Word: priceless
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...what could be considered "The Fall of Man: The Sequel," a priceless marble statue of ADAM tumbled off its pedestal at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Created by Venetian sculptor Tullio Lombardo between 1490 and 1495, the 6-ft. 3-in., 1,800-lb. statue broke into several pieces, with the arms and legs sustaining particularly bad fractures. Curators have determined that the pedestal buckled of its own accord. The statue, which the Met acquired in 1936, is expected to be restored and put back on display in two years, with evidence of the damage visible to only the most...
...money for a 25-year, $5 billion effort called the All Species Initiative to catalog every species on earth--perhaps 80% of which are still undiscovered. "Surely the rest of life matters," Wilson writes in The Future of Life. "Surely our stewardship is its only hope." Natural habitats provide priceless services to humanity, from climate control to water purification to the supply of our medicines. And what if future generations never have the opportunity to see a panda or humpback whale...
...Even in death, Elvis's commercial success is unparalleled; he's sold more records (1 billion worldwide) than any other artist in history, and his estate is priceless. Given his spectacular popularity, it's easy to forget that when he first came on the national scene in the 1950s, Elvis was considered highly subversive...
...then there were the parties with high school friends where new haircuts, waistlines and priceless gossip were revealed...
...athletic culture” that James Bowen and William Shulman deride in the recently published book The Game of Life is a priceless asset that makes Harvard the nation’s best university. They argue that because college athletics have become commercialized, student-athletes nowadays spoil their education by focusing on athletic success, to the detriment of their education and that of their peers...