We've been talking a lot about the precarious state of America's biggest auto companies.

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But Mr Ackroyd is especially good at conveying Poe's precarious state, ever on the brink of self-destruction.

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The film successfully captures the precarious state of the country, as it stands at the crossroads to change.

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And what does China think of the fiscal state of the U.S. and the precarious state of our bond market?

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The precarious state of the economy and fall in industrial production cannot be attributed solely to the financial crisis in Russia.

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Before you invest in debt backed by an educational institution, think about the precarious state of this sector of the economy.

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When the spread is rising, it is generally a negative for stocks and the precarious state of the 30-year T-bond yields was one of the triple alerts for stocks.

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One of Japan's wealthiest men and the founder of retailer Uniqlo, Tadashi Yanai, feels the events of March 11 served as a wakeup call to the Japanese about the precarious state of the economy.

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As we all know much of the newspaper industry is in a precarious financial state.

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Both the team and its owners are in a precarious financial state and it is unclear how they will be able to meet new obligations stemming from the Picard litigation.

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As might be expected given the precarious condition of many state budgets, 86 percent of respondents cited lack of sufficient funds as one of the top barriers they faced in addressing cyber security.

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Where political partisans in Washington may bicker about the unemployment situation in the US, given the loss of work utility from long-term unemployment, Hamermesh suggested that the current state of affairs is precarious.

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The workers can seek treatment at state hospitals through Brazil's precarious public health system.

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McCain's ballot status is the most precarious, with his name now facing removal in half the state's congressional districts.

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