Word: tenuously
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...after struggling for the first 10 minutes of the second stanza as well--Harvard had a tenuous 52-48 lead with just over 11 minutes left--the Crimson finally took control of the play and cruised to the final 17-point margin...
...aquamen returned in the fall with newly-acquired varsity status and a lingering goalie problem. "The goaltending situation was tenuous at best in the beginning of the season," Pike says. "Rich was by no means our first-string goalie then...
...uncommon talents and training, and seniors felt they had to choose missions in life before graduation. Wendy Wasserstein's Uncommon Women and Others recreates that era with humor and even affection, but somewhat pedantically shows that the transition between discovering one's talents and choosing one's mission is tenuous at best...
...energy shortage of the last decade has catapulted American Indian tribes, under whose lands lie vast domestic energy resources, into a politically influential but tenuous position. American Indian tribes own more than 50 per cent of this country's known reserves of uranium--deposits that account for more than 4 per cent of the total world uranium output. More than one-third of the nation's surface coal lies on Indian lands, areas that have also been proposed as sites for future synthetic fuel plants. But in recent years, legislation has been proposed in Congress to limit the control...
...House of Representatives, the Democrats managed to escape with a tenuous hold on the helm, but the Republicans picked up an unexpected 33 seats. By cutting the Democratic lead to 243-192, the Republicans boosted themselves back to their pre-Watergate strength and laid the foundation for a serious assault on the House Democratic leadership...