The situation is fragile utterly fragile.

But the overall picture remains fragile.

The humanitarian situation in south Sudan is very fragile.

The financial situation of the United Nations remains very fragile.

It was characterized by a nation versus nation, very fragile standoff.

There is a much broader security issue, relating to environmental security.

Lebanon is now fragile, as Iran pushes Hezbollah into the battle.

Post Musharraf Pakistan is a rather fragile democracy.

They know that their government is fragile, and they consider criticism harmful rather than cleansing.

The overall security situation in Liberia remained calm, but fragile.

Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is a fragile environment.

While we have made progress, the Kosovo security environment does, however, remain fragile.

Yet, at the same time, the overall situation in Kosovo is fragile.

However, despite relative stability, the overall security situation remains very fragile.

Nonetheless, the security situation in the border areas can be expected to remain fragile.

Now, when I went to college, I found myself making fairly complicated, fragile machines.

We returned the proposal for another review it came back with the comment that the polymers were fragile and would break.

PARIS Today, roughly one quarter of the world s population lives in conflict affected and fragile states.

At least since 1989, the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party s monopoly on power has been fragile.

Despite this relative stability, the overall security situation remains very fragile.

If States are fragile, the peoples of the world will not enjoy the security, development and justice that are their right.

With so many banks in the US fragile, lending is likely to remain constrained.

While there have been some hopeful recent signs in Lebanon, the situation there too remains fragile.

RP It is fragile, and you know, I think about emerging human diseases parasites that move into the human species.

Can China emulate the recent example of neighboring Myanmar (Burma), which has initiated significant, if still tenuous, political reforms?

Nevertheless, despite progress in conflict settlement, we must remain aware of the fact that the situations, generally speaking, remain fragile.

Conversely, when democratic transition was attempted in a fragile and closed economic environment, the outcome was much worse.

There are fragile states to contend with, as well as the dangers of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, authoritarian regimes, and the threat of extremism.

In an already fragile region, a major Arab country like Iraq would most likely prompt interventions by its nervous neighbors of which there is no shortage if it turns into a failed state.

The challenges that face Prime Minister Prachanda, the incoming coalition government, and the Constituent Assembly, are immense, and trust is fragile.

It is not naïve to believe that nuclear deterrence is both fragile operationally, and of thoroughly dubious utility in sustaining the peace.

Soft rime formations have the appearance of white ice needles and scales they are fragile and can be easily shaken off objects.

The situation in Kosovo remains fragile and requires a continuous international presence on the ground, particularly during the extremely sensitive period ahead of us.

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Mr. Jessen Petersen warns that the state of things in Kosovo is still fragile and that a period of increased risk of incidents lies ahead.

Their recovery is still fragile, but it is real and tangible, and it is providing new hope across the continent.

Sound transactions would be taxed along with destabilizing, overnight financing of fragile financial institutions.

When red blood cells have completed their life span of approximately 120 days, or when they are damaged, their membranes become fragile and prone to rupture.

However, the political situation is still fragile and potentially volatile, and much of the technical process of unification has still to be completed.

Mittal is a strong but fragile company, for it is highly subject to the speculative waves of the global market for raw steel.

But, while financial strains have since eased, economic conditions on the eurozone s periphery remain shaky.

Confidence is fragile in an environment characterized by ongoing deleveraging, macro uncertainties, weak labor market growth, and a fiscal drag.

Those incidents underscore that as I said at the beginning the state of affairs remains fragile and that, unless there is positive movement, the situation could easily deteriorate again.

Moreover, the government has encouraged the leaders of Bosnia s Republika Srpska to threaten to hold their own referendum on separation from a still fragile Bosnia.

Kenya isn t an illustration of development failing, but of development at work complex, powerful, and yet fragile.