Word: foremost
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...African leaders seem safe, at least for the time being. Foremost among them is Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta, 73, former Mau Mau chieftain who is now revered throughout the land as Mzee...
...During the 9th century, statues of healing Buddhas became popular. The 5-ft.-tall Yakushi Nyorai (see opposite page, center) is the most important survivor of the Gangō-ji temple near Nara, once Japan's foremost city. Yet, for all the sanctity surrounding it, this Japanese statue is a bold departure from traditional Chinese elegance. In this Buddha's broad shoulders, strength replaces softness. Carved from a single block of cypress, the sculpture seems to derive its rippling drapery from the wood's grain...
...countries somewhat tenuously agreed to try to smooth over their rift without removing its causes. Still, before the European Economic Community can strip away the remaining tariff barriers to farm and industrial trade among its six members, it must wind its way through a maze of outstanding issues. Foremost among them...
...CRIMSON sports staff is one of the world's foremost collections of illustrated jocks. Guys who can run one hundred in eleven seconds. Would-be basketball stars who stand 5-6, would be all-American fullbacks who weigh 145. Guys like...
...bill, proclaimed Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills, "is intended first and foremost to provide additional revenues to help sustain our operations in Vietnam." The House was unmoved...