Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present the necessities of the Red Cross are paramount; any donations should be made to it rather than to miscellaneous organizations. Its failure would mean the collapse of much war work of immeasurable value, and it will fail unless the whole nation co-operates in the one end of maintaining it. To do so really successfully the week of May 20-27 should see a response at least equal to the one hundred million dollar totals of the last drive...
...suggestion of Walter Camp in an address before the National Collegiate Athletic Association's convention in New York last month, the coaches were asked for their services. Excellent physical condition is of paramount importance to aviators, and college trainers are most eligible for supervision...
...account of lack of time. But there is another argument in favor of it. A great deal of importance is attached to intercollegiate contests; so much that the players devote all their attention and interest to them. At times they become almost professional, with an object of such paramount importance as military preparation in the field, no one can afford to devote to them all that they demand...
...time has now come when all such nonsense should stop. The President of the United States has asked that a state of war with Germany be declared and there must be no more talk of neutrality. The obvious and paramount duty of every loyal American is to bend every effort towards aiding the Government in preparing for war against a nation which has issued a challenge "to all mankind...
...paramount interest with most of us now is preparation for war. That interest will be held by still more when war is actually declared. Dramatic performances and social affairs have been cancelled; intercollegiate athletics are naturally the last to go. But at such times everything which hinders military training must be set aside and for this reason, though the necessity for it is highly regrettable, the Athletic Committee's action is clearly the only proper...