It's a precious part of a neighborhood that's holding on for dear life to respectability and continuity.
In fact, it was very special indeed: rich with political symbolism and, for one father in Ohio, a precious memento of a son killed in Iraq.
After winning the 100 meters final in Seoul in 1988, a reporter asked the Canadian sprinter what was more precious: a world record or the gold medal?
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Several lawmakers seemed convinced, describing natural gas as "a precious resource, " a bridge to a renewable energy future--and a replacement for coal.
At first, they might seem like mostly a precious metals investment product, a speculative vehicle, sort of like trading paper shares in a gold ETF.
Because the only thing more precious to a small business than capital is time.
And it is hard to convince children, or anyone else, that depriving Bill Gates of a few of their precious dollars is a serious crime.
Other than a precious few secrets, like how fast a head plunges into an air bag or how much force a taut seat belt exerts on an abdomen, the dummies reveal little.
This helped to lift oil stocks, while miners got a boost as precious metals prices staged a recovery.
Each dot represents either a gold and precious metals project or a base metals and iron ore project.
To be sure, a precious few do both, but they often have a partner who stays home or they can pay someone else to provide domestic labor and child care while they put in long hours at the office.
The Ochsner clinic is a precious 7 or 8 feet above sea level, a distance that has kept it from being flooded out of commission like other hospitals on land in New Orleans, much of which is below sea level.
These two key markets are in a bearish posture for the precious metals Monday and will continue to have a daily influence on the precious metals markets.
These two key markets were in a bearish posture for the precious metals Monday and will continue to have a daily influence on the precious metals markets.
Getting attention in bars and at tourist spots, the theory goes, would build up the street cred so crucial among a precious wireless demographic--young professionals in their late 20s and early 30s with a high gadget-lust quotient and cash to spend.
Historically, transboundary cooperation has been difficult but the hundreds of treaties signed between riparian states and the institutions created to manage and use transboundary waters in an equitable and sustainable manner around the world show that sharing a resource as precious as water can be a catalyst for cooperation rather than conflicts.
But more important, there is now a precious opportunity to harness the momentum to eliminate syphilis to achieve something far more significant: a complete revamp of public-health services in poor areas.
All other denominations would be tokens, made of a metal too cheap to be worth melting down, that could be exchanged for higher-denomination ones (or for a set amount of the precious metal) at a rate fixed and guaranteed by the government.
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When this Fall Fashion issue was a precious few weeks away, I rang up FORBES GLOBAL's man in Europe, Richard Heller, with a plea.
Mark Leibovit, chief market strategist at VR Gold Trader.com, pointed out that a precious metal exchange-traded fund that he watches, ETFs Physical Swiss Gold shares (SGOL), put in a key reversal.
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In a statement they said he was a "precious son" to Michelle and Kenny and a loving little brother to Jodie and Jack.
The dirt, like other Miracle-Gro soil, includes peat from a "precious wildlife habitat, " says Craig Bennett, a senior corporate campaigner for Friends of the Earth.
The Lycian Way offers a precious opportunity to genuinely encounter the landscape and people of this region.
Arthurs replied three minutes from time but the Reds held on to claim a precious victory.
Santana even left a precious parting gift before he went -the first no-hitter in franchise history.
Dillon Gage Metals, a precious metals dealer, is the U.S. distributor for the designer bars.
And every moment that goes by without some kind of joy is a precious opportunity lost.
It did not look like gamesmanship to me - why waste a precious referral?
Her government has done nothing for him, yet it represents a precious promise of protection.
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