BUSH'S BIG TEST: The President, who has successfully stitched together a broad international alliance against Iraq, still faces fragile public support and the possibility of far-reaching damage to the nation's economy as a result of the Middle East crisis.
I saw her eyes sink into her face, her fragile body writhe as her cerebral palsy manifested, her emaciating torso holding itself lighter with each passing day.
Unfortunately, the young country faced a fragile future and numerous challenges.
The housing report was one of several released on Wednesday that reflected the uncertainty facing a fragile economy.
The struggle to build stable democracies in weak Latin American countries mirrors the Herculean task faced by fragile states in many other parts of the globe.
Faced with fragile western triumphalism in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sloterdijk proposed that a "pneumatic parliament" be parachuted into post-conflict zones, its sleek transparent dome inflated in an hour and a half, and seats for 160 representatives installed within 24 hours.
Today, with war officially over and nearly 24,000 United Nations peacekeepers assigned to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, the challenge facing these fragile states and the international agencies helping them is how to bring the fighters back into the civilian fold.
Besides, political consultants from both parties say, even as Ms. McCaskill, an early supporter of President Obama who has struggled to hold onto support in an increasingly conservative state, finds her campaign benefiting from her opponent's woes, she still faces a fragile balancing act.
The authentic period lighting produces a glow on the painted stage faces; the fragile beauty of Sullivan's tunes is almost piercing when they are played, as they are here, at slower tempos than we are used to hear ing in modern interpretations.
But analysts said GM's own actions would exacerbate pressures facing already fragile suppliers.
