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And yet, at a time of fast-melting glaciers and strange rains, of spreading deserts and rising seas, it is a frail and distant promise.

In one compartment, the grey hair of a sitting wartime reserve veterans, sitting beside him in a frail and sick old woman.

A frail economy ought at least to be free of price pressures but Britons have had no such luck.

Amy, too, had a dear child named Beth, but she was a frail little creature and the dread of losing her was the shadow over Amy's sunshine.

His mother had been a frail little woman, but he himself was as strong as any two ordinary men.

"Just a minute" , answered a frail, elderly voice.

For the moment, deterrence keeps the peace. But a peace maintained by deterrence alone is a frail thing.

A frail asthmatic, he took up arms with Fidel Castro's guerrillas in Cuba's Sierra Maestra.

In the early years of the 21st century a frail old woman totters around her London home, assailed by memories that rise up unbidden.

Cheever. Cracked ribs, broken teeth, electrical skin burns -- all on a frail old lady at the end of her life.

To be an astronaut, you must be in robust health. It is not an occupation for a frail person.

Even though I didn't have to take 11 pills a day, he did. I've never weighed a frail, sickly 80 pounds, but because of IT, she did.

The reader, a frail creature with stubble of black hair and nearsighted eyes, began to cry.

Afflicted with a frail body and weak eyes, while still young he determined to make himself physically strong.

The thread seemed almost afraid to be seen, emitting a frail, constant light as it came down to just above Kandata's head.

But a gift that can be grasped is merely a frail flower, or a lamp with a flame that will flicker.

Henry, a frail-looking man of fifty, was older than his robust wife Mary by 20 years.

Before the trial Liz had been pictured as a frail woman dominated by her husband.

He was a frail guy, but he knew what he was doing.

With graying hair and a frail heart, you'll definitely be lonely among them. You might want to find another place to work.

Or at the most, you become a frail narcissus at the water's edge - your self-loathing, indistinguishable from your self-love.

His health, however, is in doubt: He is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008, and recent photos show a frail man.

A frail woman in her eighties said she too was attacked by police.

But a peace maintained by deterrence alone is a frail thing.

Throughout the movie, every now and then we return to a frail but happy 86-year old Lomax.

A kite too delicate to fly safely ; fragile porcelain plates ; fragile old bones ; a frail craft .

We'd been warned he was a frail, withdrawn man, but when I met him he was anything but.

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year old grandson.

A frail girl stood in front of her. "I'm Sylvie. "

A frail young boy murders a stocky taxi-driver. This takes seven minutes.

He raised a frail hand and motioned to a table across the room.

The other one is also a frail and shortcoming man, need his protect and help?

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter - in-law, and four- year old grandson .

He spoke with senior editor T. A. Frail by phone.

Amy, too, had a dear child named Beth, but she was a frail

Video footage released by North Korean television shows a frail Kim Jong-il holding up his ballot paper

Said a frail old woman at a table next to mine