Sometimes the small, precious thing really is better off in larger, if indelicate hands.
WSJ: Zipcar's Sale Represents a Triumph of Brand Over Business
But at the root of it all is love, that most absurd and precious thing, and how hard it is to make it stay.
When an economy is in the doldrums, the ability to squeeze more cash out of a business on that scale is a rare and precious thing.
Bill embodied the unrestrained and unpredictable power of the United States, but his frustrated rage appeared to be honest, and honesty is a rare and precious thing.
The most precious thing in it appeared to be an autographed painting of Hillary and Tensing on Everest: another conquered mountain much like his, very big, very difficult, and very white.
They took the most precious thing away from me.
BBC: James Bulger's mum wants 'justice' 20 years after murder
FORBES: Can Health Care Orgs Maintain Trust With Electronic Records?
Because the only thing more precious to a small business than capital is time.
The thing is, being a precious metals refiner is not actually the most difficult of jobs.
FORBES: The Cash4Gold Bankruptcy: This Is The Basic Problem With Recycling
While the film and music industries are convinced that the only thing tech-types want to do is pirate their precious content, perhaps they ought to take a peek out their front door.
"I think it's a really good thing that Liberal Democrats worry as much as we do about something as precious as the NHS, " he said.
BBC: Lib Dems: Party activists reject holding NHS protest vote
For one thing, fund-raising takes a lot of time almost as precious a commodity as cash at this stage in the race.
So, what I want to say to every kid, every young person -- what I want all of you -- if you take away one thing from my speech, I want you to take away the notion that life is precious, and part of what makes it so wonderful is its diversity, that all of us are different.
The decline in wagering dollars leaves racetracks in a curious position: use precious financial resources to upgrade the on-track experience, or recognize that big crowds at racetracks are a thing of the past, and cater instead to the off-site bettor, whose gambling funds the purses and the salaries that permit the racetrack to exist?
应用推荐