Word: tenuously
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...fact that life is filled with the tension and rage bred by living among people who hate your presence. Zweig's family lives in a small mobile home, and although she had a chance to live in a less controversial settlement, she turned it down. Kfar Darom's tenuous situation is part of the message: the settlers will give no ground...
Currently, the GOP has a 54-46 majority in the Senate, but this majority rests on tenuous ground. Under any scenario, the Democrats need a net gain of five seats to take control of the Senate...
...agreement, but Ehud Barak could find his own plans to tamp down the violence being second-guessed by Israeli settlers. With Israel's deadline for an end to the violence due to expire Friday amid the noontime Muslim prayers that have often touched off fresh waves of rage, the tenuous cease-fire reached at Sharm el-Sheik is under new strain following a firefight that raged into the night near Nablus Thursday. The incident, in which one Palestinian and one Israeli were killed and a number of people were wounded on both sides, appears to have begun as an armed...
...This notion of distance is over-emphasized by the curators. Distance is a prerequisite for all modes of understanding landscape, and not a thematic motif peculiar to this exhibit. The thrust of From a Distance might more aptly be defined as a moral, ecological and sociological diagram of the tenuous and destructive relationship between humanity and nature in contemporary society...
...Boilermakers began the third game with a 7-3 lead, but the Crimson retaliated with four unanswered points to tie the game at seven. Purdue responded with three consecutive points to take a 10-7 lead, but the Crimson grabbed a tenuous 11-10 advantage after scoring four straight points...