1.   But who could have anticipated the stumbling around, the tenuous grip on reality?

2.   And Churchill, the newly appointed prime minister, had only a tenuous grip on the reins of power.

3.   Now analysts are comparing the domestic unrest in the two countries and the increasingly tenuous grip on power of the two leaders.

4.   The Phillies, however, have a tenuous grip on first place.

5.   Times are tough and many politicians have only a tenuous grip on power.

6.   What she does see is a health care system whose tenuous grip on runaway costs rests in the hands of HMOs and other managed-care entities.

7.   Securing the fuel supplies was a victory for Marc Ravalomanana whose tenuous grip on power has been threatened by the blockades.

8.   The persistent theme of their winter meeting was how Republicans can keep their tenuous grip on power, given dramatic demographic changes washing over the country.