Sentences with phrase «tenuous hold»

Theo's household is vividly portrayed, from her grandfather's creative ingenuity to her mother's tenuous hold on reality.

Whether or not this will be possible, it is her art that will be her salvation, helping her to retain her identity, her dignity, and her increasingly tenuous hold on hope for the future.

There isn't one minority group that's meeting all of these benchmarks, and even middle - class families of color have a very tenuous hold on their economic status.

The one cycle in which Republicans were outraised from these sources was during the Democrats» 2009 - 2010 tenuous hold on the majority.

And with the Twins dealing with a hamate injury to outfielder Byron Buxton, who has helped propel them to second - half relevance and the wild card spot they have a tenuous hold on, now is the time for the Angels to upgrade.

Still, a Kaminksy win would put more focus on the tenuous hold the Republicans have in the Senate and likely pressure Democrats like Simcha Felder of Brooklyn and the Independent Democratic Conference to side with the mainline conference.

Republicans control the State Senate but it's a tenuous hold.

The Long Island Republican, who faces corruption charges after he surrendered to federal authorities last Monday, has a tenuous hold on power, however.

The party maintains a tenuous hold on the state Senate, its last lever of power in Albany.

The Nassau County race had statewide ramifications because of the GOP's tenuous hold on the Senate.

The GOP has a tenuous hold on the Senate, with only 31 members.

If Ortt were to resign or be convicted, that would erode the Republicans» tenuous hold on the chamber.

Then, Democrats won't run a serious candidate for the position so that Republicans can continue their tenuous hold of the Senate.

But with Smith — apparently not wanting to upset his tenuous hold on power — not working the room, that left Duane.

Ortt's indictment imperils the GOP's tenuous hold on the Senate.

And New York, notwithstanding the tenuous hold of the Republicans on the State Senate in Albany, is a Democratic state.

It's hard to like McAvoy's character when he bashing gays, cutting down his rivals, including by - the - book Drummond (Imogen Poots) and rookie Lennox (Jamie Bell), while trying to retain his tenuous hold on reality.

Sympathetic but not too sympathetic, her performance is all that allows the film to maintain its tenuous hold over its queasy tragicomedy.

It's a playfully demented and dry evisceration of the tenuous hold that modern western civilization has on civility, walking a fine line between the best genre horror and the loftiest of intellectual indie cinema.

Which means cutting down his rivals, including by - the - book Drummond (Imogen Poots) and rookie Lennox (Jamie Bell), while trying to retain his tenuous hold on reality.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Joanna Kakissis and Peter Spiegel of The Financial Times about Greece's tenuous hold on the Euro.

Daniel interprets the question as an accusation and for moment the film feels ominous, like Daniel's tenuous hold on his emotions will snap and result in a violent outburst.

These children live in 35 different countries and they are already out of school or at real risk of losing their tenuous hold on education.

The duo of Trent Hindman and Riccardo Agostini of Prestige Performance representing Lamborghini Paramus have a tenuous hold on the Pro Championship with 104 points as a result of four wins and three second - place finishes to their credit this season.

This refusal to deliver everything easily or quickly forces us to slow down and reflect: to hold on to that tenuous hold.»

Unnervingly large photographs of toddlers by Bettina von Zwehl and mysterious images of scuffling preadolescents by Anna Gaskell tear at the tenuous hold we have on both the physical and psychic self.

Given the tenuous hold Scott Pruitt has on his job leading the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), attention has now turned to the pending nomination of coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to become the embattled agency's deputy administrator.