These closely linked organizations (the vanguard of the conservative revolution, you might say) compose an entire social world with its own rituals, celebrations, and anniversaries, within which it is possible to live one's entire life.
In this space in the coming months you'll find stories of Mafia and violence, reflections on the power and mechanisms that make criminal organizations the vanguard of contemporary capitalism.
WASHINGTON — The deaths of seven Central Intelligence Agency operatives at a remote base in the mountains of Afghanistan are a pointed example of the civilian spy agency's transformation in recent years into a paramilitary organization at the vanguard of America's far-flung wars.
So when Tracy and I wed in 2005, we made a donation to Freedom to Marry, the organization at the vanguard of the marriage equality movement, and we highlighted them in our first toast as a married couple.
Indeed, many countries are already experiencing the vanguard of challenges and many organizations are planning for the projected risks they will face (e.g., limited clean water, expensive and unreliable energy).
Working women all, they found themselves at the vanguard of a movement, without any organization, time or money.
Two years later, Ryan went to work as a speechwriter and policy analyst for Jack Kemp, who led Empower America, an organization then in the vanguard of making policy for supply-side conservatives who were pushing Republicans rightward in their views on taxes and the size of government.
International human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are often the vanguard in this global fight.
On Thursday, Ms. Engelbrecht, who has disputed such characterizations, described her organization as "the nation's leading vanguard for voter's rights".
