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Word: precious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most industries, though, cheap oil will be a powerful energizer. It will give the U.S. economy an excellent chance of achieving strong, noninflationary growth over the next year or so. And it will also, TIME's economists agreed, give the White House and Congress precious added time to come to terms with the daunting budget dilemma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting a Tiger in the Tank | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...Roman Catholic heartland. Here, finally, was the sort of welcome to which the Pontiff is accustomed. Some 400,000 people attended the first beatification ceremony ever in India. John Paul told the clerics in the audience that he hoped the ceremony "will give you renewed zeal for your precious vocation." This week the Pope will visit Bombay, where he is expected to mention the controversial issue that he has avoided during his stay in the world's second most populous nation: birth control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India a Low-Key Papal Pilgrimage | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...business: Fibercraft Inc., a division of Equity Automotive Corp. of Delano, Minn. The company will take over a 37,500-sq.-ft. warehouse abandoned in 1982 by Lear Siegler's Noble Division. Starting next month Fibercraft will turn out fiber-glass camping trailers and initially provide 40 precious jobs. In two years the payroll could rise to 100 people. "Everybody's excited," says Marilyn Hobbs, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce, beaming at a line of 50 Fibercraft job applicants last week. "For the first time in ages, people are talking positively. We've finally got something going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sac City Fights for Survival | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...aftermath of the space shuttle catastrophe precious little has been said in support of public education. Instead, in honor of the seven dead American heroes who were aboard Challenger, President Reagan has promised that America will continue to "reach for the stars" and recently submitted a budget that provides for more dollars for NASA research and development...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: No Way To Treat A Hero | 2/12/1986 | See Source »

...with Saudi Arabia taking a leading role. Bankers rushed to lend billions of dollars to such oil producers as Mexico and Nigeria, which were embarked on crash development programs. Always there was the worry that the industrialized world would be brought to its knees by a cutoff of the precious and ever more expensive petroleum supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics a New Game in Oil Power | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

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