Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...change is to be made, the interest of the people as a whole is paramount," continued Professor Beale. "Reasons against the proposed change are: the weakening of the defenses against murder, if the punishment is not thought adequate; prisoners would expect to be and frequently are freed before their term ends; capital punishment alone cannot be avoided, as imprisonment can be by release after the public has forgotten the crime...
...Wolf of Wall Street. Suspecting, probably correctly, that film audiences may not know much about the technique of the stockmarket, Paramount has kept as simple as possible this story about the big trader who is a sucker in love. The Wolf explains stratagems to his partners with a blackboard and pointer in a way that can be understood by anyone who can cut out a paper doll. That this will bore persons familiar with Wall Street methods is unlikely, however, for Mrs. Wolf's infidelities are effectively and seductively acted by Olga Baclanova. Best shot : Miss Baclanova biting...
Competitors for berths on the editorial board will be expected to submit at least one editorial daily. Intimate knowledge of what is going on both inside and outside the University is of paramount importance...
...ratio could be applied to smaller ships. No results were obtained. Since 1921 the U. S. has fallen behind the ratio; Japan, with regard to cruisers, has passed it. The U. S. delinquency falls also in the cruiser category, so that the consideration of these swift, flexible ships becomes paramount. When all cruisers authorized and appropriated for have been built, Great Britain will show a cruiser tonnage of 385,790; the U. S. of 155,000; Japan of 215,155. Thus the British-U. S. cruiser ratio will be 13 to 5, the Japan-U. S. ratio will...
...barbaric land where tribal loyalties are the strongest bond, the person of the King may be of paramount significance. Had swart, wiry little King Amanullah been assassinated, neither his phlegmatic 280-pound brother, or another brother who is insane, or the boy Crown Prince Rahmatullah (TIME, Sept. 17) could have saved the dynasty of Durani. But Amanullah was not dead. Presently he came speeding by motor car into Kandahar, "Second City of the Realm," after encountering no opposition from the bandits who, stupid, seemed to think that when a king has abdicated he is going to stay abdicated...