Word: preciousness
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...heir. At this stage in the game, however, the onus is and should be on the retriever and not the French government to find and return lost art. The French government, while it could perhaps have made greater publicity efforts in the past, is not behaving badly by providing precious art with a home in its national museums...
Only a handful of very precious art was part of the 2,000 unclaimed objects, and the proof of the overreaction surrounding "The Lost Museum" is that only one legitimate claim has resulted from the publication of Feliciano's book. Was the looting of French art from Jews and others a terrible aspect of World War II? Indeed. Looting of art has been part of French-German conflict since Napoleon, and it was not any better in the 1940s than it was in the 1800s. But France did its part immediately following the war, and the 2,000 objects that...
...room, and Jiang began reciting, "Four score and seven years ago," in English. Clinton showed off his desk in the private quarters, on which major peace pacts, including one between Israel and the Palestinians, had been signed. Clinton chose this itinerary to focus Jiang on the liberties Americans hold precious and the possibilities for peace even between old enemies...
WASHINGTON: Bill Clinton was like a panicky mother on the first day of school. He didn't have the votes; the bullies in the House were going to beat up his precious trade measure. So before any blood could be spilled, "fast track" was back in the White House drinking cocoa and the President was marching back up the Hill to twist some arms...
...needed time, so precious, to read, write and converse," West said...