1.   Burris and supporters believe his long years ascending the ladder of public service and politics have earned him the right to be the gubernatorial nominee.

2.   Jacob famously wrestled with an angel and dreamed of angels ascending a ladder to heaven.

3.   Politicians and journalists were able to detect which colonels were rapidly ascending the power ladder just by taking a look at which actresses they were escorting.

4.   Politicians and journalists were able to detect which colonels were rapidly ascending the ladder just by taking a look at which actresses they escorted.

5.   Still, ascending the ladder of rock stardom is an exceedingly slow, often mysterious, and entirely unpredictable process.

6.   Tens of thousands of them died in the jungles of Vietnam while King was ascending the ladder of success.

7.   Then he ascends a ladder to a room holding a huge clock bell.