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  • n  a narrow boundary
    he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity

  • With Lebanon balanced on a knife-edge since Hariri's killing two years ago, many fear that unrest could cause the country to stumble backwards into the civil war that ravaged the .
  • Alvin skirted the Titanic's knife-edge bow, where the great liner's name was obscured by "rivers of rust," then explored the foredeck and port side, where the scientists spotted .
  • Though Zhang may resemble many of China's interchangeable celluloid cutiesbamboo-slender physique, doe eyes, knife-edge cheekbonesher acting has a seasoned intelligence that .
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  • Peter Mandelson in Times Online
    We are on a knife-edge,Mr Mandelson said, before his meetings today with President Bush and Susan Schwab, the US Trade Representative. "We have to engage President Bush personally, because this deal can only be done with his authority."
  • Padraig Harrington in BBC Sport
    Three-time major winner Harrington said: "I obviously struggled a bit all day. Those three holes were pretty simple up and downs and I didn't make them. I was hanging on a knife-edge all day, but I learnt a few things - as you always do in these...

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