The ordeal nearly proved too much for the vulnerable teenager.
Mr. Corrado also said the reimbursement and insurance provisions allowed local officials too much discretion and were vulnerable to abuse.
This proved to be a powerful message during the election campaign because Labour's lack of economic credibility with voters stemmed from the idea that Gordon Brown spent and borrowed too much, leaving the economy vulnerable when the financial crisis broke.
Even some scientists working on altering wood composition acknowledge that reducing lignin too much could lead to wobbly, vulnerable trees.
Their currency took a huge hit, but their domestic economy has recovered, and it has done so without inflicting too much pain on the most vulnerable.
Cross-country skiing is also one of the best aerobic exercises for burning calories without putting too much stress on muscles or vulnerable joints, like the knees.
Fixing the welfare system, which costs too much, but upon which many vulnerable lives depend, is a task requiring dexterity, subtlety, and the sort of insight that distinguishes the possible from the desirable.
Despite their iconic appeal (think of Tom Cruise in Top Gun, or the elegiac pbs series Carrier) and the juggernaut of military and political support they enjoy, these "fighting ladies" are too vulnerable, cost too much and do too little.
The belief was they could never care for themselves or live independently; they were too vulnerable or too much of a burden to live in the community.
But aside from the ethical implications of keeping intelligent, migratory whales in captivity, NOAA's ruling suggests the capture of wild belugas — which Russia has been doing for more than 20 years — could pile too much pressure onto an already-vulnerable marine mammal.
