Word: paramount
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...leaned over the ring displaying glitter-covered posteriors, married men waved $20 bills, and the popcorn man stopped his rounds to rhapsodize, "that's somethin', huh?" I was vaguely reassured when I saw a sign being held up saying "John 3:16," thinking that at least religion was still paramount. Nate quickly explained that it was a twisted sexual reference to a certain female wrestler who had announced the week before that she does not wear underwear. I debated walking out. Instead, I asked the hawker tossing out peanuts if he had a Perrier on the premises...
...Specifically, some students criticize the Department of Economics for focusing too much on neoclassical theories--those that argue interactions in the free market best set prices and wages. According to neoclassical theory, individual decisions about what to buy, who to work for and where to live are paramount to the study of economics...
...idea turned out to be right. Overnight, HBO went from cash incinerator to cash machine. The movie channel became a dominant force in the entertainment business, leading a young Paramount executive named Barry Diller to moan in 1983 that "if HBO and Time Inc. go unchecked, the motion-picture industry will be under total control of one company in less than five years." But even more important, it showed that consumers were willing to pay to subscribe for something that had always been given away free. Around the nation, small cable operators raced to copy Levin's idea. In Atlanta...