Word: tenuously
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...begin with, the relationship between the four Boston women's teams is a somewhat tenuous one at present. There are no established leagues in women's hockey, so the keen rivalries will take time to develop...
Although the Tories gained only a minority, political observers saw their partliamentary grip from as far from tenuous; most predicted a "stable" term. Saturated with politics, the Canadian public prepared to watch the chessplayers make the most of a half-hearted mandate. The Liberals had in fact siphoned off a greater percentage of the popular vote than the Conservatives, due largely to overwhelming support in the province of Quebec...
Taiwan, despite its tenuous political status and the growing number of countries which recognized mainland China and re-recognized Taiwan, continues bravely to maintain its independence and to develop economically at a pace close to that of Korea. Not far beyond economically were the small industrial city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore, which also witnessed remarkable attainment...
Potentially the worst blow to the tenuous cease-fire was the sudden death of General Josiah Tongogara, military commander of Mugabe's ZANLA forces, who was killed when his car crashed head-on into a truck while he was driving to his base camp in Mozambique. Officials there, as well as diplomats, judged the death accidental, but among some of his followers there was speculation that he might have run afoul of rivalries inside the guerrilla movement. A magnetic, ruthless soldier, Tongogara, 41, had played a key role in favor of a settlement, and British officials fear it might...
...Singer's prose is suffused with drama. In the theater, his work becomes prosaic. The notion of a girl deceived by a man who does not change his costume or his appearance demands a magic that neither the manic cast nor Director Stephen Kanee can sustain. For this tenuous fantasy, an entertainment tax is difficult enough. A credulity tax is insupportable. - Stefan Kanfer