Russia might use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional attack, says Mr Rybkin, in part because its own conventional forces are in so parlous a state.
With the economy close to stagnation and the public finances in a parlous state, a spur to demand would be welcome.
After eight years of sloth and corruption under the Socialists, Hungary's economy is in a parlous state.
The U.S. ignores warnings of a parlous security situation in Benghazi.
The hosts, set a target of 273 in a minimum of 55 overs, were staring defeat in the face on a parlous 123-7 despite Richard Montgomerie's 59.
This is when banks go on life support, and it accurately describes the parlous condition of a large number of banks in Spain and others scattered throughout the eurozone.
Pakistan exited the six-over powerplay in a parlous state on 46-3, after Broad had picked up two wickets from as many deliveries - Mascarenhas getting it all going by removing Ahmed Shehzad.
However, SWFs present a parlous and menacing quandary.
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And the New York police were in a truly parlous state before Messrs Giuliani and Bratton arrived, so the improvement was striking.
Thanks in part to retrenchment under the previous centre-left government, Italy's public finances are no longer in the parlous state they were in a few years ago.
These problems are not just a symptom of the parlous state of agriculture.
His advisers seem to have concluded that a climate bill was a non-starter given the parlous state of the economy, and concentrated on health care instead.
Spending cuts are needed both because the public finances are parlous and because Mr Uribe is committed to a costly military build-up and more social spending.
Perhaps Forbes had erred in staking a major conference on an aging guru seemingly well over the hill and in parlous health.
Given the parlous state of urban China's social-security system, peasants would continue to regard land as a vital safety net, to be relinquished only in extreme circumstances.
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