With the slimmest possible majority, Mr. Daschle must lead a diverse caucus of conservatives and fiery liberals.
Suppose, however, that Mr. Boehner were able to get the slimmest possible majority of his conference to vote for the bill.
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has assembled a rightwing coalition government with the slimmest possible of majorities, narrowly beating a midnight deadline to complete negotiations.
Mr Netanyahu has set in motion a right-wing coalition, with the slimmest possible majority – 61 seats in the 120-seat Knesset – just before a deadline of late on Wednesday night.
LONDON (AP) — Juan Martín del Potro squeaked into the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday by beating Roger Federer, 6-2, 6-3 (5), 6-3 — the slimmest possible margin for del Potro to advance and knock Andy Murray out of the tournament.
After defeating Roger Federer in the following match, he qualified for the semifinals, ousting Murray by the slimmest possible margin of one game.
Many had been arrested on the slimmest possible pretext — one man was denounced by a neighbor over a property dispute; another was a farmer who had attended a single peaceful demonstration.
And to make things more challenging yet, Mr. Taniguchi wanted the mullions between the panes of glass to be as slim as possible, slimmer than the usual 3 1/2 to 4 inches.
But if he plans on achieving what would be a significant upset in Wisconsin, Mr. Santorum will need to keep Mr. Romney's margins in Waukesha and Milwaukee counties as slim as possible.
My concern of course is that this 'technique' - which is nothing new and has historically been used by a minority of parents who want their children to be as slim as possible, because they themselves have been brainwashed by a thin-worshipping culture and perversely see their children as an extension of them - will now have been legitimised.
"I think we always knew the chances of winning at this stage were slim - possible but slim - and we'd never been told anything different so we were prepared for it".
