However, our unexpected marked regional differences may provide a clue, which is a fragile issue to discuss.
Politicians in this ethnically fragile country have met to discuss the constitutional void, there have been repeated calls for a transfer of power to the vice president, federal lawsuits have been filed over Mr. Yar'Adua's absence, the news media have engaged in a frenzy of speculation about his health and Nigerians have been left perplexed about their apparently rudderless nation.
Virtually all the Yankees had drifted out the door by the time General Manager Brian Cashman positioned himself near a pillar and a garbage can to discuss the fragile state of the starting rotation.
After touring a manufacturing plant in Clackamas, Ore., Mr. Geithner sat down Wednesday with John Harwood of The Times and CNBC to discuss the still fragile recovery and the quickening economic debate in the presidential campaign.
He visited dozens of Hindu temples to discuss the area's fragile ecosystem -- how saris could strangle the sea grass, flowers could choke the birds, and fruit could disrupt the food chain.
Aides said Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. James L. Jones, the national security adviser; Robert M. Gates, the defense secretary; and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. would all attend the security council meeting, to discuss Afghanistan, Iraq and the fragile cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and the militant Islamist organization Hamas.
Perhaps studies like this one will help to guide the stakeholders when they sit down later this year to discuss the fate of that fragile ecosystem.
Well, Rosie Swash caught up with Smith earlier in the week to discuss, among other things, his fragile state of mind and a potential bid to collaborate with, er, James Blunt.
Many involved are loath to discuss it publicly for fear of blowing up the fragile talks with the union construction trades, all of which are covered by contracts.
