fragility

• “One of the principal reasons for this fragility is the deep sense of alienation and frustration felt by many Aboriginal Canadians.”

  Aboriginal Self-Government and Economic Self-Sufficiency

• “What you call my fragility is more apparent than real," she said with spirit.”

  The Woman from Outside [on Swan River]

• “And I've found that women who advertise their fragility are the first to put the carving knife in your back.”

  Dana Kennedy: Hillary Chokes Up -- Carla Bruni Would Approve

• “It's just like an analysis of fragility, which is typically seen as a disposition to fracture.”

  Ultrasound and the Future of Confused Wannabe Paternalists

• “I am much more persuaded that the idea of fragility, and increased speed and power of transmission of economic crises, is plausible, though it may be hard to express rigorously.”

  Budget Deficits: K. Grease Plays Chicken Little

• “These are the questions: have you had a what's called a fragility fracture, sort of a fracture that you didn't expect, family history of osteoporosis, significant height loss that's been over the past several years, or if you're taking steroid medications.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2004

• “On other matters, however, there is a tentative quality and even a certain fragility.”

  Transformed Through Activism

• “Barbara made a pseudo entry into adolescence, characterized by fragility and inordinate vulnerability.”

  Simon & Schuster: Clinical Work with Adolescents

• “One source of her fragility is her estrangement from her father Paul, whom she once observed hitting Lynn in the face.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “But it also says that 2009 saw at least three African countries - Rwanda, São Tome and Principe, and Zambia - witnessed a resurgence in malaria cases, demonstrating what the report called the "fragility of malaria control".”

  The Guardian World News

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