Word: upper
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...nearly three hours to get there. With the aid of a map and binoculars, we finally located an empty 80-ft.-wide crescent covered with soft, salmon-colored sand. No other boat or person was in sight. Once we had anchored, our daughters made a mad dash for the upper deck in what would be the first of innumerable shrieking rides down the slide into clear 80[degree] water. Though the bow of the boat was wedged securely on sand, the water off the stern was 12 ft. deep, ideal for swimming and diving...
...there are times when the digital divide looks unfathomably deep. The phrase has become mired in the blurry realm of cliche, applied variously to women, the disabled, seniors, ethnic minorities, rural and inner-city populations. But the underlying threat is real. Technology has moved so fast that a new upper class--composed largely of the same white, affluent, college-educated males that made up the old upper class--has spurted ahead of the rest of society, mostly because they have the time and money necessary to acquire and understand the tools of the digital revolution...
...extraordinarily open and resonant space in which to hear these operatic melodies, but the style of the music and time period associated with the particular instruments and costumes of Orontea are perfectly set against the marble floors and fluted columns of the Fogg's courtyard. The upper balconies of the museum and the musicians of the orchestra are not only decorative but also incorporated into the production. Thanks to Sarah Meyers' stage direction, asides, focal scenes and orchestral interludes are not stage dependent in this amazing space. The balconies and aisles in the audience are readily incorporated into the production...
...those of us who rely on walk-up purchases on the day of the game, standing-room only tickets will likely rise in turn, up from last year's $14 level. Which means that the privilege of taking in the game from the upper ramps of the left field grandstand in between the beer and bathroom lines will now cost you more than an actual seat in the bleachers did just one year...
Pusey, who is 93, has eased out of his part-time charity work in the last few years and now spends his days in the modest Upper East Side apartment where he has lived since...