Word: priceless
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...varied that scientists are convinced it will prove a geological gold mine offering important new clues to understanding the moon and earth. The mission, to be sure, comes at a troubled moment in NASA's history (see box, page 14). But, as the astronauts crisscrossed the pulverized moonscape gathering priceless new knowledge, it was also a dramatic reminder that man's exploration of the solar system has only begun...
...religion during business hours only. Whereas Carlo was a lifetime lira-pincher who often rode the trains third class and packed his own lunch, Anna lives the life of an empress after work. She maintains an 11th century palace, a hunting lodge and a sumptuous apartment, all crammed with priceless paintings. She keeps her figure trim, dresses elegantly, and entertains salons full of jet-setters and visiting royalty...
...season ?slack. Says Veteran Director George Abbott, who worked with Sondheim on Forum: "It's so difficult to get to the Broadway theater, plus there is the cost of eating dinner out and the fear of being mugged. People have to believe they're going to see something priceless." What better show, then, than one already granted a squeal of approval? What happier tense than the past perfect? Furthermore, notes Nanette's Ruby Keeler, "people have seen everything. We almost have to go back the other way. Audiences want to come to the theater for entertainment...
...incredibly uneven. The creator of Moby Dick was also the author of White-Jacket, Typee, Omoo, and Pierre; or the Ambiguities, and the poet of Battle-Pieces was also the poet of Clarel, an amazingly inept pseudo-epic on Biblical themes. Warren's edition of Melville is a priceless edition to Melville scholarship, for the continuity it brings to the author's work, the way it integrates his fiction and verse in a coherent outline. At Warren's hands, the ambiguous Melville begins to make sense...
People cannot decide which patients are most socially "useful" and committees tend to pick the patient who can best afford the cost of surgery, he said. "An auction destroys the idea of life as a priceless pearl," said Calabresi...