However, Labour's new general secretary, Ray Collins, has admitted its finances remain in a 'parlous' state. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
He added that the country was in a "parlous" state and was experiencing many problems which were undermining freedom and democracy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
For a life, all woeful in parlous case!. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
He described the condition of the fleet as "parlous". From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
The situation is even more parlous with our women. From Wordnik.com. [Why Are Only Three Americans Great At Tennis?] Reference
Academic freedom is a critical issue in these parlous times. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
Here is the parlous state of the Palestinians of the West Bank. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Full eight weeks 'negociations smoothed that Treaty's parlous way. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892] Reference
Change (MDC) would like to inherit a country in such a parlous state. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
Heaven knows, policing in Britain is in many places in a parlous state. From Wordnik.com. [Thin blue end of the wedge] Reference
But can men alone shoulder responsibility for this parlous state of affairs?. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Matthews: South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens] Reference
I agree with Pete: public finances are so parlous that cuts have to be made. From Wordnik.com. [Where to start cutting] Reference
Democratic Change (MDC) would like to inherit a country in such a parlous state. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
The parlous state of affairs of the aviation industry leaves a lot to be desired. From Wordnik.com. [Address at the opening ceremony of the African Union Ministers responsible for Air Transport and Aviation] Reference
Such costs also are major reasons for the parlous condition of all the older airlines. From Wordnik.com. [LABOR SINCE THE OVERPASS] Reference
Particularly given Mr. Peres's cautious style, not to mention the parlous state of U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Plotting the Next Mideast War] Reference
Can this administration, in these parlous times, meet or maybe even exceed expectations?. From Wordnik.com. [Max Stier: The Next FEMA] Reference
In large part, he's become a lightning rod for anxieties about the parlous state of U.S. From Wordnik.com. [When Business Met Harry] Reference
But there are difficulties everywhere, and it is parlous work to break up ground at Omey. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference
Administration officials may hope that Mexico's present parlous economic plight is unique. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Mexican Crisis Matters] Reference
The state of the Irish Exchequer under the foregoing scheme would be indeed a parlous one. From Wordnik.com. [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference
I doubt Boris the Bobby would ever make it past Hendon, even given its current parlous state. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Forcing the American tax payer to subsidize this parlous state of affairs is not smart policy. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Schram: A Better Stimulus for the Economy] Reference
In these parlous times, Tony Soprano is the king of cable, Donald Trump the king of broadcast TV. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Why the Race is Looking so Good for Bush] Reference
We have no obligation to relearn what we already know about the parlous state of human society and the environment. From Wordnik.com. [Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development] Reference
Yes, our human loves and hates, one's sense of self, a character's behavior in parlous circumstances all interest me. From Wordnik.com. [Return to the Range] Reference
The answer, in other words, is simply to find new ways to make money -- to monetize in the parlance of our parlous times. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Conniff: Con Games: Virtual Duality, Personal Media In Aspen] Reference
Five or six years ago its affairs were in so parlous a state that 19s. had to be written off as lost from each 20s. share. From Wordnik.com. [The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade] Reference
Given the nation's parlous finances, the odds of McCain's winning a campaign that turned on economics would be almost as long. From Wordnik.com. [How a ‘Nation of Whiners’ Struck Back] Reference
ING isn't in as parlous a state as other European banks, with a small trading book and relatively conservative growth strategy. From Wordnik.com. [ING Gets Preferred Treatment] Reference
I doubt that Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would like to inherit a country in such a parlous state. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
Just as important, the military's stranglehold on the country's parlous finances would not be threatened even if the polls were legit. From Wordnik.com. [Power And Privilege] Reference
In either eventuality, the ripple effects will spread widely across the region to the detriment of America's other parlous engagements. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Eyeless in Gaza: Obama's Palestine Flop] Reference
But given the parlous state of the North's economy, the Great Leader Kim may be running out ways to keep his house of cards from falling. From Wordnik.com. [SURVIVAL MODE?] Reference
But polls that take the temperature of the presidential race indicate that his political condition is not as parlous as might be expected. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Spring, 2004] Reference
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