Word: preciousness
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Then there are the little things, the idiosyncrasies that among memories are the most precious and most fragile. Some only I remember...
...attached to songs at all, it is shrunk even further, stuck in one corner of your computer screen. If you listen to music on your iPod or other digital device, you don’t even have that option, though the art may still take up precious space...
Because free speech almost always conflicts with the status quo, it is one of the most precious commodities of the academic community. In the absence of free expression, long-held views are not easily challenged, and individuals can blindly hold their own preconceptions without submitting them to critique in the continuing search for truth. Minority voices—no matter how much we disagree with their principles and no matter how much they irritate us—must be tolerated so that the benefits of free speech will be maintained...
...Kirby wished the contestants on their way. They took off down Garden St., hurdling over the string barriers in the Yard and weaving around angry drivers and pedestrians. Lim and Lurie managed to garner an early sprinting lead, being the first to arrive at Currier. But Lurie lost precious minutes searching for a water dispenser. Nevertheless, he appeared unshaken. “You need to lubricate the bread on the way down. It makes it easier,” Lurie said. Despite the pressure looming over them, the contestants, at this point, remained largely in good spirits...
...hassle! No more skulking off to the computer room to do my business! Now my wife and I could work, pay bills or check our e-mail from just about any corner of the house: kitchen, living room, porch. And since we have two small children, a mortgage and precious few spare moments together, the wireless network was just the productivity tool we needed to carve out a bit more quality family time. Or so I thought...