The Moldova-born Mr Lieberman has undertaken not to bring down the administration yet; he remains in Mr Netanyahu's governing coalition and the government, prompting an Israeli political commentator to quip that "Lieberman is doing just what he accuses Mr Netanyahu of doing in Gaza bombing an empty field".But he makes Mr Netanyahu look a slighter politician.
But he and Congress are both stuck in the mire of health-care reform, so the chances of progress in time for Copenhagen grow slighter by the day.
Often shorter and slighter than Afro-Caribbeans, Indo-Caribbeans seem less interested in basketball or football.The West Indies Cricket Board, say its critics, needs to do more, especially in encouraging more professional training methods.
Rather than push him across the line Mr Antley jumped off, settling for third place, and cradled Charismatic's shattered leg, saving the horse's life.Unlike jockeys smaller or slighter of build, Mr Antley needed to lead a life of staggering deprivation to meet the strict weight restrictions of his trade.
The opportunities for 16-year-old boys to provide for a family are much slighter in Britain's post-industrial economy than they previously were; conversely, the expectation that children stay in education until they are older is much stronger.
But Mr Blair's domestic policy achievements are slighter and more fragile than hers.
But what Mr Cameron actually said is that real autonomy for schools should include allowing them a greater say in determining their admissions policy.If selection were not such a taboo for the Labour Party, the differences between Mr Blair and Mr Cameron would be a good deal slighter than between him and Lady Morris.
Its claim to a democratic mandate is far slighter than that of any sum of national parliaments.The position of the parliament may change if and when the various peoples of Europe come to think of themselves primarily as a single European people.
"Sputnik Sweetheart", his latest offering to appear in English, though slighter than some of its predecessors, quickly draws you in and holds you there.
But her experience of grappling with foreign powers is slighter than she often implies.
His list of works ends with sacred music for chorus: a Stabat Mater and a Te Deum published, along with the somewhat earlier and slighter Ave Maria and Laudi alla Vergine Maria, under the title Quattro pezzi sacri (Four Sacred Pieces) in 1898.
