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CNN: Supreme Court begins debating sweeping health care law

Because the only thing more precious to a small business than capital is time.

FORBES: Managing Capital Is Not The Same As Managing Cash

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.

ECONOMIST: Verghese Kurien

But at the root of it all is love, that most absurd and precious thing, and how hard it is to make it stay.

ECONOMIST: The life and words of Mr Peanut

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.

NPR: Sergeant Notes Odd Rituals of War in Afghanistan

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.

FORBES: Magazine Article

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.

BBC: Squeezed consumers become choosy

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.

WHITEHOUSE: The President��s Back to School Speech

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?

FORBES: Building A Better Racetrack Is Not A Losing Bet