"Metal recovery is especially interesting on the precious metals side, such as gold, copper and [other] highly valuable metals," says Fredrick Royan, global research director for environment markets at Frost & Sullivan.
Fancy French wrapping made the cupcakes from Amy's Bread a tad precious, and the side-by-side comparison of vanilla and chocolate again suggested that perhaps vanilla cupcakes are not a very good idea.
More importantly, a decade on from England's sole World Cup win, it gives Stuart Lancaster's side precious momentum as they look to build towards the 2015 tournament that they will host.
Lancaster is not one for excuses, so let us introduce some for him: seven British and Irish Lions missing from his squad, a centre pairing and wingers with fewer caps than the opposition captain, a sin-binning which seemed harsh to many and cost his side precious momentum just as they hauled themselves back.
With the exception of Devil May Cry 4, Dante says the phrase "Devils never cry" in every game, implying that no matter how much of a demon he may prove to be, his ability to cry makes his human side precious to him.
Indeed, the guiding economic principle of the day was Mercantilism, which, in retrospect, rather idiotically valued expending large amounts of resources--and sacrificing even more Native lives--to dig up vast supplies of unproductive precious metals on one side of the world, in order to hold them in vaults on the other side.
"Precious" and "The Blind Side" come from different corners of the movie cosmos, and their simultaneous appearance is entirely accidental.
Let me be clear: I'm not disparaging either "Precious" or "The Blind Side," even though I think "Precious" is a much better movie.
Graham Turner's side created precious few genuine goalscoring opportunities but they threatened first when James Collins hit a 20-yard shot which Torquay keeper Scott Bevan held comfortably.
