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• n  the leading units moving at the head of an army
• n  any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
• n  the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

• Judging by the upwelling of democracy on the continent, it looks as if Mo Ibrahim once again is in the vanguard of change.
• The party is the vanguard for the working class.
• Propelled by mounting anxieties over soaring oil costs and climate change, biofuels have become the vanguard of the green-tech revolution, the trendy way for politicians and .

• van
• avant-garde
• new wave
• forefront
• cutting edge

News & Articles

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• Vanguard's Wilson earns honor
  Vanguard University Athletic Director Bob Wilson has been named one of four NAIA Athletic Directors of the Year by the National Assn. of Collegiate Athletic Directors.
  June 12, 2013 - Daily Pilot
• Vanguard Natural Resources Announces Public Offering of Series A Preferred Units
  Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC today announced that it has commenced a public offering of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission .
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Vanguard Natural Resources Announces Pricing of Its Public Offering of Series A Preferred Units
  Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC today announced the pricing of its public offering of 2,200,000 7.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units at a price of $25.00 per unit.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in TopNews
  With smart power, diplomacy will be the vanguard of our foreign policy,Clinton told senators.
• Oleg Gordievsky in Telegraph.co.uk
  They are supposed to be the vanguard of Russian intelligence,he said. "But what they are really doing is nothing, they just sit at home in Britain, France and the US. The illegals don't have the support of the office behind them, and they...
• Ayman al-Zawahri in Reuters South Africa
  What they claim is the strongest power in the history of mankind is today being defeated in front of the Muslim vanguard of jihad six years after New York and Washington,said Zawahri, who was wearing a white turban and speaking in front of a...