1.   A net gain of one Republican seat would put the GOP back in tenuous control, as it was until James Jeffords of Vermont left his party in May.

2.   Republican Bush came to office with no mandate, only tenuous control of Congress and no major domestic crisis commanding bold action.

3.   They managed to keep tenuous control of the Busang property in spite of stiff competition from larger companies.

4.   Appeals for a cease-fire from the national transitional government went unheeded, illustrating the tenuous control it has over ostensibly allies in the fractured East African nation.

5.   In the run down the stretch, however, it was tenuous control -- never more than a one-shot lead over the last five holes.

6.   In the south, the Taliban clung to tenuous control of its birthplace, Kandahar.

7.   The government side apparently has established a tenuous control over Anlong Veng, the main guerrilla base, but a counterattack is expected.

8.   Since then, a large Russian garrison has held a tenuous control over the city.