Word: precious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have any regrets, it is that I never set up that pharmaceuticals pipeline for underdeveloped children in rural Africa. Every day thousands go without shelter, clothing, food, or illegal drugs. Now that I am faced with my own mortality, I realize that to be human is the most precious gift that God has given...
...Associated Foreign Exchange, a precious-metals and foreign-currency brokerage, a run begins on Krugerrands, Canadian Maple Leafs and American Eagle gold coins. The frenzy ends only when the company's entire stock is sold: 2,500 coins worth nearly $1 million...
...strikes against Silkworm missile sites and Iranian weapons factories would cripple Teheran's ability to attack shipping in the Gulf. And if Iran causes more trouble, the American task force could wipe out Iran's entire air force--all 26 planes--and then go to work on Teheran's precious Revolutionary Guards at the front. Even the TOW missiles we sold them wouldn't do them any good...
Manager Whitey Herzog, 55, scratching his head of straw, would be happy if he could just establish a lineup. Healthy pitchers are so precious that rather than take them out entirely, he sometimes stows them in rightfield. Third Baseman Terry Pendleton has all but joined First Baseman Jack Clark on the casualty list that has made Jim Lindeman and Jose Oquendo famous. "I don't know how we got this far," Herzog keeps saying the farther they go. Their most remarkable comeback was against themselves -- rather, against the memory of the 1985 World Series. On the verge...
...Every family lives in a war zone of its own circumstances and compromises; most families find the strength to soldier on. Boorman is even gracious enough to cap his film with an idyllic reunion of clan Rohan. Mum and her sisters giggle conspiratorially; young Bill, now a gentleman of precious leisure, goes boating on the river. These are images every moviegoer can share as he closes Boorman's lovely memory book...