Piłsudski, conscious of Poland's precarious international situation, signed non-aggression pacts with the Soviet Union in 1932 and with Nazi Germany in 1934.

This was enough to bring him some strong support, but his administration's mishandling of the infamous 1985 earthquake in Mexico City damaged his popularity for initially refusing international aid, and it placed Mexico's delicate path to economic recovery in an even more precarious situation, as the destruction also extended to other parts of the country.

Mario Bunge, a friend and colleague of Leloir, claims that his lasting legacy was proving that " scientific research on an international level, although precarious, was possible in an underdeveloped country in the middle of political strife " and credits Leloir's vigilance and will for his ultimate success.

The internal market is very small and Portuguese penetration of international markets is fairly precarious.

Likewise, the ecumenist may become so absorbed in the conflict of the church with the totalitarian state in East Germany, the precarious situation of the church in revolutionary China, and the anguish of the church over apartheid in South Africa that he loses close contact with the parish church in its unspectacular but indispensable ministry of worship, pastoral service and counseling, and Christian nurture for a face-to-face group of individuals.

`` The financial situation of the Baltimore & Ohio, has become precarious -- much worse than at any time since the depression of the 1930s '', he told the hearing.

Young's investigations clearly demonstrated the desperate need for major financial reforms in Honduras, whose always precarious budgetary situation was considerably worsened by the renewal of revolutionary activities.

Historian Graham White describes the treaty of Winchester as a " precarious peace ", capturing the judgement of most modern historians that the situation in late 1153 was still uncertain and unpredictable.

After the USA entered the war in 1941, the situation of the émigrés, now classed " enemy aliens " became increasingly precarious as government measures turned from anti-Nazism to anti-communism.

Taking advantage of the precarious situation of the remains of the Empire in the face of rising Greek power, he obtained confirmation of his possession of Corfu, the suzerain rights over Achaea, and sovereignty over most of the Aegean islands.

Marie Antoinette's situation became more precarious when, on 6 August 1775, her sister-in-law, the comtesse d ' Artois, gave birth to a son, the duc d ' Angoulême ( who later became the presumptive heir to the French throne when his father, the comte d ' Artois, became King Charles X of France in 1824 ).

By then, the situation in the Holy Land was a precarious one.

The situation was precarious and Isabella was forced to use a group of squires from her personal retinue to hold off the advancing army whilst other of her knights commandeered a ship ; the fighting continued as Isabella and her household retreated onto the vessel, resulting in the death of two of her ladies-in-waiting.

To remedy this precarious situation, the Duke of Bourbon set about choosing a European princess old enough to produce an heir.

They also have a comparatively precarious economic situation:

The current precarious situation of the Rutte cabinet makes easy decision on new austerity measures difficult, which has resulted in a de facto new round of coalition talks solely about austerity measures.

Seeing his precarious situation Bolesław III sought the customary penance that would reconcile the high priesthood.

Taking advantage of the King's precarious situation, Mieszko II's brothers Bezprym and Otto turned against him and allied themselves with the Emperor Conrad II, whose forces attacked the country, regaining Lusatia.

David was feigning madness to escape from Gath, where his situation was turning precarious.

And during the first two years of the German occupation, in spite of his age and the precarious situation, he nonetheless took a daily ride on his horse, " Jubilee ", through Copenhagen, unaccompanied by a groom, let alone by a guard.

With Krum of Bulgaria blockading Constantinople by land, Leo V had inherited a precarious situation.

While the situation was in a precarious equilibrium, 900 Alemanni invaded Italy.

As the Whites ( Anti-Bolshevik forces, though not necessarily supportive of the Tsar ) advanced toward Yekaterinburg the Reds were in a precarious situation.

However the costs of staging the games have left the host country in a precarious financial situation.

In 1946, Vietnam had its first National Assembly election ( won by the Viet Minh in central and northern Vietnam ), which drafted the first constitution, but the situation was still precarious: the French tried to regain power by force ; some Cochinchinese politicians formed a seceding government the Republic of Cochinchina ( Cộng hòa Nam Kỳ ) while the non-Communist and Communist forces were engaging each other in sporadic battle.

In this series are tales calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution ... until the last possible moment.

This leads him into many precarious situation as in the story of the Táin Bó Flidhais.

B. Warfield reached the same conclusion in " On The Antiquity and Unity of the Human Race ", commenting that " it is precarious in the highest degree to draw chronological inferences from genealogical tables ".

On their second attempt on this route, they reached a height of 8, 077m but their tent was overwhelmed by an avalanche in the middle of the night leading to a lengthy and precarious retreat off the mountain.

On 3 October 2008, his wife, Mireille Schreurs, and brother-in-law sold their shares in Fortis Bank after a governmental crisis meeting to deal with the precarious financial situation of the bank, hours before the public announcement that the Dutch arm of the bank would be nationalized and the partly nationalized Belgian and Luxembourg branches sold to BNP Paribas.

More specifically, women are more likely to occupy positions that are precarious and thus have a higher risk of failure-either because they are appointed to lead organizational units that are in crisis or because they are not given the resources and support needed for success.

Such a vehicle was a logical step for AMC, according to then CEO Gerald C. Meyers, as a second energy crisis had hit in 1979, and sales of AMC's highly profitable truck-based Jeep line dropped in part to their low fuel efficiency, leaving AMC in a precarious financial position.

At one point, his status was so precarious that Ebert had a tracheotomy performed on his neck to reduce the effort of breathing while he recovered.

From Bacon's point of view, the King's Bench was a far more precarious position for someone loyal to the common law rather than the monarch.

The Howells family's financial position was always precarious and at some point in Howells ' adolescence his father became bankrupt, a deep humiliation in a small community at the time and one from which Howells never fully recovered.

Additionally, producer / co-programmer Hiroyuki Takahasi remarked in a 2009 interview that " We were in a really precarious position at that point, because we knew that if we couldn't produce another hit we would have no future.

As is common in religious traditions without scriptural tradition and which follow what John Thornton called " continuous revelation " and have a " precarious priesthood " that is a priesthood that is not guaranteed authority, there is disagreement about many point of doctrine.

The Empress Matilda then advanced to London to stage her coronation in June, where her position became precarious.

After his death in battle on June 26, 363, officers of the army elected the Christian Jovian as his successor, who in his precarious position far from supplies ended the war with Persia unfavorably for Rome.

By then the carrier's finances were precarious and the CAB approved a merger with Monarch Airlines and Challenger Airlines in the Spring of 1950 which took effect June 1, 1950.

The Manitoba Liberals were in a precarious position in this period, holding only one seat in the provincial legislature ( that of June Westbury, who replaced Axworthy in the by-election ).

In an attempt to keep the majority of the property in the hands of the Carroll family for future generations, the owners of the estate struck a deal in 2008 with Erickson Retirement Communities to sell with the option to sell an additional in the future, but in June 2009 it was announced that the entire deal had fallen through, leaving the Carrolls back where they started, in a precarious financial situation.

The precarious nature of the economic conditions in the region resulted in several conflicts, including many strikes, conflicts and insurrections, such as the June 1872 event, that came to be known as the " A Pavorosa ".