Middlesbrough were clearly in the ascendancy and should have made more of a four-versus-two break.
Toulon held firm though and were soon back in the ascendancy thanks to Wilkinson's alertness.
Harrison's star is in the ascendancy after leading Salford into the play-offs for the first time last season.
In the two matches against Rangers, I felt we have been in the ascendancy and created the most chances.
The second-half began in similar fashion to the first with Blackpool in the ascendancy and Campbell dragging a shot wide.
It was Camara who put Wigan back in the ascendancy with two quick goals as the game burst into life.
These kinds of signals will tell us who is in the ascendancy.
Brazil were now in the ascendancy and in the first minute of extra time they ruthlessly punished an uncharacteristic mistake by the German defense.
In other areas, particularly policy towards trade and globalisation, the intellectual rifts are real and deepening, with sceptics on the left in the ascendancy.
Dispassionate observers must pick among both to get a clear picture, but there is no doubt that blue China is nowadays in the ascendancy.
Thorman missed a penalty after Morley was penalised for his second high tackle, but Huddersfield were in the ascendancy with replacement Robbie Paul controlling proceedings.
But Sevilla were in the ascendancy, and twice it took interventions from Chris Riggott and fit-again goalkeeper Mark Scharzer to deny Adriano Correia and Fabiano.
Regardless, United were now in the ascendancy and Chelsea looked shell-shocked.
The momentum had swung firmly in favour of the visitors and with their scrum in the ascendancy they drew level through Rodriguez's boot midway through the half.
Neither team had been able to mount a sustained spell of pressure but Paraguay did enjoy a brief period in the ascendancy shortly after the start of extra-time.
Three balls later, Yuvraj Singh, a shadow of his usual self so far in this series, got a genuine edge to Symonds and Australia were in the ascendancy again.
Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide.
Spurs were soon back in the ascendancy but West Ham's back four stood strong once more and wingers Bale and Lennon swapped sides in a bid to break the visitors' concentration.
Chelsea ended an undistinguished first half, which gave little hint of the riches to come, in the ascendancy as Lampard restored their lead from the spot a minute before the interval.
Rooney rounded off a fine move involving Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs after 24 minutes to put United in the ascendancy as they battle with Chelsea to face Inter Milan or Schalke 04 in the semi-final.
But Hull were otherwise in the ascendancy and deservedly levelled matters through Olofinjana, who collected possession from Hunt, turned past two Stoke players, opened his body and unleashed a curling strike that left Sorensen clutching at thin air.
The Bordeaux players left the field to rapturous applause, but the immediacy of the interval gave Lyon a chance to regroup and they began the second half in the ascendancy as Michel Bastos dragged off target from 20 yards.
Twitter has been in the ascendancy through its celebrity dabblers and since high profile involvement in news stories such as the Mumbai terror attacks, where aspects of its use as a journalism tool were later called in to question.
And, while United will be happy to go to Arsenal in the ascendancy and having prevented Arsene Wenger's side from scoring a crucial away goal, they will have regrets that they failed to capitalise on the superiority they exerted throughout.
Dobson, the Super League Dream Team's scrum-half of the season, booted the conversion from the touchline, and then two of his kicks, one that forced Horne to needlessly shovel the ball out of play and another that brought about a drop-out, kept his side in the ascendancy.
Such sympathy, combined with hard work, kept Texas roughly in the Democratic column far longer than seemed feasible in the years of the Bush ascendancy.
Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist were architects of the conservative ascendancy in the Clinton years, but the two men now offer visions for the future that are at odds.
This is exactly the situation top brand marketers find themselves in with the recent ascendancy of image-based social media networks like Pinterest and Instagram.
So the recent Republican ascendancy in the South means that any move to cut defense spending will do damage to a segment of the electorate that has only recently shifted its allegiance to the GOP.
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With the Brotherhood's ascendancy in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and beyond, the world is going to be subjected to a crash course in Islamist supremacism - and what it means for the rest of us.
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