Overall bonded care conditions were described as small in terms of the numbers of family members available to provide support and fragile in terms of the quality of these relations.
Moreover, the rules exist to preserve something precious and fragile in a democracy -- the diversity of information that flows into everyone's home.
Mr. Weiner, who friends say has become distraught and fragile in recent days, will use the leave to think about his future and whether to leave Congress, a possibility he has not entirely ruled out, a person close to him said.
The casting of the similarly big-eyed and fragile Natalie Portman in the younger role only rams the point home.
This would gravely threaten some of the most important and fragile ecosystems in the region, like one of the park's highest waterfalls and spring ice formations that help preserve numerous endangered plant species.
Most States now have an increasing policy interest in this area, though institutional arrangements, particularly in the area of cost-effectiveness analysis of medical devices, are not uniformly advanced and are fragile in the face of opposing multinational industry pressure to recoup investment and maintain profit margins.
Near-daily protests and defections by key allies in the military, powerful tribes and diplomatic corps have failed to bring an end to Saleh's 32-year autocratic rule over the impoverished and fragile nation in the Arabian peninsula.
Only occasionally rising to the requisite heights, and then fragile in the topmost register, Schwanewilms is the only weak link in an accomplished cast, especially notable for Diana Damrau's sexy, full-throated Zerbinetta.
They are well-suited to the messy real world: Human-engineered systems may be 'optimal' but often require a lot of effort to design and are fragile in the face of changing conditions.
At equal risk are host communities who are shouldering the burden with limited resources and fragile infrastructure in the aftermath of food prices spikes that took root in 2007.
