Berg has long treasured the Melvan, and now another starry-eyed fan will get that opportunity.

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The decline appears due mostly to speculative short-term trading and possibly, sales by banks rather than any fundamental change in the nature of a resource that has consistently been treasured as a store of value since civilization began.

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As residents try to rebuild their lives, a non-for-profit charity called "Operation Photo Rescue" has been helping them to salvage treasured memories by restoring photographs damaged in the natural disaster.

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As prior reports suggested, the carrier is reporting that push-to-talk services will continue to carry the treasured "Nextel Direct Connect" branding that has largely represented enterprise PTT service in the US for ages (14 years, to be exact).

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Some of you -- those from Hawaii or the Pacific Islands -- (applause) -- live where your family has lived for generations and your story is, in part, about keeping alive treasured native traditions.

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The villain has a squadron of evil henchmen (led by Peter Stormare), while the sheriff has his deputies on hand, plus a local gun nut (Johnny Knoxville) whose treasured possessions prove to be extremely useful.

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Papazian's collectionPapazian, who has brewed over 500 different styles of beer, took correspondent Bruce Burkhardt on a personal tour of his treasured homebrew collection.

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