I use an analogy of which I have no actual knowledge — namely tightrope walking. From Wordnik.com. [Alexander McCall Smith in Time] Reference
Who could possibly walk that kind of tightrope and still believably woo Julia?. From Wordnik.com. [Single Person's Movie: Conspiracy Theory] Reference
A powerful edge to ride, a "tightrope" of awareness, requiring our full presence to navigate without falling off. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Conscious Forgetting] Reference
Under President Kennedy it was terribly taut; everyone was walking some kind of tightrope and was very excited to do so. From Wordnik.com. [On JFK: An Interview with Isaiah Berlin] Reference
Obama's first year: President's aides learn 'tightrope'. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Has Obama Lost White America?] Reference
"tightrope" between public outrage and Bank, which it says will attach unfavourable "strings and conditions". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to World Bank Helps Indonesia Increase Geothermal Energy] Reference
"tightrope" between deficit spending this year, ensuring the fragile recovery continues and then switching to deficit reduction programs. From Wordnik.com. [CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports] Reference
He walks a tightrope between playful and menacing. From Wordnik.com. [He's the Jets' Immovable Object] Reference
So what we are talking about is hope on a tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hope on a Tightrope’] Reference
He abruptly turns around on his imaginary tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [Something Better Than This] Reference
It's the exhilaration of watching a tightrope walker. From Wordnik.com. [The Pop Group: still blazing a trail that makes rock look conservative] Reference
In writing this book, Davis is walking the same tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Smog] Reference
In issuing the reports, the government is walking a tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Stress About It] Reference
But he adds: "They're certainly walking a tightrope right now.". From Wordnik.com. [Revving America] Reference
Keeping my job is dependent upon my walking a political tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Elam: School Food, Is There Hope? Chef Ann Cooper Opens The Lunch Box (Q&A)] Reference
The tightrope act in such a delicate market falls to the stadiums. From Wordnik.com. [Will College Football Sell in New York?] Reference
Republicans are going to be forced to walk a tightrope on the issue. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [138] -- "Candidate" Obama Returns] Reference
Yet Oakley is still walking a tightrope, straining to remain neutral. From Wordnik.com. [The Father Of All Warlords] Reference
Walking the thin tightrope with platform shoes and weighted ankles. From Wordnik.com. [Her] Reference
As we've written before, Obama is doing a bit of a tightrope act here. From Wordnik.com. [PAC-ing Heat] Reference
When it comes to exchange-rate policy, Beijing is walking a tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [Beijing's Precarious Forex Policy] Reference
"You don't expect us to walk tightrope, do you?" and she began to giggle. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
But if Cyrus wants to stay on top, she needs to learn to walk a tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Ray’s Baby’s Got Back] Reference
I am so curious to see how long they can play out this emotional tightrope act. From Wordnik.com. [The New Season in Review: Monday Madness] Reference
Jonathan, this has been a bit of a tightrope walk for the Gore campaign, hasn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Candidates Race Through Battleground States as Hours Tick Away to Election Day - November 4, 2000] Reference
When a performer falls from the tightrope, who remembers all the times he has not failed?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
O'BRIEN: Yes, I see your point, but it seems to me that is a difficult tightrope to walk. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2001] Reference
"It's a tightrope for any office holder who might be considering a run for national office.". From Wordnik.com. [Democrats Denounce Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels For Hypocrisy On Health Care Funding] Reference
Shann made no attempt to attract the animals 'attention, but kept on along his tightrope path. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
She walks on a tightrope, shaking in the rhythm of the street, hither and thither, hey and hoo. From Wordnik.com. [Agencypiece] Reference
A real artist could make something incisive or darkly hilarious out of this moral tightrope act. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge Of A Supernerd] Reference
It's the awful and awe-full suspense you feel watching a tightrope artist working without a net. From Wordnik.com. [Too Funny- Or Too Far?] Reference
Walk a straight line as if you were on a tightrope, putting one foot right in front of the other. From Wordnik.com. [Big-Belly Blues] Reference
In this awkward and potentially volatile situation, the president can be likened to a tightrope walker. From Wordnik.com. [Season Of Shock] Reference
But Dole will have to walk that emotional tightrope these next few weeks, if he hopes to win the nomination. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Love Dole] Reference
Papi tried to upstage the parrot by having his doves ride a battery-operated motorcycle across a tiny tightrope. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
Given the controversy over MP3, RealNetworks has had to walk a philosophical tightrope between the geeks and the suits. From Wordnik.com. [Marrying Music To The Pc] Reference
At one end of his political tightrope, an American administration is pressing him to make concessions to the Palestinians. From Wordnik.com. [Between Barack and a Hard Place] Reference
In most locations, officials must still walk a tightrope between preserving their American-style structure and deferring to local custom. From Wordnik.com. [The World] Reference
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