11.   A former slave who has risen to become a leader of his unit, he is a by-the-rules Army man proud of his achievement.

12.   A so-so student, as she put it, who rose to become a partner at Cantor Fitzgerald.

13.   A once-proud people condemned to centuries of deprivation have risen to become the envy of a state.

14.   After his retirement, he continued his role as a talent spotter who recruited executives who later rose to become leaders in the investment banking business.

15.   After many a merger, Fishman rose to become the co-chief operating officer of Citigroup last year.

16.   After the war he rose to become editor of The Charlotte News in North Carolina.

17.   But he quickly rose to become the Sverdlovsk party leader on the strength of his personality and no-nonsense approach.

18.   But if Minary had days of drudgery, he also rose to become chancellor of the exchequer in the Paley court.

19.   But slave soldiers, white and black, could rise to become officers and commanders.

20.   By the beginning of the year, however, it had risen to become something again, coppery and fresh.