Word: priceless
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...matter, saying that the most valuable thing the global rich bring to Britain isn't their cash. Tony Travers, head of the Greater London Group at the London School of Economics, says that visible groups of powerful people from other countries living and working in London is a priceless form of "soft diplomacy," advertising Britain as the place to be for the world's best and brightest. "For other people in those countries thinking of where they should invest when they go to open a new business or expand an existing one, the fact that there is a group from...
...makings of a suspenseful swashbuckler: a mysterious ship, sunken treasure, the threat of midnight raids and the pillaging of priceless cultural artifacts. But the ongoing struggle between American shipwreck salvage company Odyssey Marine and the Spanish government has instead become a classic courtroom drama. On Thursday, a U.S. District court in Tampa, Floridam ruled that Odyssey Marine must reveal to Spain all the information it possesses that could help identify three historic shipwrecks, including the one Odyssey has code-named, with appropriate flourish, the Black Swan. The sunken ship, which Madrid suspects was Spanish, has been sharply disputed since April...
...from recent thefts. According to Gligoris, religious artworks can change hands up to five times, in several different countries, before reaching a collector's shelf. "Usually," he says, "it's a job conducted by a criminal who wants to make a quick buck after hearing about or spotting a priceless treasure that's easily accessible...
...dynamiting of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001 was only the most dramatic expression of their mission to obliterate all "idolatrous" images from Afghanistan's pre-Islamic past. They also destroyed 2,500 other cultural artifacts from Kabul's National Museum of Afghanistan, many of them priceless. But thanks to the heroic efforts of curators, they didn't get it all. Hidden Afghanistan, a traveling exhibit that recently opened in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), gives a tantalizing glimpse of Afghanistan's stunningly diverse cultural legacy, and tells an engrossing tale about how these remnants...
...provides along the way compensates for the lack of originality. Whether a fan of Nicholson’s eyebrow raising and age-inappropriate womanizing, or the moral weight that Freeman effortlessly lends to the screen, “The Bucket List” delivers. Between a priceless sing-a-long to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and the testosterone-fueled drag race between Cole and Chambers, Nicholson and Freeman appear to be enjoying each other’s company. And the audience gets a kick out of being along for the ride. Neither strays very...