Word: preciously
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...engineer used 2-meter lengths of dynamite to blast 150 tons of rock from the roof. Now two men use an earthmover to load the rock so it can be hauled to the surface, where it is crushed and mixed in a bath of chemicals to leach out the precious metal...
...soaring, are ramping up production - and changing the shape of the global gold-mining industry in the process. China's gold output has climbed nearly 50% over the past five years; the total surpassed 276 tons last year, enough to make China the world's largest producer of the precious metal, for the first time supplanting South Africa, which had been No. 1 since 1905. This isn't a fluke. China's surprisingly high reserves and growing domestic demand mean the country will likely remain the industry leader in coming years. Says Paul Atherley, managing director of Leyshon Resources...
Kotok knows nothing about biofuels. He's more concerned about his tribe's recent tendency to waste its precious diesel-powered generator watching late-night soap operas. But he's right. Deforestation can be a complex process; for example, land reforms enacted by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have attracted slash-and-burn squatters to the forest, and "use it or lose it" incentives have spurred some landowners to deforest to avoid redistribution...
...without drawbacks however, and they begin the moment the last stitches are made in the stupefied patient's lower belly. The WHO recommends that babies be breastfed within an hour of birth, because vital antibodies and protective proteins - in effect, the baby's first immunizations - are delivered through those precious early drops of milk. But, as Dr. Atwood points out, breastfeeding "is difficult to do if you are coming out of anesthesia. That's a serious issue." Some women remain groggy for hours...
...begun, once the DNA "spells" a human and the fertilized egg starts dividing, the only difference between it and the 10-month-old "product of conception" is time and nurture, not substance. I do not consider myself religious, but I do have compassion for life and see it as precious. I don't understand how otherwise compassionate people can think it's O.K. to end a life. Abortion and embryonic-stem-cell harvesting are permanent, negative solutions (or attempts at solutions). Let's work on positive solutions. Diane Shakal, FAIR OAKS, CALIF...