Word: tenuously
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...dramatic, in which it is in immediate relation to others. "Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man" exemplifies the first phase, "Ulysses" the second, and "Finnegan's Wake" the last. If it might seem to some readers that the last two have achieved only the most tenuous relationship with "others," Levin's study does much to strengthen the bond...
...naval base, the United States and Britain could base a large number of raiders at this highly strategic position and make life completely miserable for all Japanese shipping passing from the Indies to Japan. Also, Japanese control of the coast of Indo China would be made extremely tenuous. But with Singapore lost, all commerce destroying in this area must be conducted from Pearl Harbor, some five thousand miles away. Needless to say, this is not a very efficient means of blockade. The only alternative to such a blockade is for the superior American Battle Fleet to engage the Japanese fleet...
...conquered nations and eventual starvation of the continent are the three possible ways in which it might succeed. The failure of Germany with a 4-1 air superiority to break England, one-tenth the area of Europe, seems to rule out the bombing theory. Revolt within Germany is highly-tenuous, especially in actual war, with martial law enforcing the German will and starvation driving the conquered to work. New acquisitions of industrial and food areas make the economic blockade no longer very creditable...
Professor Spencer's verdict on the merit of "The Trojan Horse" is undoubtedly correct, but his right to call a halt to an H.D.C. production on literary grounds is certainly tenuous at best. The function of an adviser as far as censorship is concerned is to pass on pornography. If the amateur actors wish to continue on their road to hamdom, it is their privilege...
...circumference of a broken coral ring, a detachment of white-clad U.S. sailors last week went through a time-honored ceremony. The bugles blared "To the Colors," the flag was run up, the watch posted. The Navy's new station on the Midway Islands, first pier in the tenuous 5,860-mile water bridge between Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, was in com mission...