He occupies a more tenuous place in the hearts of listeners.
The surprise Russian proposal to defuse the American confrontation with Syria made a tenuous situation even more volatile for a president struggling to convince a deeply skeptical public of the need for the United States to respond militarily in yet another Middle Eastern country, this time in retaliation for the use of chemical weapons.
But Tortorella realizes his situation is more tenuous than the players'.
But it would make his situation much more tenuous — with a slip-up in a key state like California, he could fall just short of it.
Last November, as Enron's financial situation grew more tenuous, Mr. Carpenter contacted executives at Moody's Investors Service to urge them not to downgrade Enron's debt as did an executive of J. P. Morgan, according to reports last year.
"Hezbollah is both a full-fledged terrorist organization, lavishly funded over the years by Iran, and an enterprise that increasingly turns to crime to finance itself as the economic pressure on Iran mounts, and Iran's financial situation becomes more tenuous," said David Cohen, Treasury's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
In the Mahama camp, people can feel the situation growing more tenuous.
Compared to Mr. Obama Mr. Huckabee's situation is much more tenuous, and his victory on Thursday did little to clarify the state of the Republican field.
Malev's situation had been more tenuous since the European Commission ordered it in January to repay about 100 billion forints of state aid, including loans and debt deferrals, that it had received from 2007 to 2010.
The situation is far more tenuous in Philadelphia, where no one can say for sure how the company's flagging fortunes will affect the 14,500 children who are to be entrusted to the company's care.
