Rallying people to help the have-nots has given way to rallying people to help themselves. That's smart-but not especially transformational-politics...
CLIMBING THE LADDER...
...Playing in the majors is] everybody’s dream,” Wilson said. “It’s tough because when you get here you see so many good players. The minor league system is absolutely necessary to see who can keep climbing the ladder...
Execs have reportedly had an eye on him since March. He may not have auto experience, but he managed to climb the ladder at GE and to streamline Home Depot's operations without ever having worked in retail...