Worse, of course, is that there is precious little recognition engendered by going on radio.
Three Sisters Care, the homecare agency I run with my two sisters, recently won the award for social enterprise of the year at the Precious Awards in recognition of our social business practices.
The $100m he raised from rich backers at the outset has brought precious little poll recognition but kept Bush in contention as similar candidates have had to drop out.
Now he wanted to aim higher -- a black man from the South Side of Chicago with no money, no statewide organization, and precious little name recognition," Axelrod writes in his new book Believer: My 40 Years In Politics, an advance copy of which was obtained by The Huffington Post.
Nor is there any recognition of the "precious support" same-sex partners can give each other.
But in a moment of unscripted emotion, when a guard in the show tossed away a cigarette, young Jack darted after it and sneaked the precious butt into his shoe, drawing cheers of recognition from the audience.
That's because Norway, once one of Europe's poorest countries, was changed beyond recognition by the arrival of that most precious and deadly of modern commodities: oil.
With regard to mutual recognition, intelligent solutions have been found in relation to precious metals and to weapons, both of which had been problematic.
Service staff deserve remuneration and recognition, but, unless you're a top-drawer maitre d' or sommelier, there appears to be precious little flying around.
Before that, The Help, Precious, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Hustle and Flow snuck into the cinematic consciousness enough to get recognition in the early part of the calendar year.
