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• n  a person who rises (especially from bed)
  he's usually a late riser
• n  a vertical pipe in a building
• n  structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step

• The guest lists are too long, and every aunt or uncle that you don't even see at Christmas tends to want access to sit on the drum riser or something.
• He stepped to a podium on a riser and spoke for 2 minutes.
• MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Early-riser Clinton talked about tearing up Monday, touted experience as the main difference with Obama, while Obama lowered expectations, said he's "very calm .

• riser pipe
• riser pipeline
• riser main

News & Articles

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• Interbrand Releases the 3rd Annual Best Global Green Brands Report
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interbrand's 3rd Annual Best Global Green Brands Report; Toyota, Ford, and Honda are the top three brands; Nissan is the top riser.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire
• Former Picayune standout Matt Riser named interim head baseball coach at SLU
  HAMMOND -- Matt Riser, former Picayune High School baseball standout, has been named interim head baseball coach at Southeastern Louisiana University, the university announced Thursday.
  June 6, 2013 - The Biloxi Sun Herald
• Southeastern Louisiana AD Bart Bellairs resigns; Jay Artigues named interim AD
  Matt Riser will take over the baseball program as Artigues moves to AD.
  June 6, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Quotes

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• Tony Hayward in Reuters
  We have cleared the riser from the top of the wellhead and the team is working to complete the cleanup operation before we put the cap on top of the well,Hayward said, speaking to reporters at BP'S US headquarters in Houston.
• Barack Obama in ABC News (blog)
  The next steps, Obama wrote, are to direct BP "to launch a new procedure whereby the riser pipe will be cut and a containment structure fitted over the leak."
• Gil Brandt in Opelika Auburn News
  He's the fastest riser on the board, I believe,NFL.com's Gil Brandt told USA Today. "A lot of people have been working him out and come away feeling he's better than they thought."