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  • n  a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
  • n  support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

  • In a modern holding company pyramid, as in a modern apartment house, when the elevators break down there are always the stairs.
  • She has no idea whether to take the stairs now or wait for official orders to do so.
  • I stand on the iron stairs leading from an air bridge to the tarmac of Manila airport.
News & Articles

  • One Direction: Early Morning Studio Session
    One Direction makes their way into the studio on Wednesday morning (June 12) in Miami, Fla. The guys – Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne – played it cool as they made their way up the stairs. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of One Direction “Can’t believe we released [...]
    June 12, 2013 - Just Jared Jr.
  • New psychiatric 'home' nearly ready
    The Middlesex Therapeutic Community Residence (entrance pictured) is nearing completion and will house seven residents. / EMILY McMANAMY/FREE PRESS MIDDLESEX — The stark white siding and the aluminum stairs and ramp leading to the front door of the Middlesex Therapeutic Community Residence don’t signal the hominess that the Department of Mental Health hopes to create in this soon-to-open long ...
    June 11, 2013 - The Burlington Free Press
  • Hinsdale Youth Center receives a fresh coat of paint
    HINSDALE The stairs in the Youth Center in Hinsdale are getting a facelift, courtesy of Chris Ray, 16, a member of Boy Scout Troop 10 from the Union Church of Hinsdale. Ray has recruited fellow Scouts and friends to help him earn Eagle Scout rank. Q. What is your project?A. We are taking up the carpeting and painting the stairs and painting the doors. Q. Are you handy with work like that?A. I ...
    June 10, 2013 - The Doings Hinsdale
Quotes

  • Misty May-Treanor in Kansas City Star
    I heard a pop,said May-Treanor, who was practicing in the show's ballroom with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy when the injury occurred. "I was doing the Lindy Hop. I thought I flew out of control and hit the judges' stairs, or it felt like I...
  • Taylor Swift in Access Hollywood
    This is my first time walking up those stairs to accept a Grammy on national television,a seemingly stunned and speechless Taylor said, as she accepted the award for Best Country Album for "Fearless."
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington Post
    Senator Obama' says hes getting tired of the campaign. His supporters say they want it to end,"" Clinton added. "Could you imagine if Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those stairs and said, 'Well, I guess that''s about far enough?' That"s...

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