"I miss Sudan all the time but I also don't miss it because it is uppermost in my mind," he said.
He explained in a 1981 interview with The Times, "It is uppermost in my mind because it was the most trying experience".
"They were all trying to be strong because it was uppermost in their minds that they had made a mistake and that mistake has had a devastating effect on their families," he said.
But it was uppermost in the thoughts of Gerard Jerry Hanauerer and son Nicolas back in 1985, when they were trying to figure out how their century-old family business, Seattle-based Pacific Coast Feather Co., could continue to double in size every five years.
China's was uppermost, together with a photograph of Kim Jong Il shaking hands with China's president, Hu Jintao.
It's not "How well did it go?" that is uppermost, but "How long did it take?" Rehearsals are one thing, performances another.
Count on the 2013 election's being uppermost in their minds.
Their White Hart Lane stadium is consistently sold out and its development is uppermost in the club's plans.
It wouldn't be uppermost in their agenda.
And that's why I say it's the uppermost responsibility of any Israeli government.
