| While significant fragilities remain, the global economic recovery is now supported by several factors. |
| Tunisia is fragile. There are other fragilities both farther east and farther west. |
| Rather, markets expect oil prices to remain at high levels, driven mainly by buoyant global demand and, to some extent, by fragilities on the supply side. |
| Catalano, who could be robust and forthright in the expression of his views, was a poet of great delicacy and precision, a master of the fragilities. |
| While the market sentiment towards the TMT sectors improved in late 2001, significant fragilities remained. |
| The world has taken measures to address the systematic fragilities of the international financial system. |
