(the term primacy refers to primary, as opposed to exclusive, responsibility for a program). From Wordnik.com. [Npr Report On Department Of Interior Part] Reference
Its primacy is founded in the necessities the American political order. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway Presidency] Reference
Optimists might find solace in the argument that nuclear primacy is irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Superiority Complex] Reference
"The period of copyright primacy is going to end up as a huge hole in the cultural record.". From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: November 25, 2001 - December 1, 2001 Archives] Reference
Nuclear primacy is supposed to give the United States a trump card in future disputes, allowing it to reassure allies and coerce potential enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Superiority Complex] Reference
I mean, there ` s this theory called primacy and recency. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2005] Reference
Archbishop Chichele's accession to the primacy was the signal for the building of Lollards 'Tower. From Wordnik.com. [Stray Studies from England and Italy] Reference
Here is one: The writers who scoff at the idea of primacy of stories either are idiots or cannot write them. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
What does it mean exactly for priests to evangelize, in what does the so-called primacy of proclamation consist?. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Conversely, voters tend to choose the first name listed on a ballot more than they should - another phenomenon called the primacy effect. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth of the Bradley Effect and Anti-Bradley Effect] Reference
The flight instruction principle called primacy asks me to do it correctly the first time a student sees it, so she will remember it that way. From Wordnik.com. [Cockpit Conversation] Reference
Indeed, the EMH long ago produced its doppelgänger: economic determinism, that is, the primacy of processes that optimize economic efficiency (including free trade). From Wordnik.com. [Robert Teitelman: Transactions: May 17, 2010] Reference
Bestower of that primacy which is the hallmark of their destiny. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel of Faith] Reference
He said job creation was an issue of "primacy" for President Obama. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
"reflecting their common values, goals and priorities, namely the primacy of human rights and international law.". From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Chronicle - Headlines] Reference
He admits that subjective interests, desires, impulses may even have the active 'primacy' in our intellectual life. From Wordnik.com. [Meaning of Truth] Reference
Summers said another issue of "primacy" was keeping the flow of credit going to medium-sized businesses in the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
To some degree, the region's primacy is to be expected. From Wordnik.com. [The case for breaking up Washington -- and scattering government across America] Reference
All this is predicated, of course, on the primacy of genes. From Wordnik.com. [Holes In Those Genes] Reference
If anything, recent events reaffirm the primacy of American power. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle Still Soars] Reference
Europe has embraced, at least rhetorically, the primacy of deficit-reduction now. From Wordnik.com. [Course of Economy Hinges on Fight Over Stimulus] Reference
Some people tend to think that rehabilitation should take primacy over punishment. From Wordnik.com. [Prisons minister says criminals could cut jail sentences by saying 'sorry'] Reference
First, management finally woke up to the primacy of pitching in the post-season scrum. From Wordnik.com. [Perfecto] Reference
Previous financial crises so weakened the banks and S&Ls that they lost their primacy. From Wordnik.com. [Beware the Bailout] Reference
Football has undoubtedly established its primacy in the hearts of American sports fans. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Dangers In The Dawg Pound] Reference
As far back as the 19th century, there was something known as PIE -- primacy, immediacy, expectancy. From Wordnik.com. [War Stories: Is R&R Wrongheaded and Reckless?] Reference
Democrats seem to be uniting around a theme -- the primacy of global diplomacy and congressional review. From Wordnik.com. [A Defining Realignment] Reference
But we need to remember the primacy of the individual, of his or her ability to make the world a better place. From Wordnik.com. [Atlas Hugged] Reference
Egyptians had led the march of Arab modernity, and for decades they lived on that sense, and memory, of primacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Cop on the Banks of the Nile] Reference
Not joy in a neighbor's misfortune so much as the primacy of self-preservation, and relief that it's not your turn. From Wordnik.com. [Reverberations] Reference
ALL EYES ON IOWAWhat's at stake for the Democrats is primacy in Iowa, where the party's first caucuses will be held Jan. 19. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Bush, Democrats Play 'Base Game'] Reference
We speak of the rule of law, not the primacy of agriculture policy or even of diplomacy, which we know to be thoroughly political. From Wordnik.com. [No More Hacks Or Cronies] Reference
"Contact" has a kind of gallant panache, as if it's trying to restore the primacy of the American musical through pure dance energy. From Wordnik.com. [Choreographer Susan Stroman Takes Broadway] Reference
This crisis has provoked a strong sense of national unity and has given a primacy to the concept of teamwork in combating our enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: And Now, Will You Please Rise...] Reference
In Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, there isn't even a question about the primacy of the EU within the nation-states 'existence. From Wordnik.com. [Looking For An Identity] Reference
There are serious cracks in the conservative coalition, as evangelicals, fiscal hawks, neocons and classic isolationists vie for primacy. From Wordnik.com. [No Net Gain] Reference
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