But Mr. Mori's retention of Mr. Obuchi's cabinet and stated plans to carry out the stricken prime minister's policies are also a reminder for many that he has no popular mandate and occupies a tenuous position as interim leader at a time when the governing coalition led by his party is deeply unpopular and facing stubborn economic problems.
With resignations - or possibly sackings - briefings and counter-briefings, Nigel Farage's position as party leader looks tenuous, according to the Daily Telegraph, who say he is "clinging" to power.
Moreover, they worry that a strike would strengthen, not weaken, the Iranian leaders' somewhat tenuous hold on their country.
However, it's a bit tenuous because our political leaders have emboldened people to act and speak on their racist ideas, and that is leading to increased violence".
"I believe that dialogue and engagement is always a step in the right direction, especially given the tenuous relationship these two leaders have had.
Rarer still to see it from the leader of a tenuous right-wing coalition of ultra-religious parties.
If the eurozone's future remains tenuous, it's because a leader who can articulate what such a new policy would involve in its specifics and then build support for it across the North-South divide is nowhere in sight.
Meanwhile, within Syria, the coalition's legitimacy is being tested by some of the fighting groups, whose links to outside political leaders have been tenuous in the past.
Since then, the White House has been grappling with a new political reality, where the civilian leaders seem to have tenuous control over Pakistan's military and intelligence establishment.
But his relatively narrow margins in some contests — including last week against Mike Huckabee in Virginia — have rattled party leaders by accentuating his tenuous standing among conservatives.
"Nobody knew!" Because the MTA had largely left the community in the dark about their initial planning, she said, meetings between community leaders and representatives grew tenuous.
