Wes Clark chose his, and the other team, some of whom are currently in ascendency, are still trying to exact a price. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference
You assume that campaigning on issues that are not now in ascendency will have no impact on the subcomponents of the electorate: people. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Post-Mortem: McGavick v. Cantwell] Reference
Genoa is now jealous of Turin's political ascendency, which is just as sensible as would be jealousy of. From Wordnik.com. [Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.] Reference
The "loyal opposition" now seems more interested in ensuring its "ascendency" than in serving the whole of the American people. From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey R. Stone: The Republican Struggle for "Ascendency"] Reference
The clergy had also lost the ascendency which is the natural reward of superior mental cultivation. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1] Reference
But beyond all question, it is the re-establishment of this moral ascendency which is at this moment the most essential need of our country. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1] Reference
It is very strange -- mysterious even -- the kind of ascendency this lady has obtained for herself in so short a time. ". From Wordnik.com. [Lady Rose's Daughter] Reference
Thus his moral nature gradually gains ascendency over the lower. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
Mediterranean Sea as seemed necessary to insure the ascendency of. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Albany ticket would be construed as a defeat of Tilden's ascendency. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Thus, the period of mob-massacre began with the sudden ascendency of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
The lily and the rose appeared to vie with each other to gain the ascendency on her cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819] Reference
The will, too, acquires an omnipotent ascendency over him, and is the only monitor to which he yields obedience. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
It was the beginning of that evolution of the stage that culminated in the ascendency, for a time, of the melodrama. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
She was endowed with the gift of prophecy, and foretold to Zeus that one of their children would gain ascendency over. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
French ascendency was the aim of a few Prussians, headed by the king himself, who became very unpopular in consequence. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
It was an instructive example of the serene and beautiful ascendency sometimes divinely accorded to illustrious personal goodness. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Her ignoble side was too greatly in the ascendency however to make her distaste for Leslie Cairns and her tyranny more than momentary. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
Periodical changes, often depending on party ascendency and popular elections, have hitherto marked the financial policy of our Government. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Instinctual; it should now give place to the Intellect, in the second stage, the Scientific; after which it should regain its ascendency as. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
How he had taken advantage of Holt's enfeebled state to gain over him the most complete, horrible, and, indeed, almost incredible ascendency. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
And a man would need to be a very emphasized fool quite to spoil the advantages of a long line of position, privilege, and family ascendency. From Wordnik.com. [Men in the Making] Reference
Claudius prevented too great an ascendency in Italy of this second stranger and supplied a distributary to the current of popular superstition. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
"The peace of Europe, and the ascendency of England in the councils of Europe" depended upon the verdict the country was now called upon to give. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886.] Reference
It is simply the act of liberating the spiritual self from entanglement with the lower self, -- the summoning into ascendency of the higher powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
So that at the present day, with the people in ascendency, what is more probable than the perfect development of the art which most appeals to their tastes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
While Kings and Oligarchies were in the ascendency, the Standard of Right -- the King's or the Oligarchs 'will -- were based on his or their ideas of right. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
The first half of the century had fostered this ascendency through the popularity of the moral weeklies, the religious epic, and the didactic poetry of Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
When Christianity became imperial by alliance with the State, and corrupt by the ascendency of Constantine in its Councils, the number of pilgrims greatly increased. From Wordnik.com. [Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm] Reference
If really known, such a power would scarcely have been neglected; and it would have been easy to obtain thereby an ascendency over the minds of a superstitious people. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Look at any new sect springing up among us -- Look at the last example of the kind, where a peculiar religious body is forcing or feeling its way towards an ascendency. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Then she tries again to gain ascendency over Telemachos, by assuring him of her love, but though full of pity for the unhappy and beautiful woman he turns from her and flies. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
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