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Her Catherine has no center of gravity: She doesn't walk when she can lurch, weave, or collide with objects, her balance shifting precariously.
Feminists approve of the novel, about an aging rock star and her two abandoned children, because it coldly documents the woman's abuse and is "clear-eyed about the economic forces that shape women's lives" (Valerie Sayers, the New York Times Book Review ). Others say Allison "leans precariously toward melodrama" and tries too hard for "gut-wrenching emotion" (Phyllis Richardson, the Los Angeles Times Book Review ).
The whole field of biology has rested precariously on a single data point--life on Earth.
About 6 km (4 miles) outside of town, a mountain road takes you up to Casares, a spectacular white hilltop village clinging precariously to the rugged slopes below its Moorish fort.
These days, it seems the standard procedure is to hand out the bills first, followed by the receipt, and then the coins, perched precariously on top.