Word: ticklishness
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...trust Lerner." (Presumably, Coco Chanel also trusts Lerner.) The title role, naturally, is far more ticklish. The novel described Lolita as a "mixture of tender dreamy childishness and a kind of eerie vulgarity." And, as Humbert said, "you have to be an artist and a madman with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a super-voluptuous flame permanently aglow in order to discern by certain ineffable signs the little deadly demon among the wholesome children...
...they learned how to apply atropine (the antidote to nerve gas) and how to fit gas masks. The job was not a lark for the 32 longshoremen, but neither were they particularly worried. Said W.Z. Vereen, who with his colleagues relishes the $17-per-hour double pay for the ticklish work: "This job isn't as dangerous as the mustard gas we had in here a few years...
While patriots of left and right debate the question of who owns the American flag, the law has the ticklish task of providing workable answers. Take the case of Stephen Haugh, 23, a Pennsylvania State University student who joined a campus antiwar demonstration on July 4, 1967. Haugh brandished an American flag emblazoned with the slogans "Make Love Not War" and "The New American Revolutionaries." He was convicted of violating a 1939 state law that makes it a misdemeanor to write "any word" on the flag or "publicly cast contempt" upon...
...Hint of Quinine. Detecting the on-the-job addict is a much more ticklish task than spotting an alcoholic. The addict's symptoms-dilated eyes, shaky coordination, impaired depth perception -are not always obvious to even trained observers. Because most narcotics are illegal, company officials are cautious about accusing a worker of addiction or even examining his locker; a mistake could lead to a costly lawsuit. William Britter, security official at Western Electric's Los Angeles service center, says: "Most people will agree that employing an undercover agent or informant is the only...
Last week that ticklish question was raised by a California-based group of military reservists who oppose the Viet Nam War. In a suit filed against the Secretary of Defense in the Washington, D.C., federal district court, the antiwar reservists claimed that 122 (more than one-fifth) of the nation's 535 Congressmen are violating the Constitution and may be unduly biased in favor of the military. Reason: they are members of reserve units or the National Guard...