Indeed, the sharp ascent of G.E.'s share price during Welch's tenure arguably owed as much to G.E. Capital as to Welch's famous management style (Fortune called him "the most widely admired, studied, and imitated CEO of his time").
In figure 1, notice the sharp ascent in batting averages for the 1993 and 1994 seasons; averages leveled off slightly for the 1995 through 1998 seasons, and then they lurched upward again for the 1999 and 2000 seasons.
He said the pilot, Theron A. Smith, appeared to have been trying a sharp ascent when the plane crashed, perhaps realizing suddenly the proximity of mountains cloaked in the clouds.
The hypersonic plane would take off using a regular jet engine, before rocket boosters kick in to start a sharp ascent, sending the plane soaring above the atmosphere.
At the end of the street was a hill with a sharp ascent, and a billboard that read, "Welcome to Maple Tree Heights".
The new album is easily traced to Streten's sharp ascent – it sounds like all emotions at once.
It's 4.30am and I am with Sion Jair, 67, and his partner, Wendy Kolbe, 63, and we are heading up the Old Man of Coniston, an 803-metre Lake District fell noted for its sharp ascent and great panoramas of southern lakeland.
It's a fairly sharp ascent — from kiddie flicks to indie flick to grade-A art-house movies — and I observed that from the outside it looked rather calculating.
Charges could complicate the presidential campaign of Mr. Kerik's friend, patron and former business partner, Rudolph W. Giuliani, a Republican, whose mentorship was partly responsible for Mr. Kerik's sharp ascent into prominence.
We've already seen some things: a marmot sunning itself on top of a ridge; a Lammergeyer, an endangered species of vulture with a nine-foot wingspan, tilting and rocking in the air, lording it over a mountain valley; a party of 16 people in their 70's, complete with dual walking sticks and sunny smiles, clambering up a sharp ascent.
But the real damage is likely to be done on the narrow twisting descents and sharp ascents around Oughtibridge and High Bradfield, the killer punch coming when what remains of the field hits Jenkin Road, a short climb within Sheffield which is so steep it has a handrail for pedestrians to cling to.
