Yet business's new enthusiasm for clean energy is a fragile green shoot in a dark landscape.
For all the reasonably robust performance so far, there is a fragile feeling in the air.
Demand for Cuban cigars rests partly on mystique, and mystique is a fragile thing.
Yet even after the move, many trust a devalued franc over a fragile euro or dollar.
He starts with a legislative majority, but it could prove to be a fragile one.
Many Indians have long harboured legitimate fears about the well-being of a fragile national treasure.
She has kept a fragile peace, and launched Liberia on a fast-track economic recovery.
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It has brought about a fragile ceasefire between government forces and those loyal to the prince.
The prospect of a lengthy jail sentence may have pushed a fragile human being over the edge.
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It was a fragile situation and the HMOs looked like they had succeeded in blocking the bill.
Payouts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a restructuring of foreign debt encouraged a fragile recovery.
Whatever the motivation of Mr Qadir's killer, his assassination threatens to destabilise a fragile peace in Afghanistan.
However, Denmark's Social Democrats, who run the country in a fragile coalition, have been hardening up their euro-plans.
Economists have warned that a failure to keep the tax cut would hurt a fragile US economic recovery.
War jitters have rattled what looked like a fragile recovery of optimism about the economy after several glum years.
It is a fragile chemical and must be absorbed by the intestine, but stomach acid would normally destroy it.
What they see are tax proposals that pose risk to a fragile economy.
One conservationist said the figure showed a pleasing recovery, but a fragile one.
Many older wines may not benefit from a vigorous swirl for example, a fragile old Burgundy is best left unswirled.
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For a business with a fragile business model, sending a suggestion of your own obsolescence is a dangerous idea.
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But Zaire's best hope, albeit a fragile one, lies in a fresh start.
In offering to babysit her newborn, Emanuel unwittingly enters a fragile, fictional world.
In several countries, fiscal and structural reforms are still at a fragile stage.
Unlike a jet plane, the shuttle has a fragile heat shield that can be easily damaged by rain or lightening.
He and Tsvangirai are expected to face off in the upcoming election, which will end a fragile coalition between them.
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Mr. Enzi said the administration's move could undermine a fragile consensus, according to administration and Senate aides in the room.
Despite this, and as negotiations dragged on, the economy reached a fragile stability even without a Fund agreement (see article).
He learned to plan because when you were an enterprise with such a fragile item as bread, you have to plan.
The prospect, therefore, after some tortuous post-election horse-trading, is for a fragile coalition, with its many components pulling in different directions.
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