1.   And she gives thanks again before bed for the precious day they had together.

2.   But as time passed and he embraced the precious days he could spend with his children, Mattingly gained some perspective.

3.   He became a fixture in the state, partly due to a strategic decision to skip the caucuses in Iowa, where Bush spent many precious days.

4.   He will turn the team over to Torre, but he will privately relish these precious days, when he got to do something he still loves so much.

5.   However, some observers said the attack will give the president a few precious days to try and halt the momentum growing against him.

6.   In the week leading up to the primary, he devoted six precious days to the state, forsaking the bigger Super Tuesday prizes.

7.   My goal is to be able to make the right moves and fly choices on those precious days when I am on the water.

8.   President Fernando de la Rua has had precious few good days since he took office nearly two years ago.

9.   Ten precious days.

10.   These are precious days, and by leaving M.L. in command, you risk losing Bird, Pitino, and Brown.