Mustafa, one of four survivors of a crew that originally numbered six hundred, spins an exciting tale of wild hopes, divided loyalties, and highly precarious fortunes.
Bamford is of course a paid up member of the 'VR is the future' club – but then he has to be, given the precarious fortunes of HTC's business.
Born in 1795, the eldest child of a prosperous working-class family, he soon learned how precarious his fortunes really were.
Both hearings illustrate Silicon Valley's increasingly precarious political fortunes in the nation's capital, where Democrats and Republicans alike have threatened to penalize tech giants that don't take down offensive, harmful or misleading content more quickly.
Paine's fortunes, always precarious, were at a particularly low ebb in 1774.
The theater has always relied, to some extent, on wealthy individuals willing to risk small fortunes on precarious theatrical projects.
It seems borrowed from the grievances of folks less fortunate than Mr. Romney, who enjoy some fortune but whose privilege is precarious enough that they feel it slipping away.
But, for affluent Chinese, the most basic reason to move abroad is that fortunes in China are precarious.
In many ways, it has done well to diversify, but it is a precarious existence, vulnerable to the changing fortunes of global fashion and finance.
But three or more form a pattern, one that is damaging not only Obama's precarious chances for reelection but also the fortunes of the Democratic Party.
