Word: tenuously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...painstaking task of bringing Egypt and Israel back to the bargaining table could be ruined if renewed fighting in Lebanon sparked another confrontation between Syria and Israel. A tenuous truce brought a measure of calm to the country, where clashes two weeks ago between Syrian peace-keeping forces and Christian militiamen left 200 dead, most of them civilians. Both sides used the lull to bring heavy reinforcements into Beirut. Israel continued to supply military equipment to the rightist Christian armies of Pierre Gemayel and Camille Chamoun, who have been engaged in a bloodletting feud with forces loyal to former Lebanese...
...Harvard, and even goes so far as to praise the "flexibility" of Harvard's admissions policy. "I think they're [minorities] about as firmly ensconsed in the admissions program as the objectives of the Harvard admissions goals can allow," he says. In that light, and in light of the tenuous position minority recruitment enjoys at Harvard, a certain amount of uneasiness over the adequacy of diversity-oriented policies is more than justified...
...apparently have some links to terrorist organizations in other countries, such as West Germany's Red Army Faction and various Palestinian groups. There is even some speculation that they have a Czech connection, although the evidence-like the Czech-made pistol used in Moro's killing-remains tenuous at best. But Italian officials are convinced that there is an important difference between the Red Brigades and say, the West German terrorists who operate in virtual isolation. The Red Brigades enjoy considerable support from left-wing organizations in Italy, which, at a time of lingering 7.4% unemployment (nearly half...
...First," Plate continued, "let me describe the situation. Winthrop was playing Dudley, you see, and as the game entered the top of the fifth inning, the 'Throp held a tenuous 7-6 lead...
...skill at holding the country hostage to their game of psychological suspense. Said one police official grudgingly: "The Red Brigades' sense of stage direction is perfect." But if the underlying goal of Moro's ultra-leftist kidnapers was to sabotage Italy's democratic process and its tenuous political balance, they had failed, at least so far. The effect of the new challenge was a closing of ranks behind the government's position...