Word: upwards
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Well, maybe. But it will give me a warm feeling to think that some day in the future, as some child looks upward at the stars and asks himself, "God, why am I here?", the answer will be an unknowable truth that only I will harbor: "Because of Fury...
Description: Number of families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children in millions 1960-1985. Upward graph against artwork of faces...
...chairman of J. Walter Thompson, the fifth largest advertising agency in the U.S., Joseph O'Donnell was one of Madison Avenue's golden boys. During his ten years at the agency, he had raced ever upward through the ranks. At the start of the year O'Donnell at 44 had defeated several rivals to become the chief at Thompson and the heir apparent to Don Johnston, the 59-year-old chairman of the J.W.T. Group, the holding company (estimated 1986 sales: $650 million) that owns the ad agency. Further triumphs seemed assured...
Investigators said Pilot Chester Baker, owner of the Mooney, and Instructor Paul Lietz had been practicing "touch and go" landings and takeoffs at an airport near Kearns, Utah. At about 12:50 p.m. Baker touched down briefly, then lifted off and climbed sharply upward. The Metro, en route from Pocatello, Idaho, with six passengers and two crew members, was about to make a turn for its approach to the international airport...
...third of the three Rs, American students would seem to have turned around in recent years. Since 1980, standardized math test scores have been tilting upward. The best mathematicians among U.S. collegians have performed strongly. Says University of Michigan Psychologist Harold Stevenson: "Teachers, parents and children all think they are doing just fine...