However, by presenting Sean Ruane's four-square tenor lead as a wounded and shocked refugee from the war, the work acquires not just a tenuous connection with the real world but a brittleness and interest lacking in productions that see La Rondine merely as a vehicle for a star soprano wearing lovely frocks.
In a world where trade names are bought and sold until there is not even a tenuous relationship to the original product, the Pearson Company stands out.
In this way, Hale modifies Lugones' conception of 'world'-travel (which does not postulate such a tenuous fit into categories) (117).
I'm a strong champion of free speech, but when irresponsible comments by someone who hasn't even got a tenuous grasp of what she's talking about starts to manifest itself in hateful intolerance, which puts people in danger, then we have a problem.
Both domains have not only a history of exciting discoveries, but also a tenuous, if not poor, replication record (Ioannidis, 2005a; Ioannidis et al., 2001).
It's not too tenuous a stretch, given that Miró was thinking along these lines in ways that involved pattern as well as color.
The United States has taken a tenuous position: not deep enough to please the rebels or its allies in Europe, or to topple the regime, or to claim leadership in the war's aftermath — but also, perhaps most important, not so deep that it can't get out.
Not when there is only a tenuous connection between fundraising success and real customer satisfaction, retention, and engagement especially at the early stages.
The 'Real Housewife' seems to have a tenuous grasp not only on sanity, but on the English language.
Peeta keeps asking Katniss and the others if things are "real or not real" since he has a tenuous grip on reality, due to his brain-washing.
