Word: preciousness
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...show, produced by Don Mischer, performed by a cast of 5,500 and watched by 3 billion viewers worldwide, mixed Southern with Greek, pyrotechnics with Pindar, avant-garde with antebellum, pickup trucks with riverboats, the gargantuan with the precious. Like Atlanta, it desperately wanted to be liked by everybody, and it succeeded. The Call to the Nations, which opened the show, recalled both the French-Canadian Cirque du Soleil, which was a creative consultant, as well as a Brazilian samba school. Yet the two songs were written by two distinctly American composers: Summon the Heroes by Academy Award winner John...
...shoes, toys, clothes and other products--$45 billion worth last year--that China can deliver at better value. But that's not happening. Instead, China refuses to buy planes, as well as cars, cellphones and other U.S. products unless the American manufacturers agree to establish more factories there, transferring precious technology and skills...
Your story conveniently omits one critical factor: humans. For decades, it's been painfully apparent that water resources are limited. Nonetheless developers blindly rush to promote growth for growth's sake, with no recognition of human-caused depletion of precious resources. Instead of limiting growth, rationing water, conserving energy and living sustainably, modern society with its insatiable appetite gobbles and wastes resources. Humans have profound effects on the environment, yet too often such negative impacts are simplistically regarded as "acts of God" or "natural causes." JOHN D. LYLE Fairbanks, Alaska...
...generally took my father's side on these matters. After all, he was just doing the job (since in my mind, having a job meant going to an office) and she should just feel thankful that he worked so hard all day. She shouldn't take up his precious relaxation time by fighting with him for being a little late...
...together as a people, and important psychically because it represents opportunity, the central American value. It gives a distinctive feeling to this country if, unlike the rest of the world, we offer education at all levels in an open and unrestricted way to everyone who qualifies. This unique and precious national commitment is now diminishing...