* In the Masters of Rome novels of Colleen McCullough, Brutus is portrayed as a timid intellectual who hates Caesar for personal reasons, foremost of them the fact that his marriage arrangement with Caesar's daughter, Julia, whom Brutus deeply loved, was dissolved in Caesar's political gamble to give his daughter's hand to Pompey to cement with him an alliance.

Poor administration is among the foremost reasons for the delays that hindered completion of the vessels.

One of his reasons for leaving was that, first and foremost, writing a serial that aired five times a week proved to be too taxing.

However, as it soon turns out, Agnes Buttle has had other reasons for being desperate, first and foremost the Reverend Chisholm's abominable behaviour.

We are acutely aware that yours is a society which, in spite of several wars and many privations, has developed itself into one of the foremost nations of the world.

First and foremost, vocational courses should not replace courses which are essential parts of the required academic program for graduation.

All of these brains contain the same set of basic anatomical components, but many are rudimentary in the hagfish, whereas in mammals the foremost part ( the telencephalon ) is greatly elaborated and expanded.

The public media are the foremost example of operating enterprises that are used in the penetrative process.

** The trunnions are located at the foremost end of the reinforce just behind the reinforce ring.

A passage in Muhtasar kitab al-buldan illustrates the division of Islamic society into strata: " First are the rulers, whom their deserts has placed in the foremost rank ; second are the viziers, distinguished by wisdom and understanding ; third are the wealthy upper classes, lifted by their possessions ; fourth are the middle classes who are attached to the upper three by culture ( ta ' addub ); the remainder are the lowest classes that are filthy refuse, a torrent of scum, none of whom thinks of anything but food and sleep.

Clement contends that while both are important, the fear of God is foremost, because through faith one receives divine wisdom.

As the foremost saint from Navarre and one of the main Jesuit saints, he is much venerated in Spain and the Hispanic countries where Francisco Javier or Javier are common male given names.

Most sing well and several are commonly seen cagebirds ; foremost among these is the domesticated Canary ( Serinus canaria domestica ).

The Roman church of San Gavino is Gavoi's foremost sacred spot, through there are eight other ancient churches in the village.

The foremost example of crusader art are perhaps the Melisende Psalter, an illuminated manuscript commissioned between 1135 and 1143 and now located in the British Library, and the sculpted Nazareth Capitals.

First and foremost, they are expected to preserve the doctrine and discipline now known as Buddhism.

Yet the spirit of the rugged saint subdued that of the polished scholar, and the works of Severus are only important because they reflect the ideas, influence and aspirations of Martin, the foremost ecclesiastic of Gaul.

Eos and Astraios will later marry and have Zephyros, Boreas, Notos, Eosphoros, Hesperos, Phosphoros and the Stars ( foremost of which are Phaenon, Phaethon, Pyroeis, Stilbon, those of the Zodiac and those three acknowledged before ).

Among the foremost modern players of the viol are Claire Bracher, Alison Crum, Vittorio Ghielmi, Jérôme Hantaï, Lixsania Fernández, Wieland Kuijken, Paolo Pandolfo, Hille Perl and Jordi Savall.

They are, foremost, about ... the kind of people we intend to be ... and the ethical and political consequences of decisions control firearms.

The foremost perspectives on magic in anthropology are functionalist, symbolist and intellectualist.

The French creoles are the foremost candidates to being the outcome of " normal " linguistic change and their creoleness to be sociohistoric in nature and relative to their colonial origin.

Before being daughter, wife, or mother, before being cultured ( a word now bereft both socially and politically of the sheen you children of frontiersmen bestowed on it ), before being sorry for the poor, progressive about public health, and prettily if somewhat imprecisely humanitarian, indeed first and foremost, you were a lady.

He was the first and, to date, is the only President of the United States to be awarded America's highest military honor, and the only person in history to receive both his nation's highest honor for military valor and the world's foremost prize for peace.

ISO 28000 is the foremost risk based security system and is suitable for managing both public and private regulatory security, customs and industry based security schemes and requirements.

Today, Thoreau is regarded as one of the foremost American writers, both for the modern clarity of his prose style and the prescience of his views on nature and politics.

One of the foremost structural engineers of the century, Dr. Colaco epitomized both structural engineering excellence and creative collaborative effort between architect and engineer.

* In 2011, new CCTV head Zhanfan " was found to have proclaimed in July January, both before the CCTV appointment in November that journalists ’ foremost responsibility is to ' be a good mouthpiece '" ( 当好喉舌工具 ).

Judas is chewed head foremost with his feet protruding and Satan's claws tearing his back while those gnawed in the side mouths, Brutus and Cassius, leading assassins of Julius Caesar, are both chewed feet foremost with their heads protruding.

The business was successful, and soon he was supplying his lamps to both Renault and Panhard-Levassor, two of the foremost automobile manufacturers of the day.

The name of the royal clan is not actually known ; the term Karakhanid is artificial-it was derived from Qara Khan or Qara Khaqan ( the word " Qara " means " black ") which was the foremost title of the rulers of this dynasty, and was devised by European Orientalists in the nineteen century to describe both the dynasty and the Turks ruled by it.

He was a prolific writer, and at the time of his death he occupied the foremost position in the UK both as a logician and as an economist.

The Musical Courier gave effusive praise to both Herbert's compositions (" refined taste, abundant melodic invention ") and his playing: " As a violoncellist, Mr. Herbert ranks with the foremost alive ".

Deforestation is the foremost threat for both Neofelis species.

Khan is the foremost structural engineer of the 20th century who left an unprecedented and lasting influence on the profession, both nationally and internationally.

In terms of the latter criterion, he always applied " the same basic formula " in that, first and foremost, the player must have both ability and courage.

A friendly group, the orchestra consists of both amateur and professional players who rehearse on a weekly basis, first and foremost, for the enjoyment of playing together.

Theology stands in contrast to the philosophy of religion and religious studies in that, generally, the scholar is first and foremost a believer employing both logic and scripture as evidence.

The foremost of these emerging powers were Japan after the Meiji Restoration and the United States after its civil war, both of which had been minor powers in 1815.

As Australia's foremost motion picture industry association, AFI promotes the Australian film and television industry and plays a central role in the way in which the Australian film industry is known and understood, both locally and internationally.

He advocated a sweeping reform of the army, including the abolition of the purchase of commissions, and both in and out of parliament he was the foremost supporter for many years of the extension of the county franchise.

" SF Site's Rich Horton agreed that Clute is " a man known first and foremost as a critic, and moreover a man known for his formidable intelligence and vocabulary, and his enjoyment in wielding both ... anyone familiar with John Clute's critical work will know that his prose is not simple, though it is precise and at its best exhilarating.

Furthermore, and foremost, white supremacy remained entrenched in most every institution that existed in the US, and these racist beliefs, both subtle and overt, precluded the white labor movement from recognizing the black workers or its organized fronts.

This affirmation of freedom ( first and foremost fiscal franchise ) from both the Empire and the Papal States, however legendary, has always been the inspiration of the tiny republic.

Having conducted considerable research, she is one of the foremost experts on treecats, and is a descendant of and in-part named after Stephanie Harrington — who was the first human to bond with Treecats when she figured out what was occurring in the Great Disappearing Celery mystery and ambushed Climbs Quickly in the act of treecat burglary — surprising both races with the resultant bonding that nearly ended the life of both sapients.