The delicate transition teeters on the demands of the musicians for more democracy, fueled by the still lingering bitterness over Karajan's dictatorial reign.

The ailing Kim Jong-il will try to manage that delicate transition today.

Uhura was just romantic enough to appreciate that delicate transition in a man's voice, and just old enough not to wish she had been its recipient.

As Nigeria approaches a delicate transition from military rule to democracy, which is supposed to take place next year, the delta's long-festering problems pose the threat of widespread violence.

It's just one of those delicate transitions life's so full of.

It came during Mr. Croft's first year in the program, while he was undergoing a delicate transition from tenor to baritone.

But fears remain that the delicate transition Apple is entering could be crippling if it is not executed effectively.

My tapestries were prepared with the techniques of classical French gobelins, with dense spacing of the wrap, applying hachure, and delicate transitions of subtle colors.

By guaranteeing that the past would not be raked over, the law underpinned Spain's delicate transition from dictatorship to democracy.

"Is this a delicate transition?"