Word: ticklishness
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...town of Idzhevan, Gamsakhurdia wasted no time in lashing out against the Military Council, blaming criminals, bandits and a communist "Mafia" for his defeat. The Armenians have not offered Gamsakhurdia political asylum, but they also have not pressured him to leave the republic. It is clearly a ticklish diplomatic problem. If Gamsakhurdia attempts to go abroad, Georgia's current leaders say they will press for his extradition to stand trial on criminal charges. But as long as the deposed President remains so close to home, he will continue to be a destabilizing factor. Gamsakhurdia certainly has no intention of giving...
...born in Guantanamo, which we are all kind of looking forward to," announced Brigadier General George H. Walls of the Marines last week. Right on schedule came the new arrival: a baby boy (6 lbs. 8 oz.) born to a 20-year-old Haitian woman. The infant raises a ticklish diplomatic issue: Are the children of Haitian refugees born on the Guantanamo ("Gitmo") Bay Naval Base entitled to U.S. citizenship? Absolutely not, insists the State Department, explaining that the base is on Cuban territory that the U.S. only leases. General Walls has been instructed to refer to the Haitians...
While America's hostage nightmare has ended, Picco's mission is incomplete. Securing the return of the two remaining German hostages and the Israeli soldier will be ticklish, in part because the abductors are afraid they will be liquidated by vengeful Western governments or abandoned by their former Iranian patrons. That fear could delay Perez de Cuellar's dream of bringing the entire hostage saga to a close -- and send Picco back into the Bekaa Valley...
...going to f---- in' sell out like the mainstream," vows Bach. "The kids can see through the phoniness." No doubt. Which could raise a ticklish problem for bands like Metallica and Skid Row, which presume to voice the disaffection of middle-class youths while earning fat-cat salaries. To stay on top of the heap, metal's messiahs may have to figure how to keep both their millions and their edge -- or risk becoming long-haired rebels without a cause...
...medicine at the Chicago Osteopathic Medical Center, points to a class of relatively simple medical queries that can be addressed quickly and effectively over the telephone. These range from deciding which specialist to consult to interpreting blood tests and probing the obscure side effects of a particular medication. More ticklish questions may be easier to ask of an anonymous voice. Some of the more common problems raised in the thousands of calls received during the past month: "The condom broke. Do I need an AIDS test?" Not necessarily. "I can't perform sexually. Could it be related to my medication...