Yet the idea of ending rent protections had only tenuous support in the Legislature and probably would have died quickly had anyone other than the Senate majority leader advanced it.

But it does underscore the computing and consumer electronics industries' tenuous support in general for DVD.

A.J.P. Taylor describes Churchill's tenuous support following his rise to power.

Some Republicans have given Mr. Spitzer tenuous support.

At home, he has trouble in Congress, where the already tenuous support for trade initiatives has been weakened further by the slowing economy.

They may have been reluctant to lose the tenuous support and camaraderie of heterosexual men and women who think of them as safe.

Also, the Han et al. [ 23 ] map has six regions in the Blau susceptibility interval which are either spanned with tenuous support or none at all.

He was willing to trade the tenuous logistical support of such moves for the advantage in creating havoc and confusion in the enemy.

Sacrifice our military in a futile defense of these aliens and you will lose whatever tenuous support you have left.

The Guadalcanal Campaign was at a critical juncture, with the Marines on the island holding on by a thread and naval support tenuous.