While Cantor has struck a delicate balance in assuring the adds don't offend, Professor Duffy says Cantor may have failed to convey what it is they are selling.

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But Mr Berlusconi is reluctant to tinker with his cabinet, which reflects a delicate balance of power between rival factions in his four-party coalition.

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Economic problems and the technocratic appointments required to solve them took a back seat in the face of preserving the delicate political balance among Jordan's various tribes and regions, and among native and Palestinian Jordanians.

ECONOMIST: Jordan

The EEF manufacturers' organisation said the rises struck a delicate balance between the need for pay increases and the limitations employers faced in awarding rises.

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It is this delicate balance which will give the next president a chance to refashion the court in a way few other presidents have had.

ECONOMIST: The Supreme Court

Most modern democracies including the United States have had to wrestle in recent years with the delicate balance between respect for fundamental civil liberties and restraint of behavior inimical to a free society.

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Most modern democracies -- including the United States -- have had to wrestle in recent years with the delicate balance between respect for fundamental civil liberties and restraint of behavior inimical to a free society.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Real Threat to Israeli Democracy

Many Slavs fear that a lot of the 200, 000 refugees already in Macedonia are bound to stay, upsetting the already delicate demographic balance.

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