Word: paramount
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RICHARD NIXON'S show-the-flag visit to the Mediterranean is an indirect tribute to the boldness of recent Soviet strategy. Since the debacle of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the Russians have managed to challenge the U.S. Sixth Fleet as the paramount naval power in the area, to loosen Washington's already tenuous diplomatic foothold in the Arab world, and to establish a disturbing Communist presence along most of the southern flank of NATO. The Soviets have managed these feats by deploying a large, modern naval force in the Mediterranean, and by artfully cementing relations with regimes...
...situation may be, Tunku Abdul Rahman, 67, the first and only Prime Minister the country has known, decided recently that tempers had cooled sufficiently for him to step down, as he had long been meaning to do. Thus last week he handed in his resignation to the newly installed Paramount Ruler, or King, Abdul Halim-who also happens to be his nephew. Replacing the Tunku as Prime Minister was his longtime political protégé, Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak...
...born Christian physician named George Habash. Habash s P.F.L.P. has recently become the fastest-growing guerrilla organization because of the group's well-executed and widely publicized raids on airlines, culminating in the quadruple skyjack two weeks ago. Among Arabs, Habash is equally notable for having made ideology a paramount concern among the fedayeen for the first time. Rooted in Marxist dogma strongly tinctured with Maoism, the P.F.L.P. wants not only to attack Israel but also to topple what it considers backward, corrupt and conservative Arab governments. "We do not want peace," Habash told the West German magazine Stern recently...
...success of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese has shown that the United States does not have the strength to deliver on its promises of protection to the puppet regimes through which it manipulates internal politics in countries of the Third World. An American withdrawal would confirm this paramount lesson of Vietnam, and it is thus understandable that President Nixon and his advisors have "ruled out" the possibility of an abrupt, immediate withdrawal...
...arrogance and conceit of some youths who, with their meager knowledge and limited experience, are convinced that their beliefs are the correct ones, that their wishes and desires are paramount, are indicative of the puerile mind. This immaturity is further exemplified by their tantrums when opposed. The shouted obscenities, breaking of windows and burning of buildings are the acts of spoiled, irresponsible juveniles who have contributed nothing to society. Most have been fed, clothed and denied practically nothing during this affluent period. Many have yet to escape from the womb of the university where they are often indoctrinated...