Word: paramount
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Family members recall that in his youth, success was always paramount with George. In 1943, at 18, he became the youngest pilot in the Navy. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. Longtime friends believe that Bush, one of four sons, was determined to please his imposing father, Prescott Bush, a Wall Street banker who later became a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. However it happened, the son has ever since been in physical overdrive...
...other hand," he argues, "the conservatives could accuse [Paramount Leader] Deng Xiaoping that these protests are caused by his relaxation on political and ideological issues. They will tell him, `You cannot keep political order...
...students' feelings about the need for more personal freedom were legitimate enough, declared a front-page commentary in the official party newspaper, the People's Daily. Indeed, Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping had recently acknowledged that China's "deep economic reform should be accompanied by corresponding political reform." But, surely, continued the editorial, the students did not want to re-create the "anarchism" of the Cultural Revolution, when young people were mobilized to foment widespread turmoil. Anyone who tried to "obstruct the progress of the reform," warned the People's Daily, "would eventually eat bitter fruit...
...climbing back to the top, Paramount has made more use than other studios of extra postproduction filming and so-called research screening: assessing the opinions of preview audiences to fine-tune movies for consumer appeal. Early audience reaction persuaded the studio to beef up the love interest in Top Gun and rework completely the ending of Pretty in Pink. In the past, extensive additional film work was regarded as a "stigma," says a former Paramount executive. "But Paramount has done it consistently on almost every movie this year, with the exception of Star Trek...
According to Steven Rosenberg, a senior analyst with Paul Kagan Associates, an investment firm based in Carmel, Calif., the key to any studio's continuing movie dominance is its ability to extract follow-up value from big hits. There, Mancuso and Paramount are acknowledged masters; one Paramount executive calls the studio's Star Trek rights a "family treasure." Mancuso is encouraging Paramount to sign exclusive contracts with proven money winners like Comedian Murphy, and to promote greater in-house production. Says he: "You can't leave the fortunes of the studio to outside forces." Concurs a former Paramount executive...