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Fragile

Fragile Records, a sub-label name of the Transmat (est. 1986) record label


19th-century French art

Impressionism would take the Barbizon school one further, rejecting once and for all a belabored style (and the use of mixed colors and black), for fragile transitive effects of light as captured outdoors in changing light (in part inspired by the paintings of J. M. W. Turner).

2006 Danvers Chemical fire

"These people are extremely fragile," said state Rep. Ted Speliotis, D-Danvers, whose district includes the affected area.

AD Scout

Trials flown by pilots of the Royal Naval Air Service at Chingford proved the aircraft to be seriously overweight, fragile, sluggish, and difficult to handle, even on the ground.

Adrienne Bolland

Fragile and powered by Le Rhône 80 hp engines, they were not ideal for the trip, and she asked Caudron to send others.

Ahmet Koç

In the spring of 2005, he released his instrumental album "Paradoks" (Paradox), in which he played international pop and rock classics with his bağlama. Some of the songs included in his album were: “Hasta Siempre”, "Fragile", “My Way”, “Surf Rider”, ”Hotel California” “The Godfather theme”, “Shape of My Heart”, “My Heart Will Go On”.

Alexis Meade

At the instigation of Betty and their mother, Alexis and Daniel set aside their differences and formed a fragile détente.

Alliance-Union universe

When Pell's World is discovered in the Tau Ceti system, the fragile economic and political equilibrium is disrupted.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai

In 2005 Ghani gave keynote speeches for meetings including the American Bar Association’s International Rule of Law Symposium, the Trans-Atlantic Policy Network, the annual meeting of the Norwegian Government’s development staff, CSIS’ meeting on UN reform, the UN-OECD-World Bank’s meeting on Fragile States and TEDGlobal.

Blair Thornton

As a songwriter, Thornton contributed two compositions to the Not Fragile album: "Givin' It All Away" and an instrumental called "Freewheelin'", still one of the favourite anthems of Not Fragile that also wound up as the B-side of the No. 1 hit "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet".

Brook Taylor

Taylor's fragile health gave way; he fell into a decline, and died aged 46, on 30 November 1731 at Somerset House, London.

C. tenuis

Cystopteris tenuis, the Mackay's bladder fern or Mackay's fragile fern, a fern species found in the northeastern United States

Cooper T51

The works Coopers were fitted with modified Citroen gearboxes, while Rob Walker's team ran bespoke units from Italian specialist Valerio Colotti, although these proved much more fragile.

Coral reef protection

Lettuce corals and branching corals such as elkhorn and finger coral are extremely fragile, but even massive boulder corals can be crushed or snapped off and turned upside down to die by a sailboat keel.

Dejima

Clover was introduced in Japan by the Dutch as packing material for fragile cargo.

Egg War

Western Gull eggs were also occasionally taken, having a comparable flavor, but they were smaller than murre eggs and more fragile (an important factor given the choppy seas between the Farallon Islands and San Francisco).

Financial crisis

Charles W. Calomiris and Stephen H. Haber (2014), Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Bitmob writer Jasmine Rea called Fragile Dreams an "experience rather than a game", citing that it had an emotional impact similar to that of Isao Takahata's adaptation of Akiyuki Nosaka's novel Grave of the Fireflies.

Fragile Rainbow Star

The Fragile Rainbow Star or Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860), is the only uncontested species of sea star in the genus Astrometis.

Fragile Tension / Hole to Feed

"Fragile Tension" was performed only once, at a show in Toronto.

Frederic Madden

Many manuscripts had become brittle and fragile, including the codex that contains the only known copy of Beowulf (Cotton Vittelius A xv).

Gianni Mocchetti

In 1971 the crystals fragile were discovered by Franco Battiato, and with the addition of other musicians, including keyboardist Roberto Cacciapaglia, the group became the Battiatio's support group in the studio and in live performances.

Hanging Lake

The fragile shoreline of Hanging Lake is composed of travertine, created when dissolved limestone from the Mississippian period Leadville Formation (through which Dead Horse Creek flows) is deposited on rocks and logs, creating travertine layers.

Jaume Balagueró

2005 saw the release of Balagueró's third film, the ghost story Fragile (2005) starring Calista Flockhart and Richard Roxburgh.

Jennifer Damiano

In his review in the New York Times following the 2009 Broadway opening, Ben Brantley observed, "The notion that personality is fragile, always on the edge of decomposition, is exquisitely reflected in Ms. Damiano’s astringent, poignant Natalie".

John Barlas

Possessing both fragile mental health and intense emotions, Barlas was arrested on the morning of New Year's Eve, 1891 after walking to Westminster Bridge and firing a revolver three times at the House of Commons, apparently to show his contempt for Parliament.

Jordi Galceran

Fragile, directed by Jaume Balagueró, is also based on a script co-authored by Galceran, while The Method, directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, is a film adaptation of The Grönholm Method.

Julia Messenger

Sue Wilson of The Scotsman has written of Messenger's vocal talent: “…through the full spectrum, from fragile candied sweetness to a scorching soul-diva holler – echos of Mouth Music, Annie Lennox, Horse, Sinéad O'Connor…”.

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti

Formed by the RTI activist Akhil Gogoi in 2005, the organisation works on a diverse range of issues from Public Distribution System (PDF) thefts, non-implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA), land rights, governmental and corporate corruption, Right to Information Act (RTI) and construction of big dams in fragile seismic territories of north east India.

Lateral Patient Air Transfer

The industry focuses on bariatric and fragile patient care, hospital staff safety and hospital workers compensation.

Let's Change the World with Music

"God Watch Over You" was also recorded by British theatrical star Frances Ruffelle on her debut album Fragile.

Marie Doro

Lowell Thomas, the traveler, writer, and broadcaster, knew Doro well, saying that “her fragile-looking type of pulchritude caused her to be cast in usually insipid, pretty-pretty rôles.”

Micheal O'Siadhail

Mary O'Donnell traced the influence of the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas in A Fragile City and the academic and critic Eugene O'Brien, editor of The Irish Book Review, described his work as "that rare combination of the intellectual and the emotional".

Owner of a Lonely Heart

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" has been remixed numerous times, including by 808 State ("2 Close to the Edge Mix" and "Not Fragile Mix" on the 1991 CD single ressue), in 2004 by Deep Dish, and most notably by Max Graham in 2005, whose version reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart.

Prince John

Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905-1919), the youngest son of King George V, a fragile boy who suffered from epilepsy and was possibly autistic.

Rais Ali Delvari

The fragile British control over Fārs was disrupted in May 1918 when Ṣawlat-al-Dawla, leading the Qashqais and other pro-German tribal forces from Kazerun, Dashti, Dashtestan and Tangestan, embarked upon a war against the British.

Scott S. Hall

Scott S. Hall a psychology and behavioral science professor and researcher at Stanford University's School of Medicine, specializing in Fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, and in research on the relationship of Fragile X syndrome to other conditions, including Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Southwestern Amazonian moist forests

Tourism, while an opportunity for conservation, is also proving to be a threat to the fragile ecosystems of the Tambopata-Candamo region along the Madre de Dios River basin, and along the Beni River in Bolivia (Rurrenabaque).

Syracuse Cultural Workers

The Syracuse Cultural Workers (SCW) is a corporation founded on July 17, 1982 to further "a culture that honors diversity and celebrates community; that inspires and nurtures justice, equality and freedom; that respects our fragile Earth and all its beings; that encourages and supports all forms of creative expression."

Tena Štivičić

Fragile!, directed by Matjaž Pograjc and produced by Mladinsko Theatre, has won several awards at festivals in Croatia and Slovenia.

Ticker tape

Although telegraphic printing systems were first invented by Royal Earl House in 1846, early models were fragile, required hand-cranked power, frequently went out of necessary synchronization between sender and receiver, and did not become popular in widespread commercial use.

Tom Clancy's The Division

The Division is inspired by Operation Dark Winter and Directive 51, real-world events which "revealed how vulnerable we've become"; society has become "fragile" and "complex".


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