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  • 31Upward Bound High School — in Hartwick, New York was the first alternative education program in Otsego County, New York. Created by English teacher Mike Newell and principal Mark Rathbun, the school was first located in the basement of a Unitarian church in Oneonta, New… …

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  • 32Upward continuation — is a method used in oil exploration and geophysics to estimate the values of a gravitational or magnetic field by using measurements at a lower elevation and extrapolating upward, assuming continuity. This technique is commonly used to merge… …

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  • 33Upward Spiral — is a term used by Paul Kennedy in his book The Rise and Fall of Great Powers to describe the continually rising cost of military equipment relative to civilian manufactured goods. According to Kennedy there is an upward spiral at work in all… …

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  • 34upward mobility — ☆ upward mobility n. movement from a lower to a higher social and economic status * * * …

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  • 35upward curve — index boom (prosperity) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 36upward trend — index boom (prosperity) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 37upward mobility — ☆ upward mobility n. movement from a lower to a higher social and economic status …

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  • 38upward mobility — noun : the capacity or facility for rising to a higher social or economic class of society • upwardly mobile adjective * * * upward mobility noun The (desired) state of the upwardly mobile, those people moving (or attempting to move) to a higher… …

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  • 39upward, upwards — As an adverb or adjective, upward means toward a higher amount, degree, place, level, or position : The stock market moved upward. Today, the market is having an upward turn. Upwards should not be used in either of these sentences. The phrases… …

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  • 40upward mobility — upwardly mobile UK US adjective ► someone who is upwardly mobile is moving or has moved into a higher social position, usually because they are earning more money: »These top of the range models are targeted at young upwardly mobile professionals …

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