11.   There is a powerful sense of recapitulation about these precious days.

12.   Visa and MasterCard have card production facilities outside the United States, which can shave a precious day or two off replacement time.

13.   Since then, the group has been spending precious days together in Sarajevo cafes and other hangouts.

14.   The lack of a beacon on board to guide rescuers to any crash has only made the task more difficult and cost precious days.