Warner Bros. has been a powerful if not preeminent force on the movie front, last year releasing such films as "A Star is Born" and DC Comics' hit "Aquaman". Its TV division has also achieved success, with the long-running "The Big Bang Theory" set to wrap its run this spring and shows such as Fox's "Lethal Weapon" and HBO's "Westworld" continuing on the air.
Morsi may have gone but the Muslim Brotherhood remains a preeminent force in Middle Eastern politics.
For example, many West Asian and Central Asian Muslims went to China to trade, becoming a preeminent force in the import and export industry, while some were even appointed as officers supervising economic affairs.
The orations of Demosthenes, a statesman of 4th-century Athens and the most famous of Greek orators, are preeminent for force and power.
Indeed, following Perón's ascent to the labor secretary in 1943, Peronism has been the preeminent political force in the country, leading many to assume that no government could succeed without its explicit support.
All of this might justify some nervous hand wringing, if it weren't for the fact that the United States has never ranked at the top of International test scores, despite being the preeminent innovative force for nearly a century.
At a time when America is trying to bring its budget into balance, keep our military the preeminent fighting force in the world, and rebuild our transportation and education infrastructure to effectively compete in the 21st century, the Romney-Santorum mass deportation approach to immigration policy is, to paraphrase New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a form of "national suicide".
Speaking at the Society of the Army of the Cumberland annual reunion in Indianapolis in the fall of 1870, for instance, General Charles Cruft of Terre Haute, Indiana, insisted that "The Grand Army of the West" was the preeminent fighting force of the late civil war.
Throughout 2008, Republican candidates generally said that the United States must remain the world's preeminent power.
While still the world's preeminent military power, our forces needs time to catch their breath, refit, and tackle the consequences of two grinding wars that have left veterans unemployed, homeless, unwell, and willing to take their own lives at a shocking pace.
The United States is no longer the preeminent world power.
