But it also made them vulnerable.
Each of these economies had particular features that made them vulnerable.
They were reluctant to go out at night, sensing that their head scarves made them vulnerable.
Some fled because their political positions made them vulnerable to harassment, imprisonment or death.
These changes put stress on the glaciers and made them vulnerable to collapse.
Their higher quality assets, being mortgage related, also made them vulnerable to a housing downturn.
Clay and papyrus, though more easily harvested and manufactured, possessed equally limiting characteristics that made them vulnerable to destruction.
That made them vulnerable to predators such as the skua, a large gull that feeds on chicks and the eggs.
These advocates also say that landowners' eagerness to start earning royalties has made them vulnerable to deceptive tactics by landmen.
Millions of Congolese then found themselves suffering near-famine, which made them vulnerable to diseases they otherwise might have survived.
Worse, their own absolute certainty that they had decisively rejected Nazi thought actually made them vulnerable to its influence.
