The Doha round of world trade talks is barely alive.

ECONOMIST: Europe and America

Thanks to his caring attitude and unrelenting tenacity (I think he badgered Interpol until they got sick of him) she was a free (though barely alive) woman in less than a year.

BBC: Campaigning journalist Paul Foot has died aged 66.

In addition to the man we had found in the road, who had been shot in the head and was barely alive, four Afghan policemen had been shot, of whom two were critically wounded.

NEWYORKER: The Taliban��s Opium War

No one could see 5-0 was about to happen, especially after the Rangers barely stayed alive at home on Sunday with a 1-0 victory.

WSJ: Rangers, Bruins both bring momentum into 2nd round

Weaver was one of those who barely got out alive.

NPR: New Orleans: A Tale Of 2 Cities Since Katrina

Unlike Afghanistan, which has opium (and Iraq which has oil), the Horn has little of economic value to fuel a war: its frontline, after all, can barely keep a cow alive.

ECONOMIST: The Horn of Africa

The night, for all the species of insects alive in it, barely noticed.

NEWYORKER: The Yellow

But the old couple, they were still alive, but just barely.

NEWYORKER: Beginners

Louisville barely registers on most folks' list of hip places to travel, but it comes alive each year in the days before the first Saturday in May when this not-quite Southern, not-quite Midwestern Ohio River town turns on the charm for the Kentucky Derby Festival.

WSJ: Where to Go When the Horses Aren't Running