Outside, a quick clamber up a wall ladder to the roof reveals a sculpture made of duvet covers and pillow cases, twisted on a stool.

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He flew planes for the Navy in World War II, then worked his way up the Wall Street ladder, first as a securities analyst, then as a money manager.

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Even a home-based business person has to shoulder the daily decision of upon which wall to lean the ladder.

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"They actually brought my brother to the yard of the hospital and put a ladder against the wall, " Albright remembers.

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With all the guards in the towers looking at the fight through binoculars, the two men tipped a picnic table up against a twelve-foot wall and climbed it like a ladder.

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He warned of spending lots of time building a ladder only to find it is leaning against the wrong wall.

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The boys backstroked along the length of the wall, and when the wake from a boat swept in, they clung to the ladder until the water calmed again.

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He has made sure there is a giant map on the break room wall at each of the 460 pubs in the group, showing how it is possible to climb the corporate ladder.

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