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Beloved in colonial America, hard cider lost favor in the mid-19th century as crisp lagers ascended; the temperance movement and Prohibition felled cider-apple trees.

For many years, scientists believed that most bubbles developed only when magma ascended and the surrounding pressure fell.

China has increased its oil imports and stockpiles as its economy has ascended over the past two decades.

Hesitantly, the crowd of about 150 passed the newly-installed gate on the road to the camp, before stopping and chanting at its entrance, an ascending street now littered with rubble from damaged homes.

It isn’t getting easier to ascend to the highest ranks of McKinsey.