Terms need to be defined first.
"Giuliani's leadership was defined first, and sometimes only, by his ability to communicate his vision," Mr. Schrader said.
While his public image was largely defined first by the abortion issue and then by impeachment, within the House Mr. Hyde had a more complex political persona.
Although they are our contemporaries, they are defined first and foremost by being either the descendants of slaveowners or the descendants of slaves.
"Top" or "world-class" universities are defined first in terms of research, and only second in terms of their ability to attract the best students.
The majority opinion by Justice Stevens thus created a narrowly defined First Amendment exception to the federal wiretap law, which imposes liability on anyone who discloses the contents of illegally intercepted communications.
Calling a family member "Uncle Poodle" may be acceptable to Alana Thompson and her family, but where I live I am defined first and foremost by my interests and personality rather than my sexuality.
We are still told by members of this "alliance" that it's racist to oppose Robert Mugabe, imperialist to applaud Tibetan protesters, that religion is the vanguard against Enlightenment liberalism, that people are defined first and foremost by their ethnicity and religion, and that if you strongly object to these positions, you can take the door marked "neocon defector".
But the songs will continue to unwind for generations of fans, specifically for how knotty and tangled they were, reflective of a group of young men that above all else refused to be defined — first as a novelty, and now as a legacy.
Baines had excelled and Hodgson, for the first time, said there was no longer a clearly defined first-choice player for the position.
With the stated mission of expressing, and critiquing, the essence of consumer culture, which he described as "popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous and big business," Mr. Hamilton went on to create many of the paintings that defined first-generation British Pop Art.
