Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Conservatives interpreted Philip's speech as a plain statement in support of protection, which means preferential tariffs for Commonwealth products. The prophets heralded a new general election in which the following problems would be paramount...
...break the combined power of the private monopoly system over the political and economic life of the American people is the one paramount issue of the 1924 campaign...
...Lansing-Ishii agreement, said to have been drawn up by Viscount Ishii and President Wilson in 1917, was to affirm the principle of the Open Door in China. A paragraph, however, recognized Japan's "paramount interest"?a part which led the Japanese to suppose erroneously that the U. S. was intent upon abandoning her interest in the Far East...
...July 1 date, the last course would probably result in the veto being overridden. The question, therefore, resolves itself into one of political expediency for the Nation. If a veto will be overridden, the question of diplomatic expediency is wiped out, and the question of political expediency becomes paramount. Japan. The Japanese are a proud people and there is little doubt that they will be deeply offended if the July 1 exclusion date becomes effective with the President's approval or without. The fact that other foreigners ineligible to citizenship-yellow and brown races-have previously been barred...
...think, laudable. However in the zeal for reality one must remember that even Truth has its place. One has only to read Swift's poem on a lady's dressing room to appreciate the extreme to which realism may be carried. Desirability will always remain a paramount condition. Our bad side is incidental and our faith in college should be great...