An ascendant trend was observed.
As is Lethem's generous habit, all six essays honor writers who, except for the then-ascendant Bolaño and of course West ("the great precursor to Heller, Pynchon, Philip K. Dick, Colson Whitehead and so much else"), have been underpraised.
The next in line is the Ascendant Prince.
When it opened in 2004, the course was a charming oddity that reflected the ascendant optimism of the time and seemed to point toward a brighter Afghan future.
Among the political class, apprehension and dread remain ascendant.
China 2.0 is the exciting moment we are living in today, the ascendant China of the 21st century with its gleaming airports, golf courses and five-star hotels.
They have been called the super-coaches: the Grand Slam heroes of a generation ago, hauled away from the golf course and commentary box to adorn the entourage of today's ascendant stars.
Like Lawrence, he is in the ascendant, but it seems possible, if you inspect his big-budget roles, that he might yet veer off course.
And of course there are parallels with Affleck's own career, which has not exactly been in the ascendant of late.
There is a bizarre contrast between the falling flaccidity of the failed face and this ascendant diabolical fork of hair; the word that comes to mind is surreal or Dalí-esque, though of course it was Dalí who adopted Philip's look.
You don't hear that.Bagehot: The ascendant forces in this election are mostly on the left, in Scotland, even under this Labour party leader, and of course the Greens.
