Word: foremost
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...wasn't exactly a smooth ride, but survive he did. Along the way, Strong, 56, whose firm, Solar Design Associates, is based in Harvard, Mass., turned himself into one of the nation's foremost experts on solar buildings. His initial breakthrough came in 1980, when he found a manufacturer to build his "integrated" solar roof. The first of its kind, it provided an alternative to the costlier--and clunkier--solar panels that are just slapped onto rooftops...
...Powhatan hoped to make the Strangers into allies, and even absorb them, not realizing until too late that the English intended to do the same to them. Chief Powhatan's people knew they had numerous advantages over the foreigners in the first few years after 1607. First and foremost, the native people outnumbered them by more than 500 to 1 in the colony's first two years. Not until the 1620s would the numbers be even. Part of this imbalance was due to the fact that there were local bugs, now unidentifiable, to which the local people had immunity...
...This is the closest you'll come to Morocco in the region," says head chef Sezai Zorlu of Maroush, arguably the foremost of the trio. Nestled in South Jakarta's Crowne Plaza Hotel, its giant brass doors open to reveal lavish tapestries and paintings, ornate lamps, plush cushions and elaborate place settings, with virtually every item flown in from Marrakech. Most of the ingredients are imported, too. "As a matter of fact," says Sezai, "the saffron we use in our rice, lamb and chicken dishes costs more per gram than gold...
...Virginia Tech shootings have cast attention on the ethnicity of killer Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean immigrant, some students are worried that the events might fuel a backlash against other Asian Americans. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Virginia Tech community first and foremost. Beyond that, a lot of us were cognizant that there could be backlash, some even feared physical backlash, for Asians and Asian Americans in the rest of the country,” said Edward H. Thai ’07, a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association...
...work was composed specifically for Haimovitz, who is recognized as one of the foremost champions of contemporary music in the world. Haimovitz also has a reputation of undertaking unconventional and adventurous concerts, such as playing works by Bach in coffee houses and clubs and performing arrangements of Led Zeppelin songs on the cello...