a precarious foothold
1precarious — [pri ker′ē əs] adj. [L precarius: see PRAYER1] 1. dependent upon the will or favor of another person 2. dependent upon circumstances; uncertain; insecure [a precarious living] 3. dependent upon chance; risky [a precarious foothold] 4 …
2War of the Austrian Succession — The Battle of Fontenoy by Édouard Detaille. Oil on canvas …
3Battle of the Scheldt — Part of World War II Buffalo amphibious vehicles taking Canadians across the Scheldt in Zeeland, 1944 …
4Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine — Siegfried Line Campaign Part of World War II American soldiers cross the Siegfried Line …
5Chirakkal Raja — (king of Chirakkal) is the title of the senior most king of the Chirakkal branch (Chirakkal dynasty) of the Palli division of the Kolathiri dynasty of the erstwhile feudal state (nadu) of Kolathunadu in North Malabar, Kerala state, South India.… …
6Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007 — 2004 ← July 29, 2007 → 2010 …
7Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Queen s Own Yorkshire Dragoons caption= dates= 1794 1967 country=United Kingdom branch=British Army type=Yeomanry command structure= role= size= One Regiment Commanding Officer= garrison= Commanding Officer=… …
8Saladin — /sal euh din/, n. (Salah ed Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) 1137 93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175 93: opponent of Crusaders. * * * byname of Ṣalāḥ al Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb born 1137/38, Tikrīt, Mesopotamia died March 4, 1193, Damascus, Syria Kurdish sultan… …
9France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
10china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
