Life is too short, time is too precious and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been.
If you want that precious traffic, you stake out a position somewhere in oh-my-God territory and proclaim it with a vengeance.
There is a precious project at stake, and that project is the upbringing of children.
With their precious careers at stake and Trump looking more and more like the Republican nominee, prominent right-wing intellectuals must either fall in line behind Trump like they did for Sarah Palin in 2008, or start a mass exodus toward the Democrats this November.
There's also a Cascadia Cup at stake for a Timbers side with precious little else at stake this season, while Seattle will be trying to stay on the heels of a San Jose team facing a very winnable trip to Chivas USA later that evening.
Dearly Precious won the Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga.
The New Yorker, September 1 , 1975P. 58 Dearly Precious won the Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga.
By G. F. T. Ryall The New Yorker, September 1 , 1975P. 58 Dearly Precious won the Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga.
The stakes in Precious Knowledge are somehow even higher: We meet students who emerge as their own advocates to not only defend their right to a decent education, but their very existence and cultural heritage.
Hordes of paparazzi, professional and amateur, rise at dawn to stake out precious spots.
