Word: ticklishness
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...also a complex problem, one that strikes many sensitive nerves. The subject of teenage pregnancy seems to raise almost every politically explosive social issue facing the American public: the battle over abortion rights; contraceptives and the ticklish question of whether adolescents should have easy access to them; the perennially touchy subject of sex education in public schools; controversies about welfare programs; and the precarious state of the black family in America. Indeed, even the basic issue of adolescent sexuality is a subject that makes many Americans squirm...
...including South Korean trade, tax breaks for Puerto Rico and continued support for Rockwell International's B-l bomber. Within 90 days, Meese must either ask a panel of three Washington judges to name the counsel or explain why he has not done so. Such an explanation could be ticklish, given the close association between Meese and Deaver. During Ronald Reagan's first term, they constituted two-thirds of the unofficial troika of White House officials who wielded power second only to the President...
...comparison is beginning to be made. Keillor has sometimes performed in a white suit, perhaps with comparison aforethought, and so, of course, did that illustrious Midwestern yarn spinner and lecture-hall tiger Mark Twain. What some say now is that another major humorist is loose in the nation's ticklish midsection and that Keillor's storytelling approaches the quality of Twain...
...done a very impressive job with reconciling and presenting faculty concerns about Allston in this report,” Murray says. “She has impressed both the Law School faculty and President Summers with her ability to handle ticklish administrative matters...
...launched it in the U.S. "We're selling apparel anyway," says Claire Watts, Wal-Mart's fashion boss. "Would it kill us to be a little more up to date?" Wal-Mart is also importing ASDA's recruiting philosophy, "Hire for attitude, train for skill." Labor is a particularly ticklish subject at Wal-Mart because unions have been trying to organize its U.S. stores. That effort has been unsuccessful so far, in part because Wal-Mart's wages are competitive with other retailers'. But the two most frequent complaints made by Wal-Mart employees to TIME - low wages and morale...