Word: preciousness
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...around the camp symbolized the prospects for the internees in it, scrubby hills that had been denuded of arboreal life, every twig and branch gathered for cooking-fire fuel. Yet Joseph still roamed the hills most days, seeking wood to sell for Tanzanian shillings that he could trade for precious food...
...precious hours last Tuesday, you could actually tell truth from fiction. All those fish stories you'd heard in recent months, the ones about friends and office pals with multiple thousands invested in the likes of Qualcomm and JDS Uniphase--were they true? Were real people actually soaring with the highflyers the way you'd dreamed of doing yourself...
...Sacks book on synaesthesia, the condition in which senses are confused so that one can "hear" colors, for instance, and Fran Healy's vocals on the album are so delicately beautiful it seems you can almost feel them on your skin. Somehow Healy manages to sound vulnerable without being precious or self-pitying. Perhaps it's the counterbalancing of pained lyrics (the title of their first single "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" says it all, really) with catchy choruses. Or maybe it's the occasional moment of sunshine through the rain, such as the guitar introduction for "Writing...
...Moments of stasis like this fill a precious few pages. No matter what the situation, Schulze's characters always seem on the move, chugging aimlessly along into their automobiles, usually Plymouths, but sometimes Renaults. Schulze's world is effused with this odd combination of German sensibility and American kitsch. Why Schulze's characters prefer to drive around in Plymouths rather than Benzes is intriguing in that it cannot be a purely economic consideration. We soon begin to realize the tacit commentary that is being made. The Wall is down, but westernization is not restitution enough, leaving more wanderers than homesteaders...
...BONUS Any precious possessions you pack are now covered by a higher payout if an airline loses your bags on a domestic trip. The Department of Transportation has upped the airlines' liability limit for lost, delayed or damaged luggage, from $1,250 to $2,500 a passenger. But if you're flitting off to a foreign locale and you lose your bag, too bad. Airlines are obligated to pay just $9.07 a lb. or $640 a suitcase. So pack light, and always keep your valuables, such as jewelry and breakables, with...