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That strongly suggests that the U. S. debt situation, parlous as it may be, is not the problem.

How you judge him on the former depends in part on how much you deem him responsible for Britain's parlous situation in the first place.

I then said that I had never known the Services reduced to such a parlous condition. This fairly set the cat among the pigeons.

China's need to emulate America may seem counterintuitive at the moment, given the parlous state of the U.

The need for aid is increasing as the downturn worsens the already parlous condition of the poor across the developing world.

With the economy close to stagnation and the public finances in a parlous state, a spur to demand would be welcome.

Although China is far removed from such a parlous state of affairs, it occasionally displays the same tendencies.

After eight years of sloth and corruption under the Socialists, Hungary's economy is in a parlous state.

Despite the parlous state of the roads, which are littered with the debris of head-on collisions, he does not grumble much.

The parlous state of the economy is probably the driving factor behind Mr Kim's decision to roll back his nuclear programme.

Given the parlous state of Congo's judiciary, raising the number of prosecutions may not help.

He used the parlous public finances as a reason to justify why Italy's fiscal stimulus should be much smaller than in other big countries.

Around $9 billion is due later this year, and refinancing will be a tricky proposition given the parlous state of debt markets.

Mr Osborne's colleagues have been making scary speeches about the parlous state of public finances.

FEW now doubt that the world economy is in its most parlous state since the 1930s.

But parlous public finances may force politicians to face up to awkward choices.

Mr Geithner, whose job is far more visible than Mr Summers, is in the more parlous position because of his rocky relationship with Congress.

In 1997 state schools seemed in a parlous state, with crumbling corridors, poorly paid teachers and young children crammed into classrooms.

They know this will put further strain on their parlous finances, but shopping is their way of dealing with stress of debt.

In the 1990s, economy watchers regularly pointed to the parlous state of Chinese banks and state-owned enterprises.

But the parlous state of the world economy demands nothing less.

In other words, I am in a parlous state, I am getting old, and there's nothing to be done about it.

In 2009 the parlous state of the global economy pushed spot prices for the metal down below $1, 500 a tonne.

Nor will Kitty strain Japan's parlous finances .

Parlous State of Yarn Testing Facilities