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Industry executives are also worried about what they see as the parlous state of the country's state finances.— Reuters: Top News
The President very belatedly ridiculed the well-worn excuses being spewed out over the past two decades for the parlous state of the industry − poor weather, strikes, labour shortages, etc − and the frequent visits of a senior official of the Booker-Tate London headquarters (formerly of the local hierarchy) seem not to have made any difference.— Stabroek News
Ludwig von Mises, whose 'Human Action' of 1949 reads like a road map to the parlous state we seem to be destined for:— SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
The size of the bonus - for only a year's extra service - reflects the parlous state of the RAAF's air traffic control group which has lost at least 14 controllers this year to Airservices Australia, the civilian air traffic control manager.— Tanker Brothers
Comments from Australia on the mostly parlous state of modern education by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph. D.) -- former High School and University teacher.— EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL

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