Any defeat in this struggle tended to endanger the fragile unity of the defeated kingdom.

By the mid-10th century, the country's fragile unity was threatened by power struggles in its ruling class.

That fragile unity was short lived, however, and by 1907 the two factions had again split in two.

It was clear today that this series of events has torn the party's always fragile unity to shreds.

The fragile unity of the cartel would collapse, returning prices to a reasonable range of $18 to $22 a barrel.

This, however, proved to be even dangerous to the kingdom's integrity and the fragile unity kept by Alexander would soon disappear under his sons.

But they shied away from tougher steps, apparently wary of risking their own fragile unity.

Yugoslavia's fragile unity is being tested by two crises at once.

The slightest distraction might fracture that fragile unity.

Signs and hailers demanded their attention from every corner, threatening to split their fragile unity.