Indeed, while his intentions are lofty, what Evans views as paramount, economic development, feels like a code word for replacement.
It wasn't until the Romantic era, which introduced the notion of the author as solitary genius, that originality came to be viewed as the paramount literary virtue.
"Mr. Prime Minister, in case you haven't noticed, there's a real difference between being president and vice president," he said, perhaps referring to the structure of Russia's leadership, in which Mr. Putin occupies the country's second-highest post but is widely viewed as its paramount leader.
Yet, what the two clubs have in common could be viewed as one of the paramount reasons they will face each other in the M.L.S. Cup on Sunday in Carson, Calif.: neither the Crew nor the Red Bulls played more than a handful of games in addition to their 30-game league schedules.
Journalists in Russia had speculated about whether Mr. Biden would weigh in on the country's central political drama — whether President Dmitri A. Medvedev will serve for a second term or be replaced by Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, still widely viewed as the country's paramount leader.
Additionally, he states, children are increasingly viewed as "innocent" and "pure" and their prostitution as paramount to slavery.
Slashing the overhead became paramount, and nursing costs, viewed as a large part of that overhead, were among the first targets.
The management of that knowledge is paramount but has yet to be viewed as such.
Since the beginning of the industrial age, when the glorification of reason and the intellect became paramount, anything having to do with the emotions and the intangible realms was viewed as not only inferior, but also as infantile foolishness left over from the dark ages.
Booker is viewed as undecided.
Applicants are viewed as commodities.
