uppermost

The “Ship” is the uppermost part, and that sits atop a booster called Super Heavy.

So filmmaker Ali Abbasi’s new biopic “The Apprentice” describes its dominant figure, a New York and Washington, D.C., power broker who lies, cheats, charms and browbeats his way into the uppermost ranks of American business and government.

Now it is the 2020s that we claim to be the last chance to avert catastrophic consequences, with climate change uppermost in our minds.

"The board members are resolute that equine welfare must always be placed uppermost and at all times," they said on Thursday.

And once again, I missed the gentle hand of the old widow, who had nursed me to health when I was sick; the protection of Brother Ferz, who let me read all his precious books; and even the hiding place in the uppermost branch of my almond tree.