Word: foremost
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...Hugh was first and foremost a storyteller. He had, all through his long career, a great eye for the telling detail and the humorous, often incongruous anecdote that illuminated the humanity of the powerful. I loved watching him regale a group with tales of everything from Lyndon Johnson's hydra-headed shower to the old Yale baseball mitt that the first President Bush kept in his desk in the Oval Office. People-important people, ordinary people-liked to tell Hugh things. He was trustworthy and fair-minded, and they could sense that. For all his time in Washington, Hugh never...
...seem so appealing. The fact of the matter is that many students leave school happy to have the Harvard name to slap on job résumés but look back with mixed feelings on their social experiences.Harvard’s responsibility should be, first and foremost, to the students paying money to attend. It should be our opinions that Harvard cares about. Even from a strictly business standpoint, fostering good feelings with its graduates can only help Harvard, since we conceivably will be the ones adding to the record endowment years down the road...
Despite having widened his target demographic, Flynn insists that the festival is still “first and foremost catered to Irish and Irish-American consumers” as a way to celebrate Irish culture and accomplishments. He also lists more discerning viewers with a taste for non-mainstream, art-house movies as a secondary audience...
...research are obvious. Syriana's characters--from would-be Arab princes to American oil traders, CIA agents to terrorists--behave in exquisitely detailed and complicated ways. They cross paths and challenge one another's assumptions, just as Gaghan's were challenged. Of course, Syriana is entertainment first and foremost. It just happens to feel true...
...shows.The final constraint faced by HCC is the limited availability of appropriate venues at Harvard. There is no ready-made concert venue, but merely spaces used for other events that the HCC must convert. Sanders Theatre’s seating is limited; Lavietes and Gordon Track are first and foremost athletic arenas and are only available through the kind cooperation of Harvard Athletics. The primary use of these venues requires that concerts happen on off-days, namely Sundays. While the planning process can take over six months, the success of the show is based on the execution of those plans...