He wanted to hold her head, that frail and delicate egg, between his palms and kiss her and tell her he loved her.
In the same way, what emerged from the unattractive head of a frail Austrian was strong, beautiful and powerful enough to transcend the centuries so that even people who know little about him, still thrill to his magical music around the world.
With just one conviction under its belt, the three defendants in the current second trial – Ieng Sary, the Khmer Rouge's former foreign minister; Nuon Chea, the regime's chief ideologist and Pol Pot's right hand man, and Khieu Samphan, a former head of state – are frail men in their 80s.
Kaká had other coaches scratching their heads thanks to his frail physique and some even suggested he should try following his father's career as an engineer but São Paulo kept believing.
(A previous show, "The Battle of Stalingrad," had its American premiere in 2000 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, and was presented here at the festival last week.) His marionettes, both human and animal, are exquisite and delicate but not necessarily frail; their heads are prominent and masklike, their limbs wispy, either clattery or flexible.
For many Indonesians, and especially moderate Muslim leaders, it is proving difficult to accept the idea that a homegrown radical Islamic organization -- Jemaah Islamiyah, headed by a frail-looking cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, who lies ailing in a hospital bed in police custody -- could have had a hand in a terrorist act on its own soil.
Armitstead grimaced and writhed, head touchingly heavy on her frail shoulders, an object of gawping scrutiny for the faces pressed against fences a few feet away.
But they never read one another's stories, though the author admired the covers of their books, "with severed heads dripping blood, and princesses as frail as dragonfly wings".
Stretched past the breaking point When Ms. Traoré took Bintou to Mopti Hospital, she was so frail she could barely lift her head.
After Chen turned 10, he steered the boy to a strong sports school, where teachers eyed the frail newcomer and shook their heads.
