The whole adventure of life -- growing, exploring, contributing, loving, all of it -- feels more exciting and more precious.
"We always look at the bigger picture and see our relationship far more precious and important than anything petty, " said Forester, a New York resident who met his besties Nicole, Megan, Annie and Emily back in Millsboro, Delaware, when they were all in high school.
But maybe that should make the gifts we give and the gifts we receive all the more precious, and the small flights of fancy and anticipation they offer us all the more appreciated for being rare.
"We all recognize that water has become more and more of a precious commodity, " said Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee.
We could continue increasing our fees each year by the 5.9% we averaged over the past decade and then discounting those fees by 45% or more--or we could break the cycle, make ourselves more affordable and accessible and direct precious financial aid dollars toward students who truly need them.
For years, CEOs have been begging and pleading with their CIOs to find a way to funnel more of their precious tech dollars toward innovative and often transformative initiatives that allow companies to engage more effectively with customers, accelerate their mobile initiatives, and bring greater insights and intelligence to their employees.
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Physical gold is still available, but physical silver in particular, which appeals to smaller investors because it is more accessibly priced and has industrial uses as well as precious metal value can take a month or more to reach the hands of buyers.
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The more I talk to other entrepreneurs though, the more I understand that this experience is rare and precious.
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Ramos knew nothing about Blackpool and precious little more about the cup competition he was about to embrace for the first time.
The new firm, to be called T-Mobile, will have access to more precious wireless spectrum and can streamline investment in a superfast 4G network.
We got on the interstate and started driving north without, of all things, a map of Mississippi, a resource we found was more precious than batteries and bottled water since all the panic began.
Gul speared in an admirable series of yorkers for the final set of six, but, courtesy of two overthrows and yet another dropped catch, Foster and Mascarenhas scrambled eight more precious runs.
Actually, because of suspension changes to the 500e (it weighs about a quarter-ton more than a regular 500), the wheel clearances look larger, which make the 15-inch wheels seem even more crazy-diminutive and precious.
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These vast networks carried more than just merchandise and precious commodities: the constant movement and mixing of populations also brought about the transmission of knowledge, ideas, cultures and beliefs, which had a profound impact on the history and civilization of the Eurasian peoples.
As a result, CIOs can capture cost-savings, run more efficient clouds, and free up precious IT resources.
Under the 1996 Treasure Act, items more than 300 years old and containing precious metals have to be declared.
Why not, some say, raise the stakes and require men and women between 18 and 42 to serve a couple of years in the military to earn something even more precious: U.S. citizenship for themselves and their children?
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More important for the precious metals and their price trends during the first quarter of 2012 will be how gold and silver market price action fares during the first two weeks of the new year once all the market participants are fully back in the game.
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These are delivered, and sometimes disguised, with great suppleness, especially by Neill, but they work far better in rushes of wrath and dissent than in the more lyrical moods, and the whole conceit will strike you as either dazzling or vacantly precious, according to taste.
Look for more active trading in the precious metals and many other markets in the immediate aftermath of the 8:30 a.m.
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That plug-and-play model curbs outlays on servers, storage, networking equipment, on-site IT staff and juicy maintenance contracts precious savings for small-and mid-sized companies looking to do more with less.
And now I, more than anything else, give words of support and empathy to those people who lost the most precious things in life.
Mousy and deferential, he keeps money hidden under the floorboards and, inside his uniform, an even more precious secret: he is a woman.
It ignited, killing 115 people who had gathered to scoop the precious liquid into jerrycans and scorching hundreds more.
And history tells us that costs deferred are always greater and paid in currencies, notably lives, far more precious than money.
More profit-taking and chart consolidation were seen in the precious metals as the market place waits for an important speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday.
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The less bright side is that parents are buying ever more fancy clothes, toys and special snacks for their little precious - while paying precious little attention to their own needs and desires.
Besides wondering what to expect in the way of future prices, participants will be looking for guidance on what this might mean for physical demand, as well as the outlook for industrial demand, especially for the more industrial precious metals such as silver, platinum and palladium.
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Look for the precious metals and most other markets to experience more quiet, low-volume trading all next week.
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