21.  Millions of people remain in a very precarious state after years of food shortages, Catherine Bertini said.

22.  Orchestral music certainly appears to be in a precarious state, but chamber music is very much alive and kicking.

23.  The economy is in too precarious a state to have the boat rocked again.

24.  The situation between China and the United States is in a precarious state that needs long-range solutions.

25.  But despite the good news, the precarious state of the government was put down as the reason why the Bank of Spain decided not to cut interest rates.

26.  Parma technical director Arrigo Sacchi said Monday that the current precarious state of football finance meant clubs would have to look at low-cost solutions to remain successful.

27.  Syria has reacted angrily to his accusations and refused to take the blame for the precarious state of the peace process.

28.  The current cease-fire in Bosnia is beginning to unravel leaving a very precarious state of affairs, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, told Congress Thursday.