Word: preciousness
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...rebuilding of a woman's dreams. The Olympic ideal allows for ambition, and in this she isn't lacking. It is victory she longs for; the thrill of speed is not, in itself, enough. Sierra Leone is a land of many diamonds, and Ekundayo Williams is as precious as any of them...
Myth #2: Bush's tax plan is safe for the economy. Much has been made about the Bush tax plan, since the Texas Governor has revealed precious little about any of his other policy proposals. The question is whether Bush's proposals are really skewed towards the rich, as the Democrats like to complain. If so, the failure of supply-side that characterized the Reagan era and contributed to a massive federal budget deficit could rear its ugly head again...
...sitting before a mirror having makeup applied--a superfluous act. She is being prepped for the first of two shoots she will submit to this afternoon. Hotshot photogs have been flown in from the States because Jones has agreed to give them some of her time--and time is precious in the world of Marion Jones. Every minute between now and Sept. 22 has been carefully planned...
Historian Stephen Ambrose looks feelingly at the Missouri Breaks, a stretch of the Missouri River that winds for 150 miles in north-central Montana. He sees it, he believes, pretty much as Lewis and Clark did almost 200 years ago. "This is the least inhabited, most precious part of the Lower 48," he says. "It's ours to preserve for our progeny. It would be sacrilegious not to." Note the vocabulary...
...sitting before a mirror having makeup applied - a superfluous act. She is being prepped for the first of two shoots she will submit to this afternoon. Hotshot photogs have been flown in from the States because Jones has agreed to give them some of her time - and time is precious in the world of Marion Jones. Every minute between now and Sept. 22 has been carefully planned...