Yet for all of Mr. Reagan's apparent vulnerability early on, he was re-elected with a record 49 states.
Yet despite its apparent vulnerability, not to mention the personal unpopularity of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, the L.D.P. managed -- just -- to cling to power in last Sunday's election.
Such is the nervousness fuelled by the credit crisis, and the apparent vulnerability of the once indomitable firm, that it took just another day for him to realise that Lehman needed to find a buyer.
I'm Evan Davis and my favourite band is a band you've never even heard of, that's how shitting cool I am…" The show's apparent vulnerability is being exploited by politicians.
Tourists around the world are responsible for around a quarter of the world's luxury purchases, so anything that lessens international travel hurts the industry.Yet this apparent vulnerability to world events is actually a sign of strength.
But beneath this apparent vulnerability, there is a hidden upturn in the president's fortunes.Mr Bush's job approval rating stood at around 55% in December (one Gallup poll put it as high as 63%).
While Cook was happy to name his XI a day before the toss, his opposite number, Misbah-ul-Haq, opted to keep Pakistan's plans under wraps as the tourists mull over a change at the top of the order due to Shan Masood's apparent vulnerability outside off stump.
When Prince Charles, her eldest son and heir apparent, divorced in 1996 after 15 years of marriage, most Britons sided with Diana, his former wife, who had endeared herself to millions with her beauty, apparent vulnerability, and seemingly endless supply of empathy for victims of circumstance, especially AIDS patients and individuals who had been injured by land mines.
This is especially true in the prime minister's People of Freedom (PdL) movement, many of whose parliamentarians owe their political careers to Mr Berlusconi.After surviving two opposition no-confidence motions last year, the prime minister's main apparent vulnerability is to desertion by the PdL's allies in the Northern League.
The apparent vulnerability and demise of older agriculture and lifeways looms large in frontier Southeast Asia.
