1.   ----- Execution was never a possibility for Woodward, but her conviction exposed a fragility in the criminal law that weakened the argument for harsh, irreversible punishment.

2.   But their defeats at the hands of Zimbabwe and Australia in home series exposed their fragility in the batting department.

3.   Gough and Caddick badly exposed the fragility of the Australians against the seaming ball, having them searching for deliveries all morning.

4.   More importantly the visit exposed the fragility of the US position as a mediator, a sponsor and a broker of peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

5.   The political fallout from the blast has again exposed the fragility of relations between the PLO and the hardline Palestinian groups opposed to the autonomy accords struck with Israel.