ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRAGILE
From Latin fragilis, from frangere to break.
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The term «fragile» is very widely used and occupies the
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English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «FRAGILE»
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fragile.
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.
I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
When you're young, all the accidents, all the pain you take them, but at least you're very strong. In fact through time, it's just adding more and more pain, more and more loss and it makes you more fragile.
Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble.
True delicacy is not a fragile thing.
I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.
Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating desertification in northern China, and, most visibly, Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans.
With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the complex, fragile systems on the sphere we inhabit. It has shaped debates about business, design, and our lifestyles.
The Chinese banking system is built on quicksand and that's the one thing a lot of people don't realize. Everybody seems to think it is a free and clear open checkbook. It's not. The banking system in China is extremely fragile.
The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRAGILE»
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fragile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fragile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research
"Answers nearly all the questions that parents or clinicians might raise about fragile X syndrome... Can be recommended confidently as a thoroughly up-to-date, reliable, and informative account of the condition." -- Lancet
Randi Jenssen Hagerman, Paul J. Hagerman, 2002
The physician explores such major contemporary medical issues as AIDS, drug abuse, aging, and the environment in the contexts of both evolutionary biology and modern science
But when does an ecosystem hit the breaking point? In this important book, Princeton biologist Simon Levin offers general readers the first look at how the new science of complexity can help to solve our looming ecological crisis.
This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to "weak" and "failed" states in the global system, and explaining their development from pre-colonial times to the present ...
Hans-Henrik Holm, Georg Sorenson, Michael Stohl, 2012
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Red Capitalism: The
Fragile Financial Foundation of China's ...
Red Capitalism puts a powerful case that its economy and financial system are not fully equipped to support such aspirations." —Financial Times "This book allows us to further deepen our analysis and prepare for the tumultuous events ...
Carl Walter, Fraser Howie, 2012
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Weak Links:
Fragile States, Global Threats, and ...
However, as this book shows, our assumptions about the threats posed by failed and failing states are based on false premises.
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Japan, the
Fragile Superpower
The first edition of Frank Gibney's widely acclaimed book was long required reading for anyone interested in modern Japan. Nearly twenty years later, many of Gibney's original observations still hold true.
Interweaving the stories of three broken characters, this poignant novel traces the paths of Amelia Geist, Tris Holloway, and Holly Schenck.
Chris Katsaropoulos, 2009
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Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better. What's more, the antifragile is immune to prediction errors and protected from adverse events.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2012
BATTLE SCARRED Six years after trading in his combat gear for hospital scrubs, Luke Rafferty still hasn’t found what he’s been searching for: a normal life.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRAGILE»
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fragile is used in the context of the following news items.
Day care centers for fragile children to close
The state's only provider of day care for medically fragile children is closing its five Georgia facilities — including one in Savannah — out of ... «Online Athens, Jul 15»
Ties between Serbia and Bosnia remain fragile 20 years after war
Belgrade (AFP) - Relations between Serbia and Bosnia have remained tenuous since the end of the Bosnian conflict 20 years ago, ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
Report: Nets teammate asked media to take it easy on fragile Deron …
Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News reports that Williams had such a fragile psyche in his final season with Brooklyn that a teammate ... «Larry Brown Sports, Jul 15»
A fix for fragile forests
Freshly scalded by the Cape Horn Fire, locals have witnessed the devastation that awaits one thoughtless moment or one random lightning ... «Coeur d'Alene Press, Jul 15»
Mark Gershenson joins National Fragile X Foundation Board of …
(Washington D.C., July 10, 2015) The National Fragile X Foundation (NFXF) has named Mark Gershenson to its Board of Directors. Fragile X ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
Optimization techniques to transform fragile watermarking
Watermarks may be robust or fragile. Robust refers to a signal we can detect even when the host object has been subject to modifications. «SPIE Newsroom, Jul 15»
Fragile Yemen truce broken by Saudi airstrikes
A Saudi-led coalition has launched airstrikes on rebel-held positions hours after a UN-brokered humanitarian truce was declared. The UN ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
The Fragile Future of the EU, Greece's 1953 Write-off of Germany's …
The Fragile Future of the EU, Greece's 1953 Write-off of Germany's War Debt. By Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarević. Global Research, July 10, 2015. Region: Europe ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
Sending money to fragile and sanctioned states: A guide for NGOs
A bank transaction. How can NGOs limit the extent to which counterterrorism legislation affects their operations in fragile and sanctioned states ... «Devex, Jul 15»
Merkel promises help to fragile Bosnia on long path to EU
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany would help Bosnia, the last country in the queue of ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
