The position may be tenuous and could end with the end of the Bush administration.
Two other councils where no party currently has overall control, Cumbria and Warwickshire, are in his sights too, as are two counties in the south-west where the Lib Dems now have a tenuous hold.Perhaps by the end of next week all eight councils will be painted blue.
Two weeks ago Palestinian militant factions, including Hamas, sharply stepped up the rocket fire from across the border, ending a tenuous six-month cease-fire.
JUBA, Sudan, Sept. 4 — The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, came to this capital of southern Sudan on Tuesday to shore up support for the tenuous peace accord that ended Africa's longest-running civil war in 2005.
To understand the tenuous hope of possibly ending DR Congo's conflict, it is important to look at how M23 rebels were recently routed from its main bases by the Congolese army, a force generally known for its indiscipline, inefficiency and corruption.
With 5 minutes 32 seconds remaining, Oregon held a tenuous 42-41 leafterter defensive end Seth McEwen blocked an extra-point attempt by Stanford.
When Warner regained consciousness, he was enraged by reports of his son's behavior, and their "tenuous" relationship came to an end.
She only changed her mind when she realised she was set to be overruled by the caucus - which would have ended her already tenuous hold on the leadership.
Living with the tensions in their marriage -- the constant arguments that ended in brief, tenuous reconciliations -- Arana convinced herself that there was no terra firma, and that the world was a very shaky place.
In the end, all acquire a tenuous metaphorical connection to his predicament.
