Word: parlous
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...seeks excuses, and then he resorts to them with a relish that most of us save for deep shade on a hot day. Mother taxes, the bomb, far from feeding his inspiration, are now the very stuff (he says) that poisoned him. He intoned with authority against the parlous times. He wrings his hands and he yells for reform. When this happens is he not the same man as the one who attacks "Harvard" for the lack of creativity in its authors? Harvard., and a brief listing of its alumni will show is a great place for aspiring writers...
...from the Mohawk. Forcing this elaborate treaty between two old combatants was one overriding consideration: the increasingly parlous economics of Eastern railroading. The Pennsy, which as late as 1955 reported net profits of $41 million, showed a deficit of $2.7 million in the first eleven months of last year. The Central, which netted $52 million in 1955, lost $15.9 million in the first eleven months of 1961. By merging, the two roads hope to save as much as $150 million a year in operating costs. They can eliminate hundreds of miles of side-by-side track, cut back...
Prime Minister Neves is keenly aware of how perilous may be his survival when either an aroused President Goulart or a rebellious Congress may do him in. Sipping a Scotch, he assessed the parlous prospect before him. "I hope," he said, "to last a month at least...
...grand days of the Empire, Hollywood's relation to Art was that of an indulgent but faintly contemptuous uncle. Now, in the parlous years of the Republic, the relation is altered: Art is the uncle, and Hollywood is the loving, overindulged nephew. But family conversations are still fascinating...
...Orsay was skeptical of a 43-year-old investment banker who was innocent of diplomatic experience. France was in a state of upheaval: Indo-China was falling, Algeria was on fire, and Suez was threatening. Dillon handled himself with unspectacular competence, won French government gratitude at a parlous moment by proclaiming U.S. support of France's "liberal" aims in Algeria...