Dawkins style atheism was in ascendence during the 19th century with its mechanistic view of the universe and the "progress" of mankind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behe vs. Dawkins] Reference

"Startling" is not the right word for Guiliani's ascendence, "frightening" is a better word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Giuliani Holds Big Lead Among Conservatives] Reference

One of the most significant demographic trends over the past half-century is the ascendence of people who are single.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bella DePaulo: Single Boomers: Marketing Myths and Mistakes] Reference

Hezbollah's post-war ascendence was the most visible and troubling sign of Israel's seemingly unprecedented military weakness and strategic blundering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Levine: Who Killed Pierre Gemayel?] Reference

I'm not so naive to think that looks don't matter, let's not make too much of looks alone, or contribute further to their ascendence in popular culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quote Of The Day II] Reference

The modern business PAC system started in the late 1970s, and I don't think it's a coincidence that corporate power began its (renewed) ascendence in the 1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matt Stoller: Bad Karma for Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg] Reference

On the other hand, with national center-Left Democratic ascendence the remaining old time Southern conservative Democrats will be in deep trouble and pretty obsolete.    From Wordnik.com.  [Novak: 2008 Could Be "Disaster" For GOP] Reference

We've been O lovers for decades now, but the vowel has really come into its own with the ascendence of twin names Oliver and Olivia to the top of the British popularity list.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pamela Redmond Satran: Baby Names 2011: The Hottest Trends] Reference

I'm reminded that Joseph's brothers who had left him for dead, did not recognize him when they saw him again, long after his escape from his perils and his triumphant ascendence to power and glory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By The Vice President At Jubilee Bells Show In Israel] Reference

Given his rocketing ascendence and rock star status, he and his campaign still come off as relatively grounded to me, at least compared to the sense of frustrated entitlement that seems to ooze off of McCain constantly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not so fast « BuzzMachine] Reference

She had been indigent, neglected, oppressed since the days that her husband had no longer been feared and powerful, and she thought that the term of her ascendence would return when her son had determined to play the part of his father.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chronicles of the Canongate] Reference

It also marked the beginning of San Jose's ascendence to regular-season dominance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kuklas Korner] Reference

"(We can) help them learn the lessons that we've seen over the past half decade of Web 2. 0's ascendence.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNET News.com] Reference

And like so many modern scourges, the phenomenon's recent ascendence can perhaps be laid at the door of the Casanova of our age, Mystery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jezebel] Reference

Federer's ascendence has made me fall in love all over again with the sport and I feel privileged that I've been able to watch him play in his prime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tennis-X.com :: Xtreme Tennis News] Reference

(3GPP) is now de facto favorite to become the technology that forms the basis of 4G networks, and that sense of ascendence was plainly on display at the show.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unstrung:] Reference

We can guess the book will be full of the usual Ann Coulter material, slightly updated for a new age of Democratic ascendence, but what is the over-arching theme?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gawker] Reference

And its ascendence in markets like cell phones and who knows what else in the future may impose a new focus on more consumer-friendly parts, software, and services.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference

During this session the Schuyler party had the ascendence, and on all questions having a political aspect the names of Alexander Hamilton, Richard Varick, C. Livingston.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete] Reference

The Tempest is as much about the Winter Of Discontent, the fall of Labour and the ascendence of Thatcher's 'no such thing as society' as it is a dream of regretful Englishness.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

During this session the Schuyler party had the ascendence, and on all questions having a political aspect the names of Alexander Hamilton, Richard Varick, C. Livingston, Nicholas Bayard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of Aaron Burr]

Friday was again reflecting this disconnect between the U.S. market outlook and Berkshire's trading, with the big U.S. indexes close to flat on Friday while Berkshire continued its share price ascendence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

After the horrors of King Leopold's years, which saw the European power pull out prematurely leaving just 11 Congolese graduates in the whole country, there came a moment of hope with the political ascendence of Patrice Lumumba.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from Ekklesia] Reference

In this internal conflict, however, it was remarked, what an ascendence his enterprising genius had over his prudence, and how the former so disposed matters as to give birth to circumstances which must necessarily hurry him away.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812] Reference

A young, star-struck Japanese couple, a rebel without a cause, and a comically stoic widow traverse the remnants of a mythic city in a mythic America in search of the reflected glory of the nearly mythic but everlasting moment of its ascendence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper] Reference

You see the position of the moon in regard to Saturn, and the ascendence of Jupiter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quentin Durward] Reference

 I figured that we’d see the brief Mortal Kombat competition end with Danny Rand’s ascendence and that would be it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Review: Immortal Weapons #3 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference

The other day I wondered what the reported ascendence of Jim Steinberg to deputy secretary of state meant for Richard Holbrooke’s job prospects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Career Opportunities, The Ones That Never Knock | ATTACKERMAN] Reference

Saturn, and the ascendence of Jupiter. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quentin Durward] Reference

But the ascendence of Twitter got me thinking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Derek Powazek] Reference

Darksong in ascendence?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spellsong War]