Word: priceless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idea, that is, of art as something separate from life roped off in a realm of its own, of art as responsible for bringing about a new existence through a revolution in consciousness, as something to be treasured while it mummifies in museums, as something that can accrue priceless value, or, for that matter, be bought and sold at all, and of the artist as a uniquely gifted individual. Instead the dominant assumptions about art would be that it has nothing to say, art is of no consequence, art is play, art is everywhere and anything that can be tampered...
What price education? $110? $270? Expensive, perhaps, but surely not as costly as a sincere desire to learn--the price tag on that is priceless...
...courtly Southern gentleman's acknowledgment of beauty; it was a signal that forgiveness was in the air. The Senate Select Committee hearings are not, after all, Perry Mason redivivus, complete with dueling attorneys, surprise witnesses and sudden breakdowns. They are, instead, a series of civics lessons, a priceless course in government. With their strong undertow of show business, they are also a drama reaching back to the ancient rites...
...finest anthropology library in the country has been squeezed into less than 6,000 square ft. Priceless rare books have not received proper storage, and students and staff alike have been forced to use this important resource under nearly intolerable conditions," Stephen Williams, director of the Museum, wrote in a recent library prospectus...
...confidentiality and non-criticism inside the medical profession are not always the most pragmatic or desirable self-regulations. Is not the exorbitant cost of medical care a contradiction of the physician's supposed heart-felt concern for the ailing? Is good health merely an expensive commodity or a priceless inalienable right? Are medical resources simply a luxurious prerogative of the affluent? The physician must study the laws of medicine and probability, and yet disease is not specific. The consequences of medical acts cannot always be predicted; individual cases must be examined for their own nuances and patients for their...