But West not only needs to be cherished, he needs to be cherished on his own terms.
But the game we love and cherish needs more than one good man.
Nudged by recent scholarship, Bach lovers are learning, as they commemorate the 250th anniversary of the master's death, that cherished myths need to be retired.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, who made demagoguery a form of art and whose ideological zeal robs the Israelis and Palestinians alike of peace which they cherish and need.
Until this is addressed we can expect only more of the same old moribund and corrupt Congress we have now, where nothing is accomplished -- except the destruction and elimination of major safety net programs we cherish and need.
Loved, cherished, missed and needed more than ever on the tenth anniversary of your final journey.
The Egyptians believed you could take it with you, and so buried their pharaohs with food, drink, clothes, furniture and whatever valuables they cherished or might need.
Yet, even if a sizeable minority of Germans are now voting for extremist parties at both ends of the political spectrum, most are starting to understand that, if Germany is to keep its cherished welfare state, it needs seriously to modernise it.
The Victorians, with their big trees, lavish decorations and plump turkeys, may have invented modern Christmas, but if you want to find the source of some of our most cherished festive flavours, you need to go much further back.
