Word: foremost
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...King Charles IV of Spain in 1803. Returning to Latin America in 1807, he led the wars of independence that cost the Spanish throne some of its richest New World possessions and established Bolívar, a lover of fine horseflesh and handsome women, as one of the foremost machos of history...
...That Is Deterrence." In his field, Power is an expert among experts. He has read and remembered virtually everything ever written on nuclear weaponry and strategy. Missouri's air-minded Senator Stuart Symington has called him "one of the world's two foremost authorities on strategic airpower"-the other being Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay. At 58, Powers is the oldest bomber commander still on duty; under his control are hundreds of long-range missiles and a fleet of 1,400-odd Strategic Air Command bombers that account for perhaps 90% of the free world...
...cold war "thaws" have proved to be only interludes between freeze-ups. But this time some Western diplomats thought they detected the promise of a thaw deeper and more durable than its predecessors-largely because Khrushchev now has compelling reasons to work toward a long-term easing of tensions. Foremost among them is his bitter doctrinal struggle with Red China. The gravity of that dispute was dramatically underscored by the contrasting cordiality of the East-West talks and the glum hostility that shrouded the Sino-Soviet parleys in Moscow. Also prodding Khrushchev to produce a test ban treaty...
...Fistful of Dust. Foremost among the doubters is a longtime moon-race skeptic, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Says Ike: "Anybody who would spend $40 billion in a race to the moon for national prestige is nuts." California's Democratic Representative Chet Holifield has grumbled about "moon madness." The Senate Republican Policy Committee expressed doubts about the value of "a fistful of lunar dust...
...moved relentlessly forward last week, the most significant development was that the white clergy, which in the past has played a sympathetic but generally nonactivist part, threw itself wholeheartedly, and even physically, into the struggle. Priests and ministers, rabbis and rectors were on the march. The U.S.'s foremost Presbyterian official was jailed-along with other church leaders of different denominations. Nuns appeared on civil rights picket lines. Several thousand miles from the U.S., in Vatican City, Pope Paul VI expressed his keen interest and concern for the civil rights struggle in America. He told visiting President John Kennedy...