Three steps had been lifted to prevent the dogs from ascending them.
By their very existence, these women attack the norms and assumptions that bar other women from ascending to power on their own.
Now, Mr. Zuma could forcefully declare himself vindicated, the "political conspiracy" to keep him from ascending to the presidency revealed to the world in an unmistakable light.
And, at the same time, police officers with scooters blocked the marchers from ascending a flight of stairs to the High Line, saying the park was closed.
They were well-liked, and did not appear to be part of the "blister pack," as one club member put it, a term that refers to those who get blisters on their hands and feet from ascending social ladders.
Such systems tend to employ two braking systems for each elevator, one to prevent the cab from falling and the other, sometimes less reliable, to prevent it from ascending.
At the great cubic stone structure that Muslims call Haram al Sharif and Jews know as the Temple Mount, heavily armed police officers in riot gear stopped tourists and other visitors from ascending to the plaza of the ancient mosques.
King Fahd, it is said, is carefully preserved on the throne by his brothers, particularly the defence minister, Prince Sultan, and others determined to prevent Abdullah from ascending it.
The southeast trades meet the northeast trades in the intertropical convergence zone, a region roughly centring on the Equator and characterized by heavy showers resulting from ascending warm, moist air that is being continually replaced by moistened trade-wind air.
A retired army general, Hosam Sowilam, recently said the army would step in "with force if necessary" to stop the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group, from ascending to power.
Infections result from ascending polymicrobial contamination of the surgical site from the vagina and endocervix.
