Word: tenuously
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...that no commitment had been made to the committee, attributed the delay to the fact that the Hells Canyon case was bogged down in litigation until the Supreme Court ruling. But since Idaho Power had already gone ahead with construction to the extent of $19.5 million, that explanation seemed tenuous at best. Whatever the reasons for the delay, it had effectively eliminated a fast tax write-off as a serious issue during the long Hells Canyon debate...
...Lady, scored. For so formidable a talent, it was a limited victory because it slipped by the critics relatively unnoticed. The Horton Foote adaptation of his 1954 play, which made a star out of Kim, was pared down by some 40 minutes for TV but lost little of its tenuous, dreamlike quality. As a homely, stammering drudge who is trying to reclaim her no-account husband just out of jail, Actress Stanley gave a sunlit performance. Like a hand picking up broken glass, she limned her character with tentative little twitches, awkward hesitations and mute expectancy...
...tenuous basis of comparative scores, Harvard will have to enter the match in the role of favorite. This is particularly unfortunate because the Big Three contests are usually potential upsets. These crystallize more often when one team is put in the role of underdog. Last year the Crimson was given slight chance to defeat the Tigers, but defeated them for the first time in many years...
There are many causes behind the government's constant frustration and failure to produce effective policy. Basically, the difficulty arises from the absence of any potential majority in the electorate which necessitates an artificial coalition majority in parliament. These coalitions, with their tenuous alliances and uneasy combinations, tend to be unstable. Dissention often arises within the coalition, each group adhering rigidly to its principles, unwilling to sacrifice its standards to the cause of effective government. Consequently, major problems are shelved for fear of upsetting the coalition's balance, and vital programs collect dust for lack of Cabinet cohesion...
...government security procedures, as each department head was given the sole responsibility over the security of his office. This lack of central organization led to confused situations like that in which Wolf Ladejinsky was cleared by the State Department and then suspended by the Department of Agriculture on tenuous grounds...