The precariousness of his income. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And yet I have been at pains not to conceal the facts that those things I have instanced have a certain precariousness of tenure. From Wordnik.com. [Change Or Decay] Reference
The precariousness is holding back home sales. From Wordnik.com. [Fort Wayne home sales suffer with GM plant worries] Reference
You've clearly beaten precarité ( "precariousness") once and for all!. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Guarriello: Une Erreur Terrible] Reference
Which is shelter from competition, the tax man and most of all, "precariousness" of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [Berlusconi Is Back] Reference
Just look at the precariousness of the stock market. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Says His Tax Cuts Have Worked] Reference
The precariousness of Israel's position is paradoxical. From Wordnik.com. [What We Can Do] Reference
Still, some Asian corporations 'precariousness was evident. From Wordnik.com. [Japan, Korea Rise on Global Growth Optimism; Australia Slips] Reference
Then again, that precariousness has been somewhat exaggerated. From Wordnik.com. [Afghans Build an Army, and a Nation] Reference
You discover the extreme precariousness of your six francs a day. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
And, once again, we were struck by the very precariousness of it all. From Wordnik.com. [The Knot in the Pit of My Stomach: Reflections on Mumbai] Reference
Providence, is destined to save from the precariousness of single life?. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference
A bad man may produce fine work; but there is a precariousness in this. From Wordnik.com. [Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge Grace, Necessity and Imagination: Catholic Philosophy and the Twentieth Century Artist Lecture 1: Modernism and the Scholastic Revival] Reference
Some of the factors which accentuate this precariousness may be briefly mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money] Reference
So I think precisely because of the precariousness of this, we need to work with allies. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2001] Reference
France, which with all her victories had been taught the precariousness of war, by the loss of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
David Page, economist at Investec said the data underscore the precariousness of the U.K. economy. From Wordnik.com. [Mining, auto sectors] Reference
Indeed, because of the precariousness of her own situation as a social failure she was afraid to do so. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
‘My parents never once planted a seed of doubt about the precariousness of acting,’ comments Whishaw. From Wordnik.com. [In love with Hamlet, Dylan, Keats . . .] Reference
I felt the precariousness of my life, and I engaged in this task, resolved to leave some record of myself. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley] Reference
Yet the conclave is likely to do little to change perceptions about the precariousness of world oil markets. From Wordnik.com. [Saudis Promise More Oil] Reference
Among the great connecting threads of American history is the precariousness of social and economic standing. From Wordnik.com. [The Economics Of The Rat Race] Reference
His characters sense the precariousness of the civilization they've cobbled together and cling to it all the more. From Wordnik.com. [The Audubon of Suburbia] Reference
It is its precariousness which creates no small part of our contemporary problem of securing sufficient investment. From Wordnik.com. [The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money] Reference
A warm updraft washed over their faces, enhancing the impression of precariousness; Stile did not want to look down. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
Daumier, who knew the precariousness of being a public performer, might have been pitching for a little career sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Even Mightier Than The Pen] Reference
When the ferret did not immediately reply, Jon-Tom felt a surge of excitement despite the precariousness of the situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Dissonance]
In all hypotheses as to the more remote destiny of literature, we can but be struck by the precariousness of its existence. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
And if you drive from Miami to New York there are usually a few accidents to rubberneck, reminding you of life's precariousness. From Wordnik.com. [Lea Lane: Fun, Loss, Death, Love: A Life Along I-95] Reference
"The precariousness of this housing is very much like last year's pre-earthquake situation in Pakistan," one Afghan explained to me. From Wordnik.com. [Jane's armchair tour: Learning about Afghanistan & Kabul the easy way...] Reference
The outstanding fact is the extreme precariousness of the basis of knowledge on which our estimates of prospective yield have to be made. From Wordnik.com. [The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money] Reference
Today, despite their financial precariousness, the British middle class's tastes in food and interior decor are ever more widely imitated. From Wordnik.com. [Is the British middle class an endangered species?] Reference
The precariousness of it all is obvious to every private-equity manager — which is why they see their competitors imminently going down. From Wordnik.com. [The Ultimate Bubble?] Reference
But in order to fully appreciate the precariousness of such contracts that MLB has already approved, it is helpful to revisit MLB Rule 21. From Wordnik.com. [MLB Ramps Up Casino Sponsorships] Reference
Airbus executives voiced concerns at the ILA Berlin Air Show Wednesday about the precariousness of the airline companies in the current environment. From Wordnik.com. [JetBlue Puts The Brakes On Expansion] Reference
Mindful of Europe's precariousness, says Britain's former Europe minister Denis MacShane, Blair "must avoid the temptation to be Europe's preacher.". From Wordnik.com. [MAN WITH A MISSION] Reference
She slips one shoe off, slides her chair back, rocks it on to its two hind legs with precise precariousness and lifts her left foot on to the table. From Wordnik.com. [War] Reference
I am tweeting and Face Booking, "Trying" is the operative word but as my income declines, the precariousness of my longer-term situation becomes more evident. From Wordnik.com. [Danny Schechter: A Lament for Labor Day: When Unemployement Happens To You] Reference
The odds may be against a wealthy society tempting that fate, but even the remote possibility underlines the precariousness and novelty of our present situation. From Wordnik.com. [Up Against a Wall of Debt] Reference
But it's just BP's take on things and has to be viewed in the broader context of BP's legal vulnerability, financial precariousness and public relations profile. From Wordnik.com. [Bly report: Heavy use of blame dispersants] Reference
After the standing ovation subsided, Holbrooke did not gloat about the peace agreement signed 10 hours earlier at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base or minimize its precariousness. From Wordnik.com. [Shipping Out] Reference
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