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But even with all that bailing, Spanish banks have still come perilously close to failing.

For a president about to enter what is already likely to be a perilously tight election year, this can't be a comforting thought.

In a move that treaded perilously close to the dark side, Luke set out to hunt down Lumiya and avenge his wife's death.

As a consequence, the household share of GDP has dropped to perilously low levels and, with it, consumption has too.

That matters as countries with civil nuclear programmes are allowed to come perilously close to having a bomb.

Kick-off sees the silver football launched across the spaces between the lines, and the players charge along the perilously narrow rails.

The city came perilously close to declaring bankruptcy when its pleas for a rescue by the federal government fell on deaf ears.

That would push jobless rates into double digits in much of the rich world and leave many countries perilously close to deflation.

IF ANY more evidence is needed that America's economy is perilously close to recession, it was delivered this week.

The result can be that banks run perilously low on capital if conditions shift, such as if repayment of loans slows significantly.

Iran's nuclear programme is likened to the Sword of Damocles, ever perilously hanging over the head of America giving it sleepless nights.

But it has also happened at a moment when the US and China are perilously far apart on how to deal with the isolated Stalinist nation.

But one of the wheels on his rickety vehicle came perilously loose yesterday.

Stocks and the euro plunged, and 10-year Italian bond yields rose perilously close to their highest levels since the euro's inception.

After all, it was not long ago that even the house of Wallenberg came perilously close to losing its bank.

But if he does, it could leave him perilously short of money to carry on fighting.

Tapir-like Eotitanops has wandered perilously close to the water's edge, ignoring its mother's warning call.

"The execution of a person who can show that he is innocent comes perilously close to simple murder. "

Plus, soil carbon plays a vital role in sustaining water supplies, which are perilously threatened in much of the West.

His ardour for the City left the economy perilously reliant on financial services.

Lady Ashton has a perilously big job: "the sexiest innovation of the Lisbon treaty, " says one senior official.

The ECB is already treading perilously close to this line.

The Greeks came perilously close to national default this year.

The country will thus be perilously set adrift, possibly towards the war.

I hadn't either, but apparently we're perilously close in some cases to running out of common things like copper, tin, and silver.

Attimes, the files veer perilously close to black, or perhaps red, comedy.

The agile mom climbs tall trees and stands perilously astride a small earthen raft on the river.

Perilously or criminally foolish action.

Inland, in Sendai, a black mini-van perched perilously on a metal post.

But the legitimacy and authority they need to realise those priorities are perilously fragile.

With net debt of $22bn, 3. 4 times ebitda, ArcelorMittal would be perilously close to the 3. 5 level that triggers debt covenants.

Another is the exacerbation of social tensions in what is a perilously unequal country.

When the voyager was perilously lost at sea, he prudently phoned for help.

One might in fact think that Nesbitt is getting perilously close to cultural stereotyping.

Yet Kim has left it perilously late.