| Kate Sheedy is a very pretty, intelligent and articulate girl teetering on the brink of womanhood. |
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| He talks in a soft Glasgow accent that sometimes seems to be teetering on the brink of a mid-Atlantic twang. |
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| In Kenya, meanwhile, the bongo antelopes, victims of deforestation and poaching, are teetering on the brink of extinction. |
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| Africa's mountain bongo antelopes are teetering on the brink of extinction because of deforestation and poaching. |
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| Trying to patch together a tour teetering on the brink of disaster is what he should be concerning himself with. |
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| Here is an amazingly prolific young songwriter who is teetering on the brink of worldwide recognition. |
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| Despite the enormous accumulation of wealth by the wealthiest, the economy is teetering on the brink of collapse. |
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| In the wake of numerous challenges, the world economy is teetering on the brink of a severe global economic downturn. |
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| It is alleged that the caviar in question originated in the Caspian Sea Region where all sturgeon are teetering on the brink of extinction. |
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| The sad reality of that scenario playing out is many of these families are already teetering on the brink of bankruptcy or beyond. |
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| Balance the shots of Jägermeister on top, each one straddling two glasses, teetering on the brink of ruin. |
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| The lack of natural checks and balances from top predators and browsers has led to some species teetering on the brink of extinction, while others spread like plagues. |
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| But the suckerfish and the coho salmon are teetering on the brink of extinction and both are afforded protection under the Endangered Species Act. |
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| His personality, teetering on the brink of madness, is atypical, fascinating. |
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| The harbour workers and ancillary staff who rely on the white fish fleet for a living are now teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. |
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| Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Agriculture has utterly failed to deliver assistance to tobacco farmers, teetering on the brink of disaster. |
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| Simply put, the ability to provide service was teetering on the brink of disaster when the reactor was finally restarted. |
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| There, a constitutional court is teetering on the brink of turning into a kangaroo court, against the wishes of the people of Turkey, who have twice elected, by a substantial majority, a political party. |
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| How is it that no Vorondadek Son has ever wavered in loyalty to Michael, while some of his brightest Lanonandeks find themselves teetering on the brink of rebellious self assertion? |
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| In countries around the world devastated by war or teetering on the brink of collapse, the need for Canadian police assistance has never been greater. |
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| After the handover of power to the current rulers, farmers were quickly driven out of the old farms, and the country is constantly teetering on the brink of famine. |
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| For issuers teetering on the brink of insolvency, the existence of a massive CDS market without any bond counterparties can increase the pressures on rates that they are facing. |
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| This renewed vigour was nonetheless hindered, at first, by a very hesitant recovery in the United States and the European zone's teetering on the brink of recession. |
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| The eurozone is teetering on the brink of a possible third recession, with high unemployment, falling growth and the real risk of falling prices too. |
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| When Katya, a young explorer with no memory of her past, awakens on Kuros, she finds a mysterious alien world teetering on the brink of destruction. |
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| And we had to understand that for South Africa to navigate this very difficult course, we would be teetering on the brink of civil war and bloodshed that could make Rwanda look like a Sunday school picnic. |
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| The financial systems of the world are teetering on the brink of collapse, and it can be expected because they are no longer adequate or sustainable to overcome your problems. |
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| But before long we realized that snapping turtles at the Pinery were teetering on the brink of disaster, and the project quickly turned into a hands-on conservation job. |
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