Russia's robust growth is precarious, based on high prices for oil and gas that may not last and rising production that may not prove sustainable.
Meanwhile, tumbling stockmarkets put added strain on precarious capital bases.Eifuku Master Fund, a $300m Japanese hedge fund, collapsed.
The close of the second world war ushered in a cold war, with a precarious peace based on the threat of mutually assured destruction.
The precarious Allied bases were poorly situated, which caused supply and shelter problems.
But Hamas remains isolated in Gaza, and the upheaval in Syria has made the Hamas leadership's base there precarious.
This is a worthy project, but New York's public school system is not obviously short of cash spending per pupil is nearly $20,000, far more than some private schools spend.And New York's tax base is precarious.
Mr. Monti's government of unelected technocrats is trying to pull the country back from its deep indebtedness by trimming a bloated public sector, fighting corruption and reducing tax evasion, a task that puts it in a precarious position without a base of party support to fall back on.
Peace is precarious unless it is based on justice and human dignity..
I understand the precarious nature of voting based on one issue, but, as I said, I have pretty much always put my concern for equal rights and opportunities for all above all other election issues to a certain extent.
We've become so desensitised to the internet and its impact, we've failed to realise that this is a precarious and potentially dangerous foundation on which to base one's sense of self.
