Not only was precious time wasted, but further damage was done.

The result would be floods, drought, dramatically reduced food production, and a great loss of our precious biodiversity.

I would also like to thank Mr. Rupérez for his valuable work since assuming the leadership of the Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED).

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

I would like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks and gratitude to the States participating in the multinational force for their valued contribution.

China balks at interfering in the internal affairs of a neighbor from whom it gets precious natural gas and potential access to the sea.

Immense amounts of time were wasted in enterprises by informal requests for assistance, forcing knowledgeable workers to become computer gurus in order to aid their colleagues.

Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth let them return unto thee but return not thou unto them.

Simply put, governments can no longer afford to drain precious time and money that could be better spent elsewhere by locking up people for drug related offenses.

The medium term fiscal outlook continues to deteriorate while, in the short term, politicians play with the country s valuable AAA credit rating by arguing like schoolchildren over how to extend the debt ceiling.

I do not wish to waste your precious time to dwell further on our position regarding the special envoy since the messages I conveyed to you in my previous communications are clear and uncontroversial based as they are on legality.

The hoard was buried as an oak box or small chest filled with items in precious metal, sorted mostly by type with some in smaller wooden boxes and others in bags or wrapped in fabric.

In that connection, it is relevant to recall the invaluable contribution made by the then Vice President of the Court, Judge C.G. Weeramantry of Sri Lanka, to the jurisprudence of the Court, particularly in relation to international environmental law.

While the world dawdles, greenhouse gases are building up in the atmosphere, and the likelihood that the world will meet even the agreed upon target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius is diminishing.

It is a matter of regret that there was precious little time left for a full fledged discussion of these important issues and that no specific session of the Conference was devoted to human rights or to the proposed institutional changes at the United Nations other than reform of the Security Council.

So, after all the tourists that irrigate this poor region with precious income leave the viewing platforms below the falls, authorities close the sluice gates that dam the White Water River on the dangerously low upstream reservoir, and the falls cease.

The modern version of this honor has been conferred on non Japanese recipients beginning in 1981 (although several foreigners were given the honor before World War II) and women were awarded the Order starting in 2003 (previously, women were awarded the Order of the Precious Crown).

So the idea was to take these 66,000 seeds that they agreed to give us, and to take each seed and trap it in this precious optical hair and grow that through this box, very simple box element, and make it a building that could move in the wind.

These are the internal wars every nation and society, no matter how big or small, must win. Cory Aquino s lifetime of service and sacrifice provided the tools and a model for how to win that seemingly eternal struggle. To sustain such a treasured legacy and defend democracy wherever it is threatened is our collective responsibility.

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.

So it's not surprising that some people would wonder whether maybe 30 or 40 years from now, we'll look back at this instant in time, and all of the sort of talk about the Human Genome Project, and what all this is going to mean to us well, it will really mean precious little.

If you had to walk a mile for a jug of water every day, as millions of people do, it's unlikely you'd use that precious water to bathe. Young entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane tells the amazing, funny story of how he invented a cheap, clean and convenient solution DryBath, the world s first bath substituting lotion.