The American military is also privately skeptical of humanitarian gestures that put the lives of troops at risk for the cause of the moment, while being of only tenuous national interest.
Though the connection might seem tenuous, Zalasiewicz's interest in giant rats represents a logical extension of his interest in graptolites.
This alliance remained extremely tenuous, however, until French interest in the slave trade from the Tanganyikan coastal town of Kilwa revived the trade in 1776.
— living on a half-ruined estate in the Russian countryside, with only tenuous family connections, an interest in the estate's modest revenue, and passions that felt less than passionate to bind them together?
He believes that deep spending cuts would reverse this effect and thus generate private spending and growth.For this there is only tenuous empirical support when interest rates are close to zero.
Who were these characters were they even characters?—living on a half-ruined estate in the Russian countryside, with only tenuous family connections, an interest in the estate's modest revenue, and passions that felt less than passionate to bind them together?
Instead, the stated independent position of the regulator – independent from other actors – becomes visible for what it actually is: a tenuous network of competing influences, interests, roles and responsibilities in which the safety of a medical implant is constructed through the interpretation of its performance according to underlying commercial interests.
Colbert lacks Dave's gleeful misanthropy, but it's clear the new host isn't interested in the tenuous renown that virality offers, either.
If you just follow the headlines since we invaded Afghanistan in October of 2001, the American interest there has been tenuous, fleeting.
OSP should also have a list of private foundations that support scientific research; if your research has even a tenuous connection to a foundation's interests, add the foundation to your list.
