Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inside Spider, as he clicked away from Rindge that night, was an inspiration that the grease all over him never betrayed. It was the greatest show he'd seen since Alan Freed had brought Bill Haley and the Comets to the Paramount Theatre in the late '50's, Rack 'n' roll really was here to stay, he figured...
...hours on the Indochina situation before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Chairman J. William Fulbright then took the Senate floor to warn that Vietnamization could lead to "a major military disaster in Indochina." He also argued that North Viet Nam has proved itself to be "the paramount power in Indochina." Said Fulbright: "We ought to welcome North Viet Nam's preeminence, because while North Viet Nam has shown itself strong enough to dominate Indochina if left alone by outside powers, it has also shown itself willing and able to resist Chinese domination...
...money for Boys, " Crowley said, but he took a smaller offer from Cinema Center, so that he could retain artistic control and the original off-Broadway cast, all unknowns. "One studio," he explained, "wanted to use old stars in 'these great little cameo parts' to rev up their careers. Paramount kept talking about a title song-they wanted to sell the picture with a hit record...
...dignity and the importance of the learner become paramount," says Bremer proudly. Explains Robert Johnson, a chubby 14-year-old black student: "In my old school, I was often afraid to ask a question, because I thought the teacher would think it was stupid. Here I'm never afraid to speak my mind...
...firm. Hamer H. Budge, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, complained in congressional testimony last month that some merger-minded companies in consequence can show "instant earnings." Briloff gives this example: In 1966, the Gulf & Western conglomerate issued stock worth $185 million in exchange for the stock of Paramount Pictures. At the time, Paramount's assets had a book value of $100 million, so Gulf & Western recorded the assets as costing only $100 million. One year later, G. & W. sold to television studios the right to show films from the Paramount library at a profit that it reported...