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Tokyoites, for example, traded their
precious
garments, from wedding dresses to fine kimonos, with rural farmers for rice and vegetables.
Given these developments, there is every reason to believe that technological innovation will lead ultimately to commoditization of many skills that now seem very
precious
and unique.
A perception of unfair treatment can be deadly to economic growth, because it means that people will lose trust in businesses, and hence be less willing to offer to them their
precious
capital and labor.
Indeed, Europe’s finance ministries face a dilemma over how much of their stretched national budgets to allocate to the military; and European defense officials must somehow ensure that
precious
funding is spent in the most efficient manner.
For example, some providers are developing teaching models in which students can watch teacher-created videos online outside of class, so that
precious
teacher-student face time can focus on interacting rather than lecturing.
Yet, on every front – Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea – US militarism squandered global trust, lives, finances, and
precious
time.
Unlike most of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia boasts vast deposits of oil, gas, diamonds, and
precious
metals that are marketable abroad and easy to steal.
Local, because the most fragile communities often rely for their survival on the biological resources that surround them, which constitute a
precious
source of food, energy and income.
Destruction of these
precious
natural environments generates international ills.
At other times, the police simply did not want to betray their
precious
agent.
If the purchasing power of their money had been dealt a blow after 2008, they would naturally have sought substitutes for their home currencies (other currencies,
precious
metals, or alternative forms of saving).
For most of us, fortunately, life is
precious.
Germany will have to loosen its beloved purse strings, and France will have to surrender some of its
precious
political sovereignty.
It is one of the richest continents on the planet, endowed with oil,
precious
stones, forests, water, wildlife, soil, land, agricultural products, and millions of women and men.
Indeed, with oil prices having plunged by 50% over the past year, the Fed stubbornly maintains that faster price growth – and the
precious
inflation rate of 2% – is just around the corner.
All humanity is faced by this crucial dilemma: to silently watch a suicidal self-propulsion of our civilization; or to become active participants in the maintenance of global public assets, including the most
precious
one of all – our planet and its biosphere – of which we are a part.
At a time when the major emerging economies – with the exception of China – are facing a sharp slowdown, Africa, with its untapped energy resources and
precious
raw materials, including rare earth minerals, has naturally become a focus of investors’ attention.
In Beslan, camouflaged men representing four ministries fussed uselessly, with no clear leader or goals, losing
precious
minutes when the violence erupted.
So member states have
precious
little incentive to continue the reform process?
Traditions are jealously guarded, like
precious
heirlooms, to be passed on as long as those dreams persist.
It has achieved this with
precious
few resources and by relying on its many hundreds of scientists to give their time to work on the reports voluntarily.
Finally, although it’s possible to put a price tag on
precious
but non-marketable natural resources – like the capacity of a boreal forest to absorb atmospheric CO2 – the price fluctuations for resources that can be traded make most conservation strategies untenable in the long run.
But Western democracies’ combination of freedom and order – the West’s most
precious
gift to the world – is the product of a long history that cannot be replicated in short order.
In an age of austerity, resources are precious; we must make every dollar count.
His most
precious
resource is his personal popularity, which a flavor of consent to his authoritarian regime.
In general, natural resources like oil, gas, diamonds, and other
precious
minerals breed corruption, because governments can live off of their export earnings without having to “compromise” with their own societies.
The gains from MDRI debt relief will amount to
precious
little if low-income countries emerge from their debt burdens only to start the cycle anew by amassing fresh debt.
Around the world, there has been
precious
little compensation.
Precious
time was squandered before North Korea’s first nuclear test in 2006.
In addition, some governments in the region are under the double pressure of having to reduce their budget deficits and pay back debt;
precious
little will be left for expenditure that could stimulate economic activity, such as investments in infrastructure or energy efficiency.
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