The new alliance soon proved fragile, however.

You know, he was brittle in a lot of ways.

Without such support, any peace process will become increasingly fragile.

The euro, as the SNB s move implied, remains as fragile as ever.

In Baidu's doodle, the woman is a fragile and adorable girl who needs to be protected.

Of course, the situation is exceedingly fragile, and a great deal more remains to be done.

He was a foot taller than I was and seemed as fragile as a child.

Food related wastes organic food waste and food packaging comprise a large part of household waste.

The alliance forged in the Cold War will become increasingly fragile.

The second Achilles' heel is complexity a growing fragility, a growing brittleness.

The stability of those Arab regimes that are not sustained by a democratic consensus is bound to be fragile and misleading.

The second Achilles' heel is complexity a growing fragility, a growing brittleness.

They brought 10 cars of perishables in on Number One. Somebody forgot to unload them and the whole shipment spoiled.

Although recovery in advanced countries remains fragile, developing countries appear to have weathered the storm.

And from the front, this object appeared to be very strong and robust, and from the side, it almost seemed very weak.

The one over Tunguska was probably made of rock, and that's much more crumbly, so it blew up in the air.

And from the front, this object appeared to be very strong and robust, and from the side, it almost seemed very weak.

Everything must seem so fragile to you since the scale of your strength has expanded one thousand times.

However, as history unfolded, the alliance of the National Front and Kashani became a fragile one.

There is a peace to keep in Côte d'Ivoire, however fragile it may appear.

In this context, island biodiversity, being endemic and fragile, deserves particular attention.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could yet be an unlikely foundation for peace

A fragile quiet prevailed in the UNIFIL area of operation during most of the period under review, although the situation was often marked by tension.

We greatly appreciate all this. But the situation still remains very complicated and the truce is very fragile.

The filigree strip of earth has been both a fragile barrier and also a link between East and West.

Countries should assist fragile democracies in building sustainable economies while generally promoting democratic values.

The reason is self evident civil society is an intricate, fragile, even mysterious entity that evolves over decades, if not centuries.

The imperial order becomes brittle, and, as Kagan rightly notes, when the old order finally breaks down, mayhem often follows.

On account of the small size of islands and the endemic nature of many of their genetic species, their biodiversity is extremely fragile.

It's also probably one the most vulnerable of the oldest living things, because if the permafrost melts, it won't survive.

Since then it has been preserved and replaced by a replica because the original flag was deemed to be too fragile.

Unless these inseparable aspects of the equation are adequately addressed, the peace in the region will continue to be fragile.

One can understand that enlightened believers in Islam (of whom there are many) find it upsetting that the world in which they want to live is in fact frail and vulnerable.

While these developments augur well for an orderly end to minority rule, the situation in South Africa continues to be fragile and hence fraught with unforeseen potential consequences.

Restricting criminal liability to actual perpetrators, carefully excluding clansmen and kin, is a fragile historical innovation aimed at interrupting spirals of bloody inter communal violence.

At standard temperature and pressure, beryllium is a strong, steel grey, light weight, brittle, bivalent alkali earth metal, with a density of 1.85 g cm 3.

Each country in the region is making special efforts to take up the challenge of sustainable development in this zone where the ecological balance is so precarious.

But despite, and perhaps because of, this very progress there remains a certain fragility in the balance of our world.

In large parts of the globe however, the scene continues to be one of simmering resentments, violent collisions and at best a precarious peace.

Despite China s greater weight in world affairs, Xi faces internal strains that make China more fragile than is generally understood. China s export led economic model has reached its limits, and the transition to domestic led growth is intensifying internal frictions.

The one over Tunguska was probably made of rock, and that's much more crumbly, so it blew up in the air. Either way, these are tremendous explosions, 20 megatons.

Despite China s greater weight in world affairs, Xi faces internal strains that make China more fragile than is generally understood.

Though it may be tenuous, we are at one with those who inspired it and with those who are today endeavouring to make it a success.

It is now clear that without economic growth and development the best negotiated peace settlement would, at best, be fragile, still leaving overall security in danger.

Eventually, central banks will need to exit quantitative easing and zero interest rates, putting downward pressure on risky assets, including commodities. Or the global recovery may turn out to be fragile and anemic, leading to a rise in bearish sentiment on commodities and in bullishness about the US dollar.