high climber, high rigger, tops the table, a dirigible losing altitude

USS Dirigible Akron being built 1930.

University of Chicago Booth School of Business tops the table again, while Kellogg School of Management, Stanford University and IESE Business School are high climbers


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As if they were aboard a dirigible losing altitude, GM's bosses have been frantically throwing all manner of stuff overboard — retiree health-care benefits, people, assets, new car design — to conserve $5 billion. That will get it through the year.

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altitude
noun [C]
height above sea level:
We are currently flying at an altitude of 15 000 metres.
Mountain climbers use oxygen when they reach higher altitudes.

dir・i・gi・ble

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━━ a., n. 【航空】操縦しうる; 飛行船.

形容詞

1

操縦されるか、指示されることが可能である

(capable of being steered or directed)

名詞

1

操縦可能な自己推進の飛行船

(a steerable self-propelled aircraft)

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