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...first major U.S. North Vietnamese battle in the la Drang Valley in 1965, American fighting men time and again bested Hanoi's best; they have prevented the Communists from getting a major offensive of their own under way. The combat toll in Red manpower, Hanoi's most precious asset, has been horrendous: 50,000 Communist dead so far this year alone. By frequent ground sweeps and incessant bombing, the U.S. has destroyed the sanctuaries in mountain and jungle that the enemy so long enjoyed. On the brink of falling to the Communists when the U.S. buildup began...
Aubrey Beardsley was so extravagantly foppish, so precious in his speech and so languid in his posturings that Oscar Wilde claimed him as his own invention. In fact, Beardsley had invented himself. He deliberately set out to create his reputation for decadent eccentricity, and his extraordinary style was a clear forerunner of art nouveau...
...discern a trend toward renewed veneration of objects as symbols of sacred value. Chicago's Lutheran Theologian Martin Marty suggests that the trend is exemplified, to some extent, by the hippies' reverence for flowers. Marty suggests that the Holy Land shrines may come to seem even more precious than ever-as symbols of spiritual meaning and of the decisive "revelatory moments" that changed the course of man's history...
...While the two boats were jockeying for position, Bus kept Vim's bow practically on top of Columbia's transom. Columbia could neither jibe nor tack without fouling Vim. Not until Mosbacher broke off for the starting line could Cunningham swing into action. By then, Vim was precious seconds in the lead...
...agency that later became B.B.D. & O., helped ensure its success with such snappy, to-the-point pitches as the one he wrote for G.E.: "Any woman who is doing any household task that a little electric motor can do is working for 3? an hour. Human life is too precious to be sold at the price of 3? an hour...