Word: uppermost
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...always felt that the most important judges of TIME are our 30 million readers around the world, and I and my colleagues keep you uppermost in our minds as we produce the magazine each week. But I'd be less than candid if I did not admit that it is also nice when other journalists recognize our work in awards competitions, and this year we've won a record number, primarily for our coverage of Iraq...
...today, it's 25 for women, 27 for men. With dating starting at around 15, says David Popenoe of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University, "now you have 10 or 15 years of figuring out what to do with the opposite sex when marriage isn't uppermost in your mind." It may take them longer to get there, but most high school seniors--65% of girls and 58% of boys, according to a University of Michigan study--still say it's "very likely" they will stay married to the same person for life, numbers that are up slightly from...
...answer, but they'll also remind you that when you're busy waiting in a food line or trying to will your paycheck into keeping pace with galloping inflation, you don't have time or energy to dicker about cricket. "Sport isn't exactly uppermost in our minds," says Godfrey (names have been changed to protect the speakers), an office administrator. "We're worried about our day-to-day existence." So is Mugabe, which might explain why Zimbabwe's status as a World Cup host - and the credibility it might bring him - matters so much. The President turns...
...group that came last year, their concern was uppermost in our minds," Dingman says. "We have certainly made an effort, we have approached Faculty on our own and we have followed up on the leads others have given us. It's a challenge...
...that cleared the way for everything that would come after. It was as though he got to perform the ultimate act of synthesis: take his father's weaknesses--his sometimes excessive loyalty to people, his reluctance to fire or even confront anyone, his lack of feeling for what was uppermost in voters' minds and hearts--and apply his own instincts to solve the problem. It turned out W. was quite willing to be confrontational when it came to his father's honor--and survival. "I'm a warrior for my dad," he often says. And for once, he wasn...