There is an understandable fear that some big banks perceived to be weak won't be strengthened sufficiently, because their respective governments would want to avoid the national humiliation of admitting that these flagship institutions have become fragile.
And as the divide between the very rich and everyone else increases, political systems become more fragile and less immune to populist insurgencies.
Their legs are now so long that they have often become too fragile to bear the stress of sprinting and breaks are quite common.
Moreover, his assertion that markets have become more fragile is unproven.
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"One of the things I have always believed strongly is that both the United States and Russia and other nuclear powers will be in a much stronger position to strengthen what has become a somewhat fragile thread-bare nonproliferation treaty if we are leading by example and if we can take serious steps to reduce the nuclear arsenal, " Obama said.
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Like the people who produce them, the older cognacs get the more fragile they become.
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Despite high unemployment and a stubborn economy that refuses to grow at an acceptable rate, the housing sector has managed to become one of the bright points in this fragile recovery.
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With the single currency in its present fragile state, it could very easily become whether the eurozone itself survives.
The move highlighted how fragile U.S. markets have become and how the various fragmented markets have deficiencies in the way they buffer volatility.
Buyer confidence was "fragile", he added, even though mortgage rates had become cheaper as a result of the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS).
HCPs, have become the tool of choice within the Endangered Species Act for preserving wildlife and fragile ecosystems.
Clearly, as German public spending will be increasingly directed toward domestic requirements -- especially those associated with revitalizing the former East German states -- Moscow will become more assertive in ensuring that its claims on Bonn's foreign assistance come before those of the fragile democratic and free market systems struggling to take hold in Central Europe.
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