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He was no longer planning to ascend hundreds of miles up the Missouri River before winter.
They ascend the academic ranks and make important policy decisions for divisions, departments, faculties, and the community.
As in the lines-of-business, actors in the studio stock system could ascend through the ranks, from extra to lead.
The hierarchy is a strict queue, meaning that members of the queue ascend in rank only when an individual in front of them dies.
Hill fog or upslope fog, as its name implies, is formed as mild moist air is forced to ascend a hill or mountain range.
Maybe we all have an inner desire to ascend towards the heavens with grace and verve.
Whoever has access to the financial means available to the opposition is able to ascend socially.
At lunchtime I ascend the stairs to the main canteen and take a noodle and stirfry meal at the subsidised price.
It is not necessary to try to ascend to a level of second-order reasons in a desperate bid to render this conception of action intelligible.
But by ascetic restraint and by introspective contemplation, the soul can ascend to its true fulfilment.
There, the rockets will link up, creating an 80-ton spacecraft that will ascend to 22,000 miles and lock into geosynchronous orbit.
After decussating, these fibers ascend in a compact, ribbon like tract called the medial lemniscus.
Muslims have begun to ascend the ladder in politics, business and the media.
They needed to prove that women were just as determined as men to ascend the corporate ladder.
But you did actually go back and ascend this rather rickety structure and made some interesting discoveries.
Whereas in Carnatic rhythms, tempos ascend in geometric progression, the corresponding changes in Kerala rhythms occur in arithmetic progression.
We began to ascend the hill and for a while we had to concentrate on nothing more than the slippery climb.
Those who ascend the summit of the mountain are rewarded with unparalleled views of the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Rift Valleys.
Scientists believe that diamonds ascend to the earth's surface in rare molten rock, or magma that originates at great depths.
The muscle's origin may not ascend above the axis or descend below the third thoracic vertebra.
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To descend a cragged mountain, however, was more difficult and dangerous than to ascend it.
The safest plan is to ascend them without too heavy an encumbrance of theories.
The fall salmon of all species, but especially the dog salmon, ascend streams but a short distance before spawning.
Two separate parties were now formed, the one to proceed up Temiscouata Lake, the other to ascend the tuladi.
When a perpendicular surface is reached, the echinus may either ascend it or not, as in the case of the Star-fish.
It was much more perilous to descend than to ascend the falls in the Essequibo.
The eagle lies for weeks famished in his eyry, and, hunger-driven over the ledge, leaves it to ascend no more.
One of the principal of these is Christiania Fjord, which you will ascend in a few days.
We can ascend only by mathematical induction, which alone can teach us something new.
Thence, pending the receipt of news from his lieutenant, he resolved to ascend the GMT to Jaunpur.
We came the same evening to the foot of it, but the day was too far advanced to ascend it.
This was to ascend the northern branch of the wild and dangerous liard River.
We ascend into their region, and know that these are the thoughts of the Supreme Being.
If the bather, on leaving the plunge bath, finds himself in the frigidarium, he must ascend the steps under hanging towels.
By this time Oliver had partially recovered, and suggested that they should ascend the winze to the top.
It would be necessary, therefore, to ascend to the sack, and stop the wastage at once.
He has heard preachers ascend to top tenor G and A, descending to C, improbable though it sounds.
This was finally settled in 1903 by the treaty of Petropolis, which provided that the line should ascend the Abuna river to lat.
The mud crept to his knees and gradually began to ascend his thighs.
The stairs that ascend to the garret are pestiferous and dingy.
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