10 Nov 2012 23:13
David Petraeus. A Brilliant Career With a Meteoric Rise and an Abrupt Fall
Tony Watt, Scottish footballer. Dream night against Barca caps meteoric rise for Watt
Justin Welby. New Archbishop of Canterbury: Justin Welby, the meteoric rise of an ‘astonished’ former oil trader
Eben Etzebeth. Young Etzebeth’s meteoric rise
* See “METEORIC RISE” at Michael Quinion’s excellent site, World Wide Words.
November 18th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Wonder if the meteoric rise in rhetoric corresponds to the Leonids meteor shower peaking 11-17-2012 with about 12 meteors per hour……better check if anyone rises or falls during the Gemenids December 13th 2012 with 100 shooting stars per hour.