lift

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The God caused the rock to grow and to lift the girls far above the ground, while its sides were scored by the claws of the angry bears.

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders

In Act One of the show, a yellow cube is lifted from a blue box, and moved across the stage.

In two cases, huge machines have been used to lift the buildings up to 30 centimeters into the air.

After all, "patty poem" gave me my love for poetry not because it was the poem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the one that hurt me the most.

This development was only possible with the introduction of electric-powered engines and lifts.

To lift a big structure like the tremont hotel, pullman would place thousands of Jackscrews beneath the building's foundation.

We've all been there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us, deeply focused on their smartphones or, worse, struggling with the uncomfortable silence.