Word: foremost
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...which stand to make his legacy an impressive one. Surely, he's had his failings--an aborted attempt in the late 1970s to save money by criminating hot breakfasts in the Houses is perhaps the most memorable example. But what House Masters and others who recall his successes mention foremost is Fox's establishment of the current form of the House system, quite a contrast to the dissociated setup of three-and four-year Houses and a mixed-class Yard left over from before the Harvard-Radcliffe merger...
...Paul: "The Pope believes that the youth of today demand a crystal-clear presentation of the Christian message and resent it when their bishops try to accommodate them by watering down that message." New York Archbishop John O'Connor says that in appointing bishops, John Paul looks first and foremost for "a very clear articulation of church teaching...
Murray, now widely recognized as one of America's foremost comedians, has moved rapidly into the limelight in recent years. After spending his salad days with the Second City comedy troupe and "National Lampoon" magazine, Murray achieved his early popularity in 1975 as a Not Ready For Prime Time Player on NBC TV's "Saturday Night Live...
...behalf of these causes helped salvage her public image after an awful stretch at the start of Reagan's presidency. "The first year was a terrible year," she says. "That year is almost wiped out for me. There were all of those personal things that happened." First and foremost was the attempt to kill the President. "The little episode that happened to me on March 30th," says Reagan, "she didn't get over it as quickly as I did." Then, in 1982, her beloved stepfather died, devastating her. That winter she had a cancer removed from...
This is good news. It suggests that they no longer see their foremost task as aiding and abetting the wearisome sameness of mechanization. Whether they design office buildings or chairs, suburban homes or personal computers, their aim seems to be to play down the technical aspects and emphasize "the human factor." The most notable design achievements of 1984 imply, in fact, that good design has little to do with style. Instead, it has to do with improving our living spaces, making them interesting yet harmonious, cheerful yet dignified, efficient yet relaxing...