ascenseur

And this is from the Times of London: In practice, France turned its back on the minorities, shunting them into suburban cités denying access to the so-called ascenseur social social elevator that was supposed to lift immigrants into the mainstream.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 As'ad 2005

"ascenseur," nicely upholstered and lighted by electricity.

The Jolliest School of All Angela Brazil 1907

I watch the legumes being lowered, via an ascenseur that just appeared, out of the floor, from beneath a large tile — next towhere the driver is sipping his complimentary crème.

Alps 2010

I watch the legumes being lowered, via an ascenseur that just appeared, out of the floor, from beneath a large tile — next towhere the driver is sipping his complimentary crème.

Cafés 2010

I watch the legumes being lowered, via an ascenseur that just appeared, out of the floor, from beneath a large tile—next towhere the driver is sipping his complimentary crème.

Alps 2010

In practice, France turned its back on the minorities, shunting them into suburban cités denying access to the so-called ascenseur social (social elevator) that was supposed to lift immigrants into the mainstream.

Melting pot v. bouillabaisse « BuzzMachine 2005

Il est vrai qu'en deux jours j'ai beaucoup ecrit alors oui je vous conseille grandement de descendre le petit ascenseur a droite de cette fenetre pour, si vous le desirez, rattraper votre retard en ce qui concerne ma vie bloguesk

pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

We arrived almost immediately at the door of the ascenseur, and it deposited us by the station platform.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

While we have many varieties of these, we must give credit where it is due, and the _ascenseur Edoux_ of Paris is the original of all those in which the cage is placed upon a plunger that descends into a vertical cylinder into which water is forced to elevate the plunger, and from which it is withdrawn to allow the plunger and cage to descend.

Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Various

Dropping the thing into my pocket, I made for the _ascenseur_.

The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936