For young Wolfgang, it would have been a precious chance to see a beloved but often absent figure.
As the ball rolled to the other end of the court, 13th-seeded Murray State's last precious chance for an upset rolled away with it.
And then, my lesson learned, I stopped by again the next morning, before I headed to the airport and lost the precious chance.
There is a precious chance for him to rally his players towards a strong group performance, based on collective commitment rather than the expectation of individual moments.
Graduating seventh in Norwich Free Academy's 2003 class, Ms. Pascal saw her deferment as a precious chance to "develop my humanity," while still attending the University of Pennsylvania next fall, and then, perhaps, law school.
"Conveyor belt justice," as the president of the A.B.A., Dennis Archer, calls it, falls short of the promise the Supreme Court made in Gideon, and wastes a precious chance to get young defendants on the right track before it is too late.
The expense is enormous, in both dollars and carbon, but being at the summit is a precious chance to speak about climate change in moral terms and to put a human face to this unfolding catastrophe.
For students nervous about venturing too far from home, or unable to get into or afford the elite institutions that attract students from across the country (and are thus less able to slip away), suitcase schools are a reliable option — a last choice or a precious chance or something in the middle.
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