Word: foremost
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...believe that the UC should, first and foremost, aspire to build an undergraduate community. It should do more than just be a grants organization. As Student Affairs Committe chair, Tara has spearheaded advocacy efforts like the push for a women’s center. Furthermore, the success of the pep rally two weeks ago indicates that John, as the new chair of the Campus Life Committee, is committed to a new and effective model for social programming that is student-initiated and in partnership with the Office of the Dean of Harvard College...
...Foremost among the issues facing the IOP is its not-undeserved reputation for being populated by self-proclaimed political nuts (myself included) and dead-set future presidents. Most are white, male, and from reasonably well-off backgrounds. This is significant not because such specimens are not dedicated and intelligent people—they usually are—but because diverse people bring with them diverse views, vital to a healthy political system. If the new leadership wants to fulfill the IOP’s goal of inspiring all backgrounds of students to public service, it needs to do more...
...IOP’s Harvard Political Union (HPU) calls itself “the foremost venue for political debate at Harvard,” yet its most regular event is a weekly moderated chat with pizza—no doubt enjoyable, but somewhat missing the point. HPU Chair C.R. Sincock ’07 explained that he fears that more-formal debate, à la the Yale Political Union, would intimidate students and act as a “turn-off.” However, given that it attracts a weekly turnout of about 30 of the same students?...
...some of the most exceptional stones around, 60% of which he keeps for his company, cutting them in his factories in Johannesburg?where he employs more than 300 craftsmen?and then selling them in a network of 15 Graff stores around the world. As such, he is the foremost producer of polished stones in South Africa...
...unlikely that a majority of Virginia voters will take Affleck seriously either. First and foremost, Affleck is an outsider—a Boston native with no real ties to Virginia. In addition, the growing unpopularity of celebrity Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Ca) is likely to make voters more circumspect towards a candidate running on celebrity. Affleck also represents the northeastern brand of liberalism of which many Virginians would be wary...